what cold air intake to use on a 1990 honda civic hatchback??? also is there any way we can fit a compteck air box on a or car??? thanks

 

I bought a Ractive CAI or so it's called (Not a true cold air intake). I really like the yellow silicone tubing for the valve cover breather but if you have the stock metal tubes that are welded together you will need to replace the coolant line from the head to the throttle body or it will look like total crap. I think the 3" brushed aluminum intake tube is very good quality and looks nice too. the only thing I am not very happy with is the Ractive cone filter that came with the whole kit, It seems to have a more pronounced whistle at a certain RPM than other brands. One other problem that I have run into is that I could not find anyone that even makes an intake for a 1990 Civic Si so I had to purchase one for a CRX and that involved moving the battery a bit more toward the front so the positive battery terminal would not hit the aluminum intake tube. I'm not sure if anyone has had the same problem as me, But hopefully my info will be of some help.

 

compteck = comptech

 

just depends on how much money you wanna spend...
check iceman and injen for the pricier ones and ractive/arospeed for the cheaper ones...

 

What do you have to buy to replace the tubes that are welde together? And can you just buy it at your local auto parts store?

 

i had a ractive intake in my accord and it was good. The only thing was that the filter was kinda small so i used my larger K&N that made a good combo.

Ractive is the way to go if u dont want to spend youre paychek on an AEM.

 

just buy one of those knock off's... they the same shiet as AEM. why pay 1.5x more? you can spend the 100+ bux plus on something else.

 

just get cheap cold air intake for around $75 and get good filter $30-$50 i dont know which ones are good and it should do it why pay top dollar for intake the filter is the most important stuff not the piping

 

http://www.rsversion.com has good prices or http://www.speedpeople.com

 

also one question did you have any trouble with the swap(if you did the swap)cuz im planing to put B16a but is it worth it?

 

Sorry about taking so long to reply, But I went over my post limit. The two metal tubes that are welded together must have a purpose of mounting, But I'm not quite sure. 1 rubber tube goes from the valve cover breather to the metal tube to another sort of rubber adapter that plugs into the stock intake tube, This is replaced by the silicone tubing that is supplied in the intake kit. Now you are left with a useless metal tube that is still attached to the coolant line that goes from the head to the throttle body. You could leave it there but it will look bad so just disconnect the coolant line and replace it with a new rubber hose. Hope this helps!

 

hey if you want a good coldair intake and its like 130 i would go with injen they are really good and the tubing it stong i know it cause i have it on my teg and my bro in law has it on his and i have it on my ef

 

AEM is not like the rest. AEM CAI's have a coating of something, cant remember what it is, but go check the site if you want to find out. The coating is what makes it better than the rest. Get an AEM CAI, get it done right the first time.

 

injen and iceman out perform aem.. iceman because it has a tapered design and it's plastic which they say keeps it cool.... if you get an injen get the one for 99-00 civic si, it's 3" instead of aem's 2.75"....
AND PSIKOTICcrx i've read the AEM ads too.....

 

AEM short ram converted to CAI..