Agreed.

Put it this way, we're telling you from experience NOT to spend the money on an SAFC cause it will not help much, if any at all...
Seriously, go and ride with someone who has one in a Honda with an intake and exhaust... You will see they are "worthless".

I had one in my EG for like 2 weeks, cause I originally thought it was "cool" and that it would give me extra power (like 3 years ago)... It was from my bro's Galant VR-4 and before he sold it, I just wanted to see what it would do... It did nothing... and after I enriched the fuel trims by more than 10% it would bog out and run like crap... I was in the same shoes as you at the time, and I found out real quick how useless they are... Needless to say, now I'm turbo'ed and I try and explain to younger people that their CAI and exhaust won't do anything, and to save for something that will... Actually, the best is when someone with a modded version of the same car races someone with a stock version, and the stocker wins, then they feel like morons for spending all that money for NOTHING...

Look for yourself, if I recall correctly there was a prelude owner who had I/H/E and realized that his car was far less powerful throughout the powerband after he drove in his friend's stock version... It's on this site...

You are saying you read reviews about them and that noone seemed to think they were useless... You were obviously talking to the wrong people... Most likely marketing or advertising agents who just want you to spend your money... It all comes down to the SAFC being a piggyback, and it can only really adjust ever so slightly the fuel trims. But since you have nothing to help the motor breathe any better, it will only hurt you...

Honestly, you have a Lude, why not keep it close to stock... It's quick anyway, and you're just gonna kill your driveability by trying to adjust your fuel maps that were originally designed by Engineers and countless hours of research & development.

Sell the SAFC and save for the Type-S conversion...
The conversion includes higher compression pistons and different cams...
I'll tell you this is where I'm going with my 97 SH... It has a CAI that came on it after I bought it used, that's it... My next upgrade if anything, is the Type-S conversion, cause it's proven and it's all OEM parts...