are plastic intake better than metal ones? is iceman intakes made of plastic? and does it matter if i dont connect the hose in the intake because i dont think it will fit. what does that hose do? please help


Modified by shermanator at 4:40 AM 3/9/2004

 

not sure on the intake question, but what hose are you talking about...the hose that goes from the intake to the valve cover?

 

its that hose that conects to the intake its like 1 cm

 

ice man is a really good intake, apparently up there with all the big brand names... a friend of mine has an ice box and yeah, it's made of the same material as your stock intake

i think the hose is for the o2 sensor? well, it's SOME sort of sensor, and even if the sensor isn't important, you don't want a hole in your intake like that, it defeats the purpose of having a filter! you don't want the dirt and grease from ur engine gettin in.... it's a small hole, but hey, who knows what can get in there?

 

?????

 

the hose he is talking about is a vaccum line that connects to the intake tube right near the throttle body.

 

thats the intake air temperature sensor. I'm not sure if that is on all OBDII cars, but i know that they are on 96+ civics and integras

 

I think that hose is supposed to the the breather for the engine's head, either it expels heat from it or air goes in to cool it off, I could be wrong, but that's what I think your talking about, right?

 

On Aem CAI there are 2 holes. There is the hole that connects to the hose coming out of the valve cover. I would buy a breather for that because you do not want hot air from the head to be in your intake air. So plug that hole on the intake and put a breather on the valve cover. Then there is another hole on the intake near the trottle body. This is just a hole for a vaccum hose that goes into the intake manifold. i just plugged mine up. It didnt hurt anything. You do not want any hot air or anything restricting the coldest and highest flow of air into your engine. As for the best intakes, i would recomend using the AEM CAI or INJEN CAI...they show the best on the dyno charts.

 

Opps, thanks for clearing that up, I have OBD 1, only have one of those holes.

 

mine is obd1 as well. either way. plug all the holes in intake!

 

thanks for replying everyone i will try to plug it to the intake but i dont think it will fit.

 

i have some more questions if i dont connect it will it cause the engine check light to come on? cuz mines did. i accendently pushed in a rubber piece into my intake what should i do? its probably sucked up and melted in that p... thing should i take it to a shop and flush my engine out will that take out the rubber? and my last question is that i went to a shop and they said just seal the whole thats on the side of the intake and put a breather on that hose will this work?

 

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sucks to be you buddy. if it went all the way into the engine its time to pull it all apart.

 

cant i just warm up the engine and melt it and flush it out?

 

that sucks never work on motor why its running unless its suppose to be!!

 

what did u do again? try to redline it a few times and keep it in hi rpm band, if it wont work then go to a mechanic or wait for a few days it might go away