Bootleg Intake?

exclusive956 · 07-15-2009

I was talking to this kid today who has the same car as me, we both have civics (obv why im here lol). Mine is an 06 and his is an 08 i think. He was talking about something he did to his car called a bootleg intake. He removed a piece of tube from the intake so the air goes directly into his engine and not through a system of tubes. He said the cars computer adjusts to his and it makes his car go faster, just like if hed added an intake part to make it go faster. Does this work/is this true? Wouldnt shit get caught in his engine? (yes kinda noob)

He removed the tube circled in yellow so the air goes directly into where the white arrow is pointing. Just for reference lol. Thanks guys

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gearbox · 07-15-2009

so he takes the tube out that brings in cold air from the bumper area, so that warm air from the engine is sucked instead? sounds like it will lose power to me.

exclusive956 · 07-15-2009

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Originally Posted by gearbox

so he takes the tube out that brings in cold air from the bumper area, so that warm air from the engine is sucked instead? sounds like it will lose power to me.

Thats what i was saying..you put in a COLD air intake for a reason, maybe he just likes the louder noise it makes idk but wont shit get caught in his engine now bc isnt the filter attached to that pipe?

onequickfa5 · 07-15-2009

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Originally Posted by gearbox

so he takes the tube out that brings in cold air from the bumper area, so that warm air from the engine is sucked instead? sounds like it will lose power to me.

yea that...by removing that it just sounds..no hp improvement what so ever

gearbox · 07-16-2009

i think filter is in that box, so if he just takes the outer tube off it wont really affect anything other than less hp.

galaxygray06 · 08-29-2009

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let me know if you have any questions