Intake Battle Royale(or not)
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Intake Battle Royale(or not)
So basically I know what each of the three types of intakes promise. I know about the price. I just need to know before I buy, which type of exhaust, cold air, short ram, or V2, is the best for a daily driver/tuner. I drive a 2004 Honda Civic EX Sedan and am starting to tune it a little. Thanks guys.
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Rep Power: 0 alot of ppl will tell you to stick with stock, but if you really want an after market one then its personal preference. Get short ram if your worried about water or get cold air if your not. There all gonna do the same thing.
heres mine though.
heres mine though.
Originally Posted by aznstylez254
alot of ppl will tell you to stick with stock, but if you really want an after market one then its personal preference. Get short ram if your worried about water or get cold air if your not. There all gonna do the same thing.
heres mine though.
heres mine though.
^^ that would be a good intake to have
any CAI (injen being the best) would be the BEST intake as far as performance goes.
do NOT get a short ram intake if you're looking for power. our hoods heat up to incredible temperatures and your intake WILL suffer heat soak, unless you have a heat shield. even then, it still will not make as much power as a cold air intake.
a short ram w/ heat shield (best = K&N FIPK) are the best intakes if you don't want to have to worry about hydrolock. it is quite a pain in the *** to keep replacing your intake with the stock unit at rainy season, so a lot of people invest in short rams.
to those people who swear by short rams like AEM V2's and their website's dynos ... it's good you waste your money on their garbage ... they can do more r&d for their cold air intakes. 15 hp with an AEM v2 intake their dyno says, right? ... they also say something like 11 hp on a DX with their CAI ... hahahahah... not on our cars.
any CAI (injen being the best) would be the BEST intake as far as performance goes.
do NOT get a short ram intake if you're looking for power. our hoods heat up to incredible temperatures and your intake WILL suffer heat soak, unless you have a heat shield. even then, it still will not make as much power as a cold air intake.
a short ram w/ heat shield (best = K&N FIPK) are the best intakes if you don't want to have to worry about hydrolock. it is quite a pain in the *** to keep replacing your intake with the stock unit at rainy season, so a lot of people invest in short rams.
to those people who swear by short rams like AEM V2's and their website's dynos ... it's good you waste your money on their garbage ... they can do more r&d for their cold air intakes. 15 hp with an AEM v2 intake their dyno says, right? ... they also say something like 11 hp on a DX with their CAI ... hahahahah... not on our cars.
i'll tell you guys how my iceman will compare to the FIPK in a couple of weeks. I have the FIPK on right now. so i'll know which one is the better of the two. FIPK from what i've read is slightly better then the AEM V2. czechcivic said the iceman blew his AEM V2 out of the water with way more torque. so we'll see.
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Originally Posted by aznstylez254
alot of ppl will tell you to stick with stock, but if you really want an after market one then its personal preference. Get short ram if your worried about water or get cold air if your not. There all gonna do the same thing.
heres mine though.
heres mine though.
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Originally Posted by kornsined
hows that intake working out for you? IMO Go Iceman intake, HP/Kamikaze/OBX header (full header or shorty), and the tanabe hyper exhaust.
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Is your car manual or Auto? The reason I ask is because they say that you cant get a CAI for auto and does anyone have a webaddress for the intake pictured above^^^?
Here is a pic of the CAI I forced to work on my auto ex w/ a hacksaw, but my major complaint is that my filter got wrecked by the runover off the battery, so I swiched to a Short ram.
Here is a pic of the CAI I forced to work on my auto ex w/ a hacksaw, but my major complaint is that my filter got wrecked by the runover off the battery, so I swiched to a Short ram.
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Rep Power: 0 I have a Ebay knock off of AznStylez, and I can definately say it is better than others I have tried. I was suprised at how much better than my old AEM intake did. I will be selling it though pretty soon, bought it about 1.5 weeks ago.
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Rep Power: 0 Just so you know, daily driver and intakes mean nothing. An intake wont change anything much with our cars, not to notice it as a daily driver. Im hoping my turbo will be a good daily driverat low rpms, and light on the gas. Never driven a turbo'd car. Driven fast cars, not turbo'd.
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Originally Posted by 2K1Civic17"Gabe
I have a Ebay knock off of AznStylez, and I can definately say it is better than others I have tried. I was suprised at how much better than my old AEM intake did. I will be selling it though pretty soon, bought it about 1.5 weeks ago.
Originally Posted by aznstylez254
alot of ppl will tell you to stick with stock, but if you really want an after market one then its personal preference. Get short ram if your worried about water or get cold air if your not. There all gonna do the same thing.
heres mine though.
heres mine though.
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I live in Indianapolis, so if shitty weather(ie rain, snow, insane humidity,etc.) are factors, please advise me.
I was thinking cold air, probably AEM, or K&N but not quite sure which.
So which is the most economic? Not as far as how much it helps, but as far as cost vs. reliability?
Thanks guys.
I live in Indianapolis, so if shitty weather(ie rain, snow, insane humidity,etc.) are factors, please advise me.
I was thinking cold air, probably AEM, or K&N but not quite sure which.
So which is the most economic? Not as far as how much it helps, but as far as cost vs. reliability?
Thanks guys.
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Rep Power: 424 They're all filters on a stick. Honestly, I got more from a $30 Integra stock intake I picked up used on ebay than I did from a $200 Injen. The open elements suck more air, but the engine can't use it all, and they spread the engine's vaccum out over a larger area, which tends to kill your low end.
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Rep Power: 331 i like my injen CAI...but its complete BS. the plastic mudgaurd is wearing down the pipe, while the mudgaurd remains intact. how plastic>aluminum is beyond me. but i know boiler^ had a similar problem last year. I'm thinking of switching to stock or K&N FIPK.
Originally Posted by kornsined
hows that intake working out for you? IMO Go Iceman intake, HP/Kamikaze/OBX header (full header or shorty), and the tanabe hyper exhaust.
i SAY GO ICEMAN!!!
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Rep Power: 0 Thanks for the advice. I looked up the K&N FIPK II last night and found the local dealers who can get it. Got a few quotes on them. Ranging from $263.88 to $288.99 without install(not like I can't do it myself), I'm wondering if that's the rock bottom I'll get it for. I won't buy used parts, just a personal preference. Anyone know any warehousers or websites I can get the same product for a cheaper price? Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by evopanop
I'm also very inerested to know what kind of intake that is, and where I can get it.
That intake is from simota racing.
http://www.simota.com/simota.htm
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Rep Power: 0 I think I'm back to my original question, sort of. Which type of intake will bring the most power. I'm not talking brand, I know some of you are brand loyal, and I can appreciate that. But what I'm asking is which of the three, CAI, SRI, or V2 offers the most "bang for the buck" along with which requires the least maintenance? I was hoping for less brand specific unless someone has actually had all three types on the same type of sled as me and knows the output to a T. Thanks fellas.
