After looking at my stock intake and thinking of ways to give me a little more power while saving a couple hundred dollars I was thinking about doing this..



The image above is where I circled the plastic pipe that seems to go into the fender where most of theaftermarket cai's end up so I was thinking about doing this..



I will cut a rather large hole into the bottom left hand 'grill piece' and put some plastic tubing into the hole with some 3m tape or crazy glue or something then I will cut that plastic piece thats going from the stock intake into the fender and clamp on my piping thats going from the front of the grill all the way to the intake so I can get cooler air at a faster rate.



Could this give me any increase in performance?

 

i have a CAI.. i took the lower vent piece off, and i plan to put a vaccum hose to connect to the filter.. even though its like 6 inches away.

but im sure what you plan would work

 

People have been doing that particular mod for a long time.

It doesn't make a huge difference for what you're doing.

You might notice it, but it's not really going to add any substantial performance gains.

 

Not worth the risk of sucking in water when it rims IMO

 

When you wash your car or when it rains would suck!

 

i would do it... just remove it when it rains. that's what i would do..

 

their is no way for water to travel through the pipe if he would be driving.. gravity would not allow it.

and even with my CAI im not worried because i know better, i live in cali where when it does rain.. it barely does, and sometimes it showers, but to hydrolock your car is near impossible in cali.

 

^^ You would only be correct if the engine was not running. Submerge the vent area and the car will easilly pull water into the engine.

With a CAI on this car, it is not highly probable that you would hydrolock it if you drive smart and careful when it is wet out. I would be a little more concerned with running it to the vent area shown due to it being very low to the ground. But again, if you are careful you should be ok. Just make sure to be extra careful with it that low to the ground.

As mentioned though, with this or any CAI, dont expect to notice a lot of gain.

 

you know, you could always just remove that whole vent piece and save it instead of cutting a hole in it. It's only held on by a couple of clips.

 

Air enters your throttle at a velocity equal to 100 mph so unless you are going faster than that you wont feel much. The only difference you would notice is on cold days mayber a few degrees cooler air. And thats just a maybe. Also as stated you are creating a vacum tube for water too not just air. That vent is low puddles could cause big issues

 

it doesnt take much for water to get sucked in. I was driving my 94 civic with a CAI on the freeway while it was raining hard... and to make this story short.. my civic literally died, something let loose and busted a hole in my block. fun stuff.

 

i feel the CAI water war might be brewing up again.....

with his setup hes planning i would be really careful. but with a proper CAI frrom injen or the other one, you would need to be driving through a LOT of water to hydrolock, this car is not a honda.