well who knowes, each particualar car is different. He'd have to get his
car dyno'd before and after and see what it does for him.
But I agree, CAI, usually followed by exhaust, and race header are the
basics. The 3 work well together
"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov.> wrote in message
news:Xns96D1CBB3D7FACjyanikkuanet@129.250.170.86.. .
> "Jamco" <Homer@jamco.com> wrote in
> news:M6%Ve.231577$9A2.128948@edtnps89:
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>> If you go to clubrsx.com you will see that usually adding a cold air
>> intake really only adds about 6HP(when adding to the 210HP type s), so
>> adding on to a civic(127HP), would probably be around 2-4HP
>
> IIRC,the Honda Tuning(HTM) article was on a standard RSX.
> The -S model may already have a less-restrictive intake.(as part of
> gaining
> that extra HP)
> HTM well-documented their findings.It was quite a good article.
> I suspect that a Civic would gain a useful amount of power.
> After all,that is one of the most BASIC of mods that racers use to get
> more
> HP.I believe its the FIRST thing they do.
>
>
>> "Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov.> wrote in message
>> news:Xns96D0C2B161A66jyanikkuanet@129.250.170.83.. .
>>> "Jamco" <Homer@jamco.com> wrote in
>>> news:Q1GVe.273111$on1.37671@clgrps13:
>>>
>>>> the headers will do NOTHING on their own, so that is a waste of
>>>> money. And the cold air intake, will probably get you like 2-4hp,
>>>> unless you combine it with other mods. You would be better off
>>>> giving your money to me, because what your planning will acheive
>>>> nothing
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Honda Tuning Magazine did dyno tests on several short rams,two cold
>>> air intakes (CAI) and the K&N filter alone,on an RSX;the short rams
>>> got 5-7 HP,both CAIs made 20 HP,and the K&N filter got zero.That was
>>> on a 2.0? liter motor,OEM rated at 185 HP,IIRC.
>>>
>>> If his motor is 1.6 liters,then HP gains would be proportionally
>>> less. Still worthwhile,IMO.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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