CAI in my Civic

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24-05-2005, 11:05 PM
_CiVIC_

CAI in my Civic

Hey everyone, i bought myself a short ram intake for my civic not long ago, but i am looking at making it to the complete CAI kit.. when i removed the air box i saw a whole infront of my right wheel arch.. there was sufficient room for a 3inch pipe to fit down.. but when i removed my front bumper i saw this big white box sitting there that had 2 pipes stemming from it... i think this is the resonator?? the bolts are on so bloody tight i couldnt take them off... any suggestions if this would be the best place to make it a CAI ???
and do you think i could use a rattle gun to take the bolts off???

cheers,

alfy.
24-05-2005, 11:08 PM
tRipitaka

please search..
this would have been covered in the Articles/Review section..

the white box IS ur resonator, and it does come off..
most aftermarket CAIs require you to remove your resonator, so the piping can go down to your front bumper..
25-05-2005, 12:08 AM
CONAN

what does that resonator do?
i took mine off to fit my cai, and the whitebox doesnt look like it does anything!!
hahah
25-05-2005, 11:36 AM
aimre

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...mewithpipe.jpg
25-05-2005, 08:19 PM
_CiVIC_

in order to take that resonator out... would it be alright using a rattle gun????
26-05-2005, 10:49 AM
egSi

Quote:

Originally Posted by _CiVIC_

in order to take that resonator out... would it be alright using a rattle gun????

u dont have some spanners and rachet??
26-05-2005, 01:08 PM
tRipitaka

Quote:

Originally Posted by CONAN

what does that resonator do?
i took mine off to fit my cai, and the whitebox doesnt look like it does anything!!
hahah

resonators are used to either increase or decrease sound..
but in a car's instance, the waves in the intake sound cancel each other out making the sound less audible :p

notice how your intake sound volume dramatically increased once you removed it ?
26-05-2005, 05:39 PM
CONAN

i see i see
yes air filter is very loud now
but i want it loudeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer
26-05-2005, 05:42 PM
tRipitaka

stick a microphone near it and link it up to ur audio system :)
26-05-2005, 05:44 PM
Cvik_ryda

Yeah move the white box. shove the filter down then and step on the gas!!! it sound fantastic. i have a CAI system in my EK1 even its not Vtec still sounds mADDDDDDDDD
27-05-2005, 11:09 PM
_CiVIC_

Cvik_ryda did you notice any difference in power?? Was the car revving out smoother and easier?

At the moment my pod is sitting in my engine bay... i hope it will make a difference once its in the place of the resonator. Oh and about hydrolock, I'm concerned about that... is there a chance my car could suffer from this once the pod is in the place of the resonator?????

Thanks guys.

Alfy.
27-05-2005, 11:27 PM
tRipitaka

only if ur spongebob and live in the water :)
nah.. shouldn't be too much of a problem, unless u tend to drive through puddles when it rains..
28-05-2005, 01:32 AM
EK9

*sigh* noobs... lol. search is your friend! ;)

searched "resonator" in the articles forum and found my old DIY article... c searching works guys! :D

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ight=resonator

if that doesn't help, duno wot would buddy.
28-05-2005, 02:48 AM
sivic

yeah, a CAI will be noticably better than stock. and i wouldnt worry about hydro lock. you have to drive through some seriosly deep puddles for that. last week i drove through some which would have been 1/2 foot deep during a massive downpour. was shitting myself about it but no probs. just slow down a little to
24-07-2005, 03:09 PM
mrwillz

ey guys jus got a CAI in my car

makes alota noise
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...z/IMG_0279.jpg
24-07-2005, 03:36 PM
ACTI0NMAN-1

hydrolock should only be an issue if the water line is above 1ft, unless you're lowered. you can allways get the valve that AEM makes, designed to allow airflow if the filter is blocked/soaked by water.
My advice would be to use commonsence, dont go driving during flood conditions

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../CAIintake.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...AN/podpic2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...AN/podpic1.jpg
31-07-2005, 11:38 PM
ACTI0NMAN-1

~pic update above~
24-09-2005, 07:00 PM
mrwillz

i can feel theres a difference in terms of performance. revs alot more free'r
i've jus upgraded the pod to a k&n (autobarn sale $69) and a monza chrome heat shield
works perfectly , imluvn it.
25-09-2005, 01:54 AM
kayot1k

i dont think extending the filter all the way to your wheel is going to be any good.
remember honda spent along time engineering this shit.
your just going to stuff up the dynamics.
modifications as extragant as this will often likely lead to peforming poorly more than good.
just stick to your stock box. its bad enough that your going to shorten the life of your engine by throwin in a podfilter.
25-09-2005, 02:33 PM
CONAN

Quote:

Originally Posted by kayot1k

i dont think extending the filter all the way to your wheel is going to be any good.
remember honda spent along time engineering this shit.
your just going to stuff up the dynamics.
modifications as extragant as this will often likely lead to peforming poorly more than good.
just stick to your stock box. its bad enough that your going to shorten the life of your engine by throwin in a podfilter.

