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From: springfield, va
I agree with what has been said already and I would never say that a particular intake is the "best" for the s2k, but the password jdm intake made the most hp that I have seen so far. But I still think its a waste of money. If you really want one, get an AEM, injen, or K&N and call it a day.
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i have a aem v2 cold air and i do like it, i switched from the k an n fipk. between the two intakes i didnt notice any difference. when i first bought the k an n fipk intake i felt a large jump around 6500 in power. also racing people i noticed a difference. i swithced to a aem v2 becuase i felt safer but a nitrous nozzle in there but didnt notice that the metal is paper thin, so defeated the purpose. if i had a choice to keep either one i would say aem v2. sounds mean WOT nice grunt from 5500rpm up. also about hydrolocking. i havent had a problem yet and it has been STORMING its butt off in PA recentley. no signs of a weird hesitation, i also avoid puddles when possible lol
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From: Clatskanie, OR
Originally Posted by suzuka-blue-s2k,Jun 30 2010, 06:21 AM
^ Yep.
Like I said in the thead in the NA section, your not going to make huge numbers with any intake on the s2000. If your going to spend over a grand on an EMS and tuning just to make your intake give you some good gains, you wasted a ton of money. You could have been over half way to FI and make wayyyy more power than all bolt ons and an EMS. So unless your wanting the intake for just sound, or gain just a couple hp, cool. In my opinion $250 or more for a CAI is a waste of money. Then plus the risk of hydrolocking.
Like I said in the thead in the NA section, your not going to make huge numbers with any intake on the s2000. If your going to spend over a grand on an EMS and tuning just to make your intake give you some good gains, you wasted a ton of money. You could have been over half way to FI and make wayyyy more power than all bolt ons and an EMS. So unless your wanting the intake for just sound, or gain just a couple hp, cool. In my opinion $250 or more for a CAI is a waste of money. Then plus the risk of hydrolocking.
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I have the AEM v2. I've driven it everyday, in the rain, through puddles, through storms, for 7 years in Seattle. I'm not sure if hydrolocking is even an issue. If you park outside, there is a hole in the engine bay you should seal closed but other than that, I wouldn't worry about hydrolock. I'm no engineer, but I think the double layers of pipe prevents heatsoak. I'm not so sure about their claim about the harmonic resonance increasing flow, but there is a distinct "hum" at idle. Sounds great at WOT.
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From: Liberal Kansas
Originally Posted by H22toF20,Jul 12 2010, 07:33 PM
Did you see the dyno's I posted a link to? If you did, then their's no doubt that a CAI is better than a SRI; assuming you have an EMS. Yes you risk the chance of Hydro locking but alot of people don't even drive their s2k's in the rain. I drive mine in the rain so I went with the FIPK over a CAI and that's the only reason.
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coming from someone who has spent thousands of dollars on bolt-ons and tunes ( nearly 1000 on intake alone), i can say i could have built a damn good turbo kit!! but instead i slowly dwindled my money away. and what did i gain from all of this? 22whp (194-216, very inaccurate bc different days, but all on the same dyno and same person) so for the 4000ish dollars i spent on crap from the tornado to the T1R header i could have had more power else where. but, my gas milage is unbelievable. i haven't had a full highway road trip yet but, we were going to a meet . we took the scenic rout with hills and nice curves. it was really late at night and we had some fun going to the meet. on our gps we cut down about an hour on our estimated time. when we stop to get gas before the actual drive. i still got 29.8 mile to the gallon. show me a turbo s doing that.
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From: Benicia, CA
I picked up a K&N FiPK because it actually adds power (albeit little, but it's an intake), throttle response, a great growl and no hydrolock. Not to mention it's CARB legal. The best gains are on the PWJDM but $1000 for a intake is just out of control IMO, carbon or not.
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From: Liberal Kansas
Originally Posted by ans2k,Jul 12 2010, 11:31 PM
coming from someone who has spent thousands of dollars on bolt-ons and tunes ( nearly 1000 on intake alone), i can say i could have built a damn good turbo kit!! but instead i slowly dwindled my money away. and what did i gain from all of this? 22whp (194-216, very inaccurate bc different days, but all on the same dyno and same person) so for the 4000ish dollars i spent on crap from the tornado to the T1R header i could have had more power else where. but, my gas milage is unbelievable. i haven't had a full highway road trip yet but, we were going to a meet . we took the scenic rout with hills and nice curves. it was really late at night and we had some fun going to the meet. on our gps we cut down about an hour on our estimated time. when we stop to get gas before the actual drive. i still got 29.8 mile to the gallon. show me a turbo s doing that.
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From: San Diego
Originally Posted by BigWes07,Jun 29 2010, 02:35 AM
I was just wondering.. there are a lot of different brands of cold air intakes out there I.E(AEMV2, K&N, Injen) and Im looking to buy one for my S2k. Which one is the best for the Honda S2000 with the best sound(not sounding too loud but loud enough)?
Seems that you have an 06+ S, you can purchase a Flashpro and get your stock ecu tuned to receive better gains. No need for the AEM standalone ecu since your ecu is tunable.