generally speaking that large metal pipe is less restrictive than your factory intake. ALL factory intakes have resonators to help silence the engine at crising speeds. Aftermarket intakes remove those restrictions.

 

even if u buy a cheap ebay intake, id buy a K&N filter to replace the crappy ebay one

 

just fyi, it took me 3-4 hours installing my intake with step by step instructions with two people. It was my first project too, hopefully you dont need to take off your bumper

 

sounds like you installed a Cold Air Intake and not a Short Ram Intake... Cold air can take longer to install, short ram intakes are a breeze, the reason the pipe is longer is because it removes a bunch of intake crap and actually puts the filter a tad farther forward from where your current filter is (in most cases)

 

CAI is a CAI the only difference could be the pollish inside the tube... (u can fix that easily urself) from there just pop it on and ur good... SRI is the simplest thing u can EVER do to a car... im not even kidding i installed one on a chysler cirrus in LESS than 15 mins... CAIs are a little harder but the principal is the same

 

yeah they're really not lying when they say its real easy to install a CAI.... it was my first project... i had no idea what i was doin so i DLed the instructions offline... and picked up the HEYNES manual for my car... and it prolly took my and my buddy a little over an hour to install my $55 BOMZ racing intake i bought off of ebay... the hardest part of it all was taking the wheel off... i could definatlly tell the difference between the stock and the cold air intake.... and you will definatlly get the sound from it tooo....

 

congrats on the new intake.... I figured you'd be able to do it without any real issues!

 

isnt eBay risky? My friend never got his order when he used eBay to buy something..

 

Question. What is Wot i keep hearing that the Apexi WS II is quiet when driving normally and is loud in Wot
Yes i am also a newb trying my alternatives for tuning my 97 Accord

 

Welcome to the forum WOT is wide open throttle (when you've got your foot all the way to the floor on the gas pedal)