CAI (Cold Air Intake) & SRI (Short Ram Intake) Compilation
Engine and performance mods to make your Accord more racekar.

Big LrG
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CAI (Cold Air Intake) & SRI (Short Ram Intake) Compilation

by Big LrG » February 25th, 2016

Lets see your CAI & SRI and post your testimony!

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Please post and PM me if you've had any issues with your SRI and I'll try and keep the main post updated with any/all issues. Also If I have missed any manufactures that makes CAI or SRI for our vehicle as well.

If you have a DIY thread share the link and I'll add it here to the main post.

Manufactures for CAI:
Injen (V6 & i4)
AEM (V6)
HPS (i4)
Takeda (i4)

Manufactures for SRI:
K&N (V6 & i4)
-Photo cred to mcbtay i4: http://www.our8thgens.com/forum/download/file.php?id=415&t=1
-Photo cred to CLMT V6: http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160225/5201df1555da25a04404146cbc0eb2d1.jpg
HPS (i4)
Fujita (i4)
Takeda (V6 & i4)
Weapon R (V6 & i4)

CAI

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What is a CAI?
CAI is a Cold Air Intake. It's main function is to draw the most optimal coolest air into the engine for combustion, hence the term cold air.

Where does the filter sit?
For our specific application the CAI filter sits on the LH side right behind the fog lights. This helps you draw in cool air that is traveling beneath the vehicle.

Benefits of CAI:
Slightly more power in higher spectrum of rpm range. Air is more dense which cooler air = more power.

Negatives of CAI:
The filter sits low which increase the chance of sucking/absorbing water and hydro-locking the engine. More components = heavier and more things to go wrong. Takes longer for air to travel from filter to engine.

SRI

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Photo cred to Bigwilly

What is a SRI?
SRI is a Short Ram Intake. It's main function is to draw air quickly to the engine but less restrictive than stock.

Where does the filter sit?
In the engine bay typically. For the 8th Gen application it sits right behind the battery.

Benefits of SRI:
Slightly more power in lower spectrum of rpm range. Air gets to engine quicker. Less prone to hydro-locking engine. Lighter weight compared to CAI and stock.

Negatives of SRI:
Sucking in warmer air compared to CAI. Air is less dense. Some intakes comes with a heat shield to block off engine bay air. Some people build a custom heat shield.

Issues From Community:

Injen - Big LrG In the past some people were getting CEL's from the Injen intake system, I never had the issue. I had a personal experience driving in heavy rainfall and getting close to sucking in water. I pulled over and had the car towed home to prevent from any damage. Checked the filter the next day (after rainfall) and surely the filter was wet. It pushed me to switch over to a SRI.
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Artema
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Re: CAI (Cold Air Intake) & SRI (Short Ram Intake) Compilation

by Artema » February 25th, 2016

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Re: CAI (Cold Air Intake) & SRI (Short Ram Intake) Compilation

by CLMT » February 25th, 2016

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Re: CAI (Cold Air Intake) & SRI (Short Ram Intake) Compilation

by CLMT » February 25th, 2016

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Big LrG
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Re: CAI (Cold Air Intake) & SRI (Short Ram Intake) Compilation

by Big LrG » February 25th, 2016

Artema wrote:Image

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what pipe are you running? Thats different for the V6. Is that your battery tie-down? lol
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xDu5ty
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Re: CAI (Cold Air Intake) & SRI (Short Ram Intake) Compilation

by xDu5ty » February 25th, 2016

Just to contribute. Greddy has their own designs for intakes as well. I own a i4 sedan but I'm not sure if they got one for the v6.

But I did notice they use taketa filters.

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Re: CAI (Cold Air Intake) & SRI (Short Ram Intake) Compilation

by jman64cola » February 27th, 2016

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2.4 intake- short ram or cold air intake-eBay no name intake.

Short ram works fine no cel and seems to improve performance, pipe is a tad small compared to others and bends are sharper.

Could air add on pipe-could not fit onto car. Mount points are not close to actual spots and filter will not fit behind fog light.

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Re: CAI (Cold Air Intake) & SRI (Short Ram Intake) Compilation

by ErOk1985 » March 8th, 2016

k24z2 - 08 honda accord 2.4l i4 - cai ( ebay ) with ram extension (autozone) to front of bumper. No cel. cheap af. sounds good. A few different videos of sound on my youtube page.

This video shows cai extension:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJa5C6lz8Gg

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Re: CAI (Cold Air Intake) & SRI (Short Ram Intake) Compilation

by Bigwilly » March 24th, 2016

nice write up Big LrG! ill put in my 2 cents. You aren't going to see a huge increase in power from an intake, in my case the Takeda SRI, but I do love the sound it produces! It was the first 'performance' mod i did to my car and when it was the only thing installed it was hard to keep off the throttle because under normal driving you don't notice any difference in sound but under WOT wow what a difference! In my opinion an intake is a relatively cheap mod and definitely worth it if for just the sound alone.

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Re: CAI (Cold Air Intake) & SRI (Short Ram Intake) Compilation

by valiantsethan » May 3rd, 2016

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