So i decided to do a fun little project. My goal - To build a custom ram air headlight intake that is as close to OEM as possible. I started by going to my local Pick-A-Part to do some parts shopping. Once i got there i scouted out a nice 89 civic, since there were ZERO CRX's, and bought the following: 1 headlight, 1 air intake breather box, 2 intake pipes that connect the breather box to the intake manifold, 1 air duct off a random Volvo (i just looked for something that i thought would work). Then went to auto zone and bought a couple 3" band clamps and 1 Specter 3" silicone coupling.

Its not finished 100%. i want to make a cover for the "high-beam" side of the headlight housing so that there isn't extra drag from the empty space. Here are some pictures of it installed and complete, minus painting and a few final touches. Feel free to comment or ask any questions you may have.

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wow looks good! are u gonna put the glass or plastic over the high beam?

 

I'm hoping that's for track use? Judging by the blacked out plate, I'd guess not.

If you drive around with one low beam, you'll get a ticket for inadequate headlamps.

If you drive around with your high beams on so you have 2 headlights and meet a cop and don't dim them, you'll get a ticket for "dazzling headlights".

There are two headlights on a car for safety reasons, they aren't something that should be disabled on a street car, for obvious reasons.

/cop rant

 

Looks very good, but I dont think your set up is going to be very effective performance wise. I would ditch the breather box and go with a straight pipe, assuming this is for performance. The more space that the incoming air has to "pressurize" the longer it will take to actually make any "boost". also, the breather box makes for a VERY in-direct path to the intake manifold, and that greatly slows down the air's velocity and defeats the purpose of the mod.
Here is a picture of the set up i had on my Z6 swap. I'll be running something very similar when the B20 goes in.


As for the filter, I am super ghetto and took a old t-shirt and stretched it accross the pipe and used the coupler to hold it in place. I am sure you could come up with something better it you put any effort into it. I didnt.

Ram air does work though, I took mine to the track and made 3 passes with it and 3 passes without it. I averaged .14 faster in the 1/8th mile with the ram air. would have been even better in the 1/4, but the track didnt do 1/4.

 

Looks great, but what are you going to do about lighting?

 

umm they do make aem coldair intakes with real power number so running your intake to your headlight with no air filter thinking its gonna make you faster its just gonna make you blow your motor

 

i like your idea cuz you were able to retain the stock box but i would of just mad the duck go to the bumper light cleaner easier way to get air and you dont sacrifice your headlight

 

yeah bro you know how the stok intake box has that y pipe that redirects to the resonator box and to the other pipe that goes by the rad if you keep that or make one that would fit then run the pipe to were that bumper light goes just take of the lense and put mesh grill over it paint it black cut the hole big enoug so the new pipeing it would be cool and cleaner bro ill show you and example let me find the pic

 

just like these bro the guy is using them for air ducks to the brakes but i dont see why it wouldnt work for the intake

 

by the way how did you fit the gsr you have in your ef with the stock manifolld????

 

1.) I think it looks like garbage...
2.) You don't talk of your engine being built/tuned to actually gain anything from this modification...
3.) Why would you use the low beam instead of the high beam...
4.) The list goes on... regardless - pointless and a waste of time.

 

there is enough space in the bumper area i have foglights and im planning a turbo set up so there is enought space in there bro

 

Like is there any clearance issues with the manifold and the firewall or antyhing like that and what kind of mounts you using

 

Obviously it was due to the fact that the throttle body is lower just like the GSR is. Being that you are running an aftermarket intake manifold this changes what was deciphered from the above picture. Also - you don't have enough modifications to benefit from your modifications. The best part is you are worried about the intake temperature while not fully understanding why that would even matter... On top of that running NGK 7's is too cold considering what you have done...

 

This is an open forum, anyone can reply, give opinions, criticize, etc.

