PRL Motorsports 2017+ Honda Civic Type-R FK8 High Volume Intake System

ShoWBoaT · May 11, 2019

Patrick Bateman said:
....5 months later.

This has gotten a little ridiculous.

Yep...

Morning Mahogany · May 11, 2019

Screw it, I’m ordering the Mishimoto

spyder57 · May 11, 2019

Morning Mahogany said:
Screw it, I’m ordering the Mishimoto

Same, since PRL isn't planning to get theirs CARB certified and Mishimoto recently announced their certification.

lorenkb · May 11, 2019

spyder57 said:
Same, since PRL isn't planning to get theirs CARB certified and Mishimoto recently announced their certification.

Where did you see that Mishimoto is getting an EO?

I'm not one to complain when a company takes the time to make sure their product is on point, and I for on really appreciate the care that PRL seems to take in all of their product development. That said, I'm not playing the illegal smog mod game in CA, so if Mishimoto is actually getting an EO, I'm in.

EDIT: Nevermind, found it: https://www.civicx.com/threads/mishimotos-2017-type-r-intake-r-d-thread.12815/page-63#post-607477

PRL Motorsports · May 13, 2019

17CivicTypeR_Brian said:
No details but I know they do a STREET and RACE versions for the 1.5T intakes with the RACE requiring a different calibration. The STREET version is plug-n-play of course.

Jason@USR said:
plans to offer race version with 4" MAF Housing?

We have (and still are) entertained the idea of a Race MAF. However, we would like to nail all aspects of the standard Street MAF intake system before moving forward on anything else.

Streetthrowback said:
I hope they have a cold air version

Jason@USR said:
it is technically cold air, the filter pulls air from the grill area, not from the engine bay

Given the design of the CTR, we were not able to effectively offer a true CAI, unlike the 1.5T. The trans cooler and tight spacing makes this a nightmare for production and installation. The factory CTR air ducting works rather well, so this does see cold air.

ShoWBoaT said:
Maybe in 2025

fiend busa said:
Bruh, I give up on this . hopefully it'll.be out when I come back from.vacation lol

Patrick Bateman said:
....5 months later.

This has gotten a little ridiculous.

ShoWBoaT said:
Yep...

Ah, this restlessness reminds me of a certain other FK8 9 month intake development thread (from both our company and a few others). Did everyone the fact that our Cobra Cold Air intake system for the 1.5T took 8-9 months to come be released to the market? Then once released, all we were sold out and back out of stock for months again? We have been working hard to improve upon these inventory issues so that our customers don't have to wait and be provided with more accurate ETAs once the product has actually been released, unlike past scenarios. We apologize for the "ridiculous" wait and wanting to offer the CTR community with the best intake system we can provide. :dunno:

Quality products are not manufactured over night, as much as we wish this was the case.

With that being said, our goal is to be 100% up front with all development and production updates. Once we are 100% satisfied with the cosmetic finish on our air box, we will be releasing an ETA.

Streetthrowback · May 13, 2019

One for the race version!!!

idragmazda · May 13, 2019

LOL at people not having patience.

Do you want a rushed and haphazardly designed intake system installed your car (cough cough some other intakes on the market) or something that has been tried and tested on lots of hours on the dyno and road testing? I think the answer to that is pretty straight forward.

fiend busa · May 13, 2019

PRL Motorsports said:
We have (and still are) entertained the idea of a Race MAF. However, we would like to nail all aspects of the standard Street MAF intake system before moving forward on anything else.

Given the design of the CTR, we were not able to effectively offer a true CAI, unlike the 1.5T. The trans cooler and tight spacing makes this a nightmare for production and installation. The factory CTR air ducting works rather well, so this does see cold air.

Ah, this restlessness reminds me of a certain other FK8 9 month intake development thread (from both our company and a few others). Did everyone the fact that our Cobra Cold Air intake system for the 1.5T took 8-9 months to come be released to the market? Then once released, all we were sold out and back out of stock for months again? We have been working hard to improve upon these inventory issues so that our customers don't have to wait and be provided with more accurate ETAs once the product has actually been released, unlike past scenarios. We apologize for the "ridiculous" wait and wanting to offer the CTR community with the best intake system we can provide. Quality products are not manufactured over night, as much as we wish this was the case.

With that being said, our goal is to be 100% up front with all development and production updates. Once we are 100% satisfied with the cosmetic finish on our air box, we will be releasing an ETA.

