update on the cai
 

A rep over at AEM that i spoke with last week concerning my cai just called me today to let me know that they were going to be shipping my intake either today or monday. (no you cannot call aem directly and order the intake from them, i ordered mine through my supplier, and asked that it be drop shipped to my location.) This means I (hopefully)should have it next week sometime. I will also try to get my car dyno'd this weekend so we can see baseline vs cai results. I will be also making several runs using hymee's scanalyser to see what changes this makes to a/f ratios and air flow, etc. :) :)

One problem with this AEM setup is that every time you want to clean the filter, you have to take the bumper off again. It's an annoyance plus the more you take the bumper off the more you are stressing those fasteners...
However, one plus is that you can inspect the filter's cleanliness with a flashlight... that's good.

well, i have owned 3 civics, where the filter is much lower to the ground, and drove for over 2 years on one with no appreciable loss due to a dirty filter, so you can probably estimate max once a year cleaning the filter if you are anal about that sort of thing. it has been shown that a k&n filter can accumulate approximately 1/4 of dirt and debris before any noticable loss of air flow.

update: received an update from aem, i received a tracking number, they shipped my intake today. i should have my intake monday. hooooray

Without a UOA...you'll never have any actual "factual" method of measuring the dirt uptake of a dirty airfilter.

What's "UOA"?
Damn acronyms... :p

Used Oil Analysis

perhaps one of the most effective way to analyze the condition of your motor without actually opening it :D

well, fed ex just delivered a package to my grubby little hands 15 minutes ago, and lo and behold, its the aem cai for the rx-8, in blue to match my car of course, and from what i have seen so far it is a pretty close match, but i have to hold it up the car in sunlight to see. :D

any way, ill try to get some pics of it tonight or tomorrow so everyone can see what it comes with. it wont be going in till this sat at the earliest as i need to redo my base line dyno before i install it. hopefully i will get it in and dyno'd sat night. :D:D:D:D:D:D

remember to post us pics and vids while ure at it :)

vids might not be able to do, but ill definately post pics and sound clips, as well as dyno plots

man, i dont know if i can wait til sat. my hands are already twitching whenever i get near a screwdriver or socket set.................

had a video up but not much peopel saw it

pic of box contents, looks well designed (same as any other aem i have ever seen), instructions very comprehensive, covering removal of old intake, and all steps necessary to install new one.

color is a pretty close match to my winning blue, but havent had a chance to compare in the daylight.

http://home.comcast.net/~lurch519/misc_005.jpg

give us a link to the vid

ok, dont know if i can wait til sat. may put it on tonight...............arghhhhhhhh....the suspense is killing me

very easy to put on, it took me anywhere from 30-45 min with some breaks for drinks and internet. putting mine back on tommorow

I wanna see some dynos #'s

well, coulndt do it tonight anyway, got home late......oh well, i guess i can wait til sat night. gonna have that itch all week though. but i will perservere, for the good of all my fellow 8 owners.

:D :o haaaa... dude... i think you mount that shiet wrong... there's no way in hell an intake would be that exposed like that.... i think it should run how ssr's intake run... behind the bumper ! :eek:

conmeng... who are u talking to? johnny?

i hear the instructions that AEM gives u to take off the bumper is a bit off, so if u wanna take off the bumper, use the DYI on this forum.

well, i went and installed my aem cai today. i feel (according to the butt dyno) that it added a little more power. the sound is definately different, especially when the tertiary ports open. like whoa. a buddy of mine said it almost sounds like a ferrari. loud.....very loud :D

Anyone know where to get this cheaply/reliably yet? I know you can get it straight from AEM or AEM dealers, but most of them are asking a lot. I see the ones are ebay are really cheap, are those reliable for shipment yet?

you cannot purchase the intake directly from aem. i know this because i am an authorized aem dealer, and i had to order it from my distributor. you can find them on ebay for around 300ish, just make sure you choose a seller with a good feedback rating.

Anyone dyno this CAI yet?

a short sound clip of the aem revving to about 9k

right click and save to hear short sound clip for the ame

and 2 scanalyser graphs overlaid to show difference in airflow, stock vs aem cai. its not perfect, but you can see that the aem gives a noticable increase in airflow over stock


solid line is stock, broken line is with the aem
http://home.comcast.net/~lurch519/AE...LYSER_RUNS.jpg