Hi everyone. I just joined and read the basic stuff, Now I am not much of a car guy what soever and was just wondering what would be the best cold air intake for my Honda Civic Ex 2000 to get the most out of it.


Thanks for your help.

 

You're not gonna get anything out of a CAI. Get a K&N drop in and call it a day

 

or get on ebay if u want the fancy piping

 

They are all the same just different colors. Just find a Cheap one and paint it to what ever color you like but get a carb stick or popos will hate you and hit you with a taser a bunch off times

 

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Gotta agree!

When Spoon used to play around with B16 engines, they did extensive NA testing and tuning - and discovered that Honda B series engines produce the maximum power and throttle response with the stock intake airbox and a high flowing filter.

Here's my 8 year-old K&N panel filter - 190,000 miles on it - and still going strong!

I RUN A STOCK SI AIRBOX ON MY B16A2



INTAKE SIDE - LID REMOVED



SUICIDE - NEVER BEEN CLEANED - JUST ADDED FRESH OIL



FILTER LID - APPROX 6 MOS. SINCE LAST WIPE-DOWN



FILTER LID - AFTER BABYWIPE WIPE-DOWN



K&N panel filters work great and it'll be the last filter you ever buy!

LoL!

If it looks an little dusty in my engine compartment - here's the reason why...


HABOOB SHOT #1



HABOOB SHOT #2



Heh!

If you'll look closely at the stock airbox, you'll see the corner is cut out - that's my CAI...



Modified by BlackDeuceCoupe at 12:03 AM 8/31/2008

 

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SUICIDE - NEVER BEEN CLEANED - JUST ADDED FRESH OIL

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Holy CRAP

I'd clean that thing asap! that's gotta be the dirtiest filter I've ever seen!

Anyways, there's a good article on air filters on bobistheoilguy.com and flow vs. filtration. It'll give you a good heads up on the RIGHT filter to use.

 

why wouldn't you clean it?

 

Intake = intake = intake, its all pipes with a filter at the end. Just buy the cheapest one you can and throw a K&N on it.

 

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Yep!

That's one of the great things about K&N filters - the dirtier they get - the better they work!

It's the oil that does the filtering, not the media...


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If you have not experienced a decrease in mileage or engine performance, chances are your filter is fine and does not yet need cleaning. To be more specific, the filter does not require cleaning if you can still see the wire screen on the entire air filter regardless of how dirty it may appear. When the screen is no longer visible some place on the filter, it is time to clean it. When used in normal paved road, street or highway conditions, our replacement air filters that fit in the factory air box should require cleaning every 50,000 miles and our large conical filters on an intake system should require cleaning every 100,000 miles. When used in dusty or off-road environments, our filters will require cleaning more often. We recommend that you visually inspect your filter once every 25,000 miles to determine if the screen is still visible. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

Incredible. How may miles since you last cleaned it?

 

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I've never cleaned it once in 8 years!

I just tap it on the ground and spray more K&N filter oil on it. Really!

Still using my original can of oil too...

 

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I've never cleaned it once in 8 years!

I just tap it on the ground and spray more K&N filter oil on it. Really!

Still using my original can of oil too...
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I agree, these K & N filters are great. I'm still on my 1st box of cleaner/Oil and It's been 6 years... I clean mine more often though just cause I can lol.

Seriously though, on my B16 going to an AEM V2 intake from my stock box with K&N didn't give me any power. (that I noticed, I didn't dyno it or anything) All the CAI will do is add bling to you bay and DB's to your car.

 

yea, and considering the AEM is at least double the price of the K&N, I don't see why you wouldn't use it

 

Screw AEM.
K&N is nice.
Iceman Best

 

i personally like passwords whale ***** intake

 

I like sb filters, as they filter better than KN filters. More layers of gauze element= more sticky oil capacity= better filtration. About the same cost as KN, too.

Volant intakes I believe now use Donaldson filters, which are the primo best stuff. This comes with a price. I haven't run one.

AEM dryflow appears to be a good filter, and no oil! Neat concept, but I haven't run one.

KN is okay, but I think they let too much dust through. Just my opinion.

 

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yea thats what i have then i have a K&N filter on mine...

 

some food for thought, I would get one that has plastic piping. Metal or aluminum pipes tend to get hotter and defeat the purpose of the cold air kit. Just get some plastic pipes and throw a k&n filter on it.

 

go on ebay, find the cheapest CAI kit you can find for your car, buy it, put it on, buy a K+N, or spectre air filter and call it a day

 

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This is why I got an Iceman CAI, I noticed no difference in power but a lot more noise And it made my VTEC p0p hella loud y0!

renwoadnohtiabreeuq = queer.baith.on.da.owner <FONT SIZE="5">?</FONT>

 

queer bait honda owner haha

 

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Duh how did I miss that

 

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LoL iceman intake

 

[raises hand] I'm a proud user of an OEM airbox. [/raises hand]

As indicated above, the OEM stuff doesn't suffer from heat soak nearly as bad as most of the aftermarket stuff.

 

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