Originally Posted by onehundred80
Why would you say that?
The car needs less air in those low and middle ranges. If the system provides sufficient air at the top end there will be no lack of air lower down.
Cold air is good for all ranges, period. Compressing air makes it hotter, compressing warm air makes it hotter and less dense than cool air that has been compressed. That extra heat ends up in the system creating further losses in efficiencies.
Air will be available instantly with the short ram. Air has to travel less distance to reach the throttlebody. in the midrange it should start to even out as the colder air will help more, but remember its taking more time and effort for the cold air to reach the engine as compared to the warmer air thats effortlessly ingested. when there is ALOT of air needed thats when the cold air should start performing better than the short ram. put it this way. try to breath in through a straw.... now cut it in half, and cut it in hlaf, again. The shorter the straw/intake becomes the easier it will be to breath.