Question After Intake Install

[Ill_eagle94]

I installed AEM V2. Now during high RPM 1-2 and 2-3 shift sometimes I get a silly backfire in the intake tube.

[STP03BlueSI]

Made sure everything was tight?

[04SI27893]

when i installed my injen rd cai, i get a backfire sometimes and ive been told that its a characteristec of the beast, oh well.............04si27893 no problems yet

[02civicSI]

did you reset the ecu?

[04SI27893]

yep and it still does it.....

[Ill_eagle94]

Well yes of course everything is tight. No reset of ECU... that should have been taken care of while I installed it. The battery gets unplugged during install.

[Ill_eagle94]

Anyways I kinda like it... sounds kinda badass lol. You can feel it in the floor.

[STP03BlueSI]

Damn i have the V2 and could feel more vibration with my Injen SRI.... :sadm:

[cdr127]

What do you mean buy weird backfire in the intake? Are you refering to the very notciable change in sound when rpm get to about 4.5 -5k rpms. This is buy design or are you getting a popping noise? Click on the Aem V2 product Demo (http://www.aempower.com/default.asp)

[Ill_eagle94]

No the car obviously gets louder at high RPM... i mean it pops. :-P

[cdr127]

Strange I have no popping at all with mine? Are you sure that it is not the intake hitting some thing in the engine compartment. I know when I installed mine it sat really close to the transmission and I had work with it a while to get the right clearence.

[Si4U2NV]

REPOST (probably the 30th or 40th time)

This is commonly referred to as "intake pop"... its just something that happens with many free flowing aftermarket intakes... shouldnt hurt your car... i get it every now and again... no big deal...

enjoy your intake!

-Mike

[03silverEP]

bump, yup no worries

[SIxtasy]

My car started backfiring when I put my tsock exhaust back on. not sexy when it happens enfrente a cop. All gone now though

[FurY]

I have the V2 and this has happend to me only once when I was racing my friend's mazdaspeed protege. This was about 3-4 months after I installed it. Shouldn't be an issue unless it continually happens.

[Ill_eagle94]

Nah I was never worried... just making sure i was not alone. My friend got a nasty face full of fire while adjusting his idle on his Grand Prix with a 350 in it.

[FurY]

Nah I was never worried... just making sure i was not alone. My friend got a nasty face full of fire while adjusting his idle on his Grand Prix with a 350 in it.

Ouch, no injuries I hope?

[Ill_eagle94]

Nope, luckly... it was kind of huorous actually.