DIY: rsx air box mod

[speedy2000ls]

i came across this mod on THIS WEBSITE
it says it should add 3-5 hp not enough to feel but enough to register on the dyno.
i used:
10mil
12mil
dremel with cutting disc and sanding disc
1 hour

i had a little extra time so here it went.

after i cut the ribs off

here is after i sanded bown the rib cuts and made the rest of the cuts.

here is with the box back in and the filter in. you can see how much was cut out.

 

[MoJoJoJo]

i think u should sign up on CRSX.com good info there....i think u should just have gone with a CAI, but looks good

 

[speedy2000ls]

i will get a cai eventualy i just came across this and had some time to kill you know. that and im trying to buy a house as soon as i come back from iraq again so the performance parts are on the back burner for now.

 

[speedin]

DAMN rsx has a funky airbox/filter set-up going on. now just add a k&n to ur mod and their ya go (nice write-up btw)

 

[speedy2000ls]

thanks i think i will go with THIS filter later.

 

[MoJoJoJo]

ur going to iraq? my homeboi just finish 2 terms in iraq...he has 11 more months til his time is up, been partying with him all weekend...good luck bro :thumbs up maybe when u come back come to houston, I got 2 homebois in the marine corp. finishing up in 11-12 months. ya can party together, are u a marine?

 

[speedy2000ls]

i was a marine for 4 years and went to iraq. then i joined the army so i could go to school yea right! i was in for 3 months and went right back to iraq for a year. i came back this last dec. and now im going back for a third time this oct. i hope this tour goes better that the last. i got fucked up twice llast time. owell shit happens. after i get back from this rotation im going to get out get a job and switch to marine reserves. i love serving my country but i need to be here for my kids not in some other country get my ass shot at you know what i mean?

 

[dc2GS-R]

i think u should sign up on CRSX.com good info there....i think u should just have gone with a CAI, but looks good

CAI looks so funny on the RSX because it goes straight down leaves that big huge opening where the box was. but the SRI will hit the streering shaft and crush the filter if you lower the car a little too much

 

[MoJoJoJo]

i've had both...no problems with either, for the type S, CAI is ur best friend, worth the money..yea the Cai is a space saver, just have to replace ur washer bottle. usually they come wit it, Injen FTW :thumbs up

 

[dc2GS-R]

my buddy had the AEM SRI but his car was so low it would smack the streering shaft on bumps. so he got the CAI. its ugly but you could tell a big difference even from just stepping up from SRI to CAI on the Type S

 

[speedy2000ls]

cai it is.

 

[dc2GS-R]

watch out in the rain though. the filter sits right behind the opening on driverside of the front bumper