Aem Cai

[CivSiGuy]

AEM CAI is definitly worth it. Don't worry about needing a bypass valve unless your area floods or you have no wheel wells anymore due to massive lowering. You'll see that where the filter element is, you'll have to be floating to get water in it.

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[iLLuCiv99]

Yea thanks i will DEFINETLY get the aem cai. to give my civic some more breathing power...i was also thinking of adding AEM's Fuel Pressure Regulator while I'm at it to get a good air/fuel ratio; not to rick or not to lean...is the FPR any good?


....my ride

[Trinity]

what kinda mods do you have? unless yo have like a turbo or a supercharger it is kinda useless. you need more air to get more fuel and if you have little to no mods then it isn't worth it. maybe for a future mod, but i can think of other ways to spend that money on your car. i am not saying this product sucks or anything but i think you will be wasting money. it is a good prodcut but you don't ned it right now

[CivicRacerX]

Originally posted by iLLuCiv99
Yea thanks i will DEFINETLY get the aem cai. to give my civic some more breathing power...i was also thinking of adding AEM's Fuel Pressure Regulator while I'm at it to get a good air/fuel ratio; not to rick or not to lean...is the FPR any good?

What you have to understand is that even with a CAI, whether or not you have a FPR, or the high-flow rails, or anything else similar, you're not going to notice any kind of performance increase. Trinity is right, in that adding the FPR is pointless, unless you're going with other mods on the car.

The initial bolt-on parts that are so popular really add very little in the way of actual performance, because your Honda's engine is tuned into a relatively fine operating environment. Adding headers to a Mustang 5.0 might give you 50hp or more, but bolting on headers, an intake, an exhaust, and other similar parts will net you probably 10 - 15hp total on your Civic.

The point of my rant is this: The FPR is a good investment if you're planning to continue modding your car. A lot of people ignore things like A/F ratio and just slap a turbo/supercharger in the engine bay, or worse yet, just connect a bottle from ZEX and figure the engine will take care of itself. Don't expect a kick in the pants from your intake, and certainly not from a fuel regulator, but in the big picture, it's actually probably a good policy to take care of those things before you put any major power-boosting mods on the engine...Just my $.02

[delsolguy]

Yes I know this is only one example but still...

Some guy on H-T dynoed his intake with the bypass valve on, then dynoed it with the valve off, and gained 6 hp!

And CivSiGuy is right...you really have to drive through a lot of water in order to suck it up.

[iLLuCiv99]

yea i do plan on modding my car lots more...but for now i'm not sure what i should do....all i know is i only owe about 2g's on the car then i can really start things .....already ordered my projector headlights..which are on BACKORDER!...my M3 mirrors and Carbon Fiber Dash Pod.....so i'm coming along heh
-iLLuCiv

[delsolguy]

Dude, I highly doubt that your "To Do" list is longer than mine .