I have to buy an intake system so here is my doubt
Well i would like your opinion if mugenīs intake system is worth the difference ($) over comptechīs icebox in terms of performance

Tks

 

Nope, it is not worth the extra money.

 

for 200 ya can't go wrong with AEM CAI, well maybe its loud but who cares cause your drivin an R right?

 

yes ITR powered
Itīs just that comptech asked me for 300 dollars just for shipping so the total would be around 700

 

 

If that's the case and the mugen ends up being less than $100 more, I'd get the Mugen.

Shipping
Duty
Brokerage

 

Firstly, probably not. I haven't seen any supah dupah dynoed HP gains for the Mugen Intake. The Comptech system is the better choice. Then you could put the ~$200 difference between towards some R-compound tires (something that really does improve the performance of your car).

 

AEM CAI causes hydrolock to become feasible much easier. for 200 get a comptech icebox if you really think it will help.

 

id say just get the aem...it prolly has the same hp gains and everything...if your worried about the water get the bypass thinga mobobber.....for the money you were you gonna use for the comptech or mugen get the aem and something else...like a new watch or something...just a suggestion

 

bypass valves dont do ****.........

 

WHAT WHAT WHAT! Are you serious?! Cant be. IPS Racing sells icebox for 165 i think and the shipping probably isnt 300. Dunno. Call around.

 

If I had to do it again, I would have gotten the Comptech over the AEM.

 

y if i may ask???

 

Ask IPS-Mike (TypeRmsm) to send to you via EMS, save you some serious bucks

 

Why do y'all say that?

 

300 for shipping? u live on moon??!!

 

I really like my AEM but some people might say its too loud for them

 

wish i kept my aem instead of getting the spoon air filter. don't feel much a of a difference with the spoon, but who knows, maybe cause the AEM is deafining when you hit vtec...

 

Mike has quoted me 100-150 dollars shipping to the UK, but is checking up what the cheapest method is for me (not looking for 2-3 day delivery, anything not measured in months will do), shouldn't be much more to anywhere in Europe.

I have had stuff sent EMS before and it works out a lot cheaper, if your willing to wait a little longer.

Even at that price an APEXi filter costs more than that in the UK and it's open to the engine bay (which I don't like). I already have a K&N E-2427 so will use that in the Icebox.


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[Modified by HardHead42, 11:32 AM 7/30/2002]

 

The most HP per money is: put a drop in K&N in the stock airbox, remove the resonator and make an Icebox replica.....

 

I agree ghetto icebox , but just couldn't find the right size tubing here in the UK, the only stuff that is easy to get hold of was 68mm drain pipe (which is narrower than the stock tube), or 100mm ducting tube which I tried but was just too big to squash into the bottom of the box (managed to get a small crack in the bottom of the standard box , only about a cm so still covered by the standard rubber gasket). Anyway I decided life was too short to run around the various wholesalers and try and find a good match (I think 90-95mm would probably have fitted perfectly), and these shops are not very helpful unless you know exactly what your looking for (not round here anyway I've been through it before) so decided to get the Icebox shipped over, just haven't told the misses yet

 

Why don't you open up the hole in the stock airbox to 100 mm?? Or even bigger: 120 mm. That rubber gasket is not needed.

 

I looked at doing that but I don't think their is enough material around that area to have anything left to hold the tube in, anyway I'm not that good at that sort of thing, I'd just end up with a pile of plastic bits and a PM to Mike to get me an Icebox ASAP It may be possible but I perfer my sanity, bolting things up I'm OK, but if it gets too much into manufacturing I pass.

 

I think a flexible dryer hose will do just fine... That icebox is just too expensive (+shipping).... It's nothing more than a cheap replica of the stock airbox with a tube at the bottom.

 

Yeah but it's another thing to add to my sig. LOL


[Modified by HardHead42, 12:41 PM 7/30/2002]