I have 91 Honda accord 4dr ex and I want an intake for it, but my debate is do I buy the short ram or the full thing, were i drive it‘s usually in town and uP a hill to my house at a max sPeed of 50 and I‘ve heard the bigger in take gives hp in higher Rpms and does that mean the short ram is better for low Rpms, so one help me justify which would be better for my car
sounds like the the sensor tone wheel is cracked causing a error in speed rationality take to a mech and have him monitor the wheel speed sensors at all 4 wheels to see if one or more wheels is reading abnormally this sounds like your problem because the abs system detects opens and shorts to sensors or faulty components inside abs module . cracked tone wheel will cause irrational abs brake conditions
If you pull the ABS fuse, it should disable it, the problem being that when she REALLY needs it, it won't be there.
Don't waste your money. At best you'll see 2 or 3 HP from any intake kit, and you'd need to put the car on a dyno to see that. You won't feel it or see any measurable improvement in fuel economy. If you insist on doing it, stick with the short ram version. The full CAE version can result in water in your engine in wet weather due to its design. The factory intake is designed to prevent that unless you literally submerge the car in deep water but the after-market CAE systems do not. In fact, most of them warn you to not use it in wet weather! About all that a short ram will do is give you some intake sounds since it's drawing hot air from under the hood. That hot air will offset the marginal improvement in engine breathing resulting in zero net gain.
The cold air intake your Accord has on it from the factory is best. Completely eliminating restriction on the intake wouldn't help your hill climb because it would only make a barely measurable difference at wide open throttle and very high rpm. and you still wouldn't be able to feel the difference. The short ram would be worse. Aftermarket cold air intakes are a relic of the 1960s and 1970s, when almost all cars took in hot air from above the engine. In the 1980s fuel economy pressures forced every manufacturer to go to cold air intakes. Short rams are hot air intakes. good for noise but bad for power.
dont get a short ram intake unless you drive through a few feet of standing water on the regular. if you want to upgrade the intake, i suggest a cold air intake all the way, see if you can find dyno proven intakes(proof of gains) my suggestion is Injen or Aem is a good place to start looking. the intakes only add a few hp,. not going to make much of a diffrence if your exhaust is overly restrictive on a 91, maybe consider replacing your stock cattillic converter, as its 20 years old and probably clogged as all hell, and overly restrictive. hi flow cats are pretty cheap, it wouldnt be a huge gain, but i gotta assume it would be a descent diffrence with the 20 year old cat. anyways, remember a short ram intakes dyno gains are negliable, since when a car is dynoed, the hood is open, allowing much of the hot air escape and cooling the air the short ram intake is taking in, however in normal driving, the hood stays closed, which works like a oven holding all the heat inside, thus drastically reducing the power the Sri makes advantages of cold air, compressed more, so more air and fuel can be fit and burned thourgholy to make more power advantege of hot air - since its warmer, the molecules are moving faster thus allowing the air to literally move faster throughout the piping. disadvanteges of Cold air - moves slightly slower then warm air disadvantages of hot air- doesnt always burn evenly, since the molecules are so sparatic, it is harder to get correct air -fuel ratio my suggestions for some descent power gains, is: cold air intake hi flow cat slightly bigge exhaust(dont get a huge obnoxious one, a little bit bigger to compensate for the intake. if your still wanting more- a header will probably produce your biggest gains.
