quiet intakes ?

vti · #1 12-20-2003, 10:07 AM

had aem cai for a while now and love it but want somethin thats a lot quieter.

what are my choices ? mugen and comptech are expensive so not sure about these and what do these 2 sound like ?

Miataracer · #2 12-20-2003, 10:08 AM

stock?

civicHBsi91 · #3 12-20-2003, 01:44 PM

why do you want it quieter?

BullShifter · #4 12-20-2003, 02:41 PM

I've never heard an aftermarket intake that was quiet. You need a resonator to deaden the sound.

w/ miataracer - STOCK w/ K&N filter

vti · #5 12-21-2003, 05:16 AM

just preference. my car wont be quiet but want it quiter. from what you guys say i may as well keep my aem then. is even the mugen similar to aem. just that i thought closed boxes were supposed to be quieter ?

chimchim · #6 12-21-2003, 09:34 PM

Dunno if this will help you, but to install my AEM CAI, I did it in a couple of steps. First, I already had a K&N drop in replacement for the stock filter in the stock box. I removed the resonator and the pipe that it's connected to and drove around for a week like that. It made huge amounts of noise, especially when I opened up the throttle... but at the same time I felt like I LOST power.

Then I pulled the entire stock intake and installed the CAI. This made it a lot quieter than stock with no resonator and I got the gain back. I noticed the CAI is a lot quiter than rams because the filter is so low in the bumper... this makes it much quiter in the cabin, and a little quiter outside. It just has that vacuum sucking sound.

So... from my experience, it seems that the resonator is the source of reducing a LOT of noise. Since none of the performance systems have a resonator, I doubt anythings going to be much quieter.

civicHBsi91 · #7 12-21-2003, 10:15 PM

all intakes have the cavuum sucking sound

LilCivicChick · #8 12-22-2003, 11:16 AM

I don't know why you'd want it quieter, I love that sucking sound! But I guess if you prefer it that way - it's a free country. Cold air suck much more than the others, so if you want it quieter, steer away from that.

vti · #9 12-22-2003, 11:57 AM

also since havin my aem cai and more so with exhaust the attention my car atttracts has x10 from both police and general.

m0nee · #10 12-22-2003, 05:02 PM

Dude, here is a hint for you if you want a quiter intake..... GO STOCK!!

loLz!

vti · #11 12-22-2003, 05:09 PM

na, will keep aem/exhaust/decat. want evry bit of extra power i can get.

maybe if i get it supercharged ill take some noisy bits of lol.

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