I did tried to avoid puddle as much as possible when it's rainning. However, it's un-avoidable on Hwy @ night, especially when it's dark, wet, and the wrong are uneven. What makes me worry is winter, when there's snow on the ground starting to melt and like slush, spread all over the car.

 

Snow is fine. Solids don't get between the gaps into the bumper cavity.

What you don't want is to have the filter being submerged (partially or totally) under water. Splashes from rain is fine.

 

any feedback yet?

 

I bought K&N Typhoon about two weeks ago off ebay,
coudln't get in touch with the seller after paying for the item, so i filed a disput on paypal.

anyways, as soon as i get my money back, i guess i'm gonna get this intake

rather deal with seller i can trust.

 

thats why i always bought things from acurazine official vendors... trustworthy..

 

ooh btw, how much gains with Apexi intake?

 

Stock car with 190hp k24a:
If you run it as an exposed pod in the engine bay, not much gains, even with the butt dyno. No vtec kick when passing 6000rpm. The induction roar was to die for.

I made an enclosure that was insulated and ran a pipe to the bumper to supply cold air. Feels better, sounds quieter and I can feel the vtec kick at 6000rpm.

So look at making an enclosure if you want gains. Even a simple heatshield would be good.

 

I really love what you did to your intake setup, but there is no way in hell i could do anything remotely close to your setup..

 

Yeah man, us vendors here actually pay to advertise here, so it is in our best interest to make you as happy as possible.

We sell all sorts of intakes for teh TSX. AEM, Comptech, K&N, APEX'i.....I am really dying to supply an APEX one to someone!

Marcus

 

LOL, after doing it, I wouldn't want to have to make a 2nd one!

 

so now ones has one yet.......??

 

that was gonna be my future question lol

 

hey if u guys ship it to me ill try it out. let me know on pricing and such. ill do the install (or have a friends auto shop do it if need be) and do a write up. cheers

 

I just bought the apexi intake, after seeing and more importantly hearing it on this thread:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...light=comptech

 

Thanks! We should be getting it shipped out within a day or so!

Marcus

 

couple questions for you guys: first, i've seen some sri setups on various cars that have the same heatshield idea you have -- basically, close off the filter from all sides including the top -- but to close the top they've fabricated the heat shield to seal to the car hood's insulation using a soft rubber seal similar to a door or window seal. i think that would do the same as aaronng's excellently-crafted "airbox" enclosure with the added benefit that it's incredibly easy to access the filter. what are your thoughts?

second question, i have a diy sri similar to this -- it's basically a 3.5" o.d. aluminum pipe, about 8" long, with a k&n filter on the end, stuck into the stock rubber intake pipe. is there any reason to believe that the apex'i setup is superior to that in terms of horsepower?

 

I think we are getting into hair splitting here. I think the APEXi filter is better, but any benifit you get is probably not going to be felt all that much.

 

Thanks! looking forward to it.

 

The piping should be similar, so it comes down to the filter. I wouldn't be able to tell the difference in performance across filters, but the fact that the Apexi uses dry filter material is a plus. Dirt + oil = gummy throttle body.

 

Thanks, what do you think of the idea of basically sealing to the hood insulation? That should work, shouldn't it? I'm going to give it a try, I'll post photos of the result once I get a shield fabricated -- I'm thinking plastic.

 

As long as it is sealed, it's good. Remember to have about an inch of temperature-resistant foam material that comes into contact with the hoot insulation. If you make the whole thing out of plastic, you'll have an indentation on the insulation.

 

That's exactly what I'm thinking, some sort of foam weather seal or something of that nature. When I get it done, I'll post some photos for those of you thinking along these lines. A DIY heatshield to go with my DIY SRI...

 

just got my apexi intake in the mail, can't wait to install it

 

Glad you got it! Send off pics when it is in!

Marcus

 

everything looks straight forward, i'll do an install wright up with pics by the end of this week.

 

Remember to check that you don't leave a bend/kink at where the stainless steel pipe meets the OEM intake pipe. I left a small bend once and that noticeably affected performance.

 

My install write up thread is here:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...540#post652540