Spectre Universal SRI (8219)

[SeanXtec]

So in less than one day, this thread has been reduced to presuming what other people know based on nothing, cherry-picking quotes that were simplified for the sake of the reader in the first place, and nitpicking about what someone doesn't know and already admitted, while admitting holes in one's own knowledge.

Basically, yes.

I came here willing to share knowledge as I gained it, and was willing to be corrected in a helpful and informative manner, but I find myself being called an arrogant, know-it-all high-schooler because I gave a somewhat sharp retort.

Lesson? Don't be an a** hole.

 

[Russianred]

I'm not a mean guy. At first, I thought you were okay, but now - frankly, I don't like your attitude.

I'll take engineering advice from my current job from now on, thanks.

I will be thankfully relieved if you did that from now on. Reinventing the wheel is not something we do here.

And this must be a MAF sensor or something. The Haynes manual sucks.

If you're looking at the Haynes manual, and you can't figure out if that's the sensor or not, go learn how to read buddy. The Haynes manual definitely does not suck.

Russian: You don't think I've already considered that? First of all, the filter's too long for that.

No I don't think you have considered it correctly. From your mock-up, even if the pipe is a bit too long to flip it, the angle if it were 'flipped' would be correct for the filter and you can use your mighty Cutco knife to trim the longer part of the tube, attach cut end to TB, and make filter fit.

Second, and foremost, you think I should install the breather hose in front of the airflow sensor. You want me to put something that spews oil fumes in front of a sensor that determines how much oxygen is reaching my engine?
Look at picture number three. The tube closest to the intake manifold is the breather tube. The one further away is the airflow sensor.
Now, if you have any knowledge or experience with the V6 engine (that your Accord does not seem to have,) please do share. Preferably in a reasonable and helpful manner.

• I hope your tranny dies on you son, because you like talking too much sh1t without enough brains.

• Presuming your engine is working properly in regards to vacuum, the breather hose should be sucking air into it, and not spewing out fumes from the crankcase. That's the whole premise behind the I4/V6 vacuum system. On the other hand if your engine is f*cked, then yeah have fun degreasing your SRI, TB, and sensor .

• Placement of that grommet for the sensor should play no role in the ECU reading it - air is air! Unless you have the problem mentioned in the previous paragraph - but then you have much more to worry about.

 

[swollen_cu]

this is such a waste of your time.. get something that fits your car! you were wayyy better off with an ebay intake and it would have costed you less time and money in the end.

 

[finch13]

So in less than one day, this thread has been reduced to presuming what other people know based on nothing, cherry-picking quotes that were simplified for the sake of the reader in the first place, and nitpicking about what someone doesn't know and already admitted, while admitting holes in one's own knowledge.

I came here willing to share knowledge as I gained it, and was willing to be corrected in a helpful and informative manner, but I find myself being called an arrogant, know-it-all high-schooler because I gave a somewhat sharp retort.

I'll take engineering advice from my current job from now on, thanks.

Okay, throughout this entire thread I've realized these things:

You are definitely an engineer. I work with many engineers daily, and my guess is you do some sort of consulting engineering, not actual engineering. See, an actual engineer uses tried and true knowledge to find the most efficient and cost effective method of producing the desired end result. On the other hand, a consultant engineer loves to make money by "consulting" their clients to reinvent the wheel, waste time, waste money on useless products without actual know-how of how the product actually functions. This thread is proof.

We hired an "engineer" at our company last year with a consulting background. He was gone within two weeks.

You are wasting our time and you time, buy the f*cking intake and put it on. It doesn't hurt to buy one that's tried and true and engineered to work correctly.

 

[HondaLuver83]

I like where this is going.....

 

[mr. smith]

what i would recommend, if i may, for anyone with the "engineer" in them would be the spectre kit that you can build yourself. that way you can built it how u want it with minimal set backs such as tapping for vaccums and breathers. work just like any other basic intake system with the same pros and cons. although with this u have the satisfation of saying u did it yourself i guess.thats what i have, nikita has seen it.

 

[ryan s]

i look at a lot of things in the "time vs money" context, even though i dont have a lot of money.

this is one of those situations where my time would be better spent doing something else.

sometimes, it just amazes me how much time people will blow/waste/fritter away and in the end, only save a couple bucks. it would be like setting out to make a strut tower bar exactly like the oem tl-s (about $60 shipped) but then having to source the material, measure, test fit, weld, prep, paint, etc. you could probably do it in about 5 hours and with $30 worth of materials, but why?

 

[mr. smith]

Well to some ppl the satisfation of doing something yourself is more rewarding and that's respectable...

 

[ryan s]

i understand the point of saying "i did it myself"...ive cleaned and re-sealed all my vintage cameras...even fixed a stuck film wind/shutter in another.

for a complete CLA (clean, lube, adjust), ill leave that to the pros.

 

[TheHunter]

I want to just see the final outcome of this, seems like he's going to do a lot of work to get it done. Good luck...