Hey guys. Im new to the forums

I just bought an 02 Honda Accord Coupe Ex-V6 and I recently purchased an AEM cold air intake. My friends were discussing it with me and it suddenly turned to the discussion of "do intakes burn more gas?" Ive read a bunch of threads about it and they all take into accounts of how much faster or slower you drive with an intake. But assuming that your driving habits remain the same and a cold air intake goes in, will it make my MPG worse or better. My average right now is 17mpg. Will it increase it to 19mpg or decrease it to 15 mpg.

Thanks guys, Looking foward to this forum.

 

It <U>might</U> increase to around 17.05 mpg. The difference will be marginal.

And that will only be If you drive the way you did before, and resist the urge to hear that nice little intake roar at WOT.

 

I used to have one on my old 94, never noticed any change in mpg.

 

You wont notice a damn thing. It might improve by 0.02mpg if that

 

Cool. Thanks guys I just installed it. It sounds awesome. Must resist Urges

 

in theory, it should increase gas milege by as much as 1-2 percent (on a dyno). however, most likely you will beat on the car more because it sounds cooler, so you might see a decrease at start...but especially on long halls, you will see a noticable difference

 

you're gonna be spending 150 on an intake...making an extra mpg or two, how long is it going to take before that adds up to actual savings?

 

a penny saved is a penny earned.

 

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When you spend $150 on an AEM intake, and receive 1mpg return, which using 2.75 as a gas price and 18 as your mpg, comes out to a savings of $.15 cents per mile. 17 mpg as your average nets you about 16 cents per mile. Using the difference, you would save 1 cent per mile. You would have to use 882 gallons of fuel, or 15,000 miles, to break even on the purchase. Driving more conservatively, as in going 55mph on the freeway, and coasting more often, would net you better savings.

 

why you only getting 17 mpg?????

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by accordselux &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">When you spend $150 on an AEM intake, and receive 1mpg return, which using 2.75 as a gas price and 18 as your mpg, comes out to a savings of $.15 cents per mile. 17 mpg as your average nets you about 16 cents per mile. Using the difference, you would save 1 cent per mile. You would have to use 882 gallons of fuel, or 15,000 miles, to break even on the purchase. Driving more conservatively, as in going 55mph on the freeway, and coasting more often, would net you better savings.</TD></TR></TABLE>

but AEM intakes are jdm!!!!

actually, i have one, but i got a HELLA sweet deal on it. deep down, you are still a ricer ben, i can tell these things

 

So your car is 2002 accord and has an OBDII ECU right? Now you install a big air intake – I think here’s what going to happen – your ECU will see more air coming so ECU will tell fuel pump to increase the pressure, also tell injector to release more fuel in to combustion chamber order to get the correct mixture – means no Air Intakes help your MPG.

But if you can modify your ECU and reprogram to use more air and little fuel then you may have MPG, but I have no idea how to do that. And I may be wrong as usual

Again less fuel and more air will affect the performance – but you will see MPG improvement .

 

I haven't noticed an increase in MPG mine.

 

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actually, i have one, but i got a HELLA sweet deal on it. deep down, you are still a ricer ben, i can tell these things</TD></TR></TABLE>

Oh yea? My intake's Iceman, that means it doesnt get hot like metal AEM intakes. Cooler intake charge=20 jdm horsepower!

 

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iceman schmice man. your intake is gonna melt under the hot MI sun

 

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It will more likely crack under the freezing minnesota winter.

 

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are j00 coming back to MI this summer?

 

Of coursezors, but only for a week around Woodward time...

I gots me a condo here

 

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I gots me a condo here </TD></TR></TABLE>

ooohhhh snap

ben, holdin it down in the MN

OT like WOAH:...but kniob and i were talking a wee bit....i smell some sort of mini accord forum meet during dream cruise time

 

Yea thats what I was hoping for, especially after I got my new wheels

 

I uh.....get 17mpg cause its a v6? And AEM intakes do get hot, kinda weird. I havent really noticed much difference in hp or gas consumption but hey I guess im just paying 110 bucks for rawring sound at 4000 RPMs.

 

isnt an intake supposed to give some sort of HP increase

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KillerElfboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">isnt an intake supposed to give some sort of HP increase</TD></TR></TABLE>

minimal 2-3 whp across the entire range, maybe a few ft/lbs up top

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by accordselux &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

When you spend $150 on an AEM intake, and receive 1mpg return, which using 2.75 as a gas price and 18 as your mpg, comes out to a savings of $.15 cents per mile. 17 mpg as your average nets you about 16 cents per mile. Using the difference, you would save 1 cent per mile. You would have to use 882 gallons of fuel, or 15,000 miles, to break even on the purchase. Driving more conservatively, as in going 55mph on the freeway, and coasting more often, would net you better savings.</TD></TR></TABLE>

55 mph on the freeway!!! . How much is it gonna cost when he gets *** ended by a semi doing 80 like everyone else.
It's 150 bucks big deal resist the urge to go out to eat three times in a year and youve saved 150 dollars.
If you get a msd or crane ignition you will notice a differance. helps the gas milage a little bit to. Alot of people on here say differantly but it's true I get about 400 miles a tank in my 92 lx now.

 

YAY!!

800 posts for me!

Intakes make noise and don't do enough on our cars to even bother with unless your doing other mods as well.