hows it goin honda-tech....i have a stock 1998 gsr and was wondering what the best air intake would be for it...any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

What state? If your in CA your stuck with buying something CARB legal which is expensive. The cheapest way woulb be to make your own or buy the cheapest one you could find on eBay, toss the filter and buy a quality one.

 

An intake is an intake. But like stated above, it must be carb legal in CA. Do some research via google

 

im in Connecticut.

 

thanks...maybe you're right

 

if you can find it comptech cold air box intake. or you could just make your own for a few bucks.

 

maybe ill try that...i guess an intake is an intake it looks like

 

I was pretty satisfied with my cheap ebay CAI. It did it's job, had on a spectre filter.

 

Nothing wrong with just putting in a k&n filter in the stock box

 

you can buy one of the cheap $20 ones on ebay and then replace the filter with a K&N one. the filter will actually make a difference and you dont want to cheap out on that.

 

ah, but that's basically what a comptech cold air box is, in a nutshell. better flowing air filter with a air snorkel that comes in from the fender. so think stock intake box, but with out the resonator.

 

thanks everyone for the advice...i will keep this thread updated with what i end up doing.

 

this is the best answer..... just what i did, but i used a better replacement comptech air filter

 

aem or injen CAI

 

stock box with a K&N drop in

 

Skunk2 IM + 68mm TB w/ Injen CAI all tuned to specs will get you a nice power figure and sound.
OR
ITB's :D

 

if any of you guys want a K&N drop in for the stock box i have one in excellent condition sitting in my garage. these filters virtually never wear out so buying used isn't really too big of a deal. of course pics would be provided to any buyer. i'm thinking $40 shipped. cheapest you'll get a new one is $70

 

I just ordered another short ram for my car because I wanted the couplers to match the red engine bay so for $33 in red, including all hardware on ebay i thought hm why the hell not? (red couplers alone were like $20). I can tell you right now that after installing it on last night, I regret spending that $33.

I've had a cold air intake and I only put it on in the summer, but eventually I took it off because I was scared of hydrolocking. Next I went with a short ram, it was an ebay one so I simply just detach the second pipe. After that, I went back to the stock airbox and custom modified it into a icebox with a flexitube from autozone. And last night, back to a short ram.

Heres my conclusion:
After going through three types of intakes, short, cold, icebox...I think icebox is your best bet.

short ram = warm air from engine bay (warms up faster in winter) but you lose that mid range torque. on the other hand, you hear a nice loud deep growl

cold air = denser cold air from behind the turn signal. good mid range power but very loud (because of the aluminum piping), but prone to hydrolocking

icebox = denser cold air from behind the turn signal. good mid range power but very quiet (it's like a stock airbox but slightly louder), no chance of hydrolocking

I'm going to be swapping the new short ram intake back to my modified icebox. Sad thing is I only had it on for a day, $33 wasted right there. Im probably going to sell it up on craigslist lol.

 

i might be interested in an icebox

 

i would go with aem short ram in the fall/winter and go with aem coldair intake for late spring/summer.

 

best bang for the buck: definitely short ram intake all season around. you can pick up those $10-15 eBay short ram and pick up a K&N cone filter ($40-50) or just go with an AEM/Injen short ram for $100ish. If you don't want to spend much and are in need of replacing the OEM filter, then the K&N drop-in filter is the next logical choice.

 

no the best bang for its buck is 3inch pipe with a velcity stack

 

Just did a vibrant piping 3" w/ v-stack and mesh screen ...its coupled with blox IM and 70mm skunk2 alpha tb