Why do AEM Short ram kits souund so different to Long ram?

[Jay]

I have a short ram kit an have realised the sound difference in the 2 kits, is it possible for me to jus buy myself a few pipe bends an lower my AEM kit further to below the engine an back a lil bit, sort of behind the radiator  but closer to the drive. Few bends with the samco wraping over the junctions. Should only need three pieces when i had a look, 1 straight pipe, 1 90 degree an 1 135 degrees. Will it make the same sound an is it because of the distance the air has to travel before reaching the throttle body.
Hopefullu a slight 90 degree wont slow the air an will this work, hopefully you give me the answers i want to hear. Buying an AEM long ram outta question lol, jus need the few junctions i guess.
what u ppz think?

[Ross 18]

From what Ive heard AEM works so well because of there different sized pipes, so adding more pipe may ruin the design and how the air flows.

[Magnificent_one]

the regular aem has no different size of piping, thats the v2 your talking about, Why not buy a long ram?

[Jay]

dont have the extra 100 spare lol

[Magnificent_one]

guess it should work with some piping, don't quote me on it tho
DOn't know the sound would change, probably will change a bitt cause the piping is longer so it has to travel a longer distance through the pipes

[shakman87]

in theory you should notice a change in noise. but theres loads of different factors that come into play when it comes to trying to make a replica bit of piping. i.e. the thickness or thiness of the steel would be different, and also the thickness at the bends and stuff will also affect how it'll sound.

[Jay]

beter off selling it then an getting that extra 100 together which i didnt want lol

[Honda4Life]

Obvious = Welcome to the UK

If you are wanting a CAI (Cold Air Intake), then God help you if it rains with our car. It is toooo close to the deck, Kepp it either to the AEM V2 or Typhoon, either which way, go to a fabrication yard as in stainless manipulator and they will make you a splash shield

[Jay]

so if get the AEM long ram induction kit then im gonna have to get some sort of shield to protect it from the rain under our cars, how low does it go like, im sure other people have installed this kit to there civics lol

[Magnificent_one]

get a hydroshield from injen. They fit the cone, and keeps out the water

[d16v1 junky]

i have a aem cai, the reason sounds different and makes more power is in the tuning of the sound waves as they travel through the intake pipe. by tuning the sound waves the air travels faster and the reason it creates more power with a longer pipe is about the velocity of the air as it travels along into the car, to create the most power the air must travel as FAST as possible into the throttle body, and aem have tried 100's of pipe sizes and lengths to find which is best for the d16v1. so the cheaper kits essentially are half a good kit (short ram are less than half the length of a cai) so the air travels through a wider pipe that is shorter which means less air velocity, although it can convey more air than the cai, it is just not suited as well. mine makes the best noise when bouncing off the limiter at 6700rpms can reccommend buying one - they are the best.

[linepulse]

mine makes the best noise when bouncing off the limiter at 6700rpms can reccommend buying one - they are the best.

Aint that the truth!

[honda_gr]

So the long ram air is better???I am interesting to buy AEM air intake but i can't find one to fit to my d16v1!Could you plz tell me a link on e-bay that will fit to my ep2?

[bobz_1986]

If you want maximum gain from any induction system, i think the AEM V2 system will satisfy you the most. The V2 system uses a dual chamber design (two different size chambers, as ross 18 mentioned)

Mine...


No need for me to explain how it works, ive have found a link so just click on it and read more about it...

http://www.aempower.com/ViewCategory.aspx?CategoryID=30

I bought mine about a year ago from sumopower.ltd so just contact them if your interested.

Hope this info is useful!

[Magnificent_one]

About sucking the water into your engine isn't the exactly the truth. You have a small risk of sucking air up, but some read this and next time they say: it sucks water up your engine. Then again someone will read this and they change it to: it sucks ALOT of water into the engine.
But it's true that there is a risk of sucking water up, but this can be solved with a hydroshield and/or a aem bypass valve (http://www.aempower.com/ViewCategory.aspx?CategoryID=20)
I would go for the CAI or the V2 when i buy one. But i want performance and i've read on here "there was no drop in power when reinstalling the stock air intake." by sam sports. So don't know it's worth it tbh. But if it's just for sound go for it!