Mugen Intake Install


i took the bumper off and still found it very fiderly to fit,


but at the end the note in vtec makes up for your time spent fitting!
 
my first ek9 had the mugen fitted already, i then exstracted the damaged stack after the accident and repaired it and fitted to replacement ek9, the j's racing slug was sold on ebay for 75 quid, between those 2 it deffo makes a big difference, and between a 5zigen complete exhaust( bloody loud) and the now 5zigen top fuel exhaust the vtec not and throttle response is brilliant, not sure it worth over 300 quid but came with my car so glad i kept it.
 
Old post but since it's a sticky and all of the original pics are missing/wrong I thought that I'd update with some pics from my install the other day just for reference. If the original pics can be fixed that would be best.
P.S. Please excuse the severely dirty bay... it's been a wet Winter. It will be getting it's Spring cleaning very soon.
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ImmortalOne said:
Old post but since it's a sticky and all of the original pics are missing/wrong I thought that I'd update with some pics from my install the other day just for reference. If the original pics can be fixed that would be best.
P.S. Please excuse the severely dirty bay... it's been a wet Winter. It will be getting it's Spring cleaning very soon.View attachment 33448
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I thought the round heat shield is there to cover the hole preventing engine heat flows in?
 
A 10mm rachet spanner makes attaching the main body of the intake alot easier. The circular sheet is a splash guard as far as i was aware.
 
I initially thought that it was meant to seal the bay hole too but once installed per the instructions it's clear to see that it's meant to keep water from draining into the intake entrance from the hole and the headlight area. I have thought of sealing up the bay hole, mainly for cosmetics... though I do wonder if it would create too much air pressure between the bumper and the inner fender liner, enough to maybe push the liner down?

Yes, a ratcheting wrench is definitely the way to go... the rear most bolt is extremely tight clearance. It was even more fun using the stainless button head allen drives that I used;).
 
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