I was planning on getting a cold air intake for my stock si. I was looking at the AEM intakes but wasn't sure if there were other good ones out there that look good as well as function. Advice in general?

 

Whale ***** FTMFW password:JDM or J's racing sells them, I personally got the J's one cause I'm bout that authentic ****....but the password one is fine had that one too. BUT if you're a REAL hard parker find an ARC magic intake I debated it but $800 didn't seem worth it at the time so I settled with the J's racing one.

 

Whale dick foor the win.

 

3" pipe and a velocity stack. Unless you like wasting money.

 

k&n drop in filter, unless you like wasting money. theres a reason used oem em1 intake systems sell for more than used sri's.

 

I vote for ITBs and trumpets

 

The stock 3G integra box is nice. Duct it to the bumper and it's a CAI.

 

Always funny when ppl say name brand/expensive stuff is a "waste" yet they'd buy it if they could afford it(but they can't...). I'd rather have a J's intake that does the same job as a $100 plastic replica of the J's racing one.


note op said "looks good" so why not drop $300 on the real deal ?

 

its a waste because it really doesnt do ****. so to spend hundreds of dollars on something that essentially only makes your car a little louder is retarded. his motor is stock. a k&n drop in filter is the best thing he can do for it. I'm trying to point people in the right direction when they ask for advice.

 

Spending a fuckton on a vehicle is pretty dumb man, my bro spent 10-15 on his 444 ford that he bought for 1,000$. Its still a POS that breaks down Every other week from exploded yokes, wiring issues, or something random.

you're way better off saving money than buying flashy ****. Some things are certainly worth spending more the first time, but other things can certainly have corners cut without any issues.

 

One thing I can say about AEM, they fit well. AEM takes the time to make their products fit the car properly. At least that was my experience with the short ram intake on the 95 civic.

I've seen others with ebay knock offs and the fitment is okay at best.

The gains are probably minimal being as far as I know the stock box isn't pulling air from the engine compartment so the air isn't going to be any cooler with stock over a true CAI in the fender well.

Also the True CAI takes a lot more upkeep and should also be equipped with a water sock.

Putting a K&N dry flow stock fitment filter in should give you the breath-ability, wash-ability and reliability of the Short Ram setup while keeping the temps of the CAI without all the hassle.

Just my two cents.

Oh and also you don't get the extra growl when WOT with the stock box, the resonator reduces that and is supposed to provide a more stable flow of air.

 

I can see my research went for nought.

 

Not completely.

 

Aem is the way to go

 

All those tube intakes are so damn ugly, though. CAI's suck up water. Whether you notice or not...they do. Water drips into that cavity one way or the other. Or you go thru a big enough puddle with a small enough amount of brain power and it REALLY inhales water. I've seen tons of rice burglars installing these sans fenderliners also. :facepalm:

SRI's look even uglier. Plus...they all heat soak. Omg yes all of them. Maybe the power level is higher initially...but if you do anything besides strap it onto a dyno, heat soak will be an issue.

IMO, stock intakes make the bay look more neat. They also work surprisingly well. I used a 3" aluminum pipe and a stock airbox with a snorkel into the bumper on my ITR. No perceptible added heat soak, even during hot track days, sounded awesome, looked great.

I'm not a fan of the loud *** open box sound from using traditional CAI's or SRI's. I'm stuck with the Injen CAI on my TSX because the prior owner installed it...and did not save the stock box....and its huge in terms of gains on that particular engine....especially with the Hondata ECU. But I hate the way it sounds/looks. :'(

 

If it's strictly about looks then get what you want. As for performance, this CAI vs. SRI debate is about as old as H-T. It's all about what you can live with. If money is an issue my solution nets power at a lower cost. I put up hard data so no one can say I'm giving uninformed opinions. No offense to anyone.

 

One of the shows I watched awhile back dyno'd the difference between CAI, SRI and stock box. There was a difference between CAI and SRI but nothing major. Temperature of the air of the CAI did give a few horsepower increase over the basic SRI.

The Stock box kept pretty well up to par. Also the SRI or CAI didn't have a velocity stack. I don't think the stack would be very effective with a CAI due to the curves and length additions.

I was going to point out on your reference thread of the velocity stack. The Dyno's were between the CAI and then an SRI with the stack. Didn't show what a stock SI airbox with the resonator does.

The velocity stack gives to the short ram what the resonator does to the stock box. It removes the turbulence from the equation.

So if you want to go with the look of an SRI, I could not see going without the velocity stack. Then build an ice box around it and you get the extra benefit of the colder air and get the best of all worlds with the look of a custom intake.

 

and this is where the debate ends.

 

wtf is a velocity stack? sounds like ricertalk to me.

 

^^^Could've Googled it faster than typing this up.

 

OP just get an ebay intake and slap an AEM decal on it. 99 percent the same. 4 times cheaper.

 

^^^Now we know what you'd do...

 

Comptech aka ctengineering ice box

 

http://www.go-autoworks-store.com/gosbshramin.html

 

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