AEM Bypass Valve installation - Honda Prelude Forum

iLCaPo · 02-23-2002, 11:57 AM

my dog ate the template they gave me....soo can someone let me know how much to cut off?

Roush351R · 02-23-2002, 05:00 PM

From what I understood they didnt cut anything off...they just cut it in half, and placed the bypass valve over the split in the pipe..they may have seperated the pipe maybe 1/2 or so

but make sure im right before you go doing this

khilgers · 02-23-2002, 05:20 PM

I cut mine so it fits tightly against the battery and I ended up cutting out about a 1" section. Heres a pic

iLCaPo · 02-23-2002, 05:55 PM

LOL....i cut an inch off of mine.....it worked fine i guess..... i just remeber aem giving me a template to wrap around the intake pipe so you know where to cut... thanks though

Joe

pinkdotts · 02-24-2002, 10:15 AM

YEA you cut about little more than 1in..when u put on the bypass..if you just chop it in half..your extending the pipe farther into the front bumper. more chance of water injestion or whatever..

iLCaPo · 02-24-2002, 12:24 PM

Werd...... do you need the foam that covers the outside of the bypass.....my dog ate that too..lol

mr.wong · 02-24-2002, 12:40 PM

The foam is basically just a filter if your bypass valve ever happened to activate.Basically you would be sucking in unfiltered underhood air without it but how often would the bypass valve ever work? Never.

iLCaPo · 02-24-2002, 04:19 PM

You think i should take the bypass valve off?...i drove with the cai in for liek two weeks...i reciently installed the bypass...and i fell the lose of hp.....am i just bugging out?

Joe