I just bought and installed the new intake from K&N on my A/T 8. If there are any of you out there that are looking to buy it it is worth it. It took me about an hour to install and it was not hard to do at all. You don't really hear the intake until around 3000-3500 rpms. It has a real nice deep sound to it and it makes the car sound like a ricer. It also makes the car more responsive. It is well worth the money if you are looking for your car to sound nicer and feel nicer.

It has a real nice deep sound to it and it makes the car sound like a ricer..

umm...did you mean to say nicer and not ricer? No offense, but rice equals bad to most of us. There are better adjectives out there... :rolleyes:

hmmm. I have a 4AT and thought about buying this new intake. I wanna deeper growl to my car. Does your car idle rough or anything? From what i hear, the last typhoon wasn't all that great.

how much
and where did you get it from?

I don't know where snipaz2420 go it from, but i know that you can get it off of ebay for pretty cheap.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-K-N-KN-69-6030-1TFK-Typhoon-MAZDA-RX-8-1-3L-R2_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ38634QQitemZ79961484 17QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

im really waiting for someone to post up some real reviews or video clips of this...

i am REALLY leaning towards this than a REVI because of the fact that the bumper doesnt have to be removed for installation.....

I'm pretty sure the filter is included. 69-6030-1TFK is the part number for the new intake system on K&N's website. Yeah, I'm really considering gettin this or the REVI too. If this K&N doesn't lose you power like the old one, I just might get it. lol

I think I will buy at $210 if there are no surprises. I pulled my question just before I read your answer. I hope you are right. I sent seller an emai.

LOL. well, good luck. If you get it, let us know how it is!!! :D

I screwed up on auction. I tried to buy Intake about 2 minutes after auction stopped. $210 for intake had my attention plus good things said about second K & N attempt at intake. I would think seller list again and I will be ready this time.

I did not screw up. Auction was suposed to last until Sept. 02. Did anyone here buy for $210?

im really waiting for someone to post up some real reviews or video clips of this...

i am REALLY leaning towards this than a REVI because of the fact that the bumper doesnt have to be removed for installation.....


performance-wise, youre probably better off removing the bumper either way (it's not really that hard to do, takes maybe 30 minutes the first time, and about 10 mins once you learn the drill), to get the VFAD ducting out of the way of the front air hole. This increases the size of the opening into the front bumper cavity through which outside sir would flow into the intake.

Unless you're looking for bigger noise, I'd personally reccomend the Revi (I've got the Revi, which replaced a previous generation typhoon with heat shield).

The difference in the top end isn't really noticable on the street (I've heard rumors that with the stock ecu it's almost impossible to get the butterfly valve in the throttle all the way open, which can reduce the gains from an intake), but the Revi is less of a dog in the 3k-4k RPM range. That issue may not still be a factor with this new typhoon design.

Also, if you've got an AT then you obviously won't see any gains in the 7500-9k RPM band regardless of which intake you use.

I dont want an intake that SOUNDS nicer, or FEELS nicer...i want want that PROVES GAINS. i could care less that it 'sounds so awesome at 3500 RPMs'. if that sort of thing made me wet i'd be driving a Civic Si.

i got it from vividracing.com for$280. the car idles pretty smooth still

and if you are looking for a deep growl you will definitely get it with this intake

and i made a mistake with my discription. you dont only hear the intkae at 3500 rpms. if you are drving the car in the city you only really hear until it is reved to 3000 but if you give the car gas you will hear it as soon as u hit the gas

cool. thanks snipaz. i think i'll get one when that ebay seller puts another one up.

is this intake really loud like the 1st generation Typhoons though?

i dont want a loud ass intake thats for sure...

I dont want an intake that SOUNDS nicer, or FEELS nicer...i want want that PROVES GAINS. i could care less that it 'sounds so awesome at 3500 RPMs'. if that sort of thing made me wet i'd be driving a Civic Si.


yeah thats cause dyno numbers are all that matter who cares how the car feels we all want to be dyno queens. :rolleyes:


personally i'd rather gain 1 whp and have the car feel GREAT than gain 20 peak hp and have a spikey power curve

thats why when i had my focus i paid 265 for a t body and loved every minute of it
1 whp but ungodly throttle response

Ill post pics of mine
I plan on getting it within a week or so

can someone who has this please post a sound clip or something?

