Ok, so I put an AEM short ram intake on my 2000 gsr, now the sound is obviously drastically different. Wouldve gone cold air but it pisses rain here about 10 months a year.

Now this is my first VTEC car, the sound generated by the intake is quite a bit more noticeable than other vehicles i've installed these on.

Specifically it gets hella loud and quite sharply past 6000 rpm. Is that VTEC kicking in?

Sorry I'm a dumb noob, and thanks for the input.

 

vtec in a gsr kicks in at 4500 RPM's, the sound you here is your IABs opening up at 5800 RPM's IABs stand for: Intake Air Butturflies.

 

Hey thanks. Noob educated!

 

wiht my experiance and a short ram on my car will make the secondaries loud as hell and a cold air will make my vtec reallly loud. but i can only hear one or the other its really hard to hear them both kick in with the same intake

 

i cant hear the intake at all on my car full 2.5 exhaust FTW!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teggy182 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i cant hear the intake at all on my car full 2.5 exhaust FTW!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

hahahha

 

why is cold air intake bad for the car on rainy days?

 

if your car is lowered and somehow the filter gets under water, it will suck it into the engine FTL!!!

 

there are no dumb questions. only dumb people.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .brian. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">there are no dumb questions. only dumb people.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

so your saying if someone gets cai they have to get their car lowered?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ck123 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so your saying if someone gets cai they have to get their car lowered?</TD></TR></TABLE>no, he is saying that if you car is lowered, and you have a cold air intake, your chances are greater of hydro-locking your motor, since the air filter is sitting closer to the ground, where standing water is. the intake sucks up the water into the motor and the motor no likey that.

 

/\ correct but u can buy the valve part from aem that eliminates the threat of hydro locking

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teggy182 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i cant hear the intake at all on my car full 2.5 exhaust FTW!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

hahahahahaha yah ur exhaust is loud as expletive

 

nothing like a good ole 2.5

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BOLO-FTW!! &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if your car is lowered and somehow the filter gets under water, it will suck it into the engine FTL!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

happend to my brothers car... not a good thing

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teggy182 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">/\ correct but u can buy the valve part from aem that eliminates the threat of hydro locking</TD></TR></TABLE>

The correct word is a bypass valve, it goes on your intake. I had mine setup at the throttle body which connected my CAI. I am sure you can make one, but they are like $40 brand new.

 

heh i hydrolocked my last motor didnt have bypass valve installed ran into a puddle didnt see it so now i only use short rams lol seattle rams like weeks strait.