CAI Question

[Jos4DCivic]

Will putting in a CAI change the sound of my exhaust at all?

[optimuscivic]

it will make your engine sound louder, you will hear it suck in the air. thats about it.

[91lxdreamer]

It wont make your exhaust sound louder, but you definetely hear the sucking noise, its not annoyingly loud, but more of a background noise, its tight tho...

[90civicracer]

I loooooooooove the sound of an intake. Much much more than the sound of an exhaust.

[91lxdreamer]

Hey I just realized I put the wrong smiley on there, it wasnt supposed to be the loser one, it was supposed to be , oops, but yea, nice call Mike, having a less aggressive exhaust and a killer intake system sounds soooooo tight. I love the suckin when I'm drivin...oh...and since we're supposed to be talkin about cars...I love the sound of the intake too...

[viridion]

Originally Posted by 91lxdreamer

Hey I just realized I put the wrong smiley on there, it wasnt supposed to be the loser one, it was supposed to be , oops, but yea, nice call Mike, having a less aggressive exhaust and a killer intake system sounds soooooo tight. I love the suckin when I'm drivin...oh...and since we're supposed to be talkin about cars...I love the sound of the intake too...

there isn't enough room in a civic for that... CAI i mean.. you have to relocate the battery!

[91civicDXdude]

there isn't enough room in a civic for that... CAI i mean.. you have to relocate the battery!

if you use an 88-91 CAI you dont have to move anything. i had to relocate my battery to use a 99-00 Si intake, but thats becuase its not designed to go in our cars :P

[90civicracer]

88-91 AEM CAI fit perfectly for my car.

[GTA]

heres a pic of my AEM cai with both my old dx engine and the z6 swap i have now. you do not have to relocate the battery if you use the 88-91 civic CAI, the only problem you might have is if you use the water bypass valve like i have it will probably hit the battery if you have a DX w/ DPFI still.

[90civicracer]

Here's mine

[GTA]

hrmm... are the new AEM CAI's one-piece? cause mine is a two-piece from AEM i even have the aem rubber coupler to go between the two pieces when i dont have the bypass valve in

[1PhatCX]

heres mine (yes i know its only a short ram) i'm gonna use my stock piece and try to make it extend all the way down if possible untill i can find some exhaust pipe to use

[Jos4DCivic]

is $210 shipped to much to pay for AEM CAI and bypass valve as well?

[90civicracer]

Yes my AEM CAI (purchased June, 2003) is one piece. It is a lot cleaner than the 2 piece design IMO but however w/ the 2 piece u can convert to short ram...no need here though cuz we hardly ever get rain. And on the price i got mine from a shop for 150 with no tax. And go to http://www.froogle.com they are a good place to look up quick prices...and in case u dont want to i already looked it up for you here http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...old+air+intake

Cheapest one on that page looks like 165.95...not sure about with a bypass valve though.

[Jos4DCivic]

it is $165 without bypass valve http://www.sounddomain.com/shoplist~...Intake+Systems