AEM cold air intake on a 89 civic

[Melt]

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.

[MyFirst4G]

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.......

[Tony]

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.

[frostee]

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

[Tony]

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.

[kris]

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.

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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.

[Melt]

And you guys call me a ricer 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

[kris]

Originally posted by Melt
And you guys call me a ricer 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

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

[Tony]

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.

[MyFirst4G]

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!

[Tony]

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.

[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!

[Stali08]

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

[whtteg]

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.

[whtteg]

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.