AEM v2 Intake

has anyone put one of these on a 4th gen prelude and is it worth it compared to standard aem CAI ? is it easy to hydrolock and if so do they make a bypass for it? thanks in advance. brandon.

has anyone put one of these on a 4th gen prelude and is it worth it compared to standard aem CAI ? is it easy to hydrolock and if so do they make a bypass for it? thanks in advance. brandon.

Well the v2 makes the intake sounds ALOT louder. And you cant hydrolock an engine with it because its a short ram. As for performance i'd still say that the normal CAI would get you a bit more power but i havent compared any dyno sheets so im not positive.

Intakes can be boiled down to this: it's just a tube. There are short tubes, and long tubes that reach down past the battery, but its still a tube.

With that said, I used to have the V2. It's fairly difficult to hydrolock, and I don't believe they make a bypass for it. At least I didn't have one with mine. Anyhow, neither AEM products are really worth the hundred dollar price tag. If you can get one used for cheap, do it, otherwise stick to a custom filter-on-a-stick.

or just make a CAI yourself... a buddy of mine made one out of 3" bathroom ceiling exhaust fan duct and connected a K&N universal cone air filter... sounds bad as hell too. not to mention he gained a lot more hp out of it than with the name brand CAI... if you want some information on how to install it, just let me know... but i think you could figure it out yourself.

well, what i really want to know is, is it actually a short ram intake, that outperforms cai... because thats what it claims but i was hoping to hear from someone who had maybe dyno tested it. if it will actually outperform an aem cai (like it claims in all of its adds) then its definatly worth it especially because it cant hydrolock and is 50 state legal

not much of a difference at all, but i think the CAI maybe gives you 1-3 more horses than short ram

not much of a difference at all, but i think the CAI maybe gives you 1-3 more horses than short ram
it would add 1-3 more then a normal short ram this is v2 were talking a bout!

Buy a K&N drop in filter..

^what he said. CAI's are almost worthless, just get a K&N filter with your stock intake.

^what he said. CAI's are almost worthless, just get a K&N filter with your stock intake.

the prelude stock intake is made out of like plastic i doubt it would even attach a K&N if i wanted too, lol

Okay, here's the scoop. The difference between a V2, the AEM CAI, a cheap filter-on-a-metal tube CAI, and a cheap filter-on-a-metal tube short ram is so minimal that, if you were to race four different cars with each of the different parts, there would be no difference. Yeah you're letting the engine breathe a little better, but the real-world ramifications of this are insignificant at best, especially on a stock engine.

Now back to my original advice of:

If you can get one used for cheap, do it, otherwise stick to a custom filter-on-a-stick.

the prelude stock intake is made out of like plastic i doubt it would even attach a K&N if i wanted too, lol

K&N makes drop in filters for the prelude to replace the OE air filter element. I realized noticable gains from mine.

The V2 is a CAI and atleast for the 2005 year they come stock with a bypass. There is a 3-5hp difference going from a short-ram to a CAI but you have to factor in the Air-Lag (with a CAI there is a slight drop in pedal reaction). With the V2 there is 2 different pipe sizes and 3 sections on the V2 CAI. The sience to it is, The first pipe size is of smaller diameter meaning the air that the engine is sucking will come from the filter into the tube being forced at a higher rate of speed, the 2nd size of pipe and 2nd section is about a 1/2" wider and allows the air to slow down and billow. Once the air is momentarily spun, it is forced through the 3rd section (back to the smaller diameter) spinning. Yamaha discovered years ago that designing the intake manifold to offset the air, you would be able to pack more in. The V2 spinning the air instead of the manifold plus the air being 15-20 degrees cooler than the engine bay air, higher density+spun air=a damn good design. And dropping in a replacment filter won't help much....look at your intake tube going from your air box to your manifold, see the ripples? those are ment to slow the air coming into the engine down (fuel efficiency<-spelling?) and stop air noise. spend money on a K&N filter? no way! get a $80 or used APC/ReActive/weapons R short ram and you'll do just fine Check out www.aempower.com to get the whole story.