gatorbill

HI all,
I just replaced the stock intake in my 96 DX hatchback with an AEM short RAM air intake. The car seems like it's performing better but I am hearing a high pitched noise from the intake whenever I give the car gas and the throttle opens up.
Is this normal ?
Does anyone else have this issue ?
If it is normal is there a way to dampen this noise, it's a bit irritating.

Thanks!

93EH6

on mine there is a sucking noise at idle but when i give it gas it has a nice deep tone

IS3Fifty

its normal

HatchSteer

its normal for AEM

tz-devil77

i have a cai and it creates a suction to be heard all the time as a whine

kommon_sense

yep, this is normal.

johnnyblaze

its normal. the noise is their depending on how much gas you give it

RickChew

I have the same problem w/ a Ebay intake I picked up for $20. At certain throttle positions there is a loud whistle, but everywhere else its normal. Rick

ProEater

me too... but some people buy the short ram for the loud whistling sound

XEventHorizonX

I have had both a short ram and a cold air intake. The short ram is by far louder because it seems to echo off the engine bay with a whistle you can here in the cabin. The cold air on the other hand is down where your resonator box was, so I only hear a mild growl now.


[Modified by XEventHorizonX, 6:35 PM 2/5/2003]

XEventHorizonX

Just curious, ever notice that some peoples intakes seem to sound 5 times louder and meaner than yours. I noticed some mid '90s Accord yesterday (slow), it's intake sounder almost 3 times as loud as his exhaust; only way I can describe it is like a metallic growl (like what you get from a DOHC )

t0p_sh0tta

My CAI whistles, its sooooo annoying. I think its too close to the bumper. Its loud as hell though.

f1uxx

its normal. its just sucking in air.

nd8ch

the different loudness from car to car is the resonace from the length of the pipe in relation to the sound frequency of the noise at which your car sucks in air.