fswerks cool race cai

TS07ZX3 · Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:18 pm

I've been thinking about geting this cai wondering if anyone has one and how it works.

TS07ZX3 · Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:48 pm

another after thought. this is my daily driver and with MN winters and sloppy roads would I be better off getting a SRI.

Monkey-Gein · Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:21 pm

what do you have?

TS07ZX3 · Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:01 pm

I have a 2007 ZX3 or a 3 DR SE.

frankjt96 · Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:31 pm

SRI causes either way, you'll gain no real noticeable performance off of it. It's really just a noise maker. Save your money, buy the SRI.

TS07ZX3 · Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:00 pm

Would I get more of a performance upgrade going with a aftermarket exhast system. I've been looking at magna flow or steeda.

Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:24 am

I've heard of alot of problems with the SRI tho in the crappy MN weather...Personally I'd just go with the FS intake...

Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:56 am

Doing an exhaust might gain a little bit but to really get a noticable gain you need a long tube header, the stock setup is very restrictive.

Monkey-Gein · Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:35 pm

i've had no prob with the "SRI". there'd be a prob with a CAI with water and what not. the steeda and coolflo are the same price. i have a steeda to keep it up out of water and snow. if you wanna go cheap check out www.htperformance.net . they have a MAF tube for a DIY intake

ZX2_racer · Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:27 pm

Steeda Intake

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CAI sits to low (I think) for MN winters. Just me though.

CleanZX3 · Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:49 am

mnfocusS wrote:Steeda Intake

/thread.

CAI sits to low (I think) for MN winters. Just me though.

Mine is fine in the winter. I have a k&n drycharger over the filter tho.

Monkey-Gein · Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:00 am

with that and the splash guard in theory would be plenty. but i hydro locked my 01 with a CAI. i'll never do a CAI on a DD again. i actually didn't feel comfortable with the stock dura intake

harold · Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:14 pm

I can second that. I've still got all the parts of the hydrolocked engine that resulted from my CAI-equipped car hitting a puddle that was lurking around a bend.

Patalrob · Sun Aug 09, 2009 4:38 pm

CleanZX3 wrote:
Mine is fine in the winter. I have a k&n drycharger over the filter tho.

Ditto, I've never had a problem with mine eather.

If you drive normal and know that you have that CAI you will stay away from the river crossings..

harold · Sun Aug 09, 2009 6:38 pm

Patalrob wrote:
CleanZX3 wrote: If you drive normal and know that you have that CAI you will stay away from the river crossings..

When it happened to me, I was on 35E. I had no way of knowing the road was flooded out around a blind corner and had I known my only option would have been to stop and wait for an hour until it cleared. With an SRI or a normal intake nothing would have happened. You don't have to be driving like a moron to suck in water with a CAI, you just have to be unlucky once. I'd really rather have a setup like a Volant.