 

Haha... I can assure you there is no contest, I win hands down. I have had decades of experience in what you are trying to do. You just don't like hearing that what you have done is pointless. If the CTR camshafts in your stock B16 need so much more, why didn't Honda makes these types of modifications from the factory? I know a lot more than I am letting on - don't be fooled by my approach. I read your entire "Garage" and from that is why I posted what I did above. I never said anything about a GSR until you couldn't comprehend what "Tony" was getting at. Thus insinuating that you have no clue what you are talking about. I am well aware of the stock Honda ignition limits... why do you think I said what I did? Again, this shows what I was initially getting at... When you use a colder plug do you even understand what and why it happens? You are utilizing larger injectors but yet using a colder plug on a N/A engine with out a tune... Your arugument is invalid and laughable. I can assure you a few things as well - it is next to impossible to get my "riled" up, and I probably have grandchildren close to your age.

 

Interesting, but I never said anything about spark plug wires in any of my posts. While that is an attempt at a theory, why would Honda car about fuel economy on a vehicle that was built for the track? Stuff just isn't adding up, it's ok, I'll leave you alone now.

 

Hmm, you must have changed it for I can NEVER be wrong...

Either way, those Boschs plugs are GARBAGE... I have been known to misread/not care to read stuff... they should really make these phone's screens bigger. You still fail to see the point I am making... oh well... thanks for the laughs!

 

cool it with your attitude.

your posting style on this forum, in total, is inflammatory and doing more harm than good.

you can know everything and be more trouble than you're worth, all because of the distractions you cause with your attitude.

thanks,

staff

 

explicit; I wouldn't sweat it. It's people like that who give H-T the reputation it has.

 

Whatsup bro **** looks good and tony lives near u pm him maybe he can help u more

 

i did a kind of ram air with the bumper light, put an led on it to stay legal too. no duct work, just led to my CAI. now i have the stock air box, but i might try it again someday:

 

Hmm... everyone on here is way too serious. At all times I have a smile on my face... it's a shame the Internet is the way it is now - when it first started it was all hehe and hahas... Well to switch gears...

When my son was trying to be ricer he did do something for this sort of thing. It was utilizing something similar to the 4th Camaro/Firebird cold air intake. Essentially using part of the front grill as the intake. Then took it up like a charge piping install. The biggest problem is unless you have a somewhat direct approach it's almost impossible to create positive pressure.

If you setup a cold air intake properly your air intake temperature should stay close to ambient. Even on all my turbo vehicles the air temperature at the manifold still stays within 20* of ambient when beating the heck out of it... Without actually "tuning" the intake tube - the benefits are negated. Unless the whole idea of this was just for looks/cold air SPECIFICLY and not a true ram air. This is what I was trying to get at. If you wanted to get cold air the factory has a pretty good setup... If you take an infared thermometer and point it around the engine bay I think you may get suprised...

 

He does he's just a busy kid hit him up and see

 

Yes colder air means denser air which means there will be more air particals in a given area. But your air flow into the motor is only as good as what your motor can effectively use. Why do you think they dont make CAI or SRI utilizing 4"+ pipes. It just simple our four cylinders flatout just cant utilize that much air. Honda didnt leave us very much room to add HP or Torque with an NA build. Honda has the most power per liter from the factory from there engines over every other company. Yes you might see a 5-10 HP gain from the various boltons individually but that really isnt that much when you go look at how much a v8 could gain from something simple like and intake pipe.

I also dont think you should run around H-T bashing on all the elders. Let your ego go for a minute do some research and you will see that N3va3vaSatisfi3d has a valid point. He has been in the scene for a long time and has a lot of good knowledge stored in his head.

Werent you ever taught the saying "Respect Your Elders." Plain and simple there really is no need to bash on each other when we are all on here to get advice and gain more knowledge. It is kind of sad that the same passion for cars brings us all together but also tears us all apart. Too many immature kids in the scene these days that are too headstrong to listen to any body else and that is why the honda scene sucks dick. Just my $0.02 though.