Reminds me of a present.

 

haha unwrap it.... MUGEN FILTER!!

 

interesting set-up...its not easy on the eyes but i've never been a BIG fan of presentation as i am a HUGE fan of performance first and foremost. anyway, being a Mugen drop-in filter owner myself...got a question, that stupid foam piece on the filter...can i just take the damn thing off without hurting the car???...would it actually improve flow even more without it??? i ask this because the foam piece dosen't like to stay put. every time i check the filter the foam piece is usually disconnected and in a awkward position in the filter box...so i don't feel its really serving a purpose that matters, any thoughts???

 

good stuff, nice work mike

 

you can take the black foam part that says mugen out if you want it doesnt do shit nor will you feel a difference. Eventually ill get to a writeup but if been soo busy lately...

Heres the continuation to my intake setup...

 

Who made the manifold? I saw the pics you posted on H-T
Its real nice.

 

x2 that ish is sick

 

very very NOICE Mike, dig the custom manifold. thanks for the heads up regarding that stupid foam piece, i kinda figured it was an excuse for them to get their name on it somewhere .

 

Sick manifold!!!

 

great job with the intake. were you running an aftermarket one before this? and still felt gains? we are all very interested in your manifold, could you please elaberate on it.

 

Hi Mike,

I was wondering would this intake mod would work better with a 2.5 inch elbow instead of the 3incher? Currently I'm running something similar to your setup (just with an oem filter, breather fliter and most of the resonators removed) and I found that I made little or no power (gunning the pedal) at low end and somewhere at mid to high range the "power" kicks in according to my butt dyno.

Another note that I would like to add is that I got a nice side effect with my hack job, where if I were driving normally it's stock, but if I'm pushing it, it's shows it's full benefits. Maybe my hack job made vtec more noticeable?

P.S I wonder if I can get shots of the bottom and the inside of your airbox without the filter. Thanks

 

Back from the dead. Mike, any idea about fuel economy gains/losses with your intake? I keep hearing people with short rams and CAIs say they see 1-2MPG better, I would expect yours to be in that range if you keep track. Any information would be appreciated, thanks!

 

Sense i did it so early I can really tell. Im sure it helps efficiency though. I avg 34-35 city high 30's to 40 mpg on the highway.

 

I bought Dagul's "SHG intake" and installed it yesterday. I'm running a stock air filter in my for the moment.

+1 on the throttle response, it's definitely quicker. Dunno yet about power gains but I suspect it would be minimal. Hardly any difference in noise level; I hear a wee bit more intake noise, my wife didn't notice anything.

 

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