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**8695Beaters** · 02-14-2008, 05:24 PM

Pfft. A smart engineer realizes that the shiny alumnum tube does absolutely NOTHING for performance. Think about it: your stock intake (for those who never looked before blindly tearing out the factory piping) is already a cold air intake. Replacing just the filter removes the air box out of the mess (the limiting factor for how much air you can suck into the engine), and by doing it short-ram style, you also reduce your chance of sucking in water and hydro-locking. The aluminum tube on CAIs does not cool off the incoming air b/c it's as hot as everything else in the engine bay and the extra diameter adds almost nothing to horsepower. 1, maybe 2 on an NA Honda. So for $50 I get about 4 or 5 wheel hp and $150 gets me about 6 (I haven't dynoed this setup b/c it's not worth running an LS on a dyno, especially one that's as close to stock as mine. So my numbers are guesstimates). Iridium plugs gave me more power than the pretty tube. And I saved at least $100 in parts.

Sorry to get off topic like that, but I need to defend my rat rod for a minute.

02-14-2008, 05:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
8695Beaters A Strapping Young Lad Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wilmington, Delaware United States Posts: 2,278	Pfft. A smart engineer realizes that the shiny alumnum tube does absolutely NOTHING for performance. Think about it: your stock intake (for those who never looked before blindly tearing out the factory piping) is already a cold air intake. Replacing just the filter removes the air box out of the mess (the limiting factor for how much air you can suck into the engine), and by doing it short-ram style, you also reduce your chance of sucking in water and hydro-locking. The aluminum tube on CAIs does not cool off the incoming air b/c it's as hot as everything else in the engine bay and the extra diameter adds almost nothing to horsepower. 1, maybe 2 on an NA Honda. So for $50 I get about 4 or 5 wheel hp and $150 gets me about 6 (I haven't dynoed this setup b/c it's not worth running an LS on a dyno, especially one that's as close to stock as mine. So my numbers are guesstimates). Iridium plugs gave me more power than the pretty tube. And I saved at least $100 in parts. Sorry to get off topic like that, but I need to defend my rat rod for a minute. __________________ Project Sil-E: The New Black In morning they will come alone And we arise as if a new day's dawned for everyone But now we know As much as we don't show OUR WORLD HAS BEEN BLACKENED!