Jpax
04-19-2008, 08:39 AM
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="6" color="#000000">AEM
Cold Air Intake</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Tools: Phillips
Screwdriver, Screwdriver, 10mm Wrench (socket), 13mm Wrench (socket), Patience.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM1.gif" width="225" height="150"></b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You want to see the
installation of an AEM CAI on the 2002 Civic Si? You got it.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Above is the image
of my box, pretty exciting eh? Time to rip it open!</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM2.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM3.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM4.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">...And this is the
removed arterie, just a few more steps before we transplant the AEM.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM5.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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...</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM6.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM7.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is where I relocated
the ground wire for reference.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM8.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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!</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM9.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM10.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM11.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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!</font></p>
Cold Air Intake</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Tools: Phillips
Screwdriver, Screwdriver, 10mm Wrench (socket), 13mm Wrench (socket), Patience.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM1.gif" width="225" height="150"></b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You want to see the
installation of an AEM CAI on the 2002 Civic Si? You got it.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Above is the image
of my box, pretty exciting eh? Time to rip it open!</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM2.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM3.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM4.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">...And this is the
removed arterie, just a few more steps before we transplant the AEM.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM5.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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...</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM6.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM7.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is where I relocated
the ground wire for reference.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM8.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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!</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM9.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM10.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="/images/projt/aem/AEM11.gif" width="225" height="150"></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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!</font></p>