I have done a search to find the benefits of a CAI and can't seem to find them all. How does it affect gas mileage?
Any increase in horse power?
Others?

Average cost?
Recommended brands?

 

Well it has been discussed many times before, but what the hell...

Fuel Economy: Slightly better on long highway trips, slightly worse for city driving
Average cost: About $200
Recomended brands: Most run Injen or K&N which are about the same performance and can be installed as SRI if you want. Comptech is a slightly different design which isn't as loud as either the K&N or Injen but also hasn't dyno'd as high.
Horsepower: SRI around +7-8hp, Comptech around +8-9, full CAI around +10-12hp

 

your a kinder man than I, Dan

 

He must be bored

 

You pay to play.

 

I am literally the only person in the office today.

 

I reccomend INJEN . Easy to install and sounds great. About 10-12hp gain i believe . 200$ or more will be spent. Well worth it.

 

Not even the boss, so no hold-em for you I guess?

 

Just some additional info for CAI...

1. Injen has a slightly larger dia. and slightly shorter intake tube than the K&N.
2. Injen yields slightly more top end gain than the K&N.
3. K&N has more color choices than Injen.
4. K&N comes with a drycharger to block water splashes and large debris.
5. The same drycharger can be purchased separately to fit the Injen.
6. They both use K&N or equivalent air filter.
7. Injen uses a rubber elbow where the IAT sensor is mounted, whereas the K&N uses full aluminum tubing.
8. They both utilize slightly different mounting method but installation is about the same.

I would recommend installing the CAI along with the throttle body coolant bypass mod to maximize the cold air affect.

 

Thanks all! I'm sure it has been discussed time and time befoer, but when you search for CAI you get 4gazillion threads, none of which specifically discuss CAI. As a matter of fact none of them even explain what CAI means. Thats why I titled this post the way I did.

Anyway, thanks!

Is the throttle body coolant bypass a seperate piece? Or does it attach to the CAI somehow? Approx. Cost?

I have heard that to truely benefit from the Hondata you need a header and CAI. The CAI is my first step toward Hondata. This is why I ask about it.

 

nope, but I'm on my 10th game of Freecell today.

 

Here's a recent thread on the subject: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22045

 

Since your bored, why not design a website for me

 

I already did: http://www.mtmsteel.com/domnatars/index.htm

 

I didn't say "OF" me I said "FOR" me

 

Holy shit, I'm crying from laughter

 

Hilarious --->

 

 

gentlemen, where is a good place for a good deal on a complete k&n cai? i found one on ebay but i want to hear from all of you, experts, first.

much appreciated,
jpl

 

hahahahahahahaha...oooohhhhh man that is funny! I am LMFAO!
Bout to piss myself

 

I have been having bad experiances on ebay lately, so I went a different route. I got mine at coldairintakeshop.com for $202 including shipping, but i heard the price went up

 

Classics never die!

 

x 9,120,382,303,432,409,328

 

I want to know about the coolant bypass too please more info

 

Scroll up to post #12

 

Sorry, got caught up in all the variaties that Domn comes in

 

thanks, pal. am gonna check it out now.

 

i cant stop laughing, lmfao. i'm trying to be quite here at work...sorry domn

 

sorry for the noob question... if you install a cai, its hard to reach the air filter when you need to clean it, right?

 

that part is a little bit of a pain.

 

 

Just search throttle bypass mod, or TBM

When installing CAI, open up the louvers in the fog light cover with a
cutter tool on a drill and a stone tool and hand file to clean it up.

At lowes, get a longer bolt, I think 5mm but it's the one for the lower attachment inside the inner fender. Take that bolt to lowes and get a longer one and some rubber washers to insulate between the bracket and the
inner fender. Lowes has a rubberized metal washer to use on the
head of this bolt. This helps a lot with the CAI noise problem.

On the K&N, be sure there is clearance from the intake tube to the
throttle body inside of the silicone hose. The noise is terrible if there
is any metal to metal touching.

 

whats that voltage stabliser / grounding system is that?

 

It's just an ebay no name brand, cheapest I could find. It works.
I have a voltage stabilizer on the way.

The TSX is already well grounded and I piggy backed onto two factory ground
attachments on each end of the motor. I think the key is to get to the cylinder head where the spark plug discharge is going, and the alternator. I have
three wires to the cyl head.
I'm going to work in a network of cables on the intake manifold bolts
to cover the cylinder head better ( when I finally install the hondata heat
gasket ) and I need some more cable to get to the engine firewall sheemetal.