Review: short ram cold air intake(ebay) with K&N pod filter

**connorling** · 24-04-2008 01:50 AM

i actually didnt get the items from the ebay myself, i got it from a member of wahonda.

it took me about 1/2 an hour to install, the hardest part was trying to mount the pod with the heat shield, it kept falling off when i tried to tighten the pod onto the ram.

took it for a drive after i fitted it, didnt feel much difference in power ....until....once my vtec kicked in, it felt much more power. and that's not it, when the car get to 7500rpm, the sound from the ram is just amazing, a deep roaring noice just amazing.

i didnt except a ebay item could give u this power gain, i dont really know how much power it actually gains, but it just feels good and sounds good.

will take a pic off my car some day soon

**kayot1k** · 24-04-2008 07:11 AM

welcome to the 21st century.

**Vu_civic** · 24-04-2008 09:24 AM

definetly vtec kicking in yo

**kelviN** · 25-04-2008 09:18 PM

hey mate....i may be wrong about this but that power u r feeling will decrease with time.

I say this because i switch from stock airbox to sri very often (too bored i guess). Well going from stock box to sri my car revs up to 8000k like crazy ! This is probably because the ecu hasnt adjusted itself. After a while it drives like normal again. I wish my car stayed like the beginning phase forever =(

**hisoka** · 26-04-2008 01:56 PM

^ is this true, the car adjust itself after a while ? ^ lol is this an excuse to buy hondata ?

**kelviN** · 26-04-2008 02:01 PM

i believe thats true...Thats why some ppl advise u reset ur ecu when installing new intakes or exhausts

**aaronng** · 26-04-2008 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by kelviN

hey mate....i may be wrong about this but that power u r feeling will decrease with time.

I say this because i switch from stock airbox to sri very often (too bored i guess). Well going from stock box to sri my car revs up to 8000k like crazy ! This is probably because the ecu hasnt adjusted itself. After a while it drives like normal again. I wish my car stayed like the beginning phase forever =(

That is because it is sucking hot air as the engine gets hot when you rev it up.

**connorling** · 26-04-2008 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by kelviN

hey mate....i may be wrong about this but that power u r feeling will decrease with time.

I say this because i switch from stock airbox to sri very often (too bored i guess). Well going from stock box to sri my car revs up to 8000k like crazy ! This is probably because the ecu hasnt adjusted itself. After a while it drives like normal again. I wish my car stayed like the beginning phase forever =(

what u said is true, but i have seen some research(with dyno and everything), they compare the after market and the stock on b16a standard, they ran the dyno 9 times, everything the power has increase with the same mod, they explained it is because the computer adjusted by itself to gain max power, and it is stock ecu.

so i think u just got used to the extra power, thats y u feel like back to normal.......i think

**kelviN** · 26-04-2008 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by aaronng

That is because it is sucking hot air as the engine gets hot when you rev it up.

lol not on the same day....i mean after about 3-4 days.

i travel from sydney to orange often. The altitude in orange is high and the air very thin. I drive around for a week....as soon as i come back to sydney the car hesistates to accelerate. After the ecu adjusts in 1-2days, the car is bak to normal.

**VT1-R** · 02-05-2008 01:38 AM

lol.. yo man u the white EG studying at UWA rite.. parks on the lawn at behind maths n physics building..

Ur intake probably sounded louder giving u 1st impression esp. when vtec kicks in.. Not forgetting, u have a b18c which is has good power thus an intake will release good power and u have a light car, making power gains easier to be felt..

So in fact, you are feeling real power but maybe not to the extent u think it is now.. as time goes by, u will feel its a good mod but not tat big difference in the end..

**connorling** · 02-05-2008 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by VT1-R

lol.. yo man u the white EG studying at UWA rite.. parks on the lawn at behind maths n physics building..

Ur intake probably sounded louder giving u 1st impression esp. when vtec kicks in.. Not forgetting, u have a b18c which is has good power thus an intake will release good power and u have a light car, making power gains easier to be felt..

So in fact, you are feeling real power but maybe not to the extent u think it is now.. as time goes by, u will feel its a good mod but not tat big difference in the end..

hey, u know me, but i have never seen ur car...