can an intake cause a loss in power?

[silver]

Originally posted by trabadoor22
ok thanks. i guess ill just try to reset the ecu, it cant hurt to try. im not sure whats going on, i was reading in a magazine where they tested a bunch of intakes, injen being one of them on an acura rsx which i believe has pretty much the same engine as my car. out of all the short rams they tested the injen did the best with something like 9hp gain and around 5 foot pounds of torque. that seems on the high side, but i didnt think i would loose power. who know's maybe when i get an exhaust things will get straitened out.

they dynoed the type-s, you have the normal rsx motor. a short ram will give more top end compared to a cai which will give more low end.