AEM cold air intake on a 89 civic

I own an 89 civic lx. I was wondering if I would be able to buy an AEM cold air intake for my car. People tell me that AEM only makes the intake for the EX/SI. I even went to the AEM site and they didn't sell the cold air intake for my car. I was wondering if the intake for the 88-91 civic EX/SI would fit my LX. If not, what modifations would I need to do? If I can't get it to fit, what would be the best CAI for my car? Any help would be appreciated. Thx. Also I have the same question for the DC Sports Header 4-2-1 ceramic. DC Sports doesn't make it for the LX but would the EX/SI version of my year fit my LX? Please help...

You would be better off doing the MPFI swap first, rather then spend $200 on a CAI. You will also get a better gain doing that.

yeah the LX/DX DPFI doesn't respond well to mods of any sort, and most parts don't fit right anyway.

I am putting AEM on my car mine is a std. version and the intake looks like it wil fit fine

Yea, I put an intake on my car for a EX/SI and it fit fine. Yea, it probably would have done more good with the MPFI setup, but hey whatever works for now. Once you do an engine swap...if you plan on it...you will still be able to use that intake.

Dont waste your money with AEM, all intakes are pretty much the same ... is that carb approved sticker really worth the extra money to not change your intake back to stock every once in a while for smog purposes?

Originally posted by Melt
Dont waste your money with AEM, all intakes are pretty much the same ... is that carb approved sticker really worth the extra money to not change your intake back to stock every once in a while for smog purposes?



They are not all the same. Different material's used, insulate heat, etc. differently.

But, and a weak setup like a dpfi motor, that really doesnt matter.

Originally posted by kris
They are not all the same. Different material's used, insulate heat, etc. differently.

I still cant believe people are willing to pay $200 for an aem CAI when they can get a knockoff on ebay for like $60.

Originally posted by Melt


I still cant believe people are willing to pay $200 for an aem CAI when they can get a knockoff on ebay for like $60.


I bought mine because I am materialistic. I prefer proven products, over something cheap. But if I have the money, why not?

AEM filters have a velocity stack inside which helps direct the air all in the same direction insead of turbulent air.

Originally posted by whtteg
AEM filters have a velocity stack inside which helps direct the air all in the same direction insead of turbulent air.

Hmm, thats funny, seeing as AEM doesent even make the filters, they are K&N's

Yes but they are made special for AEM go to http://www.importparts.com/importparts.storefront/3e1f709002a109862724424d361a0614/Product/View/21&2D403 they call it an air horn but same thing really!
Have you ever see a AEM filter? You will notice that it doesn't look anythink at all like the k&n. It is made by them but yopu can't buy one like it from K&n

Originally posted by kris



I bought mine because I am materialistic. I prefer proven products, over something cheap. But if I have the money, why not?


Yea, i'd rather buy quality than crap, and the AEM FILTER doesn not say K&N anywhere even though it is, but it does have a big AEM embosed into the plastic part...

Hmm.. my friend has the ITR AEM CAI on his 94 GSR cause hes got the skunk2 manifold and the GSR AEM CAI wont fit, I know the GSR one said k&n on the chrome part, I will have to check the new one, I never really looked.

Whole reason I am not a fan of AEM products is because they front with their "dyno proven" bullshit and act like an intake is really gonna give you 15hp, so all these little riceboys buy the shit, and then get themselves a greddy which is like another 10, and then think that they will be able to take on anything short of a porshe. When in reality, intake will probably only give you like 5 -7 and this is under optimal conditions.

Thats cause like all other companies do, is have a heavily modded car with a stock air box and dyno it, then put a aem cai on it and the power increase's a lot, this is cause mods work better together...

Originally posted by MyFirst4G
Thats cause like all other companies do, is have a heavily modded car with a stock air box and dyno it, then put a aem cai on it and the power increase's a lot, this is cause mods work better together...

Yea, but the other companies still dont hype their HP gains as much as AEM does, and they usually dont front with their dyno proven nonsense.

