I just installed my Mugen Intake the other night, and after a couple of days, I'm still amazed at the difference that this modification has made.

My car is completely stock with the exception of a Resonated test pipe which had to temporarily replace my blown cat.

I've tried short ram, CAI, Drop in filter, Modified the stock box similarily to the icebox, and still nothing has compared to the Mugen.

You feel the difference everywhere throughout the RPM, throttle response is quick and precise, torque has been improved, and it pulls very strong to 8400 RPM.

It a has a nice deep tone as the revs climb, and when VTEC cracks there are no words to describe the way it sounds. It is loud enough, and is very clean sounding from inside the car and outside.

The cons with this intake is the installation time, especially if you have A/C like I did.

It consisted of :

1.Jacking up the car and removing the passenger side front wheel.
2. Removing fender lining, stock intake box, snorkel and resonator.
3. unbolting the rad and moving it as far to the other side of the engine bay as possible.
4. separating the AC lines as far apart as possible. Use tie straps to hold them apart.
5. taking out the tranny mount bolt , 3rd on your right side.
6. sliding in the snorkel into the fender well, and installing filter, and connecting to stock intake arm.
7. Bolting snorkel to chassis, right by the ABS module.
8. Attatching hose clamp to end of the snorkel in the fender well, then bolting the attatched bracket to the fender well at the very bottom.
9. Attach Air horn to the end of the snorkel and securing it with the provided tape.
10. Put Rad back in place, tranny mount bolt back in, reseal the fender lining, put wheel back on, lower your car.
11. ENJOY

But it is well worth the time money and effort.

For those who believe that this intake is too pricey, it is definetly worth it's weight in gold.

Thanks to Richard at Option JDM in Toronto Ontario Canada for the hook-up, you can check them out at http://www.optionjdm.com.

Picking up my Rage Header next week, should have a review posted shortly. Possibly a dyno chart to see what kind of gains these mods have made.

 

i installed mine a couple of months ago now, and i'm still not tired of the noise it makes or the extra pull all the way to the top


see a tunnel, down goes the windows and enjoy the VTEC bouncing off the walls at me

 

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yep me too! I have never regretted the cost of my mooogen.

 

are step 1-3 necessary?

1.Jacking up the car and removing the passenger side front wheel.
2. Removing fender lining, stock intake box, snorkel and resonator.
3. unbolting the rad and moving it as far to the other side of the engine bay as possible.

 

does anyone know where there is a sound/video clip of a R with pretty much just the mugen intake?

 

every ITR i have driven/ridden in with the Mugen piece has made the vtec crossover sound very mild and less obnoxious than every other intake i have heard. I suppose if you went from stock to the Mugen it may sound that way though. Thanks for sharing

 

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1.Jacking up the car and removing the passenger side front wheel.
2. Removing fender lining, stock intake box, snorkel and resonator.
3. unbolting the rad and moving it as far to the other side of the engine bay as possible.
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Either that or removing a couple of the pass. side tranny/engine mount bolts. I also recomend removing the a/c line bracket from under the car (the line that runs up between the rad. fan and condensor fan) to get more room and helps with the spreading of the a/c lines.

I installed mine and Jetydosa's like the OP and it is pretty quick. I think I am down to like 40 min or something.

 

I "tried" to by a Mugen intake from King yesterday but they are temporarily sold out.
Looks like another month of waiting for me.

 

man im jealous...any pics?

 

Another Mugen Intake convert.

It's the best intake for the DC2.

 

Glad to hear the install went well.

You're going to love this piece!

 

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I also recomend removing the a/c line bracket from under the car (the line that runs up between the rad. fan and condensor fan) to get more room and helps with the spreading of the a/c lines.

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Could/Does anyone have a picture to show me the bracket mention above? Is is the bracket originally where the 2 AC line is sitting on?

thx

 

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Could/Does anyone have a picture to show me the bracket mention above? Is is the bracket originally where the 2 AC line is sitting on?

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I am unsure what you are asking....

Here is where the first a/c bracket is removed. It doesn't get reinstalled obviously.



The second is under the car below the radiator. It however gets reinstalled. I found that the larger a/c line will move much easier with this bracket removed. The radiator will also have more room the move also.

Here is a link to my install: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=886476

 

Where's the best place to buy a mugen intake and isn't on 3+ month backlog?

 

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its going to be tough. not really any mugen dealers in the states. imho, used or king motorsports are your best bet

 

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its going to be tough. not really any mugen dealers in the states. imho, used or king motorsports are your best bet</TD></TR></TABLE>

Hehe, i bought the last one from kings, a couple of weeks ago.

u can try here. http://www.takakaira.com/, but the shipping might me pricey.

 

what about the pass. side tranny/engine mount bolts? will they be get reinstalled?

 

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Mine did. I didn't have AC in the car so no lines for me to worry about.

 

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Hehe, i bought the last one from kings, a couple of weeks ago.

u can try here. http://www.takakaira.com/, but the shipping might me pricey.</TD></TR></TABLE>

or here&gt;&gt;&gt; http://www.nengun.com/ shipping is very very reasonable compared to most (theyre in australia)

 

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Yahoo JPN Auctions

There's also one for sale on H-T:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1706728


Modified by Kengs at 2:18 PM 8/14/2006

 

I want one soooo bad.

 

how does the mugen comapre to the whale *****?

 

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With the limited driving I've done since the change I can say this...

Throttle response is great, but not as good as the J's, but not by much.
Low end power is improved over the J's
The mugen has power all over the powerband.

HTH

 

will the mugen intake fit a eg?

 

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Thay make one that fits the EG and they pop up for sale more frequently. There is one on Ebay stores now cheap.