B18C1 swap, what intake to use?

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Hey guys I have a small problem with my swap, the stock intake wont fit anymore because of the GSR manifold being lower than the stock LS… I was thinking of cutting the pipe i have now (ebay intake for 90-93 integra) but i want to know if anyone makes an intake for this swap or if the civic intakes, with one bend, fit better… thanks

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I just cut mine right behind the battery and put a coupling on it

Heres a pic, kinda hard to see but if you follow from the cone filter after that first curve you will see the black coupling

Hope that helps

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thats a good idea… i was just going to put the filter closer in but ill do that… thanks a lot :bowthank:

btw you’re swap looks really clean, good job

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current setup - 92 DB2B18C

using a gs-r AEM CAI with a bypass valve

as follows:

and the bay has been cleaned since - its shiney as a bitch - and i pulled out the cruise module - just dont have updated pics

HTH

~trece

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What if you got a Skunk2 Intake Manifold??? Or a stock Type R one. Would that work? It sits up like the LS manifold.

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Right. That would allow me to use the intake unmodified, but im not going to get one just for that reason right now. Maybe later on.

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If you want to spend the money then get a skunk2 or blox manifold. I’ll be getting one here soon. I don’t know if you tried to put your intake piping on but the fuel filter has to be lowered down some other wise it sits in the way of the pipe. I had a piece of aluminum that came with my dad’s Dodge Ram CAI that was drilled out and used that as a bracket. You can probably do the same and get a small piece of aluminum strip at home depot or lowes and drill some holes. I’m not sure what other people did but check around.

Also make sure you pick up a g3 gsr throttle body cable from acura if your using the gsr throttle body since it opens the opposite way. I think it was around $20 when I picked mine up

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Thanks for the advice, i have one of those strips so i’ll use it if theres a problem with the fuel filter.

Im using a 92-95 civic throttle cable.

Thanks

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would a stock b18c1 intake work?

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This one is great…I had the same exact problem when I did the B18C1 swap. Well for about a week I rolled around with a nylon stocking securely fastened to the throttle body. But I never had the balls to engage Vtec, for obvious reasons. A friend of mine then suggested that I find an aftermarket
B18A1 intake and cut it to size. Well it totally works. Not only does it manage to fit, it sucks in air so well I hear it whistle, it reminds me of like a turbo or something. All I needed to do was buy about 4 couplers and some fasteners and cut the intake, then you adjust to fit.