Modifying an ITR

I am a proud owner of an 2001 ITR DC2 and will soon be recieving a lump sum to do up my car.

I am currently looking at upgrading the headers and exhaust system, but this is not related to my question.

I am very interested in changing my intake. Although im a bit confused to what i should change to???

I have heard that Mugen Cold air intake is a very good path to take (even though i have not seen or heard any info on how much of a power and torque increase you will recieve, also heard that you have to remove air con???)

Then there is Comptech and brand that copied Mugen but apparently is just as good or even better to some people (seen some charts of power increases but still sounds a bit dodgy, IM NOT SURE)

What im asking is whether anybody can post some information on what will perform better in my car will it be Mugen or Comptech.

edit your title to be more specific dude and try to search as well...im pretty sure this topic has been coverd bfore

tried searching
and found no results

just an intake wont make much diff....theres bit here and there in this thread...http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...8&page=5&pp=10

You don't need to remove air-con for the Mugen Airbox.

You could also try (CAI):
Injen
J's Racing

I have no idea about Comptech.

Also...GruppeM?

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...hlight=GruppeM
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ight=Injen+CAI

Comptech - http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...=intake+review
Mugen - http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...t=Mugen+Airbox
- http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...=intake+review
Injen - http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ight=Injen+CAI
J's - http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1393642

ive heard good reports on Injen and Js Racing intake but never had first hand experience

If you got the grand to spend get the mugen, the best out there

while on topic of injen intakes, where can i get one for a good price searched and PM'd some people havnt goten response?

Mugen would be the best intake out there on the3 market for the DC2R. But thats if your willing to spend $1000+ on a intake.

Or do my style, Apexi intake wrapped in a Comptech Icebox and only half the price of a Mugen :)

cant go wrong with GruppeM!
Gruppe love! :)

I have apexi (I think it's called short ram or something), it's just fillter and pipe, it's works good, next thing is to get some heat protection and that's it.
Mugen would be very good but for me $1000 is too much just for intake.
If you want headers good brands are TODA, SPOON, MUGEN ect, but be prepared to pay $1000+, if you want something cheaper that works ok go Xforce 4-1 (I have them on my DC2R).
All depends on how much you want to spend.

Turbo.

comtec are a really good brand, especially for the price you pay for them.
you shoul look in JMD concept, one of the traders, to see if you can get abit more info on them if you like. you could prolly send him a pm if you want to know more. im sure he will help you out on whats best to get for your money.:D
anyways, best of luck with your upgrades...
let us know how you go :D

welcome to the club, im also a proud new owner of a 99 itr.ive looked around and seems if u want bang for ur buck go with the comtech ice box.

take out your resonator, custom your own cold air intake, and keep your std airbox plus changing your std filter to a better ones like KNN.
take out 2k, change your extractor, catback...This will give you abit more pull outta 2k aud...

2K is a good start for a turbo kit

i did jdm header(4-1) + vision cat + catback (Fusisubo) abt 4 weeks ago.
coast me just over 2k....
so happy man i am, recomending you to do too....

will do CAI next...

cheers...

injen

anybody here tried the BMC CDA? (bmc carbon dynamic airbox)
ive heard its quite good... but still expencive, like 600+

All a Type'R' really needs is to be able to breathe....So Intake, Header & Exhurst.

After that, You'll want to be able to corner quickly & Stop better. So Next would Suspenion & Brake upgrades.

Intake = Ingen
Header = Toda
Exhurst = Any good JDM. I'm very happy with Vision.

Just my 2c
Goodluck. :)

would the above advice apply to a vtir? brands, etc

AEM intake is also very good one to choose!

in my opinion, changing the intake does not do much to performance... ur better off spending the money in more noticable mods such as wheels, suspension or exhaust.. changing from stock airbox to pod will probably give you 1kw more and in many cases, you lose power due to too much hot air getting in... i dunno...just my 2c

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Originally Posted by stakka

would the above advice apply to a vtir? brands, etc

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yes to an extent i guess...pending on what your looking for, better response? better top end?

intake: CAI (injen, hks, aem) or an CAI box type thing..(mugen and comptech ones) are design more for responsiveness....
whereas a SRI (injen, aem, j's racing) i would say are more for top end speed

extractors: 4-2-1 - low to mid range (responsiveness)
4-1 - mid to high range (top end speed)
brands - toda, spoon, mugen, hytec, smsp etc... good brands....x-force wouldnt recommend on a type r buh i have no experience so yerr..see what others who have type r think about it..

exhaust: 2.25-2.5 seems the way to go with any decent cat back seems to do the job...

have fun

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Originally Posted by quangsta

yes to an extent i guess...pending on what your looking for, better response? better top end?

intake: CAI (injen, hks, aem) or an CAI box type thing..(mugen and comptech ones) are design more for responsiveness....
whereas a SRI (injen, aem, j's racing) i would say are more for top end speed

extractors: 4-2-1 - low to mid range (responsiveness)
4-1 - mid to high range (top end speed)
brands - toda, spoon, mugen, hytec, smsp etc... good brands....x-force wouldnt recommend on a type r buh i have no experience so yerr..see what others who have type r think about it..

exhaust: 2.25-2.5 seems the way to go with any decent cat back seems to do the job...

have fun

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i second all that! very good info

Cold air intake is THE way to go. Try searching Injen or AEM CAI's or if you can, run a stainless pipe from your throttle body to the front bar. That way the air filter is blocked from any engine heat. Any car tuner will agree with this.