Upwards facing throttle body, Cold air intake help?

[RyanVTEC12347]

i have got a EJ9 with a D14 engine which has the annoying upwards facing throttle body. and i have recently decided i want to get a cold air intake for it, and i can get cold air intakes that fit the upwards throttle body, but i dont want to have to buy another intake when the time comes to swap the engine out for something bigger. There is a black plastic box which acts as a 90 degree elbow (centre of the picture) which is inbetween the throttle body and plastic tubing and this has the same diameter as the throttle body so i was wondering whether i could buy a left facing cold air intake and fit it onto this plastic box? http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/738312/23042009029.jpg

 

[96romaCX]

The intake manifold you are describing is he exact same for the d16y7 engine, the same one in my car. To be honest with that manifold set up you won't see any gains with a full intake system. Save some money and go to autozone or advance and buy a k&n style or actual brand drop in air filter, to replace your paper one and be done with it.

 

[RyanVTEC12347]

The intake manifold you are describing is he exact same for the d16y7 engine, the same one in my car. To be honest with that manifold set up you won't see any gains with a full intake system. Save some money and go to autozone or advance and buy a k&n style or actual brand drop in air filter, to replace your paper one and be done with it.

i understand where your coming from but im going to be getting a cold air intake regardless im afraid ;P , im just trying to find out if it fits or not because CAI arent cheap :L

 

[mymmeryloss]

 

[cgpEJ6]

i understand where your coming from but im going to be getting a cold air intake regardless im afraid ;P , im just trying to find out if it fits or not because CAI arent cheap :L

You can get a CAI very cheap. There are expensive ones out there but don't waste your money on one if you're planning on swapping the engine. It won't fit correctly. By a cheap one and replace it if you swap.

 

[RyanVTEC12347]

You can get a CAI very cheap. There are expensive ones out there but don't waste your money on one if you're planning on swapping the engine. It won't fit correctly. By a cheap one and replace it if you swap.

Yhe thats the problem im having, trying to get that will fit now and later is almost impossible :L

 

[RyanVTEC12347]

You can get a CAI very cheap. There are expensive ones out there but don't waste your money on one if you're planning on swapping the engine. It won't fit correctly. By a cheap one and replace it if you swap.

see this is the one i was trying to find out whether it would fit on the black box and also in the engine bay properley http://www.aemintakes.com/images/l/AEM-21-417R.jpg

otherwise it would have to be this one but this wont fit on the other intake manifold when the engine is swapped or i buy a bigger engine civic http://www.aemintakes.com/images/l/AEM-21-413R.jpg

 

[mymmeryloss]

Umm im not seeing any pictures...

 

[RyanVTEC12347]

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2557/20060901wi4.jpg this is the thing im on about but with a cold air intake

 

[RyanVTEC12347]

Umm im not seeing any pictures...

yeh ive just go links for now, somethings bummed up with the pictures of my car on my computer so im grabbing links of the internet of pictures

 

[mymmeryloss]

Ya u can do that but it double filters it and is restrictive.

 

[mymmeryloss]

yeh ive just go links for now, somethings bummed up with the pictures of my car on my computer so im grabbing links of the internet of pictures

The links arent even showing up on my tapatalk. I had to go on the full site to open the links. Weird.

 

[RyanVTEC12347]

The links arent even showing up on my tapatalk. I had to go on the full site to open the links. Weird.

ahh sorry about that :L , and i dont see how it 'double filters' the plastic box has no restricters in it, its hollow on the inside its just channels it downwards surley?

 

[RyanVTEC12347]

The links arent even showing up on my tapatalk. I had to go on the full site to open the links. Weird.

wow sorry, just thought that through, yeh i see what you mean now xD

 

[RyanVTEC12347]

Ya u can do that but it double filters it and is restrictive.

but if you did that surley you could just take that filter out as there is already a cone filter at the end perhaps?

 

[mymmeryloss]

Oh u r going to take the filter out of the box?

 

[Trekk]

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2557/20060901wi4.jpg this is the thing im on about but with a cold air intake

This would probably be the better setup since you will have a chamber of air to use right in front of the TB. I wouldn't waste the money though.

 

[RyanVTEC12347]

Oh u r going to take the filter out of the box?

well yeh, surley it woldnt need to be there if there already was a cone on the end of the cold air intake? but i was trying to decide which to get because if i get the one made for my engine, i take that black box with the filter out completley, if i get the one which is made for a left facing intake manifold ill need to keep the black box on so it will fit and it will also fit 1.6 1.8 civics etc

 

[RyanVTEC12347]

This would probably be the better setup since you will have a chamber of air to use right in front of the TB. I wouldn't waste the money though.

i know, everybody says "don't waste your money" and i appreciate the thought but at the end of the day its my choice of what i spend my hard earned pennies on

 

[RyanVTEC12347]

but back to the original question of mine, in short, would this http://www.hondaperformanceparts.co.uk/Cold_Air_Long_Ram_Intake_Kits/AEM_Cold_Air_Intake_System_Civic_96_00_1_4_1_6_Left_Facing_Throttle_Body_D_Series

fit on this up facing throttle body WITH the plastic box still in?