Comptech Ice Box
AEM CAI?

I'm Going to order My Ice Box Tomorrow so what do you Think Guys?

 

i like ice box better.

there isnt really "best" intake for s2k. it is very hard to gain improvement with s2k. s2k isnt like civic or teg where you can see big difference between different types of intake.
matter of fact it is hard not to lose power when you add new mods.
i dont have ice box but i heard good things about it from owners.

 

ice box is expensive and all, but it offers good gains without the chance of hydroluck(unlike the aem cai).

personall i'd save the money and get a high quality header or exhaust system. those are the true bottle-necks of this car, and everyone knows how heavy the stock exhaust system is(~55 pds). the stock intake is pretty efficient, and as young has already pointed out, some have lost hp using aftermarket intakes.

good luck.

 

OK thanks! I'm going to order it Tomorrow! and i'm looking Foward to buy a Tanabe Racing Medalion!

 

- I like the look of the comptech...
- I would say these are the "top" intakes though...

 

It looks SUper!

 

If you have the cash, the end all is pretty much the Mugen CF intake, although the price may give you a heart attack, and you have to cut your hood for proper fitment i believe.

 

Hahahahahah A Heart Atack! Yeah Right for 1,500$ thats to much man

 

i heard the aem v2 on a s2000 sounded sick just my input.

someone buy my car so i can get a s2000!!!

 

Header, intake, exhaust... all minimal gains. It's somewhat misleading to say the stock header/exhaust or a combination of them are true bottlenecks if all you can free up is 5hp at the wheels. You can get some weight savings, but again, minimal. BTW, the AEM intake sounds like ****.

Some people care about 5hp and 20lbs weight savings while others don't (where I'm coming from). That $1000 header and $800 exhaust won't make you any faster than a stock S2000, but it will make you a lot lighter in the wallet.

The only engine mod I'd consider doing is adding the Comptech blower with aftercooler. That's the **** right there. Everything else is child's play. Including "turboing" the car (not that anyone brought it up here).

Please. Tell me ONE person who's done it reliably and if you name one, I bet you'd have an even harder time naming another. Waste of $$$$$. Might as well get a 911 to start and have the name bling bad boy style. Always makes me wonder why why why. I guess the car is their life and they measure their manhood by what they can put down in one day of dynoing. And the next day they're having boost leak problems or not running at X Psi... what a freakin' waste of brain cells.

Anyways, this car is pimpin' from the factory. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise. That's why I go the pretty boy way and mess with the looks.
it's usually the rice boys who go messing with carbon fiber, go nuts of $1500 coilovers, and spill juice thinking about cusco bars taht don't do ****. and i swear they all look alike

 

built all motor? thats lame i guess

 

Has anyone cut out the divider between the intake port in the box and the filter element? It seems that's the biggest bottleneck on the intake.

 

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What is "built all motor?" Again, another common rice boy theme. How cheap does that come for the F20C? Enlighten us.

 

I agree that toys for the S2k are expensive, and the gains are minimal. If I had the cash to spend, I'd stay NA. I would have a similar setup as Vapor. A good I/H/E combo with AEM EMS tuning.

 

If I had cash lying around, I'd straight drop the $5K for the Comptech SC with aftercooler and call it a day.

But, alas, I spent most of my dough on aesthetics and I have no more desire to spend more on an aging Honda.

911 is next.

That's why I am so internet critical about guys who spend major bucks on tuning and turbos and CF and the like. It's like, wake up, man... there's bigger and better.

But to each his/her own...

 

After all these years I would actually have to agree with you on this one. It is an aging honda and I have had enough of this car already. But why 911? I would get the 996 or the new Lotus Espirit. Then call it a day.
Your also 100% correct when stating that I/E/H gets you minimal gains. I new that but opted to buy the best products in each catagory IMO and I gained 5 hp. Thats minimal for $5000 to say the least. Supercharger may be the route to go but why spend another $5000-$6000 grand when you can use that as part of your down on your 911 or any car for that matter?

 

Maybe all that 5hp is going to your head, bro. A 996 is a 911.

 

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Uhh you're kidding right? I think the biggest reason is money. Thats why people buy Civics and mod them. I mean sure, by the time their car is done they could've made a down on a stock s2k, but in the end their car will be faster than a stock s2k and for less. Same goes for the s2k, even with it's "limited" tunability, you can definitely make it faster than a stock 996 and for much less.

 

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What is "built all motor?" Again, another common rice boy theme. How cheap does that come for the F20C? Enlighten us.</TD></TR></TABLE>

what its says build a all motor f20c, no its not cheap its all motor

its not complicated, pnp, valvetrain, AEM ems, tuning, its not like the car is maxed out, it has alot of room for improvement

 

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there really isn't a bottleneck on the intake, in fact the only bottleneck on this car is the ecu.

 

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WRS2K: the new 911s are only good for blinging, besides the GT3 that actually handles very well and doesn't understeer like the rest of the fleet.

 

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there really isn't a bottleneck on the intake, in fact the only bottleneck on this car is the ecu. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I know it isn't much... but has anyone cut it out, and does it help at all?

 

True, but at the end of the day your still driving a civic. Thats how I see it. Not to say thats a bad thing at all. I love to see civics tear down the quarter mile in 10 seconds but put that same car on the touge against the Amuse S2000 or ASM or whatever S2000 that civic will go right off the side of the road. That car is a straight line only car IMO with 700hp.

 

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I have and I didn't see a gain, maybe a loss on the dyno by a few hp.
*edit* that was on a stock ecu setup, stock headers, stock exhaust, only spoon intake.

 

ahh, thanks Vapor.