Hello, I am thinking of purchasing a new intake system to replace my stock whatever it is. This will be my very first upgrade on my 91 civic sedan dx. The only question is, which should I buy? Also, any recommendations?

Thanks guys!

 

well i have one question, does it rain alot where you live? if it does do not get a cold air intake cause you will hydrolock your motor.

 

injen sells a cover that you put over your cone airfilter and it is water resistante works quite well my buddy purchased one and we put it under the sink and the water jsut beaded right off it
and cold air will give you like a couple more horses short ram might even lose some depends on the make

just pic up an ebay intake if you on a budget or go for injen if you like

 

heres the hydro cover i was talkingabout


http://www.autoanything.com/ai....aspx

 

i just did a b16a swap on my ef and im looking for a cold air intake that would fit it which make should i get it from the del sol, my civic year, or an Acura?

 

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your civic year so it will fit in your engine bay. they are made to form around how your body in the engine bay is.

 

Well, It does rain a fair amount here in jersey... Id like to not fear for my cars safty every time it does rain hehe, I guess ill get a short ram. What brand do you guys recommend?

 

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you only have to worry if there are puddles deep enough that will have the filter submerged..and also you get a bypass valve so dont have to worry about water anyway

 

cold air with by pass all the way bro...suck in cold air not hot air....good luck....I have Half AEM and half ebaymotors on my joint.....with a bypass works wonders...

 

Get a short ram from ebay for $20..problem solved..I win

 

Alright, so bypass and that watercover thing... Will that decrease performance though, since the air has to pass through that cover? Last question I swear!

 

Alright I lied, I went looking around ebay motors.. and I looked up superchargers for the hell of it. (I really like their sound!) And well... they are rediculously cheap. Now, I dont imagine you would get a massive increase in HP from one of these.. but it looks like you also attach it to where you would have the intake?

Here is an example of one... Looks like a quick fix for hp. Opinions?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

 

You don't need a filter protector for a short ram because it is not sitting by your wheel well..The only performance you'll get from a basic intake is a cool hissing sound

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DXguy91 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Alright I lied, I went looking around ebay motors.. and I looked up superchargers for the hell of it. (I really like their sound!) And well... they are rediculously cheap. Now, I dont imagine you would get a massive increase in HP from one of these.. but it looks like you also attach it to where you would have the intake?

Here is an example of one... Looks like a quick fix for hp. Opinions?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW</TD></TR></TABLE>


^^
I don't even know what to say to this??
DO NOT buy that sir..
Stick with the intake for awhile until you read up a little more about forced induction, and other perfromance parts.
If you want to know why i think this is a waste of money, please PM me

 

Ill take your word for it, thanks!

 

hahahah "supercharger"

 

i have an aem cold air that i have been running with some pep-boys cone without a bypass valve or anything alone those lines in the snow for the past month with no problem... because i was lazy

but i did just change it back to cold air for my safety.

i dont know about all brands but my aem one is easy to go between cold air and short ram because the cold air just has a coupler before it turns downward by the battery... or maybe that was a modification the previous owner made... don't kow

 

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but i did just change it back to cold air for my safety.

i dont know about all brands but my aem one is easy to go between cold air and short ram because the cold air just has a coupler before it turns downward by the battery... or maybe that was a modification the previous owner made... don't kow</TD></TR></TABLE>

Very nice.. I just can't justify spending $250 on a AEM intake.. =/

 

is that how much those things cost... damn... i got mine for free... made a parts trade with someone, don't even remember what i gave him...

 

I dont understand how a pipe can differ one from another, i mean aem 3 inch pipe compared to a chrome piece of 3 inch pipe. I would say its all the same thing, I have a ractive, i got it for free and it works and looks good

 

i dont know either... but i assume that different company's use different material and some sort of insulation like stuff, making some companies air intakes keep the air colder then others while its going through the pipping...

could be 100% wrong

 

maybe some kinda coating on the inside, i understand what you mean, ive personally owned aem and universal and compared them side by side and they are exactly the same

 

yea i don't know... it was basically just a completely uneducated guess that makes sense...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DXguy91 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Alright I lied, I went looking around ebay motors.. and I looked up superchargers for the hell of it. (I really like their sound!) And well... they are rediculously cheap. Now, I dont imagine you would get a massive increase in HP from one of these.. but it looks like you also attach it to where you would have the intake?

Here is an example of one... Looks like a quick fix for hp. Opinions?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW</TD></TR></TABLE>

Please tell me you're joking.


P.S. Superchargers are not rediculously cheap.

 

Yeah.. well I thought so, but then again im a noob at these things... thought it would just be alot smaller of a boost than a $2000 system or something *shrug* Thats why I asked