Skeptical about the benefits of taking off my airbox lid

bladerunner · 01-11-2007, 09:18 PM

This is my first time posting on a forum just fyi. Just read about taking off the airbox lid on the intake for more noise and possibly power? My concern after looking under the hood is that this could make the intake charge hotter and therefore lose power and maybe even cause other problems, regardless of how cool it may sound. The stock and aftermarket intake inlets are all located either close to the front of the engine bay, like stock or closer to the ground and in front of the engine bay, like on a cold air intake. Not just laid out wide open, basically in the middle of the engine bay free to heat soak. Just a thought. I'm still gonna try it but it would be cool to hear from others who know what I'm talking about. THANKS
'06 New Formula red

spa01s2k · 01-11-2007, 09:43 PM

You are correct!! Taking the lid off of the intake box will cause a ton more heat for the engine and the engine will make less power. May sound good, but it hurts performance in the long run.

I have a cold air intake from Injen. Not particularly impressed with it, but it does sound great in VTEC. Plus air is coming from outside the engine bay.

bladerunner · 01-11-2007, 10:53 PM

Thanks, did you have to cut any parts of your car to install the intake? Some of the intakes I've considered require some cutting to be installed.

spa01s2k · 01-12-2007, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by bladerunner

Thanks, did you have to cut any parts of your car to install the intake? Some of the intakes I've considered require some cutting to be installed.

Yes, I had to do a little modification to one of the lower splash gaurds. And I had to remove the front bumper to install it. It took about an hour to do, fairly simple.

MattG · 01-15-2007, 03:59 PM

In the side wall of the engine bay near the airbox is a hole. Some other people have used this hole as a source of cold air feeding into the stock airbox.
This would require modification of the existing stock airbox by cutting a hole in one side so that you can add an additional intake tube.

This will not add the ram-air effect that some front mounted CAI kits have. This is simply an attempt to avoid sucking hot air.

Apart from modifying the airbox no other mods are required to the car. You could even pick up a second hand airbox and mod this in case you want to go back to original condition later.

Vezna31 · 01-18-2007, 10:51 AM

I recently intalled a K & N and am very satisfied with it. The sound is great and I can feel more pull in Vtec.

01-11-2007, 09:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
bladerunner Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 126	Skeptical about the benefits of taking off my airbox lid This is my first time posting on a forum just fyi. Just read about taking off the airbox lid on the intake for more noise and possibly power? My concern after looking under the hood is that this could make the intake charge hotter and therefore lose power and maybe even cause other problems, regardless of how cool it may sound. The stock and aftermarket intake inlets are all located either close to the front of the engine bay, like stock or closer to the ground and in front of the engine bay, like on a cold air intake. Not just laid out wide open, basically in the middle of the engine bay free to heat soak. Just a thought. I'm still gonna try it but it would be cool to hear from others who know what I'm talking about. THANKS '06 New Formula red

01-11-2007, 09:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
spa01s2k Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 331	You are correct!! Taking the lid off of the intake box will cause a ton more heat for the engine and the engine will make less power. May sound good, but it hurts performance in the long run. I have a cold air intake from Injen. Not particularly impressed with it, but it does sound great in VTEC. Plus air is coming from outside the engine bay. __________________ 2001 Honda S2000 1991 Honda Prelude 1992 Nissan Pathfinder

01-18-2007, 10:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
Vezna31 Resident Track Whore :) Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chula Vista, CA Posts: 899	I recently intalled a K & N and am very satisfied with it. The sound is great and I can feel more pull in Vtec. __________________ Vezna Financial Services - For mortgages, accounting and taxes, and phone service needs. http://www.vezna.com San Diego Car Club - http://www.sdcarclub.com

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bladerunner Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 126	Thanks, did you have to cut any parts of your car to install the intake? Some of the intakes I've considered require some cutting to be installed.

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MattG Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 363	In the side wall of the engine bay near the airbox is a hole. Some other people have used this hole as a source of cold air feeding into the stock airbox. This would require modification of the existing stock airbox by cutting a hole in one side so that you can add an additional intake tube. This will not add the ram-air effect that some front mounted CAI kits have. This is simply an attempt to avoid sucking hot air. Apart from modifying the airbox no other mods are required to the car. You could even pick up a second hand airbox and mod this in case you want to go back to original condition later.