OEM doesnt always mean the best ;)
28-09-2005, 08:32 PM
iamhappy46

Quote:

Originally Posted by kayot1k

i dont think extending the filter all the way to your wheel is going to be any good.
remember honda spent along time engineering this shit.
your just going to stuff up the dynamics.
modifications as extragant as this will often likely lead to peforming poorly more than good.
just stick to your stock box. its bad enough that your going to shorten the life of your engine by throwin in a podfilter.

shorten the life of your engine with a pod filter?? are you kidding?? What the hell would cause that... Air is getting filtered so what is this drastic thing that will kill all of us pod filter owners engines
30-09-2005, 09:09 PM
hotcvic

Get a bypass valve to avoid hydrolock

Quote:

Originally Posted by _CiVIC_

COh and about hydrolock, I'm concerned about that... is there a chance my car could suffer from this once the pod is in the place of the resonator?????

After removing the resontator, your piping should easily fit through the hole and you can then mount the filter.
Click on the pic to view.
http://img101.imagevenue.com/loc168/th_291_CIMG2019.JPG

To avoid hydrolock, especially when the road floods during a big downpour, buy an AEM bypass valve, you can pick these up on ebay motors quite cheap. Mine costed be $45AU delivered from the USA, just make sure you get the right size bypass valve for your piping.

Click on the pic to view.
http://img21.imagevenue.com/loc150/th_4e3_CIMG2063.JPG
Click on the pic to view.
http://img46.imagevenue.com/loc50/th_089_CIMG2097.JPG
Click on the pic to view.
http://img13.imagevenue.com/loc170/th_791_CIMG2106.JPG
01-10-2005, 12:41 PM
kayot1k

rubbish relocating pod to where the resonator was.
pipelength too long to filter.
rubbish,

any mods to your car from stock will most probably lessen the life of your engine.
who are u kidding, u think ur pod filter filters everything ?
you think putting on an exhaust doesnt stress out ur engine abit more ?
more power equals more stress on engine.
more stress equals not good.

its the same as putting on a turbo on stock internals, even though it might handle it, what is its life span compared to when it didnt have the turbo. :thumbdwn:
01-10-2005, 01:27 PM
revNhevN

on a NA engine having good flow - both intake and exhaust may give a bit more power. but will not stress the engine more. if it rev's more freely, how can there be more stress on the enigne?
01-10-2005, 04:31 PM
iamhappy46

Quote:

Originally Posted by kayot1k

rubbish relocating pod to where the resonator was.
pipelength too long to filter.
rubbish,

any mods to your car from stock will most probably lessen the life of your engine.
who are u kidding, u think ur pod filter filters everything ? YEP
you think putting on an exhaust doesnt stress out ur engine abit more ?
more power equals more stress on engine.
more stress equals not good.

its the same as putting on a turbo on stock internals, even though it might handle it, what is its life span compared to when it didnt have the turbo. :thumbdwn:

Probably: Increasing the length off ANY induction piping will actually gain torque across the rev range through better cylinder filling... Basic law of fluid dynamics but you probably weren't paying attention to that in high school science...

Pod filters, or more specifically paper type pod filters actually use the same material as standard, so of course they filter the air and best of all, with more surface area, they breathe better and longer than a standard filter...

A good quality exhaust will let the engine breathe, meaning less heat generated which means less stress on the engine... However, if you drive like a tool and rev the sh!t outa ya motor cause ya think ya cool with one, that will stress the motor.

So exactly what would cause this stress?? Besides the drivers right foot??
01-10-2005, 08:17 PM
hotcvic

Quote:

Originally Posted by kayot1k

rubbish relocating pod to where the resonator was.
pipelength too long to filter.
rubbish,

any mods to your car from stock will most probably lessen the life of your engine.
who are u kidding, u think ur pod filter filters everything ?
you think putting on an exhaust doesnt stress out ur engine abit more ?
more power equals more stress on engine.
more stress equals not good.

its the same as putting on a turbo on stock internals, even though it might handle it, what is its life span compared to when it didnt have the turbo. :thumbdwn:

WTF are you on about?? A cold air intake which is what this thread is about takes air not from the hot air inside the bonnet.

If you don't like this forum, then go to some other forum on volvo's or knitting or something.
01-10-2005, 08:46 PM
DaPlaya

^^ lol ozknitters.com home of the wacky wool workers