I'm looking to buy an INJEN cold air intake but i heard there are some decent SRI's out there. What should i go with? Also if anyone has pics of their own installes please share. This is my next project then i'm looking at the work's spring and rear stablizer.

Also i just put put The Greddy TI-C Axel Back exhaust on. I'll be posting pictures on this.

There's been a lot of talk about a CAI vs an SRI there are a couple of differences:

1. a CAI works with cold air and its prone to water damage (enter the hydroshield)
2. SRI works with hotter air and produces less HP
3. the Injen CAI produces 10HP according to the Dyno sheet
4. the Fujita SRI produces 8HP according to the Dyno sheet

it really depends on what you want to do with the car, also the installation of the injen CAI can be a pain because you might have to take the bumper off the car in order to complete the installation. Good luck with your next project

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are you sure the SRI does 8HP? thats seams way too high. not to sure on the lancers but on most cars a SRI is like 2-3 and the CAI is like 7 or so. again don't quote me on that, but from my works (baretta/3kgt) i got about 3 or so out of a SRI. and you can get a water bypass for the CAI, it gets the water out of the intake, and you really only get water in your intake if you run over big puddels and don't have the water bypass.

Go with the short ram.

do the SRI really help that much?

The cheapest, easiest, and best way to go is sri. E-bay piping with a good filter is all you need. People make teh intake mod out to be a $200-250 mod, when a pipe and good filter does the same exact thing. Don't get me wrong, my first intake was an AEM sri for my 96 RS. It cost $180, and performed the same as an e-bay pipe with a k&n filter. Only difference was teh price, e-bay pipe and k&n filter costing about $40. If you have the money to spend, be my guest, most people are on a budget and spending all that money for 3-4 h/p is crazy.

i completely agree. i've never spent more than 60 on an intake. i get a certain off brand intake cone from advanced auto parts, its about 25 dollars and works great, then i get a pipe from ebay for about 30 or so. looks great and preforms to expectations, but no 8 HP, except for my GST, but thats only cuz it works with the turbo, on an N/A car, its so much less, thats why i'd say spend the extra 50 or 60 and get the extra 4or5 HP.

Thanks for the info GR. I think i'll pass on the possibility of water getting into my baby. Also i'm not really into the whole take'n my bumper off thing. So the SRI it is, not to mention the INJEN intake costs alot more. I think i'm going to get some greddy or NGK plugs and wires too. I mean I know its not alot to gain but its something. I really like the car but i wish I could have waited for the 2.4 to come out (or if i could have afforded the EVO ). OH and i know this is off topic, but if you get a nice light set of rims will that help increase your tourqe, and is swapping rims as simple as taking out the stem and putting it on the new wheels? I know it has the air pressure monitoring system and i'd like to keep it.

Thanks everyone for all the Info :grouphug: hopefully this will help others decide!

-i'll be getting those pics in a day or so. :57:

if your serious about rims and aren't into name brands, get a size up, you've got 16's right, so get a nice set of 17's on ebay, they come with tires a lot of the time, so not only do you get a new set of rims, but you get tires too, and you won't pay more than 7 or 8 hundred for the whole set up. just something to think about. and to switch between those is so much easier than swapping tires off of the rims.

Unless you have installed the injen cai for the 08 Lancer, you really do not have to remove the bumper and this is for cvts only. Yes it is easier to remove the bumper in order to re-locate the transmission cooler but you can just do it through the drivers side by removing the splash shield. Also as for hydrolock, the 08 is not powerful enough to "suck up" water through the intake piping.

Fujita 205$ +7.9 HP + 4.76 FT/LBS
INJEN 315$ +7.62 HP +7.59 FT/LBS

I guess they only "Pinpoint" The highest gain throughout the RPM's.


Fujita it is. :beer:

Can you post a link or proof of this?

they probably run the car stock with 85 gas and in the heat.

then put in 93 and ice the intake/block and run it again, then i could see 7-8HP gain.

Fujita
http://www.f5air.com/images/dyno/sr2712.gif
INJEN
http://injen.com/galleries/products/121820...35dynograph.jpg

Fujita gives more HP but the Injen provides more torque. "Horsepower sells cars, but torque wins races."
~ Carroll Shelby

As for the Injen Dyno sheet... "THIS CAR RUNS TOO LEAN. COULD DAMAGE THE MOTOR"

O_O

I have had a CAI and some of you guys are misinformed about hydrolocking. To be honest with you after research and examining test results from AEM, you would have to literally run your car through hurricane friggen Katrina in order to suck water up threw the intake.

During a test with AEM, they had to COMPLETELY submerge the filter in a bucket of water for the vaccum effect of suction to occur. If you want piece of mind, spend the 60$ and get a bypass valve from AEM or better yet Injen makes a filter hydrolock cover for about 35$. The CAI does produce more torque and HP, so if you are going to drop a couple hundred bucks for a few feet of metal pipe and a filter "SRI", might as well drop another hundred and get a CAI.