Blockhead G

For a 1997 Accord SE 2.2L - Are cold intake better? Are they a PITA to install?

Nick H

yes cold air intakes are better...(mainly because cooler air is more dense than warm air and this leads to more/better combustion)...they are a little more expensive though...you could always just take out the resonator box for now and put a K&N air filter in your stock intake box....this will act like a cool air intake because it is sucking air in from an enclosed area outside of your engine bay...as for short ram or regular intakes...whatever you wanna call 'em...they are all the same basically...it's the filter that will determine your hp gains...personally, again, i would go with a k&n airfilter regardless of the intake...but that's just me! these are all inexpensive ways to get a little more power...but you should probably just go with an aem or injen cold air intake...i've heard good things about both of them...


[Modified by nickh2k1, 11:54 PM 6/1/2002]

ArchAngel Sabastian

PITA = no, its simple as ****, any illiterate mexican can do it.
buy pipe from jcwhitney.com itll save you alota money

http://www.teamdelsol.com/howto/coldair/diycoldair.htm

Blockhead G

Actually, I can get just about any intake at dealer cost, but some of them are STILL $150 - $200! Are these intakes THAT much better?!

The list of manufacturers is long: AEM / Akimoto / APC / DC Sport / Iceman / Injen / K&N / Toucan (Ractive) / V-Racing / Vibrant / Volant / Weapon R

Is one of these systems better than the others? For instance the DC Sport cold air intake is $190.00 while the Tucan (Ractive) is $90 - For all intents and purposes, they both appear similar, so why should I pay TWICE as much for the DC, while the Toucan will "do the job" nicely? Did I answer my own question?

97accordse

simply put man, you get what you pay for. I can tell you from experience that Ractive makes crap products for the most part. I would suggest AEM or Injen.

Gennady

Make your own. Buy parts from JCWhitney and it will come out the cheaperst.

Nick M

I have the piping siting in my garage. Ill be making my own and taking pics.

ArchAngel Sabastian

schweet

Razor

what the f*ck is a pita? haha

Nick H

it's a type of bread that is very very good...hahahaha...

as for the intakes it seems that they all have similar tubing (widths/diameters etc...) but the filters are all different...the cai's may vary a little though in terms of the different bends and different angles...

Razor

lol , thats not what i meant. what does pita mean when used in the context he used?

TypeSH

groupbuycenter has a generic CAI that is supposedly CARB exempt. $85 i think?

Blockhead G

P.I.T.A. = (P)ain (I)n (T)he (A)ss -

Another question - I looked at AEM cold air induction systems - They seem to go down under the stock airbox (THROUGH the metal frame) am I correct in that assumption? If I do purchase the AEM, will I have to modify the car to install it?

BTW - Thanx guys! Very helpful this time!

Cheers

Gennady

Si, yo se.

Gennady

No. You might need to either relocte the battery, or slightly move the battery tray along with the battery towards the center of the car. However, it designed to fit where the resonator used to be, so the install shouldnt require much modification.


[Modified by Wont be beat, 11:57 PM 6/2/2002]

KTeller8

[QUOTE] If I do purchase the AEM, will I have to modify the car to install it?
[QUOTE]


all you need to do i think is remove the black box (sorry i dont know the exact name) under your passenger fender. pull back the innerwall thingy.. lol i am so not useful..


[Modified by KTeller8, 5:54 AM 6/3/2002]

Gennady

Resonator.

Blockhead G

o.k. - What about a "AEM Short Ram Intake System" ... Do I get this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eb...737500&r=0&t=0

Most likely I will be making the purchase by the end of next week (June 14th)

Thanks all!

SOHCArchangel

why would you want to suck in hot, underhood air?

KGAccord

A got a used 94-97 AEM CAI for sale if you like? $65 shipped.

If your wondering why it's cause I got a 97+ lude AEM CAI for my H22. That's how much I like it.

Blockhead G

Very interested ... email me with the details - GMan_CRX@Hotmail.com

I'd like to know what color & condition it's in. How would you like to get paid?

Stew Pidasso

I'll take it !

B00STeD

AEM CAI

KGAccord

To be fair I will go with you first since you responded first, but if he decides not you I'll let you. Give me your zip so I can what it'll cost me to ship.

It's silver and it's 2 years old. It has some scuffs from wires rubbing it, but it works just fine. I can clean the filter for you too.

I'll let you know when I pick it up. Probably be Friday.

I have a Paypal account if that for works for you.


[Modified by KGAccord, 4:51 PM 6/5/2002]


[Modified by KGAccord, 4:51 PM 6/5/2002]

JustOneMore

Has anyone done this?:

http://www.teamdelsol.com/howto/coldair/diycoldair.htm

It sounds very convincing and from the looks of it, theoretically WOULD perform better than the AEM or INJEN. Just wondering if anyone's actually done this for their 5th gen Accord cuz the site gives instructions for a Del Sol.

I mean shoot, if $60~75 in making this would perform better than a $200 AEM, I don't see why not. Plus you get the satisfaction of knowing you did it yourself. Thoughts anyone?