| ace3 |
| I have an idea that MIGHT work... i want to get a high peformance itake system for the MDX but K&N only has a reguler air filter. So i say every one from this site emails and asks k&N to make an high performance intake system.:1: |
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| Ms. Mdx |
| Ok, but first what would something like this cost (part & install) and what would it add to the 'X? |
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| ace3 |
It would probably cost around $200- 250$... probably would take about 60 min to an hour for us mechaniclly uninclined and 25 to 20 for the mechaniclly inclined or you could jus take it down to a local auto place and they will probably be able to put it on
Im guessing it owuld probably add 10-15 horsepower:cool: |
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| srpbep |
ace3,
You may find that a lot of us are quite OK with the stock intake [and muffler, etc.]. Maybe when I was younger, but now we just wash [me] and drive [mostly her].
I am NOT saying you are wrong in any way for your quest, to each his/her own. Merely suggesting that I suspect many will have priorities that are somewhat different:
DVD player,
Rear Vision,
Backup sensor,
etc. |
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| ace3 |
| I wasnt sayin u had to buy one but just please e mail becauz the more e mails the better:rolleyes: |
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| JTM |
quote:
Originally posted by ace3
It would probably cost around $200- 250$... probably would take about 60 min to an hour for us mechaniclly uninclined and 25 to 20 for the mechaniclly inclined or you could jus take it down to a local auto place and they will probably be able to put it on
ace3,
what is the different between 60 min to an hour????? :p :2: |
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| renov8r |
I think you'd have better luck with one of the companies that already specialize in "import sport compact" performance parts. Like Mugen or AEM.
The other thing, I really doubt you'd see a 10-15 Hp gain. Do you really think the Honda engineers would "throw away" that much power? Even in there was a large increase in noise the competive nature of SUV marketing would practically force Honda to eeck out every bit of power they can.
Here's a challenge: Find a shop with a four-wheel chassis dyno. {Let's hope it is also a very very clean shop in a not very dusty part of town} Take your MDX to the shop and dyno it stock. You'll probably get a road Hp number around 85% of rated ( 240 * .85 == 204) Then take off your airfilter holder/air box, the plumbing leading to it and the plumbing leading to the throttle body/air valve. Dyno it again. {this why I suggested find a shop in the dust free part of town :)} I would guess that even this "extreme free breathing" set-up would still yield a gain of no more than 4-5 Hp. Such a small gain is probably not significant....
WHAT? How can I say that? Well, I have other perfromance cars and I desperately want them to gain Hp as cheaply as possible. I always pick up EVERY real perfromance test I can find (not the fluff articles designed to help sell worthless parts that are MUCH easier to find...) and I've seen very small gains IF ANY from induction packages. Here are some links to dyno results--
http://www.cemozone.com/lolita/c5_vararam01.asp
http://www.cemozone.com/lolita/images/c5dyrun14.jpg
http://www.se-r.net/about/200sx/scc/april98/april.html
http://integra.vtec.net/air/intake.html
Now if we were talking a turbo/supercharged engine, changes to the intake could/can have a MUCH more noticeable impact. Two things are at work, first the spooling of turbo is directly related to how difficult it is to "pull" air in (actually physics tells us you can't pull air, only push the stuff around and let the atmosphere fill-in the "gap" ...) AND secondly the programing of the ECM to add fuel proportional to increased air volume. These things are NOT at play in a normally aspirated engine, and gains are harder to achieve. |
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