ok time to tap into whats under my hood, i will soon be installing an intake into my rsx-s im wondering if i should go into the AEM set up and maybe go v2 when they realease it for my car or injen RD both cai which one would you say would benefit the throttle response and accel? and which one would you say would be best overall?

 

Honestly I don't think you can get it to work... and secondly I think it would harm you more then hurt you.


Modified by Team at 11:07 AM 7/28/2003

 

Wouldnt a better set up be the injen short ram with the cold air extension beause the v2 and race division are one solid peice. So wouldnt it be harmful to run that year round in the position its in? Where rain can get to it and such.

 

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cut it and get a bypass......

 

Your car would have to be SUBMERGED in over 8 inches (assuming u are stock) of water for your intake to be completely submerged which would then cause hydro lock. Unless you're planning on driving through rivers or small lakes chances are you wont H/L your motor. just use common sense when u see a deep puddle gun it till u almost get into the water the npop it into neutral, that way ur car isnt ingesting air n u should be able to coast right through. that is unless ur facing a mini lake. in that case buddy ur f'ed. If its raining that bad dont drive out! if u must use caution n try to remember the streets that get super flooded.


bypass valve isnt worth it cus i heard after you put it on u lose most of the HP u gained. If u are that paranoid get a short ram intake.

 

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I don't like how the Injen wraps around instead of going straight under the battery like the AEM. I'd go with the AEM.

 

AEM V2 is a SRI with all the high end gains of the CAI's, I'd say after researching this and proving if it really does what it's designed to do, then get this because it's going to be the best of both worlds.

 

They're all the same with some different alterations in design... just pick the one that installs on the car the easiest.

That would be Injen.

 

personally i chose the aem cai..got a good price on it... it's not as bad as everyone says only took me 4hrs to install... but i've been told that the dc sports cai is alot easier... due in part beacause you don't have to relocate the widshield washer bottle...as for cutting the cai and putting a bypass valve i don't think that is a good idea aem and other manufacturer's have done exstinsive research to put the bends on them for the optimum air flow and cutting the tube could chage the characteristics...this was stated in vtec forums by ryandl..

 

so from wut i read here a bypass would be the best way to go? what would the outcome be if i went with both bypass and short ram?

 

Sound is power.....My young son.......But, Which one screams??? Which intake makes the Vtec Come alive? Does any one have sound clips of a Injen RD and AEM CAI on a stock engine?? Im in the same situation, AEM or Injen RD?? I like INJEN RD because i heard the sound its loudd!!

 

I would go with Injen based on the ease of the installation process. I friend of mine and myself installed a AEM CAI on his RSX and it wasn't so easy of an install, like on the DC2. i had an injen on my old dc2 and the sound was great and it performed well. The AEM is louder by the way. I just picked up my RSX today and im going to install the Injen short ram on my car either today or tommorow. From the looks of things it looks pretty easy.

 

I went for the injen cai b/c the power it gives me at the low rpm range and also that i do not have to relocate the washer fluid bottle ( AEM). It is a simple and straight forward install i thought.

 

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That would be Injen.</TD></TR></TABLE>

what about the DC Sports DAC? Mine was pretty easy to install on the Type S

 

Injen..Aem..
Same **** different day.
They both do the same thing but one is easier then the other. With Injen you do not have to relocate the bottle, but with Aem you do.
Good luck.

 

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what about the DC Sports DAC? Mine was pretty easy to install on the Type S</TD></TR></TABLE>

Same ****... different day. Heh...

 

not really feelin dc..just because of the fact that ive heard alot of good things about both AEM and Injen...and the easy setup on my car overall and the overall performance factors..now i know that just because i haven't heard much about dc doesn't make it a product to look down on but lets just say its not preferred

 

well u can acutaully see the injen intake =-)

 

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Why would people want to look at your intake for?

 

Go with aem its worth the time.

 

cus it looks nice =-) why do people buy red valve covers or radiator caps? cus it looks nice.

 

OMFG !

INJEN is gay

even there name is ricer ebonics

Plus take off the sticker and it's every other 15 $ crome POS on the market

the point being that under "real world" not "dyno world" the AEM design is much better

Unfourtunately a static car with the hood open does'nt mimic real world driving conditions. Which is probably why they both are even. However AEM still on the dyno has been proven to make slightly more in the CAI version

But it's not blinging chrome so you might as well get Ingin of Engin or Igloo, WTF ever !

 

haha funny one guy but like i said performance means more to me than your so called "igloo" or whatever nonsense your talking blinging chrome means nothing to me, but the performance of my ride does...but hey thanx n e way altho u din't help me at all

 

If you read my post and were unable to glean real info from it

than i have a JDM Hype R HAI to sell you

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mythos EF &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">OMFG !

INJEN is gay

even there name is ricer ebonics

Plus take off the sticker and it's every other 15 $ crome POS on the market

the point being that under "real world" not "dyno world" the AEM design is much better

Unfourtunately a static car with the hood open does'nt mimic real world driving conditions. Which is probably why they both are even. However AEM still on the dyno has been proven to make slightly more in the CAI version

But it's not blinging chrome so you might as well get Ingin of Engin or Igloo, WTF ever !</TD></TR></TABLE>

Actually 2 ephatchers HAD AEM n switched to Injen after they drove an ephatch with injen, they felt the injen was the better cai.
Doesnt the aem sit closer to the radiator?

and whats up with the "ricer" comment? Injen is a damn good brand. Its not like the apc stuff on your ride