i would love to see how this intake dynos with the hood closed

 

Just out of curiousity what's the other little filter coming off the cam cover?

-Brian.

 

Its a cam breather. This has to be the worse intake every invented! The filter is located right next to the exhaust manifold!

 

Isn't the exhaust manifold on the front side of the engine (lower left in picture)?

 

Not a whole lot of room in there for much else.

 

mingster, are you trying to sell us all intakes?!

Regardless of where the exhaust manifold is, this intake is not only sucking hotter air than it should (if it pulled from the ground, or in front of the rad), but I would think it is also working in a low-pressure area. I'm sure the vehicles aerodynamics would factor in, but I thought the engine bay was generally low-pressure in all street cars at speed.

I guess they didn't have much room to work with Thank God ours is RWD!!

 

The RSX has an interesting filter location. The main air intake is next to the battery, it curves downward and rearward and feeds a conical filter (when in the stock airbox) which was located right below the current location of the K&N in the picture. Assuming the plumbing is still in place, I'd imagine the new set up gets a bit of air from that. However, since the new engines place the exhaust on the "rear" of the engine, and the intake up front (behind the radiator), I'd have to say yes, there is sure to be a lot of hot air ingested by this set up

 

Not anymore. Since these engines now spin the "right" way, Honda flipped the engine around. The exhaust manifold is now situated next to the firewall.

 

Thanks. First time I've seen one. I would have thought you'd want to keep a level pressure under the cam cover if it's sealed at all, or you'd by getting more pumping losses.

Maybe it's only needed in conjunction with a 'Hot Air Intake'

-Brian.

 

I could be wrong but I think where that little filter is which is aftermarket brings air in anyways whether you have the filter there or not. Not sure what it is there for but that is what I had seen before on other engines.