03 Honda Accord CAI
 

does anyone know if they make a cai for a 03 honda accord with the maf sensor?

are you sure your 2003 accord has a MAF sensor? i was wondering myself a month ago wen i was searching for a intake my my 2003 accord. turned out i dont have a MAF and to tell you a truth, i dont remember coming across any intake for an 2003 accord with MAF. maybe the 2003 years dont have MAF sensor but i know a 2004 would have one.

im actually doing this research for my boss. from what he told me he had the guys from injen put in an intake for that model and they tried it out but after passing 50(might b 15 not sure) mph the car would shut off. he told me that it had something to do with the sensor.

fujita is the only cai with a maf, i recomend it, as for short ram injen and aem have the maf ones also , along with sri fujita. i have a fujita cai with maf.

if you have that clip thing on the air filter thats the maf.
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i cant seem to find one though that specifically says for the 03 accord lx 4 cylinder automatic transmission

its not going to say all that itll say most of the time"03-05 4cyl accord."
if you have a maf like i fujita is the only way you can go, other than that on ebay aem says 03-04 accord 4 cyl.

it doesnt matter ifyou have a auto or a 5 speed.

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03accordlx, see if you have that MAF on your intake, just like the picture. cuz honestly i dont think 2003 models have a maf. when i was shopping for an intake a month ago, i ran across of nothing but "03 accord intake without MAF"..

would explain why fujita's maf cai says 04-06 not 03.

cant find one that says that. does fujita have a site? or do u have a link to the intake?

fujita(dot) com do you have a maf?

yes it does have an maf sensor. the intake has to be for a sulev motor. the majority of intakes say that it excludes sulev motors. ill be posting pics of the engine later.

well i think ur going to have a hard time finding an intake.

well if you have a maf, 4 cyl fujita is the only company that makes it with a maf, i have one with a maf.

but what type of engine do u have? is it the sulev one?

i ont know how do you tell?

it should on the top of the engine where it says vtec.

post a pic, also go to gen 7 accord theyll know what intake you need for a 03 accord,

here are sum pics

weird never heard of it, so you got a maf, i'd shoot fujita an email, there very fast if you email them from 9-5 pacific time.

emailed fujita they dont make one for my car and i emailed k&n and they have one but its for the 2004. they told me to check my vin to c if my car is an 03 or an 04. this is frustrating.

Have you tried Injen? When I get home ill take a look

injen was the original one that was tried on but it caused the car to shut off.

id be willing to bet the fujita w/ maf will work, also k&n typhoon makes one for an 04 sulev motor, and id say since the motor never changed that one will deffinitly work.

yeah i saw the k&n one and i thought it would work too. so i emailed a rep at k&n and asked if its possible to use the 04 intake on my car this is what he said. "Thanks for writing back. Unfortunately, K&N does not offer a kit for the pre 2004 Accord with SULEV. The reason the 04 kit will not work on the 03 is because the engine and fuel injection system difference. The kit is not interchangeable . Thanks and have a good day." im guessing this is the same thing with the fujita intake.

yeah, sounds like your not getting an intake. get some headers or an exhaust.

yea i thought i had a maf on my 03 accord. man i shopped online for days and couldnt find anything for a 03 accord intake wit MAF. went to a custom store and they told me i didnt have a MAF sensor. wat a reflief that was.

You could just look at your air filter housing & see for yourself whether you have one or not...

the problem is he has a sulev motor, a super duper low emissions kind, and no one make a cai in that year for the sulev.

No, what I meant is that you can SEE the sensor. Several times I've posted a picture of the MAF sensor in the air filter housing. No need to guess. No need for someone to tell you. Just look for yourself.

Wait your car is shutting off b/c of a MAF sensor error? That is not what is supposed to happen to the best of my knowledge. At most a tripped engine light, but a total shut down?:eek:

i think he's right. the only the it should do is throw a cel. perhaps it was installed incorrectly?

it was installed by a professional. check engine light would go on but when u go over 50 mph, the car would shut down.

That's very odd, I used to have a 06 Civic Si and the thing to do was apparently to mess around with the vanes on the MAF.... long story short I f*cked it up royally. And for I dunno 15 miles I had to drive with no MAF, all I got was a tripped check engine.

But, mind you that was a K20Z and I'm not to familiar with the K24... so I'm not sure. Granted you should always use your MAF and keep it stock (and don't screw with the vanes ;) )... but having it miss mounted and/or disconnected shouldn't cause that much of an issue. Just saying from my knowledge that seems odd.

If I'm incorrect someone please correct me... this has become very interesting to me now.

HAH! Some professional! LOL

this also sparks my curiosity.
i cant think of any sensors that would "tell" the ecu to shut off the engine

That's what I was thinking, any sensor in current memory doesn't do that. I'm really interested... did the check engine ever trip?

And so you know. I'm not doubting it occurred, I just want to make sure you don't have anything else wrong with your car that could contribute to this issue. I wouldn't want something to be wrong that needs to be fixed. Just looking for out for you.

yeah check engine light went on and the car has no mechanical issues everything works fine.got an email response today from aem this is what the rep said "Unfortunately we don’t have an intake available for your application due to emission standards."