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Old 10-07-2012, 09:28 PM
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Today i was working on my car and my friend who is much older and more experienced didnt like the way may spectre filter sat on my sri He recommended i use j cloth instead. I decided why not he is very knowledgeable about cars, not really hondas but still. After looking it up later i found it is a cleaning material used to scrub things with. So anyway has anyone heard of this? Seems like it does the trick.
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There`s only one way a filter can fit on a(n) sri...use the filter that fits on the sri...my two cents..
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There`s only one way a filter can fit on a(n) sri...use the filter that fits on the sri...my two cents..
Ya i mean i get what your saying in the traditional sense but this is custom. Just wondering if anyones done this. Or put any type of heavy duty fabric on the air intake pipe.

Btw, I bought an ebay sri (metal pipe only) and a spectre filter and the fitment was horrible. I bought a bunch of diff rubber seal things and i could not get it to fit tight. Neither good my buddies, this isnt hard stuff its just crap product.

The reason i did this was because last night i came home to find my filter chillin and thats not cool lol
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It would work temporarily but I would start to be worry after a while
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It would work temporarily but I would start to be worry after a while
Ya thats kinda why im asking. It seems to work good now but idk how it will hold up over time. Im hoping someone will chime in with experience on this.

I know its not very believable, but a good friend of mine, I would say a mentor on cars (knows his **** but we have diff mindsets since hes into big blocks and id prefer a sohct) told me he used to use it on stock cars back in the day.
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get yourself one of these instead then, not expensive, and peace of mind http://www.go-autoworks-store.com/gosbshramin.html
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Originally Posted by Fnix
get yourself one of these instead then, not expensive, and peace of mind http://www.go-autoworks-store.com/gosbshramin.html
not expensive!!!! damn idk where ur from.

Here I am taping cloth to my sri lol and ur recommending top of the line parts.

If anything id buy an ebay sri or a used aem.

Thanks for the suggestion tho

Edit: didnt realize it works on d and b, may b a good investment since im about to buy an integra, do you have one? It makes me wonder how it can fit them all since the y7 im has that vertical design which i hate
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how about you stop being a cheap ***? if you cant afford to do things right, stop touching your car.
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how about you stop being a cheap ***? if you cant afford to do things right, stop touching your car.
Oh i forgot poor people cant have cars
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not if they do ghetto **** like this
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not if they do ghetto **** like this
It actually works pretty well, why dont u go flame some ppl w cut springs or body kits. Atleast im doing it for function.
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have fun with your functional cloth when it comes apart and grenades your engine
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have fun with your functional cloth when it comes apart and grenades your engine
Took the words right out of my mouth lol
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Borrow measuring tape from someone (or go buy a ruler - they cost 99 cents at WalMart) and figure out the O.D. (outer diameter) of your SRI/CAI piping. Buy a proper sized filter from K&N. Don't run the risk of some cheap ghetto fix getting sucked in and blowing your motor.
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Originally Posted by jbpnoman
Borrow measuring tape from someone (or go buy a ruler - they cost 99 cents at WalMart) and figure out the O.D. (outer diameter) of your SRI/CAI piping. Buy a proper sized filter from K&N. Don't run the risk of some cheap ghetto fix getting sucked in and blowing your motor.
ok u guys got me convinced, il try to get one sometime this week, doubt it will be k&n though
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You can get a 2.5" inlet K&N generic filter straight from the company for $32. I'd bet you could get them cheaper by shopping around, and it'll outlast your car. If you're working on a car, you should be able to scrounge up thirty bucks for a quality air filter that you'll never need to replace again. If you can't scrounge up thirty bucks that you'll never have to spend again, you might want to start looking into other hobbies.
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Originally Posted by jbpnoman
You can get a 2.5" inlet K&N generic filter straight from the company for $32. I'd bet you could get them cheaper by shopping around, and it'll outlast your car. If you're working on a car, you should be able to scrounge up thirty bucks for a quality air filter that you'll never need to replace again. If you can't scrounge up thirty bucks that you'll never have to spend again, you might want to start looking into other hobbies.
Its just always something with my car, so i try to go the cheap way. Its not like this is a nice car. Its just a dinged up sohc beater. I probly will just get a kand n if its only 30 bucks. And btw its not a hobby, i wish i could say my car is my hobby but its not. One day tho lol.

Can you please answer my question about the VSS?
I need to know if i need the top electrical part or the whole component with the gear.
And what VSS's would work with my car, i was thinking all d and b 88-01??
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