Is a cold air intake better than the stock intake?

[F22Chris]

Meh. The restriction isn't in the air box, it's in the throttle body & intake manifold. I say use that money towards an H23 manifold with a matched 68/70mm throttle body. Even then, the stock air box will probably flow well enough.

Whale penis ftw. With a proper heat shield of course. Maybe one made out of a mini keg.

[h22sparkle]

I definitely would go with the shortram or with the cold-air. Me myself I would go with the cold-air it looks nice. Honestly you don't really have to worry about the cold air sucking up water unless you that deep in the water im talking straight submerged. If your that bold enough o drive that deep in water you deserve to get hydrolocked.

A short-ram intake really isnt that bad at all it does the job too. The only difference I noticed is with the exhaust between 2.25 and the 2.50 diameter exhaust. I prefer the 2.25 because it has more downlow and mid-range. Remember thats for allmotor applications not for turbo and unless your doing highway runs your gonna need all the help one can get.

[GhostAccord]

One thing no one ever seems to talk about is tuned length vs just throwing a length of tubing in there. Some people seem to think that intake resonance tuning is only essential from the throttle body inward. Well Honda and other OEM engineers spend a lot of time tuning the intake from the throttle body out as well. Not just for power but noise as well. Just take a listen to the sound of a 5.0L Mustang's stock intake system..... Ford spent a lot of time developing the resonance tuning on that bad boy!

CAI or Short ram can end up with very similar results. If you pay attention to the tubing diameter and length, along with filter area, anything can be achieved.

[Vincevox]

In my experience with most cars I find that the pros is the initial install you feel a good boost but over time it dies off. But at the same time the sound is nice though even though it is very subtle. But I think that the K & N is nice for the price and good for a beginning.

[accordluvr93]

I'd be curious to see that as well. Dyno before and after, to see what has been recovered. With 25 years of wear on them, I'm sure many of these engines are quite tired! Impressive how well so many of them still run, despite that.
I bet many of the stock F22A1 engines on this forum are making less than 100whp.

I know I am a little late to the game of this conversation, but in high school I took an auto tech class, we dyno'd my car and it was just under 100 whp. that was probably 8 years ago. if I can ever get the money I will do before and after rebuild dynos.

[Tuage]

i would recommend the k&n reusable stock air box filter as the the quicker the air flows in the quicker it needs to flow out which means you would also need to think about headers and exhaust mods. i was going to spend about 6-700 on my intake and exhaust systems but i live in cali where afterward i would never pass a smog again...the k&n filter are great unless you plan on tracking your car and forget about street legality then again i dont know where you are and how the emissions requirements are, i just installed the k&n and i can feel the difference.

[oni_cb7]

i would recommend the k&n reusable stock air box filter as the the quicker the air flows in the quicker it needs to flow out which means you would also need to think about headers and exhaust mods. i was going to spend about 6-700 on my intake and exhaust systems but i live in cali where afterward i would never pass a smog again...the k&n filter are great unless you plan on tracking your car and forget about street legality then again i dont know where you are and how the emissions requirements are, i just installed the k&n and i can feel the difference.

That's not true about California. However, if you are going to modify intake or exhaust, then you will need to purchase CARB exempt products.

I believe AEM makes CARB exempt intakes for the cb7. Also, I think it's the DC Headers that are CARB exempt. As long as your car is running right, you will pass SMOG.

Either way, there are options for California cb7tuners when modifying intake and exhaust.

[deevergote]

Indeed. Many CARB exempt products are pricey, too. The AEM intake is indeed CARB exempt, and it carries a pricetag nearly double that of a generic equal. California has it rough, especially since there is very little difference between an AEM intake and a generic pipe (a tuned tube may have some effect, but it's so small that no average tuner would ever notice it... certainly not on a 25 year old 100,000+ mile engine!)