mwaedow

I"m thinking about installing an intake on my b16a2 motor, and I was wondering if it was really worth the extra $200 (or more) to get an AEM, or an Injen, or other expensive brand-name intake. There are cheap ones on Ebay that are $40-$50, and they are the same diameter tubing, and utilize all the factory sensors and everything. If I bought a cheap intake, and just put a high quality filter on it, could I expect to receive a similar HP gain for a lot less money?

singlecamslamed

the eBay piping is fine. Its the air filter you have to worry about, and the c.a.r.b. exemption. there air filters don't filter out near as many "particles" as say AEM in Injen do.

slo_hatch

you pay for the fanciness of the pipe. to be honest you could prob get the same amount of hp gains if you just use a k&n drop in filter in your stock airbox. i would probably pay the extra money if it was available for the name brand just because it will make the engine bay look cleaner than the ebay chrome piping. it all looks the same lol

scottdh20

like stated before the piping is basically the same....the filters couldn't be farther from the truth. i'd buy an ebay intake and toss the filter and replace it with a k&n cone filter or my personal fav and what i run the aem dryflow and for a $100 bucks you got a nice intake set-up.....the only difference other than that is name brand intakes usually have mounting brakets ebays usually dont and certain name brands are c.a.r.b legal....shouldnt cost more than 10-20 bucks to have a mounting tab installed if you really want it and you live in il and as far as i know they dont have emission testing at all so carb legalness isnt really important

mwaedow

I figured as much. I know I had an AEM V2 cold air on my old motor, and it had some extra insulation on the pipe, probably just prevent any warming of the air, but how much can it really warm, moving quickly through a 4-foot pipe? We do have emissions testing. I'm right by Chicago, so I have to comply. Has anyone heard of or known anyone that made their own intake from PVC tubing? I"ve heard that it's a cheap and effective way of making your own intake. I think that would be pretty a pretty cool thing to try. Thanks for all the input everyone.

scottdh20

pcv intakes look like crap.... just get an ebay intake, run it for a while if you have to to save up for a decent filter....the ebay filters work just not well and they get damaged really easily by water also they dont last long

BeenBLOWN

Or keep your stock intake with a drop in filter

jhammond_82

iTrader: (1)

i've ran ebay intakes on lots of cars with no issues. the name brand intakes are paying for the name, thats about it. buy an el'cheapo intake and a nice k&n filter if you are concerned with dust particles.

forcefedferio

best intake hands down is an ebay 3" SRI intake tube + Blox/BPI velocity stack with a k&n filter.

forcefedferio

Here is the comparison thread between a couple different intakes and the setup i mentioned.
https://honda-tech.com/forums/acura-integra-type-r-8/bpi-velocity-stack-comparative-dyno-thread-2231492/
not too shabby for about $100 i'd say.