Is this Mod Legit?

[GTRON]

Is this actually going to do anything for me? I'm taking my front bumper off, so I would want to do this then...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK449Ws_49I

Thanks!

[cp[mike]]

I usually just remove that entire box rather than drilling a bunch of holes, but I guess either way works. Leaving the box may help keep crap from getting sucked in. But yeah that's a pretty common mod! Some people remove even more of the ducting to turn it into a "short ram" intake (basically so the inlet side of the filter itself is open right to the air) but leaving some of the ducting in place indeed will make it more like a "cold air" style intake, where it gets air from inside the fender.

[deevergote]

It is arguable whether or not any intake modifications (even the addition of a quality cold air or short ram intake) truly offers any significant increase in power.

[GTRON]

I usually just remove that entire box rather than drilling a bunch of holes, but I guess either way works. Leaving the box may help keep crap from getting sucked in. But yeah that's a pretty common mod! Some people remove even more of the ducting to turn it into a "short ram" intake (basically so the inlet side of the filter itself is open right to the air) but leaving some of the ducting in place indeed will make it more like a "cold air" style intake, where it gets air from inside the fender.

Do you think it's going to really do anything though?

[cp[mike]]

Do you think it's going to really do anything though?

You'll hear more intake noise, and maybe gain a miniscule bump in power that you probably wouldn't really feel. But people do it.

[GTRON]

You'll hear more intake noise, and maybe gain a miniscule bump in power that you probably wouldn't really feel. But people do it.

I like noises

[GTRON]

It's Off!

Got it off. Super easy.

So all I did really is take the box off, I put the stock pipes back in... Looks OEM

[deevergote]

Now you're sucking up engine bay air instead of cooler air from the wheel well. Great mod!

[foamypirate]

Now you're sucking up engine bay air instead of cooler air from the wheel well. Great mod!

And about 100 feet from the intersection, under hood temps will be ambient anyway. Probably not a major loss. I was able to experiment on a newer vehicle with a scanner, and the IAT temperatures always dropped to nearly ambient once you hit about 30 mph or so. So you might lose 1-5HP for a few sconds right off the line, but otherwise not a big loss. For some, the gain in sound is worth it.

[lbus9168]

My experience certainly is not the be all and end all, but II race a DC2 out in the mountains with a few friends, and we do track days etc.

I have a b18c2 Dc2, my friend has a h22a4 ba4, there is a few sr20 s chassis, two r32 GTST (rb20's), an r33 GTST (rb25) and a few other cars.

On N/A cars, pod filters/new intakes rarely do much for an N/a car without all the supporting mods, we can't tell the difference besides noise, except that a dirty pod is ALOT worse than a dirty oem filter.

[F22Chris]

Kinda dumb..

It's like the beer keg intake thing VR6 people do. I'd just put a quality cone filter on there or leave it stock. All this "mod" does is make noise.

[Raf99]

I remember long ago when I had this I cut more holds in the bottom of it where some holes were already. It did nothing and I'm sure Honda knows how big to make the holes for maximum efficiency already

[deevergote]

And about 100 feet from the intersection, under hood temps will be ambient anyway. Probably not a major loss. I was able to experiment on a newer vehicle with a scanner, and the IAT temperatures always dropped to nearly ambient once you hit about 30 mph or so. So you might lose 1-5HP for a few sconds right off the line, but otherwise not a big loss. For some, the gain in sound is worth it.

Very true. I've made that argument myself in the past. Still, randomly removing stuff that doesn't have any benefit performance-wise, and just makes the car sound more like the old beater that everyone expects it to be... makes no sense. The inlet is the same diameter as before, so there is nothing to be gained from removing that bit.

So to answer the initial question... that mod is not "legit". It's like cutting one pantleg off at the knee thinking it'll make you run faster.

Kinda dumb..

It's like the beer keg intake thing VR6 people do. I'd just put a quality cone filter on there or leave it stock. All this "mod" does is make noise.

He still has the stock filter box in there. He just removed the resonator box.

[GTRON]

I realized this probably has no benefit at all, it was just fun taking apart stuff and learning how it works.

There's really not that much more intake noise.

Also for the record, if I would had left it, it would have been only sucking in air from the engine bay. Now it's sucking from under the fender, and a little bit from the engine bay.

Ok, I'm done defending myself now.

[F22Chris]

I'm all for learning how car stuff works and is out together! I might put a keg over my cone now.