mvela
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- First Name
- Mike
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- Orange, Tx
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- 2018 Honda Civic sedan lx 6mt and 2018 Honda Civic hatchback ex auto
Are you saying that the downpipe was getting so hot that it was melting your stock airbox? I have a stock airbox and was thinking about getting one of the catted downpipes but I don’t want to melt anything. And I’m not positive about this but I would imagine a catted downpipe might get hotter than a non-catted downpipe. I have no proof of this of course. I’m just guessing it would be. Because I got my finger on the trigger for the catted downpipe but doing as much research as I can before I jump on itI thought that too, but when I noticed that the side of my airbox lid had melted, it made me reconsider just how much heat that downpipe puts out.
The exhaust started putting out more heat after installing a bigger front pipe, which is also coated and wrapped. After thoroughly testing with an infrared thermometer, the bellmouth was the final culprit, being the only part of the exhaust that was unwrapped. I think all of the heat shielding might have caused a hot spot there. I’ve had zero issues since installing the blanket.
The intake is a custom piece I made, ironically because the stock airbox lid had melted, which gave me the idea. So I bought another one and cut the MAF housing out of it. I got some 2.75” aluminum pipe bends and cut up the AEM intake that I had sitting in the shed.
It draws air from the fenderwell, and never gets heat soaked. IAT’s are never more than 1* above ambient. Huge increase in torque and throttle response below 4k rpm’s. Superior to stock and aftermarket intakes in every way.
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