Okay, so I am driving a bone stock 1996 Accord LX 2.2 4 door 5 spd. I am very satisfied with the car but would like to prevent the power drain that occurs on hot days (even without the AC on). That said I am not willing to risk a cold air intake as this is my DD and needs to be ready to go on a moment's notice regardless of weather. I am also unwilling to spend $200 bucks on an intake so the big names are out of the question.

My question is this: will I notice a gain in power if I use a heat shield filter verses simply using a cone filter and short ram setup? I understand the concept but it seems to me that you are restricting air flow.

Also, any advice on the Ractive brand?

Thanks in advance!

 

You may want to just do a forum search... This is more than the ten billionth intake question, and anything you could ever fathom to know is in multiple threads here...

 

Okay, so I got my Ractive intake yesterday and I have one Q...

There is an outlet nub on the intake pipe for the PCV (?) valve but there is a smaller outlet nub that coresponds to where the wire bundles attach to the stock air intake. The smaller one, like the PCV valeve outlet, is open and I am concerned that dirt could enter. Am I missing something or should I find some way to plug this thing?

Thanks!

 

Do you have a picture of what you are talking about???

 

is this similar to the intake in question???

 

If so than the other nub is for another vaccum line..

 

I'll try to snap an underhood pic in the daylight tomorrow. It is similar except mine is a SRI. Could be that I have overlooked the stock vaccum line but I don't think so. (If that's the case I'll feel really dumb... )

 

Dont feel dumb... Everyone makes mistakes... That is a short ram/cold air... But both of the nubs should be for vaccum... If not, go to your local auto parts store, and buy a breather that will fit on it... Buddy of mine had to do this on his SRI on his civic hatch...

 

If there is no stock vacuum line that goes to it, put a rubber plug on it. Do not leave it open.

 

I have removed the stock intake and there is definately no line there. I have rigged a plug that will get me to the auto parts store.

What specifically are the rubber plugs you mentioned valerie? I'm not opposed to the breather filter but if there is a cheaper solution that is just as effective that would be super.

Thanks to all for your help!