[AZN]MOoMOo

anyone how to install or got an CAI for their EK dx...??
I find that it doesnt got any room for the pipe and the filter...
and is the filter suppose to be on the bottom of the car or no???

imported_loudsubz

Remove the stock air box and resonator, which requires removing the bumper etc.

[AZN]MOoMOo

I removed the stock air box ...
wat's the resonator???
I dont see anything else down there..
there's the coolant hose .. and the fan..
but couldnt find any room to fit it...

bbarbulo

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loudsubz, this is not the case on a DX/CX/LX car. The resonator box is a black plastic box on 10mm bolts behind the pass side headlight. Incidentally, the air pickup tube is located there too... you have to remove all this, plus the filter box on top of the t/b, and then replace it with the CAI. The CAI does run behind the front bumper under the pass side headlight.

[AZN]MOoMOo

but there seems to be no room at all to fit the filter there...
cause the coolant hose.. and the fan seems to be blocking it...
I try to fix tat in there last night... but couldnt....
so I putted where the stock one were...
on top or the pass headlight..

imported_loudsubz

Not in the engine bay, behind the front bumper in the wheel well, you will see after you take your bumper off, and look on the side behind the bumper under the light.

[AZN]MOoMOo

ok.. I'll try to take out the bumper and see wat's going on today...
thkz

imported_Slvr-Bullet

This is an article for an Si I think but it's all basically the same. Be patient, cuz the site is pretty slow.
http://www.jdmfan.com/technical/performance/aem_intake/

imported_sketch

[AZN]MOoMOo : If you have a DX you'll have to cut a hole where the stock air box used to rest.
I too own a Non-Si and theres no passage for a cold air intake unless I cut. you can put it behind the rad fan but thats very little room to work with.
I totally understand your situation because i wanted to put a CAI in as well but couldn't do so.

[AZN]MOoMOo

just check it out...
it's got no room at all under the pass light ..... well.. not big enough to fit the filter......

imported_Joker

Can someone confirm what sketch is saying for a 99 dx? bbarbulo
You have an Ek as well so know this situation. How would you install a cai? and is the process the same for a short ram?
thanks

Joker

[AZN]MOoMOo

now I just have it right behind the pass headlight....
would tat still work the same???

[AZN]MOoMOo

I think the dx/lx/ex is different from the si...
so.. might have room there for si.. but not dx though.

bbarbulo

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The Si is a more complex car.... the DX/LX/CX have all kinds of room there since there is NOTHING behind the bumper there. There is definitely room, you just have to remove the bumper.

macdriver

Sketch is right.
When u take off the airbox there is just sheet metal with a circular indentation punched in that looks like it has to be cut out. That's the case on my 96 cx. Your's is probably the same. You will have to cut out a hole and then drop the filter behind the bumper

and Yes, there's plenty of space behind the bumper

imported_Joker

So you have to cut a hole in the metal? For the CAI, I was told there would be no cutting/drillng req'd. How bout short ram? Any cutting req'd? How do you install the SRI then?

[AZN]MOoMOo

hmm...
dont know about u guyz' car...
but I just checked... redo the CAI again...
no space down there ... well.. there's space...
but not a big enough chunk of space to put the filter...
the splash guard .. the wheel part.. no the under part was in the way...
but I jammed in there anywayz...
and the connection between the 2 part holes rnt as great as before... where I had the intake behind the headlight on top..
but.. guess it's still ok...
or is it..??!!

bbarbulo

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Go to a meet and ask one of the guys to check it out...something doesn't sound right to me....

[AZN]MOoMOo

well...
the filter was quite big.......
it's one of those fat cone ones.....

right now.. the cai is tight on space on both ends...
but fitting in right now...
just the end tat connect to the car... is not perfectly fitting.....
tat's all..
and the filter...
is right above the splash guard... but can see almost the filter from looking under the car.....

[AZN]MOoMOo

and I rather leave the CAI on the top then cutting a hole.....
cutting a hole....damn.... nah...