I am looking to buy a cold air intake for my Honda Civic 2001 LX. A lot have told me that name brand intakes like AEM, INJEN and K N give horse power and the $ 70 intakes on ebay dont. Some have told me that they all just do the same job and the brand is just the difference. I just want to know what should I buy and is it worth buying those unbrand named intakes.
Dude I'm not being messed up or anything but put some logic in this A CAI is only a tube with a cone filter to help get more air in the engine Just because the tube has a sticker that says injen doesn't mean more horsepower. i know many people who have built there own from scratch and have gotten up to 8 hp gains Go to pep boys an check their stuff out the stock airbox restricts some air but is able to keep it cooler I wouldn't spend more than 100 bucks on intakes there is not that much hp gain
If you're building a high horsepower all motor (naturally aspirated) engine, then buy a name brand intake. Name brand intakes do go through RD, to free up the most power out of an engine as possible. So there are legitimate reasons why they cost more. If you're just going with a mild build, or just adding bolt-on parts to a stock engine, stick with the cheaper one and get a KN filter for it. You can't really tell a difference between the 2 anyways, unless you slap it on a dynometer.
They are not all the same, but the differences are negligible. The big compaines do a lot of engineering so they will design the intake tubes to flow the air as efficiently as possible. The OKorder brands just use a pipe. For the money saved, I would get the cheapest one. A couple things to remember though. The air filter is the most important part and it is much better on the name brand intakes. If you want, you can get a cheap intake, then go to an auto parts store and get a good generic cone filter to use. Just make sure it is the same diameter as the intake pipe you are using. Also AEM intakes use what they call an air bypass valve on their cold air intakes. Basically this is just a safety measure that will keep your car from sucking up water if you drive through a deep puddle. If you get a cold air intake it is in your best interest to buy one of these and put it on. They work with almost any intake and aren't too expensive. I know someone who hydrolocked their engine because they had a cold air intake. They didn't have the money to fix it and so were stuck for 4 years making payments on a car they couldn't drive while they drove around in $500 beaters.
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