Exhaust and intake

in a couple of weeks ill be getting a brand new rsx type-s. ill be trading in my weak 99 civic..."gotta learn how to crawl before u can walk, right?" n e ways i jus saw the clip on kazaa of the greddy evo exhaust sounds pretty damn good...but what would u reccomend for an intake? Im looking for performance. Oh yeah and does n e thing perfom better than the evo?:bigthumb::confused:

buy something cheap, anything is better than the stock airbox on that thing

http://www.modacar.com/products/Acura/RSX/MODAAII/ :bigthumb: I WOULD GO WITH THE INJEN RACE DIVISON INTAKE BUT IF YOU WANT TO STEP IT UP YOU CAN ALWAYS GO SUPER OR TURBO CHARGED

Hey Dirty u were right injen has a pretty good intake and exhaust system for the rsx, but does any1 know which offers more performance? The Injen RS intake VS. The AEM V2...And the Greddy EVO exhaust VS. the Injen SES???? :confused:

ANYTHING is better than your stock air box, you get big gains from anything gettin rid of that, checkout any new import tuner power pages....big gains on the k motors with just a filter.....

MK2- I WOULD HAVE TO GO WITH THE INJEN RS AND THE EXHAUST BUT IF YOU SUPER OR TURBO CHARGE IT I WOULD GO WITH THE THERMAL EXHAUST

Thanks guys for the input...yeah im kinda confused on what to get all the companies claim they have the best product for an RSX...I mean intake wise DC Sports claims 19.7hp max., AEM claims 18.5hp max., Injen claims 9.4hp max., & K&N claims 15hp max. So basically they all say they're the best but it looks like DC has the biggest gains in hp and thats what im looking for...Would u guys agree with my conclusion? More input please...I'm a Novice!:biggrin:

Oh yeah and i just read the TPR report and they have Weapon R as having the best short ram system...it even performs better than all cold air systems.

You are not going to get 19 horsepower from an intake on a stock rsx. 19 horsepower max means it could give it that much including an exhaust and probably porting.

Well according to the Dc Sports website there CAI adds 19 ponies...even i think its BS...Pretty much i have narrowed it down to 3 intakes that i feel are the best for the RSX and seeing how i live in So Cal(hot weather) AEM CAI, Injen CAI, and Comptech CAI.:bananasmi

prankstar its possible.......these new k motors are wierd....the stock airbox is like......2 airboxes in one its very restrictive....intake gives alot but then H/E dont give many horsies........new era of honda tuning

What does H/E mean...N e ways i think i have finally narrowed it down to the perfect CAI for the rsx and its the AEM V2...that thing is all around the best...its cheap, adds a lot of power, its easy to install, its legal, and u don't have to relocate parts, now can n e one help me with picking an exhaust i like the injen super ses but only cuz of its sound i want performance and it has to be street legal too. and does n e 1 know the true weight of the rsx type s w/o driver? and wat does a 1/10 of a sec. equal in distance??????? :bloated:

the H stands for exhaust headers, and E stand for exhaust, usually catback

Hey! GOod thinking about the Greddy Exhaust cause I got one myself, but the Intake I recommend you to get the Injen Intake. I know its kinda price if you order it straight from the factory but I think you can it for cheap on Ebay.com. The thing about Injen or maybe this goes to all the other intake, but if you buy the short ram which i got for $289 they said you can add extension to make it into a cold air. Which I think is pretty neat man.....

just get the v2 for 256 shipped and the hks hiper for 450 shipped and ur straight

Get a CAI definetly. You will always get COLDER air from one anyways. As for exhaust, I say get one if you want a deeper tone, but don't expect too much as far as performance. Spend the money on better tires since the stock ones suck.:bigthumb: Or even on Hondata.:wink:

This is just my .02 to justify what I had said earlier. I read a review on the rsx a short time ago that said when they took the air cleaner assembly off completely (no resriction, purest form) that they got an extra 7 ponies. This is on like a 10 second dyno run. Now I'm not sure how many ponies more you can get by the air being slightly cooler But I didn't think 12, who knows.

Can somebody explain the AEM V2 design to me, it is pretty interesting. Are they saying that harmonics is drawing more air into the engine? Is that right?

They use two diameter pipe sizes, which produce a different type of sound wave to "charge" the cylinders. Check out their website for a full explanation.