i have been looking around and reading but nothing really has convinced me what do you guys suggest.

 

The stock intake is fine. In the end it's just a tube with a filter that does or doesn't make noise

 

so all the talk of adding hp is bogus in ur opinion. what about a short ram intake?

 

There should be an absolute truck load of information on intakes for the H22A with lots of dyno graphs. One link that is good but its not done on a stock engine https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...2a+intake+test

The stock intake minus the resonator actually does work rather well on the dyno (resonator will maintain some low end torque (700-3500rpm) but no good for top end, it's like breathing through a straw). I believe in aluminum (aside from more noise) physics would suggest it would perform better than the stock rubber (the 3' to 2.5' diameter change speeds up air flow, metal is smoother than the factory plastic-less turbulence, less likely to heat up from heat radiation etc etc) and it looks cleaner/aftermarket (the rice factor.lol). Not convinced that spending $250 on an AEM V2 is worth it if you can get similar gains from a cheap home-made CAI.

As with all engines, if you want gains you need balance. In general, changing once component of engine function will not work as well as changing many components, so the basic intake-header-exhaust-sparkplugs-piggyback controller + a tune would be the way to go, pending how serious you are any how. Hope that helps. Searching will yield lots of info on the topic.

 

Short Ram is short so placed near motor so Breathes in more heat. Cold Air are longer placed near headlight so breathes colder air. colder air adds H.P but not much. I Would focus on IM and Headers to add H.P

 

has it been proven that cold air's actually pull in cooler air? it's really all about the filter, look up the air intake filter test that a car magazine has done. spending more than $100 is a waste on an intake for small gains. If you want to maximize your i/h/e tuning is key. that's the only way you can extract optimal power from your bolt on's.