I bought an AFE dual cone cold air intake a while back but it just collected dust in my garage for over a month since I was still on the fence about installing it. I've seen various dyno results that show anywhere from +0hp gain to +20hp gain so I guess the performance benefit really depends on your overall set up and tune. I'm not planning to squeeze out every last bit of power from the car or constantly tweak stuff so I started leaning towards getting rid of it. I figured their popularity was attributed to being easy to install, being fairly inexpensive, adding some sound, and making the engine bay look cooler...all of which weren't really that exciting to me.
So what made me pull the trigger? Easy...my hands were already dirty! Earlier in the day a friend and I attempted to replace the idle air control valve in my old Accord and I was a little shocked that it actually worked. We got rid of the idle surge, the check engine light disappeared, and I ended up saving more than $200 compared to what the shop quoted me. I felt fucking invincible! So when my friend pulled the intake out of its box and started tinkering with it we both looked at each other and knew what was next.
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