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    CAI problem well.. annoyance, anyone else's intake Whistle?

    I got a 92 teg Intake and cut it down to fit my 3G. I got it all mounted up and fits perfect. BUT, it whistles, very loud, it only does it at certain throttle positions. I think it's the cheap assed filter making the noise, just wanted to ask around to see if anyone else had this happen to them.



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    small vacuum leaks can cause whistling, it's probably happening at the part you cut
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    a lot of em do that. its pretty much an efffect of the CAI.
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    I agree with POS. You probably have a rough edge somewhere. I would file down all the edges and clean it. Then get a K&N. They can last damn near forever if you keep them clean and oiled with the cleaning kit.
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    Well they will have that whistle sound no madder what but yiur sounds like it is louder then it should be. Maybe it is a rough edge or something.
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    my friends accent does the same thing. he said it was his intake. its a cheap one prolly from auto zone or pimp boys
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    yah mine whistles like crazy too when i give it a little bit of a push. It's annoying but i tell everyone my car has asthma. I think mine is because of hte small hole in my filter curtosy of my brake distribution thingy (i can't spell the p word perportioning valve [sp??]). But i'm getting a 89 lude si this thur so i'm gonna worry about that soon enough.
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    My cheap integra intake whistles too. Just a little bit every once in a while, I fixed it the old fashon way, turn up the radio.

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    Mine does that too.. it's just having an intake....... it does that between 3-4k and only at about 25% throddle
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    Yeah mine whistles too. I notice it at 4k but below that it doesn't.
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    mine doesn't whistle at high rpms. It seems that if i dog the engine any bit that mine whistles. THat's strange that yours does it when you are at a high tach range.
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    i have a K&N filter. mine dosent whisle. i think the ones that do are the ones that have the intake ability in the center. like my K&N filter it only on the sides and its blocked off in the front. id try to show piks of the difference but dont know how to.
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    are you sure the whistle sound you guys hear isn't the sound of it sucking air. Mine has a strong sucking sound even at idle, you can hear it really well for about a second right when you shut the car off.

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    Mine does. Back your idle screw off a bit then see if it does it.
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    I know that it is the normal air being sucked but it is fun playing around with them and see if they can figure it out. I get tired of answer the same question over and over again, then I got tired of giving people crap for asking a question that has been answered 1 billion times, so now I sit make and watch and have a little fun!
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    guys i think its TB noise, if you take off the hose and filter and ran the TB with nothing on it youd hear it even louder... try it
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