My Ebay generic short ram is identical to an AEM short ram, and id love for someone to argue that the AEM one is better simply cause its a brand and has that special "air horn" as opposed to a CONE FILTER like everyone else.

its just a k&n Filter, no matter what they have, i'm not argueing that, but, do you have a K&N on your intake, no, thats all i'm sayin, and i'd argue that y our filter sucks compared to a k&n any day, cause i've seen this proven at a car show that the K&N booth had, and thay they asked anyone with an intake to bring it to their stand to see if there is a filter better than the k&n one, and they got free filters, since i diddt have my car that day, i couldnt do this, but my friend did and got a free K&N Filter for his car mailed to him like 2 weeks later, but back to the point, K&N is where it counts.......

Originally posted by kris



I bought mine because I am materialistic. I prefer proven products, over something cheap. But if I have the money, why not?

I'm with Kris here. I would much rather spend the extra cash for proven products. Done wasted too much money on the cheap shit.

hmmmmm....... maybe i oughtta switch over to an aem?????

Say...would you like a chocolate covered preztel? I'm glad I don't live in Cali. and live in AR and OK and have not inspections to go through. Damn somehow I can still tell when to try to hit that damn backspace key when im drunk. Shit im sure I hit it 100 times during this message.

Originally posted by Melt


Yea, but the other companies still dont hype their HP gains as much as AEM does, and they usually dont front with their dyno proven nonsense.

My Ebay generic short ram is identical to an AEM short ram, and id love for someone to argue that the AEM one is better simply cause its a brand and has that special "air horn" as opposed to a CONE FILTER like everyone else. .



Wow, AEM has a great marketing plan then right?

Also, your intake is not the same. It looks the same, but it is probably made of some cheap aluminum.

And you guys call me a ricer :rolleyes: Im not the one who thinks I can get 15 hp from an intake.

oo shit, I better go get myself a thermal r+d, cause my custom piping, universal muffler, and high flow cat isnt cutting it :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Melt
And you guys call me a ricer :rolleyes: Im not the one who thinks I can get 15 hp from an intake.

oo shit, I better go get myself a thermal r+d, cause my custom piping, universal muffler, and high flow cat isnt cutting it :rolleyes:



I never called you a ricer, and I never said you will gain 15hp off a stock civic motor.

I never called you a ricer either. I see nothing wrong with costume exhaust, but Intakes, I will spend the extra money for a proven one. Done been there with the cheap ones, and its not worth the hassle. Also I don't expect to get how ever much hp that a company says their product gains.

Whoa now melt, calm down, no1's pointing fingers..... And i am with Kris and Theodditie on this one..... I've bought the cheap shit on my 88DX, and learned my lesson, now if its not namebrand, its not going on my car!

Yea man, I've done wasted too much damn money because of the cheap shit and not doing things right because I wanted something done quick. The 2 worse things that you could do.

Ladies and Gentlemen:
I paid $34 for my intake and filter on eBay. It arrived, and it works great.
I live in a state with no inspection whatsoever.
Flunky
PS-I'm not trying to race. I just want my car to make it up the ****in' hills at over 60MPH!

and i do live in a state with inspections, damnit. Does anyone know what kind of stuff will pass a inspection in PA.

Originally posted by 4-Door Flunky
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I paid $34 for my intake and filter on eBay. It arrived, and it works great.
I live in a state with no inspection whatsoever.
Flunky
PS-I'm not trying to race. I just want my car to make it up the ****in' hills at over 60MPH!

Your filter may work fine, but it is prbably not trapping the airbourne particles that it should. And it will not trapp as much as the K&N or AEM.

Originally posted by Stali08
and i do live in a state with inspections, damnit. Does anyone know what kind of stuff will pass a inspection in PA.

AEM intakes come with a carb number. I think that is all you need when going through inspections. However I don't have inspections here and don't know exactly what you have to have when you mod your motor.

Alright, when I got my car i wanted to get racing pedals, but the lady at the store said to check with the garage to see if they would pass inspection. Now y the hell would that matter?

Originally posted by Stali08
Alright, when I got my car i wanted to get racing pedals, but the lady at the store said to check with the garage to see if they would pass inspection. Now y the hell would that matter?

I duuno. I guess they were dumb or something.