Ek intake.... good or bad?

**[M*]** · 15-11-2004 04:26 PM

Ok guy... i have decied to "rice" my car.... so i went out a got myself a K&N....

it was on special for like $99.00 which i think its a good price... but thats besides the point...

next i went to super cheap and got myseld some intake pipe... ($30)

after installing

as you can see it sits right on top of the orginal "cold" air intake pipe....

Now to my surprise then i started the engine everything was fine... untill i went for a "run" when i noticed a really deep noise from the engin bay...

so i turned the corner and planted it again... and same thing happens... it seems to be happening only when the revs are farly high... it sounds like extractor....

I havnt really done a pod in a civic before so i dont really know... so is it good or bad or no difference...?

**Weq** · 15-11-2004 04:52 PM

get rid of the stock intake plastic pipe cause its got a resonator in there

yeah u will get a woosh sound cause thats whats pods sound like... other then that, get a hose clamp on the metal/pastic overlap if u plan on keeping it as is.

**SPEEDCORE** · 15-11-2004 04:57 PM

LOL Weq I don't think the resonator is gonna make much of a difference in this current setup.

Weight saving?? hmmmmm maybe.

**ABZY** · 15-11-2004 05:10 PM

i say ditch the so called stadard air box and run ducting from the front bar.. and is the cold air box just like another resonator?? did u notice and diff?? i noticed better response with my filter and intake, not to mention a great roar when its peakin..

**[M*]** · 15-11-2004 05:14 PM

ok so those 2 pipes have gotta go... any tips on how to get them out??...

what do you mean "dont think its going to matter in this set up"?

please explain

**ABZY** · 15-11-2004 05:18 PM

i'm not to sure as my mechanic did it while doin the exhuast, but it its anythin like aGTi just take off the front bar ( like 2 screws up top, couple on the side 2 undeneath) there should be a few bolts or screws just take them out and away u go..

**SPEEDCORE** · 15-11-2004 06:31 PM

Ok I'll try my best.......

If you pull off your front bar (which you will have to do IF you decide to take the resonator out) you will see what the main resonator is...... it looks like a big white tank. There is black piping from this white tank..... on that goes from the white box to the bottom of your stock airbox, the other comes up back up through the inner guard (the very left one when you look at your pics).

Since you have taken the airbox off, and have a pod there, the black U shaped pipe and the big white airbox are pretty much just ballast, they are doing nothing. There is no harm in leaving it there however, it is not feeding cold air to the pod if that is what you are thinking though.

When the stock air box is in place over the black pipe... the whole system does NOT force air into the airbox..... rather it draws up air from the white tank resonator. If using the stock airbox, you guys can get a bit fresher air/force (only at reallt high speeds will it make a difference) up into the airbox by taking the white tank out, utilising the U shaped black pipe by cutting it in half so like a J shape and attaching pipe to that with a hose clamp and run it to the front bar.

As for your setup, just leave it as it is now that you have done it, should have a touch more response but nothing to write home about. The sound you get should satisfy you more than enough. Just remember more noise does not = more power but you should be happy with what you acheive for the money you spent

**[M*]** · 15-11-2004 10:00 PM

ok yeah... thanks heaps for that... i now loud dosent mean fast... i was just worried if that was doing any harm to the engine...

its the "pull off the front bar" part that i need help with... canyone can help me out...? just a simple guild should do...

also if i fo remive the white box thing would it be less noisy??... cause belive it or not i dont realy like it...too rice for my liking...

thank heaps guys...

**Perry** · 15-11-2004 10:20 PM

by memory

1. open the bonnet, you should see on top of the grill there's these black plastic look alike screws, pop them out

2. then go to the guards look inside there should b metels screws, take them off, i think thats about it, and the bar should slide out, when u pull outwards

if theres parts i missed plz correct me, coz i only remember how to do it when i see in person =)