Dufus Systems wrote:
> jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
> news:TaSdnSVIROs-C2venZ2dnUVZ_vidnZ2d@speakeasy.net:
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>>Dufus Systems wrote:
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>>>"Andre" <andrevillegas@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>news:1139975348.433094.194580 @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
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>>>As for power gain, you're not going to notice any. It'll sound faster
>>>but, measurement wise, it's probably unnoticable.
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>>and there we have it. increased risk of engine damage, reduced engine
>>life due to increased contaminant ingestion, and zero payback?
>>doesn't seem like a good idea to me. add to that the fact that by
>>excluding the *resonator* [it's not there just to quiet the system],
>>some rev ranges are not getting their required "dynamic supercharge",
>>and you have a really bad idea imo.
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> In my case there is no stock air cleaner that will mate up to my 98 hatch
> with the B18C5 so, the short RAM's what you make do with. It's pretty
> too. I'm also not convinced that the stock paper element is any better
> than my oil impregnated K&N. I'll probably be in the same boat when I buy
> a K20A next year.

ho hum. check out tegger's faq's on air filters. read something like
the bosch automotive handbook for reasons on why keeping the resonator
is a good thing. should be in your local library.

>
> If the original poster wants to make power, one of the best way's is to
> swap an Integra LS motor in. All the swap parts you need are available
> from Honda. You don't actually need that much if you're handy. Rear motor
> bracket mount needs to change You'll need a Civic SI driver's side mount
> bracket.

does that affect air filtration???

>
> As a side note, you know that K&N is doing away with the oil impregnated
> filters? People were putting on the K&N's and destroying their Mass
> Airflow Sensors (MAF) by having too much oil on the filter. Oil and MAF's
> don't mix apparently.

depends on type of air flow sensor. if it's heated wire/element, it's
dust accumulation because k&n's don't filter very effectively. if it's
sprung butterfly [bosch] type, it'll make no difference. and it's got
nothing to do with oil - heated wire/element types are over-heated at
either startup or shutdown to burn organics off. can't burn off the
silica-type dust accumulations tho.

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> Luckily, I don't think any honda uses a MAF.

i think you mean amf, not maf. amf is air-mass flow. honda uses map, a
manifold air pressure sensor and measures differential between that and
another sensor in the passenger compartment. a lousy filter will make
no difference until the manifold sensor hole gets clogged, but the
engine will be dead long before that occurs.