AEM Cold Air Intake [Archive]

DownTheHatch

09-25-2003, 05:09 PM

AEM
Cold Air Intake
Tools: Phillips
Screwdriver, Screwdriver, 10mm Wrench (socket), 13mm Wrench (socket), Patience.
http://www.ephatch.com/projects/AEM1.gif
You want to see the
installation of an AEM CAI on the 2002 Civic Si? You got it.
Above is the image
of my box, pretty exciting eh? Time to rip it open!
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There it is, thats
the basic shape of the tube and the K&N filter is in the bag along with
instructions, exciting...now lets tear apart the stock intake.
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Take off these parts
first, this would be the engine cover with i-VTEC on it. As well as the lid
to the intake box. The lid is held on by 5 Phillips head screws, the silencer
for the intake is integrated into the lid of the intake box.The bottom part
of the intake box is held on by 4 10mm bolts, remove these. De-tach all your
tubes and also the IAC sensor from the intake.
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...And this is the
removed arterie, just a few more steps before we transplant the AEM.
Now you will need
to jack up the car a bit (be sure to support it with jackstands) get underneath
your car and pry open the plastic cover under neath the front bumper, you will
only need to pull down and access the left side of the bumper (the side under
the battery). You can do this by shoving a flat head screwdriver into the clip
and then twisting it to pop the head up, do this for all of the clips on that
side and pull down the plastic guard, you should see a small compartment, this
is where your air filter will go. I neglected to take pictures of this step,
I apoligize.
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Your engine bay will
look like this once you've removed the intake. Guess what? You're ready to install
the tube! Oh wait, thats right theres a small little bracket to remove...shucks
I guess we better go over that...
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There it is, this
little golden bracket holds your engine block's ground wire. At this point you
have two options, in the AEM instructions it tells you to simply bend this tab
towards the left to make room for the tube. What I did was remove the whole
thing all together, to do this, first remove the ground wire and move it up
to another bolt on the block (see picture). Now get under the car with a 13mm
socket wrench and remove the two bolts holding the bracket on, then replace
the bolts and torque them down tightly. You can save this bracket or toss it,
it's of no use now.
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This is where I relocated
the ground wire for reference.
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Now you weasel the
AEM pipe down into the bumper compartment. After you're struggled and finally
gotten it in there, you should put on your fittings and attach your filter.
The bracket for the lower end of the pipe is a rubber cylinder with two threaded
bolts on the end, this piece simply screws in to the threaded hole in the bumper
compartment indicated on your AEM instruction manual. Now attach your filter
and tighten the clamp. Run your two hoses from your valve cover down to the
side of the AEM tube and clamp these. One of the breather tubes for the valve
cover has a coolant U-shaped fitting it passes through, keep this inline with
the tube. What I did was keep the short stub running to the valve cover and
the U-shaped coolant tube, all I did was take off the right side of the tube
and attach the one provided in the AEM kit. Voilla!
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The final step is
to insert the IAC sensor, included in your kit is a rubber grommet, insert this,
then insert the sensor, it will fit loosly, but will not pull out easily. Make
sure all your connections are tight.
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Start her up! Give
her a few revs. Now take her out for a spin and try out 5k, its nice. Be careful
if you live in a rainy area, never run your throttle while crossing puddles,
simply left off the accelerator and put the transmission in neutral to avoid
sucking up water.
http://www.ephatch.com/projects/AEM11.gif
Now you can throw
on a fancy schmancy engine cover like mine (factory option) and you're ready
for Hot Import Nights! HAHA, boy that was a pretty good one. Okay folks, until
my next write up, bye!

chinq6t

11-21-2003, 09:41 PM

Was there any bumper or tire detachments involved in installing the AEM Intake? It's a very tight fit and hard to weasle into, I am trying to intall it right now.. and am not quite sure where that threaded bolt that came with the intake goes.. underneath the car?

Thanks.

FreakSoft

11-25-2003, 08:25 PM

Originally posted by chinq6t
Was there any bumper or tire detachments involved in installing the AEM Intake? It's a very tight fit and hard to weasle into, I am trying to intall it right now.. and am not quite sure where that threaded bolt that came with the intake goes.. underneath the car?

Thanks.

Hope you found it by now, but if you didn't... Take off your driver's side front wheel. Gain access to the front bumper through the wheel well (remove the tabby things). It is right there.

Also DTH of you are interested in a before and after pic of the engine compartment I have one.

SpOoGeNhAtCh

01-22-2004, 01:21 AM

how come i see the injen one wrap AROUND the battery and the others such as AEM just go straigh down??

Ocelot

01-30-2004, 12:38 PM

Originally posted by SpOoGeNhAtCh
how come i see the injen one wrap AROUND the battery and the others such as AEM just go straigh down??

Probably just to show more bling-ocity. :p

siver-SI

04-20-2004, 02:54 PM

When I was at a EP meet some of the guys were showing me that they had to cut some of the inner fender for the bend in the tube to fit. Just wondering what would be best to cover up the hole? I was thinking of just getting some rubber and screwing it in to the plastic.

HyEP3rGirl

06-25-2004, 02:59 AM

I know this is a dumb question but...did you get the new engine cover from the dealer? and how much was it?

Guanobucks

07-07-2004, 10:56 AM

Is the AEM V2 CAI worth the extra money?

How low is the intake, is it actually down under the fender?

Is it worth getting an Air Bypass Valve?

Wayne :confused: