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[WormGod]

I highly recommend the Twister cone. It worked great with the stock vacuum setup, but with my new CAI, it would not fit. I had to take the heat shield off. That thing is quite large. My plans are to mod the CAI routing to get not only the heat shield to fit, but to vent more flowing air to that front corner of the engine bay. I was in the garage last night toying around with a vent kit I have, but sadly, finding a good route to run the 3" vacuum line from the front cladding into the airbox/filter location is not easy to do. Cutting a hole in the radiator support would do the trick, but I will give up before I have to do that.

Still working on it.

And alas, batteries were dead in the camera last night, Charging now, so pics are coming.

[johnnyapollo]

I ordered the one Tone has on his site - I'm not sure what size it is though (seems to be two diff looking at etl's specs - think I'll estimate it a 11" - does that sound like the canister length or the overall length including the collar for the coupling?) after looking at some pics of other installs I may use a 22 degree elbow at the top to a straight CF tube that angles right to the fender hole. Thoughts?

-- John

[WormGod]

Ya, the green filter is a monster. Pretty damned big. It will fit on the end of the stock air intake with the stock box removed, but it isnt aimed well at all towards the wheel well induction. Some modding will be required.

Ok, snapped some pics of my CAI. Still a WIP, but as is, it works well enough. Not 100% happy with the intake since it wasnt the one I originally ordered (the one I ordered was discontinued and this is the new design), but until I come up with another plan, it is what it is.

Part # from a Honda Civic Si. Pictured is the intake without the green filter and heat shield. This filter is MUCH smaller. The green filter fits it, but just barely and still rubs the side of the wheel well, and that is without the heat shield.









That larger intake port REALLY enhances the sound of the air being sucked through, which sounds pretty mean. In all seriousness though, I do NOT recommend this intake as it is really not modifiable. There is simply no room for shaving down the end to make it more compact in order to make more room for adding more pipework for elbows/angles.

I am still in search of a better fitting CAI that I can at least work with.

Oh, and ignore those weather torn wiper arms.... been meaning to paint them.... again.

[VehiGAZ]

Thanks for the pics Wormgod. I see what you're getting at as far as it not being an ideal setup.

I will probably have to get something fabbed up custom. I want a more-or-less straight tube (not that wide, though) going to the front corner there, and I want a heat-shield/divider that will mold up against the wheel hump and up against the hood (and mount to the airbox mounts) so that the amount of engine-bay air getting drawn in is minimized.

If I were to try to fab something up myself, what readily-available heat-resistant material could I use?

[johnnyapollo]

Hey Gaz,

I'm doing something similar to what you're looking for - I'm using a 22 degree aluminum elbow at the top, attached to a straight CF tube to the MAF, with the green filter pointed at the hole in the fender well - I'm hoping it will all fit in there without too much modification. The fabricator is making the tube special for me with flanges and reinforcements around the temp sensor and any mounting points - I just need to draw it up and send it to him - his quote so far is around $50-60 plus shipping, so if this works out for me it may be something you'll want to do as well. Depending on how effective the shield supplied with the green filter is, I may enclose that corner in sheet aluminum with some type of insulative backing - at minimum I may get a plastic garbage pail like dragonbob and enclose the corner and it seemed to be effective to him.

WG - I see that you've blocked off the tube from the passenger side that hooks into the intake and replaced with that small breather filter - did you have any issues with codes doing that? It would make the intake easier to fabricate.

-- John

[MZ-N10]

gah....tat bend on the CF intake looks horrible....

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Carbon Fiber CAI for '95 Honda Civic plus K&N cone filter. Had to shorten and put angle cut for throttle-body. Like Ldub, I drilled identical-sized hole for Temp. Sensor from SC supplied bent casting.



P.S.---just realized that this is an older pic with the supplied air filter that came with the '95 Honda Civic CF CAI. It was the same size diameter as the MAF so I had to make an adapter to fit it to the MAF.

I was able to replace that filter with a K&N Cone filter that fit directly to the MAF thus eliminating the adapter & 2 clamps you see in the photo.

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

okay, so I ran outside and took a quick pic for ya!



Please ignore the bugs in the filter ....I didn't have time to floss...

[thedutchguy]

What??? no nitrous!!!!

[VehiGAZ]

Jolly Roger, is it mounted to anything in the engine bay or is it just hanging from the throttle body?

[Ldub]

If you look real close in the first pic, you'll see the support bracket just to the right of the s/c pulley.

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Jolly Roger, is it mounted to anything in the engine bay or is it just hanging from the throttle body?

Yup...just look where Ldub said (connects from the "red coupling" to the top of the fenderwell).

[Cyrk]

Here is my setup... the Hotshots intake hacked up with a VW intake. With a BBK air filter.

[VehiGAZ]

Cyrk, I likey-likey that setup best! Source and part number, please?

Sorry everyone else - but I've never been much of a fan of CF, and I prefer the consistent-diameter tube in Cyrk's setup.

Thanks for pointing out the mounting brackets, everyone - seems simple enough to fab up something like that with an old Erector set.

[WormGod]

Just remember, metal pipework will heat up as the engine temp rises and will warm the air as it travels through the CAI to the throttle body. C/F will heat up as well, but the heat is not promoted through it. One of the only reasons I started looking for a heat dampening material to go with. C/F seems to be the best choice, for now, but does come with an ugly price tag.

Oh, and a friendly reminder to fellow S/C'ers.... check that belt tension. Just checked mine Saturday before taking her out for the weekend and she was pretty loose. Cranked the tensioner a bit and the difference was totally felt in accel.