yeah thats cause dyno numbers are all that matter who cares how the car feels we all want to be dyno queens. :rolleyes:


personally i'd rather gain 1 whp and have the car feel GREAT than gain 20 peak hp and have a spikey power curve

thats why when i had my focus i paid 265 for a t body and loved every minute of it
1 whp but ungodly throttle response

sure :rolleyes: not sure how a car feels GREAT if it's not proving any gains? maybe it works that way on your Ford Focus? :p didn't realize you got such improvements such as 'ungodly throttle response' from adding an intake! you would surely make some great friends on the Honda Civic forums....

mugatu
you wouldnt make friends on ANY forum

mugatu
you wouldnt make friends on ANY forum

wow that's great
thanks for the input

keep those posts coming
you need to make up for those 2,000 posts you lost!

not really
I just wanted you to know

maybe you can act out again and get banned

not really
I just wanted you to know

maybe you can act out again and get banned

you wish :p

actually it was a throttle body but anyway. you know every post i've seen you reply to you've said nothing positive about these cars why don;t you just drive your car around do no upgrades and be happy. and all of us will just waste our money till we find something that makes our cars faster that way you can sit back and laugh it all up. hey if you're really lucky we'll find nothing at all and you would have been right all along yay for you but untill than why dont; you just keep your mouth shut cause noone wants to hear you.

I got the intake yesterday
and I will install tomorrow

Intake is on and Im happy with it.
It feels better off the line and at high rpms
also its not as loud as the old version

Did you buy at Ebay for $210 last week? I was ready to buy but did one last research and when I returned the auction was pulled. The seller told me he would have more this week but I have not found them yet. So far so good?

sound clips would be nice =] oh and a dyno !

Hemmingway

I really like this intake

sorry I dont plan on doing any dyno and I dont know how to do a sound clip
but it sounds almost just like the first intake
not as loud though

Oh and I got in here in cali not on ebay

Hey Mikeb. Did the intake come with a CARB sticker?

Hemmingway

I really like this intake

sorry I dont plan on doing any dyno and I dont know how to do a sound clip
but it sounds almost just like the first intake
not as loud though

Oh and I got in here in cali not on ebay


where did you buy it from?

A local speed shop here in cali

I am getting ready to record a sound clip here in about a half hour. I need my batteries to charge up first.

Sound and video here
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=71142

I kinda like how it looks like.

it looks and feels better than the first system
thank god

I bought K & N Intake on Ebay this afternoon. Auction lasted eight minutes from start until I bought, paid, and auction ended. My intake has been shipped already. Road Runner- performance is the seller. I am impressed, very impressed so far. I paid $225 including shipping. To be clear it is the new intake and not the old one.

I got mine from vividracing. This is the first major mod that I made to my car. I have to say that after installation, I like my 8 even more. It almost feel like that feeling I got when I first drove it from the dealer.

Doesn't it still suck hot air like the first one??

Doesn't it still suck hot air like the first one??

No. There is a heat shield and it is aimed at the opening behind the front bumper.

has anyone actually dynoed this intake?

I'm going to do a baseline with the stock, OLD K&N and New K&N. It'll be a few weeks still. My club is having a dyno day.

I'm going to do a baseline with the stock, OLD K&N and New K&N. It'll be a few weeks still. My club is having a dyno day.

awesome. it would be nice to see if this intake has any actual gains. it sounds pretty awesome in your car. anyone in your club have an A/T they're gonna dyno? it would be cool to see how it is on the A/T.

I saw a post on another forum with the typhoon system older one actual gained 4 horsepower

ok..i am new to all this so bear with me :) will this affect the warranty on any part of the car? also it sounds like u guys are putting this stuff on yourself...if i am not so car friendly, how much would it cost for me to have it installed proffesionally?...thx!

I have the same question Mike does as far as the warranty. I got a Mazda Certified used car warranty, so I have 5-years bumper-to-bumper that I dont want to void out. But I'd love to do something like this to my car, even though like MIke, I'm not all that car-saavy (though I want to be hehe)

http://www.knfilters.com/search/product.aspx?Prod=69-6030-1TFK

If you click on installation instruction sheet, you can determine if it is too hard for yourself. I dont think it should be too hard to do it yourself. The instructions look pretty detailed.

But if ya can't it, I dunno how much it would cost. You could try callin a few shops in your area and see how much they'd charge. I'd imagine they would just charge their hourly labor.

As for the warrenty, I would imagine that it wouldn't void it. If something does go wrong, they'd have to determine that you air intake caused it before they can void it, but I hear Mazda is voiding warrenties for bs reasons. If I had an intake, I would just take it off before taking my car in just to be safe

Theres also a dyno sheet on that page to prove their gains with the intake, but then anyone can fake a dyno sheet....

