Broke down and ordered one from a dealer up in NY state . With an 11% discount for being a new customer, with shipping it was the same price as the ebay store one, so that's about the cheapest AEM intake I have found. I spoke with a few peeps and with the performance shop I stop into every now and then, and he actually recommended I go with the AEM. It should be here tomorrow.

I hope to have it in by the weekend so I can post any mileage change within the next week.

I still have some pennies to save up but the next big ticket item is a cat-back. I look forward to seeing the numbers after these two mods. Right now, as is, I'm getting 26-28 with AC, 27-29 without AC. But I drive it like I stole it so your numbers may be different.

any longer term updates on fuel economy?

still considering an aem sri, but only if increased highway mileage justifies buying it.

i installed my sri 1 week now.
great sound, huge increase in response, and abit increase in mileage

consider all the factor..its a great buy and a must have for any accent owners

My increase was 1-2 mpg (with cat back exhaust too), but with the significant increase in performance, I say it was waaay worth it!! (Keep in mind I drive like a maniac :whistling: )

even the decision to buy my accent was based on cost, not performance.
(should be fairly obvious, considering it's got 110hp etc)

additions to it, for the time being, will be to further decrease costs in the long run.

if i could see a 2mpg increase in fuel economy, 34-36mpg, assuming i cover the same # of miles/month as the first month of ownership (3000) and a cost of 3.30/gallon for gas (likely higher, as that's washington state pricing & i'll have to fill up here in bc, canada, at about 4.10/gallon sometimes & gas prices will likely keep rising...) it'll take approx 15months to pay itself off in fuel savings, 30 if it only nets 1mpg increase.

the added performance is a nice bonus, i guess.

hrmmm... might buy one. gotta see what's left after christmas shopping this year... might have to wait until the new year, or until i sell my other car - whichever comes first.

ewing
for straight economy ...which some performance will come with some of these mods.........

SRI
Header
exhaust
synthetic oil(yes i recommend amsoil)(flame suit on.... :whistling: )
iridium plugs
synthetic tranny fluid
tint the windows(so you dont have to use the a/c as much..it sucks up gas fast)
check your tire pressure at least once a week!! best time is in the morning, or before you leave work(tires should be cold when checking!)
get cruise control
follow maitntence program

these will help economy and keep costs down

Follow Maintence program - Except the oil change intervals, With Amsoil those will double to 7500 miles.

Well... uh... so you guys know... for those of us who waited (in my case just took out the airbox and bolted on a high flow filter...) and were'nt willing to pay ridiculous ammounts of money for a pipe... i've got good news...

http://www.streetkiaz.com/streetkiazx/modu...=11679&forum=72


Yyyyeah kia-fx are about to put this into production... lol



Ya know though....? I know everyone bought their accents for different reasons... & I'll be honest, I probably bought mine for the same reason u guys did... but Im just curious, is there anyone out there with the current intentions I have?

My intention is to take the G4ED... Our motor, use every rescource I can find... prove it to be the next B-16 (honda guys will get that) And pioneer this car into the full fledged tuning and racing field... the complaints that people have about a lack of parts for our cars, is due to them not having a commonly tuned car... my mission is to fix this problem... and under-dog my way into speed...

Come-on theres gotta be SOMEONE else out there who doesn't lose sleep over bad gas mileage.....

This post has been edited by SaphusGS: Nov 16 2007, 12:07 AM

Dude I think KFX is about to get a call from AEM, That was a AEM intake for the Hyundai Accents. As for what I'm willing to do to the car. I do anythign that give performance, but has to be reliable.

yea buying hyundai parts isnt so bad..just go ebay and not from local dealers.
i bought SRI and strut bar from ebay(genuine hyundai parts) and its almost 1/2 price lol

i don't lose sleep over it... just money.

those tuning a car for speed probably don't drive the 4800kms/3000miles per month that i do.

I only lose sleep over the fact that I can't go faster. LOL screw gas milage even burnign as much as I do I still burn less than a V6 or V8

finally I installed mine and had no issues :banana:

i also installed my strut bar






yup on a 1.4L

execuse my ignorance, but what does a strut bar do?

It's supposed to tie the front struts together, causing the force to be more even distributed across the chassis, so when you're going 300 mph in your Accent turning hard into a corner on a race track, it doesn't flex as much.

stiffens up the front end by connecting the 2 strut towers together. Should help with rolling and tighten up handling a bit.

Thank God for old threads!!!!LOL Increases the stability of the front end .......STIFF.STIFF!!!!!!

Well, it might help a little at 150 too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grin.gif)

I agree that you may or may not feel the difference, but on other cars i've had it seemed to make a small improvement. Always possible that kind of thing is all in my head though.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOIt Must Be Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IDK, I feel like it has helped a lot. I can corner much faster (like on freeway exits and entrances) and still feel under control of the car. It felt like night and day when I did it. When I rented an Accent, I could totally tell the difference. Even my wife (who could care less about stuff like this) noticed immediately and corners faster.