Looking for the name of an Air Intake

[TheSilentChamber]

Get a cheep ebay one, put a good filter on it and you wont notice any differnce in it and a $300, like spoon said, its an intake not a serious power adder. Buck for buck you'll come out ahead buying the cheepest one in this case.

[Sicc Si]

Originally Posted by turtlecrxsi

Now I feel like I've been ripped off. I paid $200 for my CAI and I always thought it was Injen because I could've sworn the guy who runs Meanstreets in Greenville, SC told me it was. There was no name on the box and it came from California. It doesn't quite look as cheap as the ebay ones though. But how the fuck are you supposed to use an AEM water bypass like I am if your intake is a one piece?

That is the main reason i wanted an intake that i could adjust according to weather. I heard from many friends (none on these boards) that the water breaks suck on intakes, so the best thing to do would be to just remove the extension and run it short ram during rainy days. Im not paranoid, but just wanted to check up with ppl who were more in touch on the subject.

Another question if i may. About how much would i go about spending on a 1 piece CAI of AEM or the brand the other guy mentioned on the first page? I believe it was Injen. Just a ballpark figure so i can start browsing some webpages/calling some performance shops.

Thanks again, you guys are a great help ^.^

[turtlecrxsi]

Just get a shortram intake and put a decent filter on it like TSC said... Why? It's a bit of a pain in the ass to keep taking the bottom piece off all the time. The reason is because you kind of have to feed the tubing together so that it meshes smoothly to the throttlebody and tighten the screws a tad first on the clamps then tight from filter to tb...
BTW, the water by-pass is a POS. Mine came apart so it's held together by sheet metal screws under the foam. It's mainly just a precaution because I like to drive to unusual places.

[90civicrider]

Originally Posted by turtlecrxsi

BTW, the water by-pass is a POS. Mine came apart so it's held together by sheet metal screws under the foam. It's mainly just a precaution because I like to drive to unusual places.

This happened to my buddies car...

[turtlecrxsi]

I emailed that company that sold me the CAI and showed them a pic of it. I got a response that said it looked like a "Tsudo" CAI. I cannot locate any on the Internet though... oh well.

[Sicc Si]

Let's say i had a single solid CAI piece, and its raining outside bad. Would it be a bad idea to take the tube off, and have the filter just on the manifold directly just for the weather to clear up? Seems like it would dirty the filter way faster than intended, but thats why i ask. =]

[turtlecrxsi]

Originally Posted by Sicc Si

Let's say i had a single solid CAI piece, and its raining outside bad. Would it be a bad idea to take the tube off, and have the filter just on the manifold directly just for the weather to clear up? Seems like it would dirty the filter way faster than intended, but thats why i ask. =]

It would just get hot faster and make your engine loud.

Honestly, as long as your filter is secured to the tube, you'd have to drive through at least a foot of water where every little spore and nook was submerged in water to hydrolock your engine. If you're so low to the ground for something like that to happen you probably have other issues to deal with like blown struts, camber problems or tire wear...LOL...

[CivicSpoon]

http://www.matrixracing.com/BI6771Details.htm
Search Google for "tsudo air intake" and you'll come up with a ton of hits.

[90civicrider]

Originally Posted by Sicc Si

Let's say i had a single solid CAI piece, and its raining outside bad. Would it be a bad idea to take the tube off, and have the filter just on the manifold directly just for the weather to clear up? Seems like it would dirty the filter way faster than intended, but thats why i ask. =]

You dont need to take off the pipe. Once it's on, it's on.

[Sicc Si]

Originally Posted by turtlecrxsi

It would just get hot faster and make your engine loud.

Honestly, as long as your filter is secured to the tube, you'd have to drive through at least a foot of water where every little spore and nook was submerged in water to hydrolock your engine. If you're so low to the ground for something like that to happen you probably have other issues to deal with like blown struts, camber problems or tire wear...LOL...

Yeah, ive already replaced my struts with aftermarket ones, and installed a camber kit. =] Maybe im just being paranoid here, i mean it rains like 4 days out of the year down here in So. Cal., so i should be fine really.

Anyways thanks to all that have helped me make my decision easier, and see you guys on the freeways.