Cold Air Induction for Honda S2000

[Hot1]

Hi guys just got myself a Honda S2000 had it for A week and I love it. I want to make it sound better and maybe improve performance very slightly with an induction kit. I have had a look on the S2k forum they have suggested Injen,Mugen,Spoon type and PRM, some of these are quite expensive I dont really want to spend more than £200, does anyone else have any other suggestions? I have thought about an Apexi filter my Dad has one on his imprezza wrx ppp sounds great but wonder if thats more to do with his car! Any help will be greatly appreciated thankyou.

[Hollywood Wheels]

Just take the airbox lid off mate. As much as I'd like an induction kit, I'd refuse to pay more than 100 notes for what's basically a couple of lengths of pipe and a filter. It's utter daylight robbery. These kits must cost pennies to make, yet you're looking at £200+.

[joesnow]

For true cold air induction, you need a snorkel. These fit in the mouth of the aibox, run over the rad mount cross-member (the intake gets pretty shallow here), and then poke into the airstream at the top of the grille. My car just has a spoon cone filter (£90?) with the airbox lid on, and the internal airbox divider cut out. It sounds meaty under load.

Not sure how much benefit the snorkel gives, and because they have many bends and the diameter changes any 'ram' effect is lost. They cost a couple of hundred too.

The guy who owned my S2000 before me cut out the splash guard infront of the radiator to allow air to come up from the grille area to the induction opening area. Again, don't know if this makes any difference either. Its only a 2000cc afterall, so isn't swallowing great lungs full of air on each revolution.

Honda are notorious for tuning induction well for flow, albeit eliminating induction noise.

Any performance gain = £££
Induction sound = airbox lid off, or free flowing filter (spoon et all)

Edited by joesnow on Monday 5th October 13:33

[Hot1]

Are there any disadvantages taking the air box lid of?

[Alex97]

Probably lose 2/3bhp due to heat soak.