rayo53

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater
I feel pretty happy with it, nice noise around 3k or so, now I need a new exhaust.

HonBeer

Is that a "Hot Air intake"?

rayo53

Short ram

jamzx3

saw something on that on another post...something about better low end power

rayo53

Not sure about that yet, I'm too in love with the noise of it to really care yet.

Aradin

No, now you need to clean that engine bay. Holy crap. o_o

TheMuffinMan

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Ehhhhhh

I don't like that at all. This is a short ram intake

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda...Q5fAccessories

I don't even know what to call what you have....

rayo53

Oh well, I still love it regardless.

Balwin

Your bay looks disgusting. Get some engine brite son!

rayo53

I don't mind it.

nus_dogg

Lol.

specialone70

what would give me more low end torque? a CAI or ram?
also, what is engine brite?

cyotani

Thank link is a short ram intake. what he got is a hot air intake. lol whatever makes you happy!

rayo53

Question, what kind of tubing can I get that doesn't melt? I could run a tube from the bumper or the hole from where the stock air box was and direct it under the intake.

cyotani

What are you trying to accomplish by doing this? would it be to cool the air near your intake around the engine bay thats getting sucked in?

rayo53

As I drive along, the air goes into the tube and hits the filter, which is sucking the cold air in.

cyotani

It sounds like you might as well get a cold air intake then. Just having cold air blown near your short intake won't work anywhere near as well as directly sucking cold air from the fender into your intake

nicolaselias

Rayo, its more than doable.. It will just take some fitment and some working up..

For starters your filter is in the wrong place, it really needs to be just behind the headlight..

Secondly, for the hose to run down into the bumper
http://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-W102...609175&sr=8-11
Thats the sort of thing you want.. I used that exact hose for my accord and my setup works fine..
Mind you, it is never going to be as effective as a cold air intake, but it doesnt have any of the hydrolock issues though...

I have about 4 or 5 ft of hosing left back from my install.. Make me an offer and maybe I can sell it to you?

TheMuffinMan

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However you greatly reduce the chances of a hydro-lock. Which there have been several threads where that has occurred. And there is nothing wrong at all with having a SRI with air directed towards it.

rayo53

So wait, that looks like the things people put on the ends of their gutters to point water towards plants, holes etc. Wouldn't it melt since it's plastic?

Balwin

no

rayo53

So it won't melt then?

Balwin

Nah you should be good. It might look tacky though..

nicolaselias

Mine doesn't look tacky at all because sitting in the bumper is one of these...



Its a Blox 3" I.D. velocity stack.. I assume it helps the hose/ducting to take up a lot more air than it would have otherwise.. Have it down low in the lower grille..
Most people don't even notice its there, but those who do are impressed by how we got it to fit so neatly..

2.5" hose will be a lot easier to work with though and if you were to purchase the same one I did or something similar, I promise it wont melt.. Its "industrial grade" whatever they mean by that.. But its pretty hefty stuff

Anyway, up to him what he wants to do.. Yes I spend a fair amount of money and trouble setting up my ducting, but for some of us a CAI was not even an option..

specialone70

the only problem i see with that black tubing is that it isnt smooth, so you will be sending turbulent air through the hose which wont be as efficient as a smooth tube. what about steel house duct tubes?