Changing to a Pod Filter

[`OzLude]

i was just wondering if anyone would be able to help.. . .

if i was going to go to a Pod Filter on a 5th Gen Lude.. would i be able to use my stock piping and just replace the box and attach the pod filter to the piping straight away.. .. if so, .. how?

or would i have to replace the whole piping with a custom one ??

-thanks

[AMPERAGE]

When I very first got my 1998 VTi-R Prelude, I stuck a K&N pod on it straight away. In order to make it fit, you need to remove the whole airbox. You will also need a 3" mandrel bent 45 degree pipe, plus a couple of hose clamps to actually fit the pod. One end of the pipe goes in the black rubber intake and a hose clamp will hold it tight. Stick the pod on the end of this and secure with another hose clamp. It's probably also worth making up a bracket like I did (I bent up a piece of aluminium angle, drilled some holes and attached it), to secure the pod to the chassis to prevent rattling. It'll also keep the cops off your back for having an unsecured air filter.

It's a great, cheap mod to do to the Prelude and gives the car a much meatier sound, especially under WOT. You'll be suprised at the difference it makes.

If you're wondering, I found a guy on eBay that makes all kinds of stainless pipes, heaps of sizes and heaps of angles. I think I paid under $30 delivered for my 3" 45 degree adaptor.

[vtc]

Any pictures? Im going to go short ram intake but dont have the money at the moment and this sounds great and cheap!

[AMPERAGE]

Heres a pic that I managed to dig up from the hundreds of old photos of my 'Lude:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/AMPERAGE/DSC01690.jpg

vtc, you said that you wanted to go a short air ram on your Prelude. These are good units, but IMHO it's worth saving up for a good cold air intake, like an AEM V2 unit. They do cost more but they increase throttle response, and even give a dyno proven gain in HP and torque. Short air rams tend to heatsoak unless you have hood vents to allow a fresh supply of cool air to them. That said, a cold air intake does create the problem of hydro-lock should you hit a deepish puddle when driving. If you live in part of Oz where it rains a fair bit, it can be good to invest in an Air-Bypass Valve along with the cold air intake as a way of preventing what could be very expensive damage to your engine.

That's just my two cents though, you gotta go with what you feel you want. I personally will be swapping from cold air intake to short air ram - but that's becuase they work better with a supercharger (which hopefully will be going in my car around July/August). As long as the car remains naturally aspirated, it'll be cold air intake for me :)

[vtc]

Hey amperage,

I was saving up for the V2 as you said. but im not sure of you know bu in the prelude its a short ram anyway. Thats the way the V2 was designed for the prelude. Im keeping my car stock standard performance wise and was only going to change to the pod becasue i heard good things about the sound when its in vtec. Simply, it SCREAMS! hehe
Only downside is its an illegal mod.

[ek4-guy]

when puttin any filter cold air is most important ive got a friend who owns a dyno an has a ss ute company car with the LS1 he is also a distributor for K&N when he fitted a pod filter up to the air box tube then ran it on the dyno an found he lost 7kw from stanard air filter then he put the cold air box back in an fitted a K&N panel filter he got a 6kw gain from stock the main factor is the air temp pods r better but have to feed it cold air

[AMPERAGE]

he lost 7kw from stanard air filter then he put the cold air box back in an fitted a K&N panel filter he got a 6kw gain from stock

Thats exactly right, and this is unfortunatly espeically true of Hondas. The factory systems that they come with are pretty damn good as it is.