the sound of a cai...

exactly what does it sound like? does it sound like a tip on your exhaust or something else? if it sounds like the high pitched whining tip that all the thugs have on their crappy cars i dont think i want one...:bandit: ...give me some kind of description plz. thx

It makes a BIG hissing sound when your engine is on, and when u go more than 3000rpm, it 'll sound like a muffler, but not as loud.

Tips don't really make any sound.

The CAI will have a nice growl when you hit the gas hard, but if you drive grandma style, then you won't hear anything.

It's awesome and completely worth it.

This might help:

http://www.indysol.com/aftermarket/aemcai.html

i have a 92 lx and aem doesnt make one for the lx...only for the dx, ex, and si...will this work for me? the only one that ive seen for my lx is by injen, are the two pretty much equal in sound and power? thx

Originally posted by SchwoliePatrol
i have a 92 lx and aem doesnt make one for the lx...only for the dx, ex, and si...will this work for me? the only one that ive seen for my lx is by injen, are the two pretty much equal in sound and power? thx Hmmm im pretty sure the DX should fit on your LX. Do you have a snap shot of your LX engine?:D

I'm pretty sure the intake will fit a DX, LX, EX and Si. Is your throttle body sideways or upright?

hehe, well i honestly dont know what a throttle body is so i dont know if how it is postioned, plus my car isnt at home right now. ill post a pic or two tomorrow so we can try to figure it out then. btw, its an automatic if that makes any difference. thx

automatic/manual shouldn't make a difference well, put it this way, does your engine compartment look like this (sorry Darkwing, I stole a pic, you can sue me if you want. :) )

Sorry I stole your pic DW, but yours was the only one I could think of with an engine shot of a 5th gen. While I'm stealin pics, the part circled in blue is the throttle body.

I don't know what brand you guys are using, but my custom made CAI runs down to a shiny little metal thingy up front of my bumper...plus, mine doesn't sound anything like you guys described. Mine goes vroooozzzzzzzzzzzPPPPPSSSSHHHHH! Is there anything wrong with mine? I can't seem to figure it out...

vroooozzzzzzzzzzzPPPPPSSSSHHHHH!


Do you have a turbo?

Originally posted by Swonder67
Sorry I stole your pic DW, but yours was the only one I could think of with an engine shot of a 5th gen. While I'm stealin pics, the part circled in blue is the throttle body.
it looks just like that...ill go take a pic to make sure....

Cai's sound really cool. Well I think it does.

ok, heres the pic...dont laugh at the dirt....

Then the DX EX Si one should fit your car.

alright thats good but i was actually goin to try to make the aem style intake thta is shown here http://www.teamdelsol.com/howto/coldair/diycoldair.htm would this one work easily for my car? im a poor college student who cant afford the 175 for aem :(. thx for all your help.

The basic concept should work. The engine configurations are basically the same, you might have to do something a little bit different to get the pipe down tot he wheel well, but it should work.

ok cool..im gonna repost it to see what you have to do specifically for my civic.

Originally posted by Swonder67
Sorry I stole your pic DW, but yours was the only one I could think of with an engine shot of a 5th gen. While I'm stealin pics, the part circled in blue is the throttle body.

naw, tis fine with me:)

I feel honored, actually:D

I read that article that was in the 3rd from the top post down on the previous page to this topic, and it's interesting to compare notes of a CAI to a shorty ram, and then brands of each. Here's my intake on my '00 Civic DX coupe, D16Y7 engine if you go by engine code:

http://phixion.freewebspace.com/engineblue.JPG

My intake is an APC Intimidator short ram intake. As you can see in the pic, the throttle body of the D16Y7 motor is verticle, which can cause clearance problems like happened with mine, when installing with a strut brace in place, plus if you can't see in the pic, the intake "hangs" there, not attached to the engine bay to hold it in place, but I'm in progress of fabricating a homemade brace to hold the intake pipe better in place. Anyways, onto the sounds of my intake... It roars in a LOUD rumble under WOT from idle, to about 3000-3500 RPM, and then above there, the sound of the engine reving begins to overtake, as the rumble quiets down and goes into the famous intake whine/hiss. At idle, I can hear the intake hiss at certain times, esp. with the car at idle, but in "drive." At redline the intake rumbles, but the engine noise is a little louder than the intake noise. When under moderate to light throttle/acceleration, the intake is almost un-noticeable in sound, except for the hissing sound you can occasionally hear over the engine, but its not much louder than the hiss you hear from and intake on an engine at idle. So basically an intake is about as loud as you want it to be, when you want it to be in reguards to how hard, or fast you push your gas pedal. As for my intake on my car, at it's loudest point, it's just as loud as a bomb type muffler, but with a much deeper, more pleasant tone. And going up a ramp at near WOT, the rumble fro mthe intake can vibrate your ribcage from INSIDE the car. Very cool indeed. :cool: