I'm wanting an intake, but I really don't know which one is the best. (I know nothing about engines/performance) Any sussestions on the best performance would be greatly appreciated.

02' ES
Black Mica

 

injen and the AEM one's are the most popular....i personaly got the AEM cause it was cheaper (car performance parts are expensive in canada) and easier to install

 

Please search this topic has been discussed too much!

 

The BEST intake is the one that YOU like the BEST...the one that BEST fits YOUR budget.....I and no one I know has EVER seen any hard dyno data on ANY of the popular intakes on the market....do they do some good? I am sure they do....its just a matter of how much good.....so its up to YOUR personal preferance.

 

Go to a car tuning shop and buy the parts (pipe and filter) separate and make your own. Go to the local sign shop and have them make you a decal to put along the side of the piping. Then you can have the best one. Or shell out 2 hundred bones and buy one. Which one? Flip a coin. Heads I win tails you lose.

 

yeah mine... was made for a civic(that i got for $40). Yeah i know civics suck or what ever but i didn't wanna shell out 200 dollars for a pipe with a filter. Mine is a Short Ram. I took the civic pipe cut about 5 in. off (so i could fit the sensor and the filter on) pluged the breather portion of the the pipe (the section where the hose goes from the pipe to the breather on the valve cover) put a breather filter on the valve cover. put the temp sensor in its prospective spot ( i had to take the gasket from the box where the sensor originally went so it could fit) bought another gasket for the MAF sensor to connect to the pipe and voila short ram for under $75. And its polished. And its just as good as any other short ram. Just if you wanted to know.

 

injen IMO is the best but also one of the most expensive. Go to www.protege5online.com they have more on the intake there.

 

The best intake would be quad 40mm throttle bodies, on short runners, sucking through 4 monster velocity stacks with no filters. Wait, that’s not really an intake. Never mind.

 

What size piping are you using? Do you have a picture of you custom intake?

 

I bought the Injen.

 

hey jcilforever, I saw that you took off your shifter extension in you signature...how's that workin' out for ya? How exactly would I go about that?

 

I totally agree with this...especially in Canada where these intakes run over $400. I went to a local performance shop to inquire how much an AEM intake would run me. The guy behind the counter talked me into buying the piping and making my own for less than half the price including a K&N cone filter.
If you go to the right shop, they will even have the proper piping for your car.

 

How much did the custom intake cost? I've been getting ridiculous quotes for the Injen CAI and AEM CAI here in Calgary! Do you have any pics of your custom intake?
TIA.