So i recently had a bad experience with trying to install a short ram in my Fit. Like, real bad. I bought the DC SRI and opened a can of worms when attempting to put it in. I'll spare the details but after seeing the horrible fitment (old intake bracket and battery clearly in the way), losing a bunch of coolant, and trying to understand terrible instructions I just threw in the towel. An intake is not supposed to be a project, and this design straight up sucks. I believe a few other brands adopt it as well...

Point being... has anyone had experience with a similar intake design and if so how'd you get it to work? I've done a bunch of intake jobs and this one takes the cake for most miserable by faaaaaar. I know the Fit is a bit trickier to work with considering the limited space under the hood but damn... never have I been so frustrated with a simple upgrade. Should I try again, or just leave the stock box be? Is it even worth it?

 

That sounds horrible. I have an AFE stage 2 intake. It was easy to put in. In fact I installed a ground kit the other day and removed the intake in only a few minutes and the install was simple.

Just take things out piece by piece. If you remove the battery you'll have some extra room to work around things.

Good luck!

 

Yeah... I'm wondering what required you to pull the coolant tube for the throttle body. I had an AFE stage 2 intake on my GD for a couple of days and don't recall removing a coolant tube. If you can please post a pic or link to the directions so we can help.

Looking at the images of the SRI itself, it should be a fairly straight forward install after you remove the factory air box...

Start by getting your brackets mounted in the correct locations.

After that, transfer the Intake Air Temp sensor from your factory air box to the DC SRI, loosely install your connection tubes and hose clamps (you'll tighten those later when everything is in place).

Also connect one end of the PCV hose (tube running from the engine's valve cover to the intake tube) on the SRI as well if it is in a hard to reach area once the intake is installed.

Following this mock (place) the intake into position so you can check for any fitment issues or binding. Connect the PCV hose, plug in your IAT sensor, and secure your hardware...

At this point you should be ok and have the SRI installed. If there are any steps regarding removing coolant tubes, they may be unnecessary. There reason being, those coolant tubes running to the throttle body are being used during cold temperatures to prevent the throttle body from icing up inside during cold weather situations. This typically happens whenever the vehicle's PCM sees intake air temperatures near freezing, you'll audibly hear the coolant being ran through the throttle body during that situation.

 

You would think the procedure would be straightforward but it was far from it. There weren't any pics in the instructions so I didn't really have anything as a reference but it definitely didn't work. I thought it was weird that the coolant line had to be replaced too, and of course the hose they provided worked, but wanted to kink at the throttle body so I didn't like that one bit. The other end went to the nipple next to the oil dipstick; behind one of the radiator fans.

I already boxed up the SRI because I plan to send it back to the hell in which it was forged. I just can't believe the intended filter placement and mounting location. Seemed like a joke. The stock air box mount, which is bolted directly to the transmission case, was right where the filter was supposed to go and yet there was absolutely no mention of this in the instructions as if it didn't exist lol.

Needless to say I was pretty bummed I couldn't get such a simple thing to work but honestly I had always planned to keep the stock box in there so no biggie I guess. Thanks for the input and suggestions, but I wouldn't even want to attempt this again. Plus I think I may need stitches in my right index finger... those little metal clamps suuuuuuuuck haha

 

coolant leak? the heck.....?

 

Those were my exact thoughts when initially reading the original post as well.

 

Not so much an actual leak as much as me just being a little dumb. I walked away from the car for a minute and when I came back the hose had slipped down and some coolant escaped. You know I don't claim to be a mechanic or anything close but that project should not have gone that badly haha. I like to think I'm plenty capable of installing a tube among other things.

Example... today I installed the Tanabe front strut tower bar in just a couple of hours. A project that is arguably much more difficult than a short ram intake. I may pick up another style down the road and give the SRI thing another shot but I bought another car and now money is a little tight. There's no way I could fail that hard a second time though...