I jus want to know what is the best SRI for gas mileage? also does it take longer for a car to warm up in the winter w/ an intake??...Oh yeah this is for a 97 3.0 auto.

 

i dont know about your questions, but with an sri for a 3.0, be ready for a constant horribly stupid sound
i would get a cai if i were you.
the sound of an sri on a 3.0 is just overpoweringly annoying
get a cai and take off the extension part to find out

 

what causes this noise???

 

yes a intake can slightly high fuel mileage but its nothing your honestly gonna notice. you cant rely on parts to get better gas mileage you just have to chill out when u drive. the basic point in my mind of an intake is for sound and a slight increase in acceleration.

and as for the intake helping your car warm up, i cant see that having anything to do with it. its just a matter of your coolant and oil rising to a certain temperature. correct me if im wrong.

 

the intake. from what i've heard about the 3.0's a short ram will produce an annoying sound. get a CAI. i'm guessing that they produce a better sound. and as far as i'm concerned, an intake is an intake. just make sure that you get a quality filter (like k&n) and you will be fine.

 

so no reccomendations for better gas mileage??? thanks for the help tho.

 

they are all the same

 

AEM or cosmo are good. The humming from the SRI comes from a combination of a cheap filter and the intake not being mounted properly, and it reverberates sound like a tuning fork.

 

just chill out when u drive and always remember to do basic maintance. your wallet and transmission will thank you. an intake will help but it wont do that much.

 

I think the stock resonator has something to do with the sound. I stuffed some rags in it and it helped a bit. I tried taking it out, but i ran out of patience.

 

also a good point, mine hummed real bad cuz I had the stock resonator right below the intake, but i tied it down with zipties and put some rags under it too and it went away. I bet it would be a lot less if you took that out. I waited on mine till I put my CAI to take that out, but i bet that has a lot to do with it, never thought of that b4 but that's probably where the sound is bouncing around from. But I did muffle it with a towel just never put 2 and 2 together. If you buy my sri, just take out the stock resonator box in the bumper I bet it won't hum real bad

 

U gotta take it out through the wheel well / fender well. Cuz it's bolted inside the bumper. There's diy guides on here with pics of what needs to come out. Not hard took me like a half hour.

 

i miss that humming noise, tho you cant creep up on anybody anymore.

 

Thx Black, I will add it to my saturday Post-midterm projectfest. New speakers, no resonator, and a good time had by all.

 

 

i dont know about this resonator being the source of the hum because mine was already out.
honestly though that noise was the most annoying, loud, stupid sound ive ever heard from my car

 

sri sucks, very loud ufo humming sound. i bought the i injen sri and got annoyed so bought the cold air extension. after that, there was no more humming.

 

I'd love to go CAI it's just super rainy here in BC. I think we have some sort of record or something.. I'd hate to suck that water up in my engine. I just can't trust a BOV either, it seems too simple.

 

It's not a blow off valve And they do work, I got stuck in a hurricane rain storm with 3-4 foot floods on the roads and my cai and motor kept right on truckin

Thank god or i'da cried.

 

my AEM V2 is basically SRI, and everyone said they hum and have like a vacuum sound, but my sounds just like any ordianary intake. and if its humming i obviously dont even notice it??

 

you should post pics too

 

Alright, I took the airbox thing out and It made a huge difference with regards to the humming. It still hums but it isn't nearly as loud or as deep a sound. It's very bearable. Every clip I took out, I broke. I just yanked them out with pliers. I forgot to take pictures but it just takes a bit of muscle and some new clips. Acura charged me $3.65 per clip, I was shocked, but they went back in perfectly.

In summary, I highly recommend taking the resonator thingy out.

 

$3.65 per clip!?!?!? I went to the honda dealer and paid 80 cents a piece


There ya go supa, buy my sri and take the whole airbox out, and the hum isn't so bad. Like i said every intake hums, my cai hums, but it's bearable like ^^he said