DON"T TAKE A HAMMER TO YOUR CAR! DON"T PUSH DOWN HARD,......all you need to do is take out the little rubber things that are in the lid, now you will have just enough room to screw them back one! Keep the rubber things you may want them some day.
DON"T TAKE A HAMMER TO YOUR CAR! DON"T PUSH DOWN HARD,......all you need to do is take out the little rubber things that are in the lid, now you will have just enough room to screw them back one! Keep the rubber things you may want them some day.
86 accord dx wrecked
you are the right one of us all ! i tried to do the same thing but i already didn't found those rubber things on my lid !Originally posted by Jdub07
DON"T TAKE A HAMMER TO YOUR CAR! DON"T PUSH DOWN HARD,......all you need to do is take out the little rubber things that are in the lid, now you will have just enough room to screw them back one! Keep the rubber things you may want them some day.
so i had to do the hammer thing ! but i did it on the ground not on the carb it self !
MIKE
3geez member since October 4th 2001
I dont know what kinda filters you guys are using but I didn't have to take a hammer to my lid... perhaps my filter isn't as high as yours, that why I didn't need to 'reshape' my lid. hahahah...
I left the rubber things in as well, and it still fit no prob. ahh well, as long as it gets on, thats all that matters
CoAsTeR
88' Honda Accord LX
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it differs from car to car !
MIKE
3geez member since October 4th 2001
does the lid flipping have any bad effects at all? it sounds good till i can hack my own cai
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i sold the honda. now working on a car with little bit more potential, an 88 supra. i still stop by occasionally.
teh carb may freeze if it freezes out side !
MIKE
3geez member since October 4th 2001
for you efi guys you can clear your intake pipe.
"EFI guy" okay and what does clearing the intake pipe entail?
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yeah, like wtf is that? I've drilled holes in a catalyst before, and removed the little balls inside for better exhaust flow, so that when a cop looks, the 'catalyst' is still there. Of course... that was on my 5.0L regal... I dont think the same applies here hhehehehehe
CoAsTeR
88' Honda Accord LX
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You can clear a muffler too.... just have straight pipe right through the body of a muffler.... looks like a muffler is there, but it really isn't Did that to a Chevy Nova...
CoAsTeR
88' Honda Accord LX
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I had no idea this many people had old accords and moded them
i actually just bought an Lx
for 500 bucks
and well im gonna do the flipped thing
and i want to get an exauhst system but have no friggin clue where to go
ITS A CARB!!!!!
lol
OKay well any ideas will help
ohh and headers would be nice too!!!!!!
TY
STEVE-O!
Its finally warm in michigan and i fliped the lid and with my new magnaflow street series exhaust and 2.25 piping from headers back eith a high flow cat. It is sweet sounding! its notlike fast and the ferious but a nice mellow vrooommm especially at like 5000 rpms. i would i highly recomend fliping the lid. i am also working on carb intake at my local college. hopefully have that done soon.:pimp:
1986 honda accord lx sedan
new 2.25'' from headers back with magnaflow street series muffler
aiwa cd player ,POlk ex 6.5 componet system, pioneer 6.5 rear speakers, 2 pioneer 10'' impp subs, pioneer 200 watt 2 channel amp. carb intake in progress, get my 88 coupe in september and am planning on efi swap and a b16a with maybe a supercharger and 17'' wheels and a few other things. talk to me on aol :carbed86lx.
Like this...
- llia
does flipping the air cleaner lid really do anything?
'88 DX Coupe, Laguna Gold, auto, carbed, pedal covers, 5.25" Pilot Motorsports Resonator Tip, flipped lid, cut A/C belt, 15" Saturn aluminum Wheels with Firehawk GTA's, Aiwa CD deck, Jensen 6x9's and Boss 5.25 speakers, red honda emblems, red wiper arms, Sunroof, blue neon in back window.
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the only thing flipping the air lid does is make you think its better. it releaves pressure but puts in hot air. if it was mine i woudnt do it but its your choice. its actually kind of bad for the carb, it may seem a tad faster cuz the relieved pressure but i wouldnt even bother unless it made it feel like a mustang which no way in hell from only flipping the air lid and putting an exhaust on it. thats just what i think but it dont matter anyways
it lets more air to flow into the carb ! more power !Originally posted by 88DXcoupe
does flipping the air cleaner lid really do anything?
disadvantages !: 1. carb freezing when its freezing outside
2. filter getting dirty quicker than a non flipped air box !
MIKE
3geez member since October 4th 2001
you forgot a #3 hot air=not good but yea it does add a 100th of a horsepower
Hot air = not good on EFI
Hot air = nothing much on carb
Hot air = not good on EFIthats very true..Hot air = nothing much on carb
hot air doesn't do anything to the carb.. it actually needs warm air. thats what prevents it from freezing in winter, when it's freezing out..
cuz if ya look at it.. there is tube coming off your heat shield over the headers.. this tube brings heat off the headers to your crab..
so if you flip your lid, it is not using that little tube, and thus you are just drawing air in from your engine bay.. which in the middle of summer, would actually beel slightly cooler then the air comin from the header..
R.I.P Spoon Se-i 01/17/04
i think hot aire is bad all the time ! hot air = less O2 which means insuffecient burning ! colder air = more O2 ! and by cold air i mean cold not freezing !
MIKE
3geez member since October 4th 2001
anyway you wanna look at it it aint gonna make it any faster....slower if anything
there is minimal to no performance gain by flippin' the lid.... it just sounds better which gives the car a faster feel to it. I flipped mine, and love it!
CoAsTeR
88' Honda Accord LX
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umm ok, i flipped my back over to the stock way and the car sucked ass, it felt like it wasnt getting enough air,
flipped it over and it is so much better, throttle respone, acceleration...
try it for yourself and see
I'll have to jump in and say that it sure made a difference to me... I live in So.Cal and it hot here most of the time so I dont have a problem with freezing... So I would say if you live in a decient climate that you sould definitly do it....
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