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Originally posted by A6Pilot
My bet is you have actually lost a bit of power with that intake setup. It may look cool, and sound louder, but you have actually defeated a couple of features the Honda powertrain engineers designed into the intake.
First, you are pulling heated air from the engine compartment into the engine. Heated air is less dense, therefore less power. Clearly you are not running a CAI. Anything but!
Second, the Honda engineers actually shaped the intake ducting to mildly amplify intake pressure waves. Take a close look at the pieces you took off the intake system. Notice that the length is carefully calibrated, and that it was designed with some odd looking horns that are precisely sculpted to capture these pressure waves. Substitute a long straight pipe, and you defeat some pretty amazing engineering.
But it does look cool!
BTW-
How much did you invest in that shiny pipe?
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First, it's not a straight pipe it has a bend in it. It is in comparison to the AEM ones that are made for all other vehicles and it does the same. We are not completel done with it. Also I have NOT noticed any power loss at all. In fact his pick up and go is a lot better now since He can breathe better.
Second, My husband is an engineer and if he didn't think it would do any good he wouldn't have put it on there. Hence, see #1 about the AEM ones. This one and the AEM ones are very close to the same size. WE have the AEM one in our Accord as well as a lot of friends have the same thing in their vehicles.
BTW- We got a box (kit) full of different size bends and straights for different projects this being one of them. I don't know what the cost was off the top of my head just for htose pieces.