intake suggestions? - Honda Prelude Forum

redleader · 02-05-2003, 03:26 PM

hey, I'm thinking about gettting an intake for my 94 VTEC. What are your suggestions? What are people finding to be the best ones? I'm basically lookin for sound and hp gains.

Thanks!

XLerate9 · 02-05-2003, 03:43 PM

AEM CAI.

dublued · 02-05-2003, 04:12 PM

can't go wrong with Injen Race Division

19924ws · 02-05-2003, 04:15 PM

AEM CAI or custom

h22a193 · 02-05-2003, 04:16 PM

for sure go with AEM CAI, but next in line would be Injen then Iceman.

redleader · 02-05-2003, 04:24 PM

Yeah, I hear AEM is good, my other car is an S2000 and all the guys on the s2ki.com forum get the AEM CAI's for their S's as well. However, what's all this business about the "air by pass" valve? And having to cut the tubing to install it? Sounds like a major *****.

Oh, and two other options I was also looking at are the DC Sports intake and the HKS powerflow filter. Any experience with these?

vile10 · 02-05-2003, 04:49 PM

by pass valve prevent water getting into intake manifold supposing

yield · 02-05-2003, 05:17 PM

WIth the Iceman you can switch it from CAI to short ram in the rainy season

willmbrk · 02-05-2003, 05:19 PM

If you live in CA, get an AEM CAI cause they are CARB legal. Also, if you live where it doesn't rain much, do not get the bypass valve. My bypass valves fell apart in 6 months, and it was one of the ones that wasn't recalled.

luderacr14 · 02-05-2003, 05:26 PM

The bypass valve isn't hard at all to install. Just buy a cheap hacksaw, and cut out the designated width section out of it. It makes you feel confident that you have it, when your in a rain storm.
I have an AEM CAI and you cant beat the sound it makes; not to sure about the perfomance gains though.

vile10 · 02-05-2003, 10:52 PM

iceman is CARB exempt too

Dukespeed · 02-06-2003, 06:36 AM

AEM I have had mine now for like almost five years. I got one of the early models that came in two pieces already from AEM. Does make it nice if in rainy weather just change it to a short ram. But with out any question get the AEM

Mattsy93vtec · 02-06-2003, 07:23 AM

My vote goes for the SR buy AEM... dont listen to me... but I used to own an intake company (www.frankencar.com) and i still believe SR's are the best...

- mattsy

WaZabee · 02-06-2003, 10:26 AM

intakes are pretty much the same thing if you really think about it. a metal pipe then a filter. i would go custom. i don't know if anyone tried it or not, but the blitz sus filters are awesome. you can actually feel the air coming inside the cone if you put your hand in. it's actually stainless steel metal, and all you got to do when it's dirty, is just rinse it with water and everything comes off. dries quickly and you'll be back on the road again.

laughin2.2 · 02-06-2003, 10:35 AM

I'd go with a short ram for the top end gains over the CAIs. Probably AEM just because it matches my fuel components.

redleader · 02-06-2003, 12:48 PM

I used to have an RS Akimoto intake...way back from the old days. And it had no brackets or anything, the mandrel bent tubing just kind of sat there. And last year, when I finally uninstalled it, I noticed that the part of the tubing that rested against the passenger side shock tower had a hole in it, possible from the frictin and the rubbing. So I guess for a long while all this stray air was just going into my engine.

chanluder · 02-06-2003, 08:08 PM

sri aem

SlowSi · 02-06-2003, 08:17 PM

Wouldn't short ram suck in hotter air than a CAI since it's closer to the engine?

Mattsy93vtec · 02-06-2003, 09:06 PM

once your moving the temp differnce is that of a few degrees, worst case scenario.

U.K VTEC · 02-06-2003, 11:42 PM

I've got the HKS SPF and it's good. Does it give gains? Don't know, maybe...but it sounds nice and the fitting kit is excellent, there are brackets supplied which bolt to original holes to stop the pipe moving around. I'd buy one again.