RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas
 

i liked J_man's list... what's you budget anyways? Mine was 400 (b4 the turbo obviously...)

RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas
 

Don't use word like these... sounds disrespectful...

He said cheap... as in: "i don't want or can't save $$$ so I'll get whatever I can afford"...
Don't push him...

RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas
 

what do u mean remove the intake resonator. what does that do. and where is the diy. this is my first post on this site i came from 8thcivic so please dont trash on me

RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas
 

We can't bash on you for taking a step up in the world ;)

It's on this site, but for the life of me I can't find it.

http://www.filtsai.com/accord/index.php

The intake resonator is like an exhaust resonator, it quiets the airflow by passing it through a large chamber to slow it down. It weighs a good 8 lbs. and is basically useless besides what I wrote. taking it out will get you a growl under acceleration in between stock and a cold air intake.

Loudness and airflow increas from Stock -> Resonator Delete/High-Flow Drop-In -> Cold Air -> Short Ram.

RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas
 

so ur saying that i can do that with my stock accord? its a 03 accord ex
and i still cannot find the DIY for that.

RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas
 

where's that???? my car doesn't have that right? or u mean theblack box...?

RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas
 

It was hiding in the AEM CAI instructions: http://www.filtsai.com/accord/AEM-CAI/index.php


Kevin, it's in the passenger side behind the bumper cover and and fender splash guard. Sorry, but you do have one my friend. Takes about 20 minutes, a few screws, a few bolts, and a ton of plastic rivets.

RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas
 

my bad dude..i didn't think he meant like that.i just thought he wanted more bang for his buck.

RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas
 

HPJ: it's ok... i know you didn't mean that buddy...

Finch... My car is turbo... i still don't know what you're talking about but i'll bet i took it off a while ago! lol
Thanks for the info anyways man!

RE: Cheap tuning and horsepower ideas
 

I'm not sure, but I think on the 4 cylinder models, the resonator is on the stock intake piping .... the black box between the filter and the TB that hangs off the pipe. On V6's, the pipe is fairly smooth, but the resonator is upstream of the filterbox. There is a little snorkel that pulls air from the top of the driver side headlight and runs down into the bumper where the CAI filter goes. The resonator has an outlet connection to the bottom of the filterbox.