1. most of these things suck air from behind the radiator, so they're
not "cold air" at all.

2. they're made of nice heat retaining aluminum too.  again, not much
"cold air" associated with a nice hot engine-warmed metal pipe.

3. on a modern fuel injected car, fuel mix is determined by the oxygen
sensor.  "adding more air" isn't going to change that.

4. inferior air filtration decreases engine life.

5. unless the 02 civic is like a 5.7l durango trying to suck air through
an inlet smaller than a golf ball, you're really not going to notice
much difference in any thing other than the noise it lets you hear - and
that will be considerable.

bottom line, if you want to increase power, worry about the cam and the
header.  and spend your money on iridium plugs and coiled core plug
leads before the intake too.

02civic <whiskers0130@aol.com> wrote in news:1184381071.281891.192920
@n60g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

You would need to put your car on a dyno in order to sense any power
increase above the psychosomatic.

Your worry of hydrolock is a real one. Hydrolocks DO happen all the time
with CAI's. Hydrolock destroys engines.