Metal Intake arm?

[mugen_ctr]

maybe i was thinking of the clip on ones, lol, but the ones like mugen heat shield, yea that would def make a difference... as it totally encloses the pod from the rest of the engine bay
Looking at the ARC box, that would be nice addition over the stock box, but the cost is phenomenal, as its the closes to a factory air box replacement...

[tsol0811]

maybe i was thinking of the clip on ones, lol, but the ones like mugen heat shield, yea that would def make a difference... as it totally encloses the pod from the rest of the engine bay
Looking at the ARC box, that would be nice addition over the stock box, but the cost is phenomenal, as its the closes to a factory air box replacement...

If you want a enclosed Cai intake
Why not try the K&N Apollo intake Its pretty good i heard and its enclosed + got cold air piping
only 200+ so affordable i guess I'dd leave the oem rubber pipe my metal one just heats up like a MOTHER f**ker

[TheSaint]

simota do an inline enclosed intake as well ... they are usually pretty well price on ebay =)

[mugen_ctr]

yea i agree, leave the rubber pipe as it doesn't soak up as much heat as comapared to metal, the apollo kit does look quite the treat for the price
Im finding it hard to find a location for the cold intake pipe, that feeds the outside air into the airbox.... seems honda didnt quite figure it out when they pieced the civics together... the rad and air con both consume the whole front, so theres no room to fit the rubber pipe from the mouth

[TheSaint]

i have a vented grill built into the front wheel arch liner

[tsol0811]

Today i took out my sri got my oem airbox back in today without the resonator its improved and some virbation noises were SOLVED
i have no room for cold air feed since i have foggies but atlease its well kept away from the engine bay heat.
pretty happy.

[xenonkuraz]

show us a pic of your engine bay

[mugen_ctr]

i removed my resonator on the intake pipe, some how its improved my fuel economy, i don't know how, but it did, i use to be getting 11 - 10 litres per 100kms (yea its running a bit rich), now getting closer to 13 - 15 liters per 100kms.... i was going to remove the resonator from the bumper, but than reliazed there was no way i could fit a cold air feed pipe to the air box... Now this could mean im running leaner fuel mixture, which is worse than running richer... but im not sure

I jus plugged it up with a Gatorade bottle cap

[xenonkuraz]

That definitely is not an improvement. I really don't see how removing a little resonator can affect mileage. I've done it on my cars before and there have never been ill effects. Take a picture of what you've done and show us

[tsol0811]

Yeah, i doubt that would happen...?
Take the resonator out of the bumper sounds better + some cold air is sucked in.

[hitoriko]

im getting heat soak on my simota SRI ... solution ... Fujita CAI kit lol

or u can build a heat sheild out of plasti-board and hi temp black paint =)

im going to makre a custome box for this with a CAI to add to the sexyness that is my engine bay LOL

[dougie_504]

The stock rubber intake arm sheds heat easier than metal. Also, the amount of time the air spends shooting from your filter into your TB is nearly negligible when considering heat absorption from the engine. As long as the filter itself (like in a stock box) is protected from the residual heat then you don't need to worry.

If you want a little power kick just open your stock box, snap off all the little plastic fins and bits, anything that reduces tube diameter or isn't necessary. Put in a K&N panel filter, remove your stock resonator below the box and run some plumbing flex-pipe from the front of your bumped to the bottom of your box - there's a nice hole on the bottom of the intake box for the flex-pipe to connect to.
That way it's not loud, but you'll have an isolated CAI that flows much better than stock. Easiest form of CAI, no defect issues.