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Old 06-22-2003, 11:34 PM
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CAI for $70 ???

What's the story with these intakes?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=38634

Anyone have one of these (or try one)?

Old 06-23-2003, 02:15 AM
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LOL.

Good point.
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how is your tranny?
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Since you haven't really received a helpful reply I'll see if I can help you out.

Honestly I'd stay away. As simple as intake designs appear to be... there is a lot of science involved and buying a pipe with a cone filter does not mean you'll get the power increase a real CAI will provide.

There is a reason that intakes like AEM, Injen and Comptech are priced the way they are. That's b/c there's real R&D put into those and real gains are produced. An intake like the one in your link will probably just produce noise at V-TEC and probebaly won't show you any gains. For example... one of the resident engineering minds over at acura-cl.com made his own intake. It took weeks and after he designed it, installed it, and dynoed it... he only showed about 1-2hp increase. He promptly took it off. There have been a few attempts by members to make their own intakes, and most were done by people who are very mechanically inclined... and only one was sucessful, but that company went away years ago due to lack of funds.

If you want an intake for your $30k plus car... spend the $170 or so on an AEM or Injen. If you want the car to look stock... buy the Icebox. That's basically the best advise you can get when it comes to modding our cars. If you want to throw a cheap imitation part into your car... be advised you're doing it at your own risk.
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Originally posted by juniorbean
Since you haven't really received a helpful reply I'll see if I can help you out.

Honestly I'd stay away. As simple as intake designs appear to be... there is a lot of science involved and buying a pipe with a cone filter does not mean you'll get the power increase a real CAI will provide.

There is a reason that intakes like AEM, Injen and Comptech are priced the way they are. That's b/c there's real R&D put into those and real gains are produced. An intake like the one in your link will probably just produce noise at V-TEC and probebaly won't show you any gains. For example... one of the resident engineering minds over at acura-cl.com made his own intake. It took weeks and after he designed it, installed it, and dynoed it... he only showed about 1-2hp increase. He promptly took it off. There have been a few attempts by members to make their own intakes, and most were done by people who are very mechanically inclined... and only one was sucessful, but that company went away years ago due to lack of funds.

If you want an intake for your $30k plus car... spend the $170 or so on an AEM or Injen. If you want the car to look stock... buy the Icebox. That's basically the best advise you can get when it comes to modding our cars. If you want to throw a cheap imitation part into your car... be advised you're doing it at your own risk.
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That's what I figured - You get what you pay for.

Thanks.
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