INTAKE
 

hey everyone ..i was reading about the short ram intake for accords
I was planing to get one myself but not sure if i should..PS i am look for a cheep ass one
i dont know if its going to be worth it ...and i am aslo afrade that my engine will mess up because of the heat flow in to
the engine...so if anyone that knows about intakes a lot....should i go with short ram intake? ...i just dont want to do to much work installing it.
2005 3.0 v6 accord

RE: INTAKE
 

Let me lay it to you short and simple. What I did (and what alot of people here recommend doing): I bought a short ram kit off of eBay for my model accord (make sure you ask the seller what the diameter on the piping is). That came down to about $50 or $60. Throw away the filter they send you, or re-sell it for like $15. Next, I went to www.knfilters.com and found myself a suitable cone filter, also about $50-$60 (BE CERTAIN it fits the pipe you bought off eBay). I went with one called the RU-4950, but that one doesn't fit, so I have to send it back to K&N and get me an RC-3870. Install the piping and plop on your new filter.

Now, about installation, the seller on eBay will recommend taking it to professionals to get it done. That's a load of bs and they will hit your wallet with a $100 tab. What you can do, is if the seller doesn't send you an instruction manual, look online for one. Truth be told, everyone says you can do it in under an hour. It took me about 2-3 hours, cause I wanted to make sure I didn't do anything bad.

A good tip: take high-quality, meticulous pictures of your engine bay, so that if you decide you want to go back to stock in the middle of installing your SRI, you'll remember where everything goes.

Hope this helps.

RE: INTAKE
 

shorty for sure. i have a comprehensive write up about the shorty somewhere on here. to make it short. the experience from a shorty on your motor is viceral. i had 260k on my accord with my ebay shorty. dont know why they chrome them though, it kinda compounds the heat. so i took some header wrap and wrapped mine.

RE: INTAKE
 

Ok, but why a shorty??? Why nota CAI???? MORE HORSES!!!!!

RE: INTAKE
 

The lower cost of an SRI versus the tiny horsepower bump of a CAI. Plus the lower risk factor, shorter install time, throatier/louder sound make them better.

If you're already spending $50-60 on the eBay SRI and then another $50-60 on the filter, why wouldn't you just buy the AEM SRI for $109.99?

RE: INTAKE
 

the one on eabay does it come crome?.

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My BomZ one appears to be chrome. it is shiny and metal[sm=nerd.gif]

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man chrome is not good it heats up

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my cheap ebay intake pipe came in an aspec box and i used the filter (dont kno wehre it comes from) but nothing has gone wrong so far... knock on wood...

RE: INTAKE
 

haha it will go wrong sooner or later...but i bought a cold air intake ...cost me 45 bucks
didnt go with the short ram one ..cuz it looked like chrome