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I helped my friend install his Injen CAI into his 2001 Civic Manual Coupe Si/EX

We installed it totally correct because i did one on my 2001 Civic Auto Sedan LX

We tried resetting the ECU by taking off the negative part of the battery for a while,
everything is fine when he is in neutral but once he goes over 2k RPM in 1st gear, the car shuts off........ wuts wrong?

 
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best way to ensure that you have reset the ECU is:

take out the ECU fuse in the fuse box. disconnect it for 10 minutes.

after that, plug it back in, start the car and leave it on for 10 minutes.

then, turn off car, but dont press on gas... and turn it off again.

finally turn it on and you should be good to go.

 
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I would say jsut try driving with it for awhile and maybe the car will get use to it. or u might want to tighten the throttle cable too. maybe that might help

 
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did u even mess with the throttle cable???

check the air sensor make sure its in right or that it wasnt damaged...

before u installed the intake did you make sure there wasn't any of that peanut packing crap in one of the pipes or the filter...that would suck

 
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If the peanut packing is styrofoam then the gas will disolve it over time, infact, if you read maxim magazine, gas and styrofoam is a good way to make napalm!! hehe

 
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my friend is guessing that its the intake that is touching metal at the bottom where the mushroom is, do u think it could be that?

 
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mushroom? u mean the filter?

the filter shouldn't be touching anything right?

check if the pipping is hitting anything. check the ground wire too, I duno. just double check everything u installed.

did u do what I suggested on the ecu resetting?

 
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I was thinking the same thing. The filter might be pushed on too far, so the end of the filter is too close to the end of the pipe. The higher RPMs might make the vacuum enough to suck the end of the filter to the intake, causing a loss in airflow. Just my guess....

 
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Maybe you forgot to ground the cables [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]

 
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i mean the bottom intake pipe is touching the metal firewall .......... could that be the problem?

 
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naw, that shouldn't be a problem. Mine was touching after the rubber pad got rubbed off. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/IMG] I redid it with a piece of corrugated wire loom over that metal piece. It helps.

edit: bah, I can't type. Those keys are not even right next to each other!