"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message
news:Xns94507C4B38DAEjyanikkuanet@204.117.192.21.. .
> "M.C. Tee" <tedwards@NOSPAM.roadrunner.nf.net> wrote in
> news:bre665$liq$1@nntp-stjh-01-01.rogers.nf.net:
>
> > bullshit, the v2 will not get you 25 hp, maybe an extra .5 hp, and a
> > normal intake will get you about 2 hp, so thats 2.5 hp, intakes do not
> > make that large of a difference unless your boosted. As for quality, a
> > pipe is a pipe, get a no name intake *as long as its mandrel bent* and
> > get a good filter, aem filters are made by k&n, as good as you'll
> > probably find, then buy a bypass valve seperate. Save money and get
> > the same results. If he's that concerned about brandname, go get the
> > AEM intake for him, but the only difference is the sticker and the
> > couplers are black with AEM written on them.
> >
> >
>
> Actually,for the RSX-S,an AEM CAI produced 20 extra HP,per Honda Tuning
> Magazine's dyno test.The issue was last year,around Apr or May.They did
> flow bench and dyno tests on several short rams ,the two CAIs,and the K&N
> filter.They had a lot of nice graphs,too.

Yep. I believe they tested the RSX because it must have had an atrocious
stock intake tract, resulting in big gains from an aftermarket one.

How many other cars will see those kinds of gains, I wonder?