Sorry bby

PRL Motorsports · May 13, 2019

fiend busa said:
Sorry bby

We still love you long time :love:

Streetthrowback · May 13, 2019

|-Goku-| · May 13, 2019

PRL Motorsports said:
We have (and still are) entertained the idea of a Race MAF. However, we would like to nail all aspects of the standard Street MAF intake system before moving forward on anything else.

Given the design of the CTR, we were not able to effectively offer a true CAI, unlike the 1.5T. The trans cooler and tight spacing makes this a nightmare for production and installation. The factory CTR air ducting works rather well, so this does see cold air.

Ah, this restlessness reminds me of a certain other FK8 9 month intake development thread (from both our company and a few others). Did everyone the fact that our Cobra Cold Air intake system for the 1.5T took 8-9 months to come be released to the market? Then once released, all we were sold out and back out of stock for months again? We have been working hard to improve upon these inventory issues so that our customers don't have to wait and be provided with more accurate ETAs once the product has actually been released, unlike past scenarios. We apologize for the "ridiculous" wait and wanting to offer the CTR community with the best intake system we can provide. Quality products are not manufactured over night, as much as we wish this was the case.

With that being said, our goal is to be 100% up front with all development and production updates. Once we are 100% satisfied with the cosmetic finish on our air box, we will be releasing an ETA.

I think what some people have issues with is that the communication just stops. A post is made about final preparation coming shortly and then there is a period of almost two weeks with nothing.

I for one am really excited about this product and will wait for it to be up for pre order, but perhaps more frequent communications would benefit everyone. If you have the time to post about an upcoming product, you should also have the time to keep those same people updated. So, as you say that you are trying to correct the inventory issues, just say that and keep us all updates. Everyone in this thread is probably a fan of your products, but if we don’t hear anything, it frustrates us.

Can’t wait to see the final product!

lorenkb · May 13, 2019

Hey @PRL Motorsports could you guys at least try to get an EO for us folks in California?

Paying Mishimoto for the sake of CARB compliance just hurts my inner engineer. Reading their "Engineering Reports" is a like watching a damned trainwreck in slow motion. If the stuff they publish is anything like what is required for an EO, it should not be difficult.

If it's a matter of sunk time, can we get a Type R community aided engineering report out to the CARB folks? Please?

17CivicTypeR_Brian · May 14, 2019

PRL Motorsports said:
We still love you long time

Does 2 dolla still make you holla?

lorenkb said:
Hey @PRL Motorsports could you guys at least try to get an EO for us folks in California?

Paying Mishimoto for the sake of CARB compliance just hurts my inner engineer. Reading their "Engineering Reports" is a like watching a damned trainwreck in slow motion. If the stuff they publish is anything like what is required for an EO, it should not be difficult.

If it's a matter of sunk time, can we get a Type R community aided engineering report out to the CARB folks? Please?

I feel like the cost of doing that is pretty huge. I feel like I looked into it at one point and it was like $15,000 per SKU. SOMEONE CORRECT ME if I'm wrong!

PRL Motorsports · May 14, 2019

lorenkb said:
Hey @PRL Motorsports could you guys at least try to get an EO for us folks in California?

Paying Mishimoto for the sake of CARB compliance just hurts my inner engineer. Reading their "Engineering Reports" is a like watching a damned trainwreck in slow motion. If the stuff they publish is anything like what is required for an EO, it should not be difficult.

If it's a matter of sunk time, can we get a Type R community aided engineering report out to the CARB folks? Please?

We have discussed offering a CARB compliant intake, though just have not wished to tackle the cost/hoops of achieving this at this time.

PRL Motorsports · May 14, 2019

|-Goku-| said:
I think what some people have issues with is that the communication just stops. A post is made about final preparation coming shortly and then there is a period of almost two weeks with nothing.

I for one am really excited about this product and will wait for it to be up for pre order, but perhaps more frequent communications would benefit everyone. If you have the time to post about an upcoming product, you should also have the time to keep those same people updated. So, as you say that you are trying to correct the inventory issues, just say that and keep us all updates. Everyone in this thread is probably a fan of your products, but if we don’t hear anything, it frustrates us.

Can’t wait to see the final product!

We keep the community updated the moment updates are known. The fact of the matter is that days/weeks go by without any update. For instance, we have been working on revising our air box molds for weeks, so there is no update to provide. We do not want to be known as a spam account or give false hope. We are not sitting back getting some sort of sick pleasure withholding information or updates.

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