There are so many different opinions about this. The old typhoon systems everyone liked ,now they don't. revi's are great but not very loud or bling. I all depends on what you like. I hate K&N only because thier service is horrible(but still have one cause I like the sound). Keep in mind no intake has yet to show any real gain. If you need help installing it I am sure we can get someone on the forum who is close by to help you out. I have meet some really great people on this forum that way.

I saw the magazine ad and was skeptical about the claimed 10 HP gain. I questioned K&N, and they sent me this link (please forgive me if you've already seen this):

http://www.kandn.com/dynocharts/69-6030-1TFK.pdf

The +10 HP is at 8500 RPM; increases appear to be much smaller throughout the rest of the rev range.

Interestingly, the charts show two dips in power around 6700 and 7700 RPM. I got my RX in July, the only complaint I have so far is the flat spots around those RPMs.

that is the the 3 stage intake shifting i dunno exactly how it works but most dyno's show the secondary injectors commming in than the intake stages switching

So how many people have this intake now? Anyone not happy with it and why?

I got it and like it a lot. Not only becuase it looks and sounds good, but because I can feel the difference.

Does anyones vacuum hoses touch the alternator?
The two lower ones of mine do and I know that alternator gets pretty hot.
Think I should zip tie em away from the alternator or something?

mine touch. No problems so far.

This intake rocks!!!!

It definatly pulls harder and the noise is not so bad.

Need Help!!!

I just installed the new K&N intake and it makes A LOT!! of noise under the hood, especially from 7 1/2 rpm and up. It's sounds good, but it's almost like I have a city block's attention when I want to open it up. Does anyone else feel this way about this intake?

Second question: Can you hear a loud hissing noise from idle with the hood down? This is my first mod ever and im kinda skeptical.

Don't worry. All intakes make noise. some more than others.

I personally think that this one makes a bit more noise than other K&N intakes that I've heard. I haven't heard any other intakes for the RX-8 but people are saying this new one is quieter than the old one. You do have the new one right? lol

That loud hissing is the just the intake sucking in air through the filter and is normal.

why not just enjoy the sound it sounds mean and gives your car some personality.

Ya the car sounds mean, but I think that the bark is bigger than the bite. I did reserch on this intake vs purchasing the revi intake that the new K&N fixed all the bugs from the old versian plus, a 10hp increase at 8500rpm. I must say, now that it is installed, I don't even feel better throttle response.

Here is my two cents if it is worth it to anyone: It looks great installed in the car. It sounds great exept for it being 20 - 30% louder than I would expect it to be. I still haven't felt any performance gains, but put it on yesterday so ill not draw too soon of a conclusion. I am a person to purchase things that are function driven. If all I wanted is the sound, I would have put in a cheap fart can.

Next mod stages for me are cat back and headers, but with those parts added to this K&N, ill be looking for trouble. Well see. :cool:

damn that sux bought no performance but i do have to give it to mazda for tweaking the engine very well i guess the zaust and the tuning is the only way to make some good power
cept for possibly some porting

Does anyone with this intake have abnormal ambient temp readings on the dash? Since I've installed this, the ambient temp is higher than what it should be. I mean, it was reading 90 degrees last night and there was no way its 90 degrees out.
Also, when my engine gets hot, it gets sluggish and the intake makes a kind of gurgling noise. I never heard it before. Maybe because the stock intake is quiet, the K&N sure does a good job at amplifying the noise. Help anyone?

My K&N is quiet untill I put my foot down and then it sounds healthy. Not to loud at all. I have one screw in canister clip but canister is many inches away from clip now. I have a new hose on oil filler because old hose is at least two inches to short now. I rode home from work yesterday and it was 90%. I had sunroof open and window down as it was comfortable. It was probable one of our rare low humidity days though.

my K&N starts to blog or make noise sometimes at higher rpms

can you describe that noise mikeb? mine isn't as much at high RPMS as it is at full throttle when the engine is hot

the noise for me is only at high rpm
it sounds like its gargling

mine makes that noise too
maybe its just the 4-port engine...

anyone else with an intake experience this?

Yo showoff, any dyno results yet?

mine makes that noise too
maybe its just the 4-port engine...

anyone else with an intake experience this?

mine doesn't gargle at all...I got the 6spd tho.

Damn u guys, now im gonna have to go get one. I want to try and install it myself, but ive never done anything more than putting oil in...o and my clear corners lol. Would I be better off getting it installed professionally?

O and btw, does anyone with an AT feel a difference? Is it worth it?

Install was simple. You just unbolt the stock one and bolt this one in. The only thing that took any effort was pulling the stock airbox out. Took a bit of force, but not too bad.

As for