So still being reletivley new to the fwd and prelude seen, I would like to know if you all are a big diy crowd. The cars Im used to running with were all very diy intensive. My stock intake tubing has a nice big rip 3/4's of the way arround id in the ribbing. I was wondering how many of you, if any, have made your own intakes. How did they work out? Do you have any pics? All the general nosey info. Anything that you all have would be great. It sems like something that we all might be interested in and I saerched and couldnt find anything. Thanks in advance to you all

 

ebay piping + a good filter

probly just as cheap as making one

 

Long 3" pipe seems to do well. K&N filter too.

 

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3" piping by whoever and a K&N

 

Do either of you have this setup and if so do you like it? It seems as though the best way to do this would be to remove the lower section of the airbox (lower resonator???) and pipe in air from just in front of the passenger side control arm/ wheel. Do you have any better ideas as far as plumbing location? If not it sure seems a though you would colect alot of debris particularly water in the winter yah? anyone ever use nasa ducts and a custom air box just behind the passenger head light?

 

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3" piping by whoever and a K&N
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Add a BPI stack and your set.

 

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Didn't someone do some testing with that and found it was worthless?

I don't DD the car I have the CAI on.....

 

I would be interested to know that as well if anyone knows.

 

If you are going to put a cold air intake on than be prepared to cut some metal out of the way. The whole where the air comes into the stock airbox is too small for a pipe to fit in there. I just threw on a short ram intake and filter and it works fine. Do take out the resonator and all that crap and you should be fine as well. The filter will/should sit right beside the battery, right above where the hole is where the stock airbox was.

 

i got a cold air intake pipe 3 inch ill sell cheap email me at Yeamn359@aol.com if you want or text me a 864-245-4914 i put my short ram aem back on so i dont need it

 

I have a 3" short ram intake with a BPI flowstack and K&N filter. Works fine for me. I cant comment on its power vs a full CAI but 98vtec has done some dyno testing and came to the conclusion that the longer pipe of the CAI is better. So I guess the best thing would be CAI, BPI flowstack, and a K&N.

Ohh yeah, there is a **** ton of info on this in the FAQs, and all over this forum, just search.


Modified by G2IntegraGS at 11:40 PM 10/29/2008


Modified by G2IntegraGS at 11:40 PM 10/29/2008

 

CAN97SH: I was ready to cut that out. Besides an extra 1.25 pound lift should give me what and extra 9 sec shave off my 1/4 mile right??? I had planed on removing that lower airbox to scavenge air from that area in the wheel well anywho. Just a little worried about the debris it might pick up in there. Thinking I should make some kind of shroud for protection. What do you think?

G2IntegraGS: Tried searching and found a few more topics but not all of what I want. I know that repeats get annoying after a while so sorry about that. I was planning on custom making the pipe section and wraping it with f.g. heat tape. I figured that since the tubing was going to be metal the insulation would be key to keeping the air temp as low as poss.

Also as a ps. I was thinking of having a hondata s100 installed into my ecu. I have no plans of turning this car into a fi vehicle. I was planning on keeping it na with light mods. I have an issue ( as i understand most of us do) with my car running a little rich. I mostly want to have it professionally tuned at my shop, leaned out a tad and whatnot. s100 a good idea????


Modified by dyalnowalker at 11:27 AM 10/30/2008

 

s100 is nice. I just have a chipped ecu that can run things like crome and ectune. If you search arcived data u might do better.

 

The tape/wrap will be a waste. Aluminum doesn't conduct heat very well and therefore doesn't really increase the temp of the incoming air.

Also, don't be worried about widening the hole to get the tube to fit down into the fender-well. It's a piece of cake. Just need a saw and a crow bar.

And as most everyone else has said, go with the eBay tubing + K&N filter. Basically, $100 + 1 hour install and you're done.

 

Kronn 98SH: True, wasn't thinking about the whole aluminum thing . And as far as making a hole larger, not an issue at all for me. The only thing that I am worried about is the debris that the intake will potentially encounter being the the well area. I was thinking that I might be able to just use that lower air box section and make a kind of protective shroud with and opening cut in it covered with some sort of screen to help prefilter water, rocks dust etc before the intake has a chance to suck it up. What do you think?

 

On my car, I installed a piece of plastic between the front of the bumper and the filter to block water & debris. This basically makes the wheel well a completely separate compartment.

 

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You'll save at least that time with the weight reduction

Don't worry about stuff getting in the filter. As long as you have your splash guard installed still then don't worry. Don't go submarining through puddles though

You might have to clean the filter more as it will get more debris than having a short ram intake but you'll be fine.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dyalnowalker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So still being reletivley new to the fwd and prelude seen, I would like to know if you all are a big diy crowd. The cars Im used to running with were all very diy intensive. My stock intake tubing has a nice big rip 3/4's of the way arround id in the ribbing. I was wondering how many of you, if any, have made your own intakes. How did they work out? Do you have any pics? All the general nosey info. Anything that you all have would be great. It sems like something that we all might be interested in and I saerched and couldnt find anything. Thanks in advance to you all </TD></TR></TABLE>

I have the same rip in my stock tubing...easy fix with little/no money if you havent already replaced it. I wraped the tear with duct tape a few times, then put electrical tape ontop of the duct tape to prevent melting. It works perfect without any leaks...I would suggest this first if you are a penny pincher. As for the look after youre done, the electrical tape blends in very nicely with the stock black tubing.

 

3" piping, BPi stack with K&N filter. dope

 

anyone have any recommendations on short intake filters? i've got a v2 and i need 1-2'' more space for my retrofits. i believe the v2's filter is 5'' long and the inlet is 3''?

 

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Is cutting 2" off the intake tube an option? I don't think I've ever seen a filter that is only 3" except for maybe those mushroom head things.

 

APC intake for a 94-97 accord from advance auto which will fit a prelude with a K&N cone

 

When I custom made my SRI a few months ago, I had to cut the tube down because the supercharger moved the throttle body out of position. Go to K&N's website, they have a PDF with all the dimensions of their filters. I found one that fit perfectly for the space I had.

 

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That is ridiculous, it conducts very well... Aluminum is often used for heat sinks if that means anything to you. Aluminum pipe does not transfer very much heat to the incoming air because it has a very low heat capacity due to its small mass and it has nothing to do with its conduction.

 

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That is ridiculous, it conducts very well... Aluminum is often used for heat sinks if that means anything to you. Aluminum pipe does not transfer very much heat to the incoming air because it has a very low heat capacity due to its small mass and it has nothing to do with its conduction. </TD></TR></TABLE>

correct idea, wrong word....point remains the same, heat wrap = useless