Cold Air Intake for GSi

[NightKids]

Yes I agree with you. I'm semi passionate about intakes but dougie seems very passionate about eBay intakes with named filters. Unless someone can do some review with some dyno figures it's prob never ending. Highly unrealistic for someone to chuck on an intake and spend money to do a dyno run. Guess we'll just leave this one.

[integragsi96]

yeh we fair enough mate.
i just hope we have given the OP something to think about
wether going straight for brand names such as injen, AEM etc or ebay intakes with brand name filters or doing a decent diy with a good brand filter...
3 different ways to make some power.

[dougie_504]

Experience comes from personal experience with an eBay generic pipe with 3A racing filter.

There's a lot of CAI comparisons on honda tech that proves the big names such as AEM performing better. Neither one of us can prove our points because that would involve putting a named filter on generic piping and there's no dyno results on such a setup.

Best I could find was this one which isn't very conclusive. Looks like they test AEM V2 (not 3" piping though, maybe 2.5"?), some sort of K&N Type S, a SRI with 'BPi' and standard intake. Looks like 'stock' intake pretty much takes the cake every time.

Regardless I still think hoping for 4kw or so is a high hope. IMO go generic and use the extra $200 or so towards an exhaust component...

[dougie_504]

Yes I agree with you. I'm semi passionate about intakes but dougie seems very passionate about eBay intakes with named filters. Unless someone can do some review with some dyno figures it's prob never ending. Highly unrealistic for someone to chuck on an intake and spend money to do a dyno run. Guess we'll just leave this one.

Not exactly, it's just that I think there's not a lot to be gained by spending that extra $100-200 when you can get something comparable for less. For example I did my own CAI and bought a $199 header. All up cost $374. If I'd gone for a better 'brand' I could have bought one or the other, but I'm happy with the quality of both items and I think I got the best value for my dollar

[act_gooner]

After doing some quick reading on the net, to a lot of people it seems that cold air intake does nothing power wise, just makes the engine sound better? Apparently stock intake is better? I'm considering a fujita intake from ebay, sounds like a healthy medium.

[NightKids]

Fujita is an excellent choice, Injen is a bit too expensive. I would have gone AEM or Fujita myself, the quality is great on them.

[act_gooner]

Cool. So specified Type R Futjita Air intake. Thanks for the help everyone and the link to the traders on ebay!

[GSi_PSi]

sound is awesome lol makes you wanna drive your car more once you put it on trust me

[gumus89]

You will find your fuel economy drop for the tank after you put the new intake on.
You cant help but put your foot down to hear the roar at any chance :P

Dyno runs are sometimes done with the bonnet open and a fan blowing. This isnt a very good representation of normal conditions. You will find SRI's doing better than they will normally due to no heatsoak.
I think the stock intake has its pro's in that its plastic, which absorbs less heat than metal intakes. The stock intakes usually get their air from inside the bumper so once you remove any intake resonators that may be in there, you essentially have a CAI anyways.
I have cut into one of my foglight covers in the picture. This puts air directly into this cavity that the car sucks its air from. I threw in a K&N panel filter and I think I have the best of both worlds... Cops have absolutely nothing even when they are having a bad day, the filter doesnt get too dirty because its not a cone filter directly in the line of shit and I still get the roar and snappy sound when I prod the throttle on downshift.

[act_gooner]

So the power gains are minimal? As long as it sounds good though I guess haha.

[Vvvtec]

Injen. Hands down. Mid to top end is amazing haha.

And yes, you won't want to park you car once you install it. The roar is amazing, my vtec sounds like a grizzly bear or something lolz.

As Dougie mentioned, get the DC2R model if you choose to go Injen. VTi-R mod won't fit.

[act_gooner]

Well I'm probably going to go Fujita after all the info dougie and others have given me which will still be necessary to get a DC2R intake. Cool I'm keen to hear my non vtec roar sound like a more tame grizzly bear lol.