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Old May 24, 2004 | 02:02 PM
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Is a short ram intake or a cold air intake better for a 95 maxima?

Does anyone know which type of intake is better for a 95 maxima? A short ram intake or a cold air intake?
Old May 24, 2004 | 02:19 PM
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A lot of your questions can be answered by reading the FAQ's. Do your part and we'll do ours.
Old May 24, 2004 | 02:21 PM
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A lot of your questions can be answered by reading the FAQ's. Do your part and we'll do ours.
Shut up you ***got.
Old May 24, 2004 | 02:37 PM
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Shut up you ***got.
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Old May 24, 2004 | 02:40 PM
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Shut up you ***got.
I feel bad for you...

Oh yea...do what it says under your user name...
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Shut up you ***got.
whoa, such a tough guy.
Old May 24, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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Old May 24, 2004 | 02:57 PM
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Old May 24, 2004 | 04:51 PM
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Hope we didnt hurt your feelings, but its true. Stop being lazy and read the damn FAQ's newbster.





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Old May 24, 2004 | 05:35 PM
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ebay CAI....
Old May 24, 2004 | 05:52 PM
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wow... lighten up man.... would say welcome to the forums... but didnt seem to warming...
Old May 24, 2004 | 06:42 PM
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Old May 24, 2004 | 06:50 PM
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Shut up you ***got.
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Old May 24, 2004 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by QuickFast
Shut up you ***got.
jeez you asked a question and they answered. read the FAQs. your answer will be found in there. i sense a hint of aggression here for no apparent reason.
Old May 24, 2004 | 07:54 PM
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Probably owned a Civic before, or a Neon.
Old May 24, 2004 | 08:48 PM
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Old May 24, 2004 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Big D
Probably owned a Civic before, or a Neon.
Old May 24, 2004 | 09:49 PM
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You're giving him that much credit to have owned a Civic or a Neon?

I'd go with a Sunfire or Cavalier.
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Old May 25, 2004 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by QuickFast
Does anyone know which type of intake is better for a 95 maxima? A short ram intake or a cold air intake?
Hey man, do yourself a favor and read thoes FAQ. It will save you alot of time and effort from posting every week and getting the usually read the FAQ response. The question you are asking is answer in the FAQ. Post 38 on the link below .

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....4&page=2&pp=30
Old May 25, 2004 | 03:18 PM
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I would get a cai, because the Ram gets hot air from the fan behind the radiator.
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All you flamers shouldn't have even opened this thread if you knew what it was all about. Why waste your time bichin about it? Seriously.


One more thing, the faq's do explain a lot, but they don't have any numbers to explain which is actually better.....so it all opinion.
Old May 25, 2004 | 06:42 PM
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^ Once again you know not what you speak of. The hybrid gets air from EVERYWHERE under the hood. Thing is that's only bad during the summer, when the temps are below 70 it's all the same. They are both EQUAL intakes. CAI for low end and hybrid for top end.
Old May 25, 2004 | 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Zigg
You're giving him that much credit to have owned a Civic or a Neon?

I'd go with a Sunfire or Cavalier.
lol
Old May 25, 2004 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Big D
^ Once again you know not what you speak of. The hybrid gets air from EVERYWHERE under the hood. Thing is that's only bad during the summer, when the temps are below 70 it's all the same. They are both EQUAL intakes. CAI for low end and hybrid for top end.
If you read the original thread it was RAM vs CAI, not the short pipe hybrid. Smart guy
Old May 25, 2004 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by oTranscendental
If you read the original thread it was RAM vs CAI, not the short pipe hybrid. Smart guy
isnt hybrid the same as short ram????????
Old May 25, 2004 | 07:28 PM
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Shut up you ***got.
Time to make a new account, cause your reputation with this name is ****ed. Great start!
Old May 25, 2004 | 09:10 PM
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ram air is for high end power. cai is for low end power. hybrid is for mid-range power. i think thats how it goes. this thread is getting all weird...
Old May 25, 2004 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by oTranscendental
If you read the original thread it was RAM vs CAI, not the short pipe hybrid. Smart guy
Done? We have no ram air smart guy. He said CAI or short ram(frankencar).
Old May 25, 2004 | 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Big D
Done? We have no ram air smart guy. He said CAI or short ram(frankencar).
You were right, I was wrong.

Hybrid and short ram are basically the same arent't they.

I though ram was up at front trying to get flowing air from the moving vehicle.
So how is the franken car RAM?
What do the letters ram stand for anyway?
Rapid air movement?
Old May 25, 2004 | 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by oTranscendental
You were right, I was wrong.

Hybrid and short ram are basically the same arent't they.

I though ram was up at front trying to get flowing air from the moving vehicle.
So how is the franken car RAM?
What do the letters ram stand for anyway?
Rapid air movement?
thats a front mount intake
Old May 25, 2004 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by sagamax
thats a front mount intake

How far front.
? Cuz I found an injen intake that is behind the bumper (front mount?)
Old May 25, 2004 | 11:13 PM
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no front mount are the ricey want to be intercooler intakes.

Old May 26, 2004 | 06:18 AM
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Okay, let's just end of this "CAI = lowend", "hybrid=midrange", etc , etc. For us that go to the track on a regular basis and analyze the numbers, a CAI vs POP/hybrid setup will perform the same assuming good weather conditions (60s, low humidity) and a cooled motor. I get 14.4s@98mph with my CAI just as I do with my hybrid intake so there's no lowend/topend differential. The only difference is the hybrid is snortier and quite a bit more laggy in the lower rpms compared to the CAI. On hot days there's no comparision, the CAI wins hands down.

The only thing special about the hybrid over the POP intake is that the hybrid puts a straight pipe in place of the resonator that sits between the throttle body and MAF. The gains from this "midpipe" are probably minimal however the increased induction sound leads people to believe their car is a lot quicker.


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