jason@nospam.com (Jason) wrote in
news:jason-1804050926000001@pm1-broad-68.snlo.dialup.fix.net:

> In article <Xns963C6C0866ED3jyanikkuanet@129.250.170.86>, Jim Yanik
><jyanik@abuse.gov.> wrote:
>
>> ":-\)Liz" <wldwzzy@furrryahoo.com> wrote in
>> news:zVN8e.49$fw2.1@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com:
>>
>> > That's one of my questions...What is a short cam? I would assume,
>> > as the owner planned on making this car a performance or race type
>> > car that a short cam has something to do with that...Can't ask the
>> > owner about it...as he's off looking for another job, out of town
>> > and the wife is clueless on what it means...The dealership is as
>> > per a dealership...No help.... Oh, well...:-) Liz
>>
>> Maybe a short RAM??
>>
>> meaning a short,low restriction air intake,a aluminum pipe with a
>> conical air filter on the end,easily visible in the engine
>> compartment.
>>
>> It probably would not affect gas mileage if you do not go harder on
>> the gas pedal.
>
> If he is planning to race the car--he should at least wait until the
> warranty runs out. Once he starts making major changes to the
> engine--Honda won't cover any repairs under the warranty program.
> Could he have been referring to BORE and STROKE? I recall reading in
> Honda Tuning that many of those people that race Honda cars prefer the
> older Honda engines from Preludes since the bore and stroke of the
> Prelude engines were higher than the bore and stroke of many of the
> older Civic engines. I know very little about this subject since I
> have never raced any cars.
>

Well, a simple look under the hood would tell if its a short ram intake.
I can't see any meaning to "short CAM",and there would not be any such
performance parts made for 2005 year cars yet,and as you said,who would put
them on a car still under warranty? Even a short ram intake would be enough
to DQ the warranty,IMO.

But short ram(intake) makes the most sense.

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