Hey guys, I want to replace only my airbox with a conical K&N air filter. I don't want to go with the total intake kit since that will be too loud and more expensive. Anybody know of a kit available? I've seen plenty for other cars.

 

sorry to inform you but replacing just the intake box with a filter will make your car loud, b/c my doing that you're bypassing the intake resonator and sucking in ALOT more air.


to test out how loud it would be just take off the top half of your stock intake box, take the filter to the open end, leave it open, run down the street in your car, and see if it's too loud

 

itd be a lot easier to put a drop-in or replace the whole thing...IMO, i dont like the way a filter and stock pipe looks.....

 

yep....exactly

 

I don't mind it being a little more loud when sucking in air. But the metal tube in those intake kits resonate too much at idle and produce a high pitched hum. It's too bad they don't make an intake kit made out of plastic for this car. It would be more quiet. But back to the point, anybody know of a kit? I know Neuspeed makes them for VWs and some Hondas (not CL 3.0 V6).

http://www.neuspeed.com/products/pro...ils.asp?app=45|J4&type=11&ltype=ns_euro&p_id=191

 

if you want the plastic look.....theres always the comptech icebox.....

 

its not real loud but gains you some preformance

 

Thanks for the info, but unfortunately Comptech stopped making parts for all out cars.....

 

the accord one works..just some modifying

 

http://solar.innercite.com/comptech/330140av6.html

 

The sound you hear from aftermarket intakes is due to the removal of the factory box and resonators. Adding a filter to the flex tube will make it sound like any other SRI. Try it out. Remove your box, and just let the tube hang, you will hear the same sound as a SRI.

 

hmmmm...WHY does that sound sooo familiar!

 

Thanks for the link. Looks a little pricey though.....wonder why it costs so much?

As for those metal tube intake kits, I used to have one and compared it with the airbox off. The sound I am talking about is the hum at idle that comes from the resonating metal tube. I like the swishy sound it makes when air rushes in, but I can't stand that loud hum at idle.

 

the price...well...its comptech...you can expect quality from them though......and the comptech is pretty quite....but you still have the same gains as a CAI

 

Because he was still misled from your post:

smartass...

 

Why am I a smartass?

 

ehh!!! it's better to be a smartass than a dumbass, i always say............

 

NOt you

 

LOL, I Was metaphoricly speaking...nah, your a smartass