I finally finished my dual-filtered cold air intake... it will be fed by the two cutout vents in the bumper cover. I purchased a 12' 3" aluminum tube but couldn't find anyone locally who could bend it with a mandrel bender. So I went to my local tuner shop and bought 3 Civic aluminum intakes and made my intake from that. The intake is wrapped with fiberglass tape, aluminum coated pipe insulation, and then ThermoTec header wrap. The intake passes right by the radiator so I had to insulate the system well...



Here is the left side of the intake (where the secondary pulsed air system used to be)



I will dyno the car with my system and with the Comptech carbon fiber covered filter box that came with my supercharger. The only problem is that the true benefit of my cold air intake system is when the vehicle is in motion and bringing in copious amounts of fresh air (which won't be present when dynometer testing).

I am also hoping that the open semi-exposed intake will allow a greater intake noise volume as well

 

Mass produce!! I'd buy that peice for about $200

 

wow thats great! but i am wondering, with all that piping wouldnt the airflow be decreased since the air must travel a greater distance hence a loss of power. or is this set up exclusivly for a super charged s2k which i will assume has a greater vaccuum if you will... well if your dynos conclude a posative gain then im bought as well!

Mike

 

Wouldn't you have to remove the bumper to replace or clean the filters?

 

Just wait for the dyno and track result if that's possible. That's a great intake. I don't mind taking the bumper out (if you have to) as long as it'll gives me the ponies.

 

Try using a huge fan blowing in front of the car when dynoing!
Nice setup though!

 

I would REALLY suggest you put a call in to AEM and get one of their emergency bypass valve thingies. Essentially if any water clogs the intake the valve opens and pulls air from inside the engine bay, then shuts when the water drains from the intake. There is an interesting write up on it in this month's Sport Compact Car. They dyno an NSX with the air intake under water. Pretty cool.

Remember that you will probably destroy the supercharger and the motor if you pull up any water by accident.

Here is what the valve looks like:

 

Wow...How innovative!!!

 

I have read about the AEM intake bypass valve... my question is: does it ONLY open when the filters are clogged? I don't want the supercharger's "sucking" (if you will ) to open the AEM valves and suck in non-filtered air.

BTW, for cleaning the filters, you just remove two screws from the custom under-carriage plastic panels that expose the filters... I'm full of innovation!!

 

wow, what a set up. DUDE!
sounds interesting, look forward to the dyno numbers!