8th Gen Honda Civic2006 and up is the 8th Generation Honda Civic. It adds a new look to the Civic line-up. A really smooth front end separates it from previous generations while still carrying the reliability of the Civic name.
i have an AEM col air intake installed in my 06 civic coupe(manual). as far as the bypass valve and the water is conserned, i was looking into this and i noticed that the resignator box from the stock air system is installed in the exact place as the c.a.i. filer will be. The resognator box was not water, dust , or air tight. so... if you drive into water up to your foglights, even with the stick system, you can run the risk of hydrolock.
Phantom... i have had absolutly no problems with the aem cai. My car does not stall or have any problems idling. i had nothing but improvments to power, gas milage and sound. if you do put in an aem cai i would suggest the "long" intake over the short ram. getting the short ram would defeat half the purpouse of getting a cold air intake.
also, and maybe i should post this as a whole new thread, but there are a couple things i suggest for the install of a cold air intake...
1. Get the AEM!!!!!!
2. While you have everything apart, go ahead and replace the two stock hose clamp that will be left on the system, they are weak and more than likely you will break one of them trying to re tighten them.
3. buy some rubber pags that have adheasive on one side. When making adjustments to the system for the perfect fit put them in any area that the intake my come in contact with the frame. I had a large vibration sound anytime i really got on it, i but a couple rubber pads on it where it was making contact and it fixed the problem. if the intake keeps making contact with the frame or any other surface will cause a hole in the intake itself
be sure to ask me any more questions you have concerning this intake
aside from the companies, and the fact that aem is more recognizable and they stand by their products and the amount of research and tuning they do to their products... aem has dry flow filter, no oiling
i dont know for sure, there are several different ones offered by AEM. try here... 2006+ Honda Civic (DX,LX,EX) (Manual) AEM Cold Air Intake
this is where i purchased mine, you might also try and contact AEM. You could also contact auto city imports, they have a pretty good knowladge of their products.
lightened crank pulleys will help a lot... for your simple gas mileage quest, i suggest trying to avoid under drive pulleys becaus ethey will affect the performance of the a/c, the alternator, and any other accessory driven off of the main belt.. although the water pump is driven off of the timing belst so it is not at risk like on older cars....
lightened crank pulleys will help a lot... for your simple gas mileage quest, i suggest trying to avoid under drive pulleys becaus ethey will affect the performance of the a/c, the alternator, and any other accessory driven off of the main belt.. although the water pump is driven off of the timing belst so it is not at risk like on older cars....
Thanks for that. How easy of a swap are pulleys? Also, any idea of percentage of gains, gas and power (i know, we all just want to know "how much more horsepower"). Plus, I don't see many manufacturers producing that kind of product for the new civics yet, as it doesn't seem to be a very high demand upgrade for a vehicle in general.
hondaluke, the injen intake is probably a great intake, i would just stay away from fujitsu
yeah, i think that i'm just going to wait for AEM to release one. On their site, for some of their CAI, they don't distinguish between MT and AT. We'll see. I'll call them (AEM) soon and find out.
yeah, i think that i'm just going to wait for AEM to release one. On their site, for some of their CAI, they don't distinguish between MT and AT. We'll see. I'll call them (AEM) soon and find out.
In talled my AEM intake finally. It's awesome. A bit louder then I thought it would be but really makes the car sound awesome under load. Even had some of my workers comment that they thought I had installed a performance muffler or something. Really adds most power between 3000-4500 rpm. A key spot for most driving. It is a long job to install one. I have installed 8 others in various other vehicles and this one took the longest by far. I think I was completely done in about 5 hrs. I have big arms and it took me a good 30-40mins just to remove the upper mounting bolt for the stock resonator box. Grab every 10mm socket and wrench you can find to do this job. Some tight spots.
As far as CEI's or stalling I have experienced none at all. Both those are symptoms of vaccum leaks. You do have to touch/move around various other vaccum lines not related to the install and that may be the source to some peoples problems. Coming next...... Honda's factory suspension upgrade. Going to see if I can get this done in the next month or so.
Cold air intakes themselves barely do anything for performance. In combination with race header, and low restriction exhaust they tend to do more. However, if drivin economically it should give you 1-2 mpg more and keep relatively quiet, however if you push it it gets loud and sounds really good .
SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT IF I INSTALL A COLD AIR INTAKE TO MY CAR WOULDNT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE BUT THE SHORT RAM INTAKE WOULD??? WHATS THE POINT THEN? THE NOISE THEY MAKE??
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