Can anyone post a pic of their engine bay w/ an AEM install? Particularly the throttle body area where the two breather hoses are.

Any help would be appreciated!!! PLEASE!!!

Thanks a bunch!!!


[Modified by kepani, 1:37 PM 4/6/2002]

 

nm, figured everything out...

 

Glad to hear that. Sorry I wasn't on H-T earlier otherwise I could have shown you.

 

b2finity, thanks for the moral support

actually...was jumping back and forth between garage & computer! i read somewhere that the hose that the kit supplies is too short. got that right .

what i ended up doing was using the existing rubber tube which is connected to the valve cover & the metal tube, and fastened one end of the big aem hose to it and then connected it to the inlet of the aem nipple. worked like a charm! and to clean things up, i zip-tied the *hanging* metal tube to the newly installed one so that there wouldn't be any loose things in the bay.

all in all, the install was not too tough but it could have been smoother. i also wrapped the ac line with some duct tape to keep a somewhat smooth surface between the aem pipe and the aluminum ac line. so far so good.

and for the performance...i like it a lot! the vtec engagement is much more profound!

suhh-wheat!!!

 

I wouldn't worry about the metal a/c lines but rather where the AEM "can" sit on top of.

 

are you talking about the area where the rubber mount/screw is?

 

daym jay, why din j00 just call me? oh well, at least j00 go tit in now

yshi - who just got back from dinner and saw a RHD ITR in the parking lot (was nice to meet ya brandon )

 

I'm talking about the area under where the "aem" logo is on the pipe. If that part is claer you should be ok.

 

I had the same problem...but what I did was remove the 2 metal tubes and bought a longer rubber hose to link the intake to the valve cover. The other hose (the one containing coolant I think) was long enough to plug directly in the intake manifold.

Can someone tell me what is the use of the 2 metal tubes…and could removing it cause any problem or affect the cars performances?

 

b2 - yeah, the area below the tube is clear! whew!
yoshi - didn't wanna bother ya...but thx for the jesture!

all i know is that my car hasn't fallen apart...yet

man yoshi, u always seem to run into every r around here...haha

kepani-who's crossing his finguz...

 

I used the metal tubing as well. That short AEM hose confused the hell out of me. I don't know if there's any disadvantage to using that setup instead?

 

i don't think it'll matter if you use the metal tube or rubber tube...

(someone please correct me if i'm wrong )

it's just a "breather hose" which will allow area before and after the throttle body to be at the same pressure. i think it has to do with keeping equal pressure so that you don't have any problems with oil seeping through the piston rings...

i don't think anything really "flows" through the tube...again, it's there for equilibrium?