I just bought a 98' Certified CR-V, and was wondering if the cold air
intakes will void any warranties? I could use a little extra boost, and
from what I read the cold air intakes are a good place to start.
Bang-for-Buck is what I'm looking for. I don't want to spend a lot of buck
for my bang though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Thanks,
Michael

Shouldn't void the warranty, but keep all the factory parts you remove. If
you have a problem, replace the factory parts before taking it to the dealer
for warranty repairs.
My experience tells me, you'll have some "hissing" noises especially when
the A/C is on and you are idling at a stop sign/stop light.
I have an RS Akimoto intake on my Civic SI, besides the hissing and a slight
loss of low-end power - increased power above that, though I do have a
Eurosport performance exhaust.
I have a K&N filter replacement on my CR-V, about the same performance, and
NO HISSING.

NOPI tells me the "hissing" is less noticable on the "cold air" intakes, but
they can suck water into the engine, especially if you experience flooding
where you live!! They also agree, the hissing is a trade-off for increased
performance.

SALTMAN
http://www.bsalt.com

AEM now makes a bypass valve that you can put on the cold air intake.
IF/when water becomes a problem and it gets sucked up the tube where
injestion could happen, the valve automagically opens and the vaccum
created in the pipe is gone, leaving the water to spill out of the
filter. Your engine keeps going due to it being able to pull in air
through this valve under the hood. Its covered with filter matrial
too so you wont pull in dirty air. Price is about $40


Ive run a cold air intake like the AEM on a 95 Impala SS (350-LT1 V8)
where the filter was behind a splash guard about 6" off the ground.

The filter got wet after several hundred miles in the rain and
sometimes would be soaked enough that I couldnt pull enough air past
3,500 rpms but on that motor, thats a LOT of air. After a few hundred
miles it would dry out. I always Rewashed and oiled the filter though
if I had to drive in heavy rain. Even so I Never had a problem with
water entering the Throttle body or the motor. Though if you submerge
the filter you WILL.

I ran a similar setup on a 94 Trans Am, same motor. The splash
pan/guards were a lot better on that car as far as protecting the
filter and I never had a problem in rain EVER.

The CRV looks to have pretty good water protection in the filter area
and its up rather high. the chances of submerging that or picking up
enough water to pull into the engine is pretty slim IMO. Personally
though, Id get the bypass valve as cheap insurance.

The intake setup wont void your warranty, unless you drown your motor.
but SALTMAN gives the best advice when he says to replace the stock
intake at least partially (airbox and pipe to manifold) when you take
it to the dealer for something engine related. By law, no aftermarket
part with a CARB # and SEMA approved can void your warranty unless the
dealer can prove it did, but 9/10 times they will use the intake as
the excuse for whatever problem you have.

FYI: the 97-98 AEM cold air intake doesnt fit perfectly on the 99-2001
CRV but Im told the one for the Civic SI is a perfect fit.

check out http://members.home.net/wshih/crv/aem/aem.htm
which shows a 98 AEM cold air intake put on a 99+ CRV with slight
modifications.


Jeff


-- In honda-crv@y...,

I have one on my leased 2000 cr-v . The dealer said it was o.k., as long as
everything is hooked up. Got mine at autozone for about $40 bucks. Sounds
and runs great. marc

Something else I forgot to mention is that a local honda dealer was
outfitting 99 and 00 Civic SI cars with every available AEM
performance part available and backing it up with the Honda 3/36
warranty to cover the parts and the car. I had heard there were other
honda dealers doing the same and Honda supported this.

Ford did the same with AEM parts for their Focus.

Jeff

Join www.accordv6.com. They talk bout all different types of intakes, and have instructions underneath the F.A.Q's. If your car isnt a V6 you can try www.supehonda.org.

go for the AEM cold air intake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sure rub it in, i have a DX :0(

sorry, ive been trying to design some sort of intake system for the carb models but have had no luck. >From bounce-thirdgenaccord--25-racingconcepts=hotmail.com@onelist.com Mon Feb 15 13:14:25 1999 >Received: (qmail 18772 invoked by alias); 15 Feb 1999 21:17:33 -0000 >Received: (qmail 18707 invoked from network); 15 Feb 1999 21:17:31 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO imo16.mx.aol.com) (198.81.17.6) by pop.onelist.com with SMTP; 15 Feb 1999 21:17:31 -0000 >Received: from Chef2211@... by imo16.mx.aol.com (IMOv18.1) id VTBNa27784 for <ThirdGenAccord@onelist.com>; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:03:47 -0500 (EST) >

i don't understand why a carburated engine wouldn't benefit from cold air also,.. please explain why this is. thanks, DuffPaddy

umm... that i dont know. i dont know much about the carb engine. >From bounce-ThirdGenAccord--28-racingconcepts Mon Feb 15 16:21:10 1999 >Received: from [209.207.164.159] by hotmail.com (1.1) with SMTP id MHotMailB89204F640C96D1017094D1CFA49F385F0; Mon Feb 15 16:21:10 1999 >Received: (qmail 18642 invoked by alias); 16 Feb 1999 00:19:20 -0000 >Received: (qmail 18404 invoked from network); 16 Feb 1999 00:19:08 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO mail.esn.net) (206.154.14.36) by pop.onelist.com with SMTP; 16 Feb 1999 00:19:08 -0000 >Received: from esn.net.esn.net ([206.156.236.60]) by mail.esn.net (8.9.0/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA21061 for <ThirdGenAccord@onelist.com>; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 19:21:06 -0500 (EST) >Message-Id: <199902160021.TAA21061@...> >X-Sender: ddurusky@... >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 >

hehe keep trying! DuffPaddy