I finally decided I wanted to get a cold air intake for my car. After hearing about the performance gains I figured it was the best "bang for the buck." Install was pretty easy (once I got some help from a friend with more experience than me.) I already had my front bumper off to clear my headlights so I did not have to worry about that.

The finish on the CAI was a little scratched up, not bad or even visable once installed.

My first drive was VERY exciting. It was almost better than the first VTEC in a way. When you go wide open throttle, below VTEC there is a very satisfying rumble to the whole car. You definatly feel it, and others around will hear it. It reminds me of a dog growling before it attacks. Once the car goes into VTEC, look out because this dog bites! The car erupts into a ROAR that is very, very loud. Just last night I went out to dinner with a fiend of mine, when I left he was on the phone with his girlfiend. He called me 15 mins later to tell me that he could hear me going through the gears from about 1/2 mi away! At about 8900 RPM the rumble starts to come back. I found that I can reliable use that rumble to help me guage my shifts.

Overall I am highly impressed, and I love it.

I have heard about hydrolock issues with people and this type of intake. Bear in mind that this is NOT a daily driver for me. It is a garage queen, and I try very hard to avoid rain. I also heard a suggestion that I like from Xviper. He suggested plugging the drain hole on the passenger side rain channel under the hood. This will prevent rain water from running down and saturating the filter. I have not done this yet, but will soon.

While I was ordering from 4IG I also ordered a carbing plate to cover the front of the motor and the radiator. You can see the CAI and the rad plate in the first pic here.








In order to install the rad plate I had to remove this piece from under the bumper attachment points.



I have had some issues with getting the hood to latch properly. I will have to fiddle with the latch mechanism to make it work correctly.

 

 

I have the same intake and love it. Photos don't show what it really looks like. It's much nicer looking in person. Match it up with the Invidea exhaust for some great sound.

 

 

I was gonna get the 4IG. Looked like a good deal, plus they're San Jose, CA so it's local to me but when I called the shop about the intake he told me it would be two weeks until they came in.

So I called back 3 weeks later and he told me AGAIN it would be 2 weeks.

So I waited 2 more weeks and guess what? Yup, he told me yet again it would be two weeks.

So I picked up the phone, called my local Tuner shop and bought one of the AEM's they had IN STOCK. I got it for $200 bucks out the door. It actually worked out better for me since I live in California and the smog# is a must.

 

I know that 4IG has had issues with getting these at times. I waited to order when they had it in stock. So, obviously I had no issues.

 

S2-Raw, sorry for the delay and inconvience, but they are really popular and we sold 60 of them within a month.

We are currently out of stock, and still a lot of ppl are waiting for our next container to arrive.

 

I sent in my fax order earlier this week - When are you expecting the next container to arrive?

 

Also love my 4ig CAI .... one thing I'll note with this (and probably any CAI), I started noticing a rattling after awhile that was most evident at 2500-3000. I've read about the heat shield, checked, nope. Other things, checked, nope.

After many many hours of thinking ... it turns out that my CAI was vibrating against one of the 'steering bar things' ... tie rod? Anyways, wrapped the area of the tie rod with some rubber, and lashed the CAI to it with a zip tie...... no more rattle.

Brian

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by epnfrn
[B]Also love my 4ig CAI .... one thing I'll note with this (and probably any CAI), I started noticing a rattling after awhile that was most evident at 2500-3000.