CAI on a 98 2.2L Legacy Wagon?

MikeSomething · 10-13-2010, 07:42 PM

I just got behind the wheel of a '98 2.2L Legacy L Wagon...
It's currently got well over 200k miles and I use it as a commuter to and from work which is an hour each way. It's bone stock.

Would a short ram or cold air intake improve my gas mileage or throttle response? or would it simply do more bad then good?

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subarumafia700 · 10-13-2010, 10:43 PM

To be honest...idk, i have a full ram intake..the cone is right behind the fod light cover..it gets good fresh cool air at all times. I went from a short ram with the cone in the engine bay to the full ram and i will sware by having seen a difference.. and i also get 31 mpg. I have about 270k on the engine..rings are worn out, and i have a flowmaster muffler and a light weight flywheel as well. Before the full ram and before the lightweight flywheel, i drove the car to wysconsin and i got about 27ish mpg, so yeah i got a little better gas mileage.. and i had better throttle response when the rings were a little healthier...

loose Subie · 11-09-2010, 04:12 PM

Amazing what a lightened flywheel will do for you in terms of performance and even fuel economy

Bulldozer24 · 11-21-2010, 05:29 PM

I got a ram intake off of eBay for 30 bucks and I made my own heat shield out of aluminum. I feel some extra power and I got about 1-2 mpg gain

10-13-2010, 07:42 PM	#1
MikeSomething Scooby Newbie Member#: 259376 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Morganville, NJ	CAI on a 98 2.2L Legacy Wagon? I just got behind the wheel of a '98 2.2L Legacy L Wagon... It's currently got well over 200k miles and I use it as a commuter to and from work which is an hour each way. It's bone stock. Would a short ram or cold air intake improve my gas mileage or throttle response? or would it simply do more bad then good? * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

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10-13-2010, 10:43 PM	#2
subarumafia700 Scooby Newbie Member#: 150288 Join Date: May 2007 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: North Ferrisberg, Vermont Vehicle: 1998 Impreza Sedan Dark Green	To be honest...idk, i have a full ram intake..the cone is right behind the fod light cover..it gets good fresh cool air at all times. I went from a short ram with the cone in the engine bay to the full ram and i will sware by having seen a difference.. and i also get 31 mpg. I have about 270k on the engine..rings are worn out, and i have a flowmaster muffler and a light weight flywheel as well. Before the full ram and before the lightweight flywheel, i drove the car to wysconsin and i got about 27ish mpg, so yeah i got a little better gas mileage.. and i had better throttle response when the rings were a little healthier...

11-09-2010, 04:12 PM	#3
loose Subie Scooby Newbie Member#: 262067 Join Date: Oct 2010	Amazing what a lightened flywheel will do for you in terms of performance and even fuel economy

11-21-2010, 05:29 PM	#4
Bulldozer24 Scooby Newbie Member#: 263433 Join Date: Nov 2010	I got a ram intake off of eBay for 30 bucks and I made my own heat shield out of aluminum. I feel some extra power and I got about 1-2 mpg gain