CD5 Jeebies!

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by philadd &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Some of you guys crack me up.

If a manufacturer used a "better" intake as someone put it, do you really think it would cost more? It's not like the engineers are going to go out and buy aftermarket parts and call it OEM. They'll design their own. Aftermarket intakes are very simple designs, while most current OEM intakes on the other hand, are not. Which do you think really costs more to produce?

Manufacturers design their cars to meet the demands of the majority. And guess what... People modifying cars are not the majority. They don't purposefully leave it up to us to mod it. If they had, the new Accord V6s wouldn't have the exhaust manifolds cast into the block, thus making it impossible to replace.

I used to have a CAI. I then traded my buddy for his AEM SRI. I'm now using the stock intake again. Why? Because aftermarket intakes do very, very little for Accord 4-bangers besides make noise. If all you want is more noise, then just remove the stock resonator and enjoy. And look, I just saved you $100 or more.
I drive the same with or without aftermarket intakes, b/c I don't give a rat's *** about intake sound. And guess what again, absolutely no difference in gas mileage or power. Sure, maybe a lost the 2-3 hp I had gained by installing an aftermarket intake, but you'd be fooling yourself if you said you could actually feel the difference.</TD></TR></TABLE>


hahahaha the only intelligent post in this thread this topic sucks I'm just really curious to know why you would think that ABS matters concerning a totally different aspect of the car????

19dabeast85

Ya'll have serious issues on this forum of beating down on the "noobs". OK, I cried, my feelings are ok now. I am far from a noob when it comes to cars, maybe a noob to Hondas. The reason I aksed about the ABS, which didn't make sense to me either, is because some of the suppliers online were specifing w/abs and w/o abs on the intake systems and I was wondering what was up with that. I figured maybe ABS had an extra vacuum line in the intake but that doesn't seem so now that i looked at it.

The kit did not come with instructions so I was wondering if cutting out the metal to the left of the battery is how all of you installed your CAI or how did you do it? My plan is to remove all or part of the factory intake box behind the bumper and mount my filter there, probably put a guard so road debris can't hit it. Then i plan on mounting a 2" flex aluminum tubing somewhere inconspicuous on the front to force air to the filter. I might not do that though, I have to see exactly where it's going to mount.

Thanks for any intelligent help

CD5 Jeebies!

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Thanks for any intelligent help</TD></TR></TABLE>

how about an intelligent question???? for starters..this whole thread is dumb you spent 200+ bucks on an air intake just to wigger rig it to your specs????.................when you buy something aftermarket the name of the product is in close relationship to the quality of it. Which is why name brand **** cost more......simple things you can be a cheapy on such as your now "custom air intake" which you could of bought off a egay for 25 bucks, I mean dood your putting it on an auto...AN AUTO!!!! lol you in essance bought noise and an increase of 1-2 hp which your probably gonna lose from your "mods"....how cool do you feel??? anyway, dood don't get so butthurt when people give you a little ****(AKA flaming) because contrary to popular belief we know something about cars.................thats why you ask us nicely

philadd

Okay, I think this is getting a little out of hand here. Whether the car is auto or 5-spd shouldn't matter. Some people prefer automatics, and some people hate them. It's personal preference.

An intake is an intake. It doesn't matter what brand you get, because they all perform the same. The only thing that's really going to matter is the filter, and even then it's questionable how well it actually filters dirt. If you want to worry about that extra .005 hp that a name brand intake may, or may not, give you, than go ahead and spend that extra money.

If 19dabeast85 wants to buy an intake, cut it up and do whatever with it, let him. It's HIS car, and HIS money. We gave him advice (if that's really what we can call it) and he decided to do something different. So? Are you telling me you never went against a stranger's advice and did something the way you wanted to?

19dabeast85

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by I got the CD5 Jeebies! &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how about an intelligent question???? for starters..this whole thread is dumb you spent 200+ bucks on an air intake just to wigger rig it to your specs????.................when you buy something aftermarket the name of the product is in close relationship to the quality of it. Which is why name brand **** cost more......simple things you can be a cheapy on such as your now "custom air intake" which you could of bought off a egay for 25 bucks, I mean dood your putting it on an auto...AN AUTO!!!! lol you in essance bought noise and an increase of 1-2 hp which your probably gonna lose from your "mods"....how cool do you feel??? anyway, dood don't get so butthurt when people give you a little ****(AKA flaming) because contrary to popular belief we know something about cars.................thats why you ask us nicely</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL. You need to read more. I bought a $90 AC Autotechnic CAI off of ebay, not a $200 Injen or AEM. I was originally going to go with one of the name brands but what everyone said was to go with ebay because there wasn't much difference, so I did. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT. I am not modifying anything except covering the very end of the filter that makes it sound crappy. I may eventually replace the filter itself with a K&N and I will still be way under the cost of AEM. Umm, I'm not a ricer and I could care less about looks and especially noise. Which is exactly why I'm trying to modify it slightly to decrease the fugly roar. (BTW I covered the front of the filter and it did help alot, hopefully a longer intake track will make it quieter yet) What I'm looking for is a more efficient engine which this will give me because I actually know and understand how engines perform and operate. Wether it's an auto or manual, it will increase efficiency. I can't help that my car is an auto because it is what i have to work with, yeah I've wished a bunch of times it was 5-speed, but that's life.

I still wish somebody with a CAI would tell me wether or not I'm supposed to cut away some of the sheet metal to the left of the battery. I'm headed to the shop now so I'll make definately sure it's not structural before I cut on anything.

CD5 Jeebies!

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by philadd &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Okay, I think this is getting a little out of hand here. Whether the car is auto or 5-spd shouldn't matter. Some people prefer automatics, and some people hate them. It's personal preference.

An intake is an intake. It doesn't matter what brand you get, because they all perform the same. The only thing that's really going to matter is the filter, and even then it's questionable how well it actually filters dirt. If you want to worry about that extra .005 hp that a name brand intake may, or may not, give you, than go ahead and spend that extra money.

If 19dabeast85 wants to buy an intake, cut it up and do whatever with it, let him. It's HIS car, and HIS money. We gave him advice (if that's really what we can call it) and he decided to do something different. <U>So? Are you telling me you never went against a stranger's advice and did something the way you wanted to</U>?</TD></TR></TABLE>

okay your right phil........I should be nicer, family dog just died need to be more sensitive to people....and to answer doos questions there should be a hole under your battery tray for you to stick te tube through,,sorry for being a borderline *****..my bad

19dabeast85

Hey, it's all good. The intake pipe is 2 3/4" ID and going in at an angle so I had to cut some of the sheet metal to make the hole bigger and elongated. I then took some vacuum hose, split it down the length and covered the rough edges of the hole. Wasn't a hard job at all. Here's some pics.

globeDELETETHIS USER

I like Injen.. alot

CD5 Jeebies!

Not bad I'm glad you worked it out...your motor bay is clean, that means you luv your car it's so easy to get some engine brite..and 5 mins at a car wash to keep em looking good.............your year(93) is a good car....i'd look into a 5-speed swap and maybe a motor swap or boosting another F22 somewhere down the line.........

SuperSlow

Definitely injen. nothing is better than injen. it will give you like the best gains evar.

SuperSlow

Wait... NO....
Definitely AEM. They are super duper and will even give you a license plate frame (that is what costs so much, good plastic). Yeah. really best gains EVAR.

SuperSlow

Actually, no...

I guess it is Injen for the win..

I have never used it on an accord with that engine. But my buddy's buddy has one and he now can totally walk on corvettes and stuff.

Well, but then I had an AEM in my first accord... and with the original auto tranny it pulled like... dogs...

or raccoons...

actually, it pulled like chipmunks.

So definitely AEM.

19dabeast85

Yeah, I think after this intake install and if I move the gear lever manually, I can take any Mustang GT!!

19dabeast85

But yeah, I've been thinking about a tranny swap and probably just boost this F22 since it has low compression and ppl say it's tough, but I'm in college right now so it'll be AWILE before I can afford major mods.

SuperSlow

just save your money, and spend your time finding ways to make lots of it when you graduate. That way you can buy something really fun, and look back and say you only wasted 200 bux on an intake when you were poor and in college...

Jebbadiah

a cold air intake will give you more for street and if you donbt wont water to get in your motor u can get an AEM bypass valve

CD5 Jeebies!

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umm no more post for you

-RedneckDave-

This thread has run its course and I don't want to see any more post whoring.