My custom air intake on my EM2
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RE: My custom air intake on my EM2
ORIGINAL: Bluephoenix
I actually bought that intake as a CAI but a coupler was damaged and a big part of the intake fell under the car and my civic being lowered i damaged the filter badly and the tubing was bent a few places so i had to arrange it another way. I took the piece that fell and measured for an alternative way to make it as close to a CAI as possible with what i had. So i cut the damaged tubing so i could keep the part that wasn't damaged out of it. Also the filter was 3" and my tubing is smaller to i had to cut a piece of rubber for an old intake from my previous car (Ford Probe GT) and fit it so that the filter fits on top of the tubing. I bought the filter in a shop. I was having a hard time finding one without going eBay but when i went to that place for the first time, ordering some wheels, i went upstairs (two story shop)and saw some nice aftermarket parts and saw Mushroom style filters and took one.
Also i do not know if any of you guys noticed, but the part i'm supposed to bolt it so it stays stable broke off last night before i took the pictures. So i have to buy a new air intake (or probably just tubing will do but i could have an extra filter also) but as for now that'll do for a while.
AS for the stuff about eBay or AEM, Well i do not know the difference myself but that intake's o2 sensor fits perfectly and except for the damaged coupler story, i actually never had any problems with fitment.
I actually bought that intake as a CAI but a coupler was damaged and a big part of the intake fell under the car and my civic being lowered i damaged the filter badly and the tubing was bent a few places so i had to arrange it another way. I took the piece that fell and measured for an alternative way to make it as close to a CAI as possible with what i had. So i cut the damaged tubing so i could keep the part that wasn't damaged out of it. Also the filter was 3" and my tubing is smaller to i had to cut a piece of rubber for an old intake from my previous car (Ford Probe GT) and fit it so that the filter fits on top of the tubing. I bought the filter in a shop. I was having a hard time finding one without going eBay but when i went to that place for the first time, ordering some wheels, i went upstairs (two story shop)and saw some nice aftermarket parts and saw Mushroom style filters and took one.
Also i do not know if any of you guys noticed, but the part i'm supposed to bolt it so it stays stable broke off last night before i took the pictures. So i have to buy a new air intake (or probably just tubing will do but i could have an extra filter also) but as for now that'll do for a while.
AS for the stuff about eBay or AEM, Well i do not know the difference myself but that intake's o2 sensor fits perfectly and except for the damaged coupler story, i actually never had any problems with fitment.
so..... you madea short ram
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RE: My custom air intake on my EM2
lol it's a bit longer than a SRI but shorter than a CAI...but it was a CAI in the beginning and sounds just like a CAI. While it was SRI, it didn't sound as much...not even close. It sounded a little bit at low rpm'sfrom 4000til' 7000 rpm it sounded likethe stock intake. I think i'd qualify it of a CAI.
I originally wanted to post these pictures in case of people with EM2's that are having the thought that a bought short ram doesn't sound much and don't want to bring piping down closer to the road but wanting more sound from it. So it was just an idea of an intake on a civic 7th gen. Because the 7th Gen VTEC doesn't have much "feel" or sound.
I originally wanted to post these pictures in case of people with EM2's that are having the thought that a bought short ram doesn't sound much and don't want to bring piping down closer to the road but wanting more sound from it. So it was just an idea of an intake on a civic 7th gen. Because the 7th Gen VTEC doesn't have much "feel" or sound.
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Joined: Jan 2008
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From: St. louis, MO
RE: My custom air intake on my EM2
ORIGINAL: Bluephoenix
lol it's a bit longer than a SRI but shorter than a CAI...but it was a CAI in the beginning and sounds just like a CAI. While it was SRI, it didn't sound as much...not even close. It sounded a little bit at low rpm'sfrom 4000til' 7000 rpm it sounded likethe stock intake. I think i'd qualify it of a CAI.
I originally wanted to post these pictures in case of people with EM2's that are having the thought that a bought short ram doesn't sound much and don't want to bring piping down closer to the road but wanting more sound from it. So it was just an idea of an intake on a civic 7th gen. Because the 7th Gen VTEC doesn't have much "feel" or sound.
lol it's a bit longer than a SRI but shorter than a CAI...but it was a CAI in the beginning and sounds just like a CAI. While it was SRI, it didn't sound as much...not even close. It sounded a little bit at low rpm'sfrom 4000til' 7000 rpm it sounded likethe stock intake. I think i'd qualify it of a CAI.
I originally wanted to post these pictures in case of people with EM2's that are having the thought that a bought short ram doesn't sound much and don't want to bring piping down closer to the road but wanting more sound from it. So it was just an idea of an intake on a civic 7th gen. Because the 7th Gen VTEC doesn't have much "feel" or sound.
is resting inside the engine compartment(such as yours) it is condisidered a short ram intake.
Now, you WOULD have a COLDAIR intake if, like cyber said, you ran the piping to suck air from a COLDER part of the vehicle, such at the wheel well, bumper, etc.
CAI and SRI do not have that much of a sounds difference, just to let you know, unless your CAI comes with a speaker and a loud clip of some largereving engine on it, and the sri does not.
AEM makes some nice intakes for your vehicle, as well as all of our cars. Same with alot of other companies.
What year do you have?
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