Installed it this week and for those out there that had asked the question A/C is no problem as the lines go the other way on RHD cars

Here are a few pics:







Install was pretty straightforward but definitely more involved than other intakes I've had. I can imagine how hard getting it in place would be with A/C lines in the way

I ended up installing the fender water shield as we get a lot of rain here. Much fun was had working out which way round the rear bracket went.

Haven't had much WOT time yet but my impression is that the car is more seamless now. Overall I'm very happy with my purchase.


Modified by NZITR at 11:12 PM 7/13/2003

 

god damn that looks nice... *Drool* how much did the Mugen Airbox cost ya?

 

looks good!

 

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http://www.kingmotorsports.com and http://www.ipsracing.com for all your m000gen needs

 

Looks nice.

'Racing Yellow' looks betta.

 

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Still Y-56 though. Dunno why Honda New Zealand specified the name as opposed to calling it Sunshine Yellow as per Australia.

 

Racing Yellow is better than Phoenix Yellow is better than Sunshine Yellow.

Having the a/c lines on the other side sure does make the install much easier.

 

What setup did you have before? How do you like this one? Looks very nice.

 

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I've had:

Stock - Quiet and okay response/power - Consistent
Stock with Trust foam filter (like Spoon filter) - slightly better than stock response
Filter on a stick (with and without heatshield) - great reponse but suffered in traffic, better with heatshield
Filter on stock arm (with and without heatshield) - similar to filter on stick
BMC CDA (in CAI mode and shortram) - CAI mode more consistent. Shortram better response

That's quite a list when I write it down The above all had good points but were limited in some way. I had always wanted a Mugen Airbox but they were so damm expensive and hard to get here in New Zealand so I played around with what I could get locally but was never really happy. When I saw them available locally at a price similar to US I just ordered one.

FYI I used a remote temp probe that I placed on the filter and a reference probe that was inside the car to measure ambient temp (car window down, heater & A/C off). Results were that a shortram with no shield was seeing temps some 25 degrees F higher than ambient at highway speeds. Adding a heatshield that isolated the filter on all sides other than where the ABS unit was dropped this to 10 degrees F higher than ambient. Having the shield open at the top was only marginally better than no shield at all. This setup was good but suffered in traffic plus looked fairly ghetto. I regard the Mugen setup as a vey nice shortram with a very extensive heatshield so it seems to be the best of both worlds to me.




Modified by NZITR at 1:10 AM 7/12/2003

 

A friend of mine installed the Mugen air box on his RHD UK ITR but had to bend some of the A/C lines slightly for a good fit!!!!!

 

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Interesting. This is the only one that comes close on my car and it's got a good inch of clearance:



I guess there is some lattitude for installation variation. My A/C was factory installed.

 

Good install, very clean!

 

Nice B18C7

 

.....what's the difference in p/n's for the ones we get here in the US, and the ones available for jdm/ rhd itr's? Is there a different design for the lhd itr's?

 

hey NZITR, who was it that imported the mugen box for you? i want to import some stuff in the future

 

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As I understand it's the same. Issue with the lhd cars is the routing of the A/C lines.

 

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Got it from GT Motorsports. Details are on their website:

http://www.gtmotorsports.co.nz

 

oh sweet as, thats where i enquired about the mugen box too.

 

Now all you need to do is to finish off with removing the protective front of the decal so only the individual letters are left

I've just installed my own Mugen airbox and it was a job to get it to fit on my LHD car, took me a total of 4 1/2 hours to get it installed, totally worth both hassle and money though, get's a from me.

 

Nice!

 

great pictures!!
nicely done

 

looks great !!

 

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Thanks for the tip. Now I feel much better about how the decal looks.



cheers.


Modified by NZITR at 11:07 PM 7/13/2003

 

I've just placed an order for one of these Mugen systems for my UKDM Teg (gotta wait till october until it's delivered though ).
Do you need to take the front bumper off to install it or can you just remove the plastic liner. My car does NOT have AC.

 

nice install.