Intake?

There are so many Intakes available for the civic, I'm trying to figure out what to get. I was most likely getting an AEM intake, but I was also looking at the DC intake, or the Weapon-R? Was also wondering about that front mount Aerospeed intake. WHICH ONE IS THE BEST!? let me know your opinions.

I don't know I keep hearing that K&N filters are the best...so as long as it has that.

AEM intake is the phattest out there... It looks awesome as hell, sounds awesome as hell, and made my bros Accord so much faster. When the throttle is pushed quickly, it sucks in so much air that it makes a phat ass sound... Almost like a blow-off valve, but not quick as great... Anyways, the performance was increased a crapload...

Anyone thought about Injen cai?

I've noticed that injen and aem are using almost the same material(well, at least looks like to me). And injen is cheaper.

However, I have aem cai and I think it's cool.

Has anyone heard anything about the Aerospeed intake? just wondering what the performance gains are compared to the other intakes, like AEM

i know that arospeed makes some cheap stuff so i dont know if you would want to get thier front mount intercooler. if you dont want to send a lot of money then just get an aem short ram intake.

whats the difference between the short ram, and the normal intake, Always wondered. I figured the normal AEM intake it bette, but what's the difference

I'm going K&N for my Civic.... I'm going to install the FIPK

I voted AEM, but personally I wouldn't spend the money. I built an 'AEM' style CAI myself for under $100. I followed these instructions: http://www.teamdelsol.com/howto/coldair/diycoldair.htm. It feels good to know you did it yourself and you save a ton of cash. Also looks cool under the hood, you can paint it any color and brag to all your friends. One note, if you are going to follow those instructions replace on of the rubber joints with a bypass valve.

I say AEM... I got a really good price from speedandstyle.com it was
$199 shipped to my door. I never had the zc with the stock intake so I don't know how much of a power gain I got from stock. But its nice and all that.

If you build your own (listed above) I've heard from all the SOLers that that has been proven to give more HP than an AEM. But if you don't want to make your own, I'd go for an AEM. Go to that link above where you can make your own and they'll tell you why AEM is so good an why it works so well.

As far as your question, A reg CAI goes down to your bumper. It runs the risk of sucking in water which obveously isn't good for your engine. A short ram doesn't go down that far so it has less chance of sucking in water. THe only thing is its getting more hot air from the engine bay which would not give you as much power as a regular AEM. It just depends on where you live and if you're concerned with water in your engine.

AEM, im all about AEM. I pulled that thing from the box and i about pissed my pants. I put it on my car and half hour later i was hittin the street. I went around the block at a good speed and when i got back my dad was like "woow that adds nice sound to your engine" Hell yeah thats what i wanted. IT adds a nice ummph to your pick up and low end. IM strong thoughout the powerband. Get AEM you can go wrong.

I have two friends that built them thereself and they look like garbage. The pipe is not mandrel bent, its just jagged metal. even if you can get good pipe and all that i stll say get an AEM CAI or SRI. You get what you pay for.

I built my own and it looks almost exactly like and AEM intake, one of the only give aways is the lack of a decal. I would recomend building it yourself, it took me 2 hours including dissasembling and reassembling the car, and it saved me over $100.

Hey luti your from chicago , do you ever go to value for the import meets on fri and sat nights?

Whats Value, I'm usually in Chinatown or down at 35/Ashland (the White Castle parking lot). We go to the stock yards at 45/Ashland and at 45/Pulaski or up north to Knox/Montrose or Division/Ashland... Where do you meet?

My vote is for the AEM CAI and I feel that would be some of you best spent $ for sure...they are tried and true one of the best performing intakes out there and have been tersted and tested again w/ great results.

Look around and find yu one and I'm sure you can also get a good deal on it as the prices of them have come down a bit over the last 2yrs...

Best of luck on the purchase...:frog:

i honestly think that all intakes are the same... wid respect to each... as in CAI's are all the same... n so are all short rams... i voted for AEM cuz thats wut i have n i like it... sure i could of bought an AEM style intake... but then thas a bit cheezy... i get more satisfaction knowing that i got the genuine artifact... plus its got the CARB exempt numbers...

This is from the Team Del Sol Website talking about the benefits of the AEM Intake

The AEM cold air intake is hands-down, the absolute best intake system on the market – period. Dyno result after dyno result proves that this system makes the most power of ANY intake system on the market PERIOD – more than Iceman, Weapon R, RS Akimoto, PRM, etc. There are a number of reasons for this; the main reasons include how the system was engineered overall. AEM "tunes" the system to each application - the length of the overall tubing, the diameter of the tubing, and the minimal number of bends all work together to make this system create the maximum power from your motor. The smaller, 2.5" single-diameter tubing helps increase the velocity of the air flow, and the placement of the air filter ensures that the coldest air possible will be drawn in. This colder, faster air is what allows the AEM CAI (cold-air intake) to make maximum power on Honda and Acura engines.

I thought that might help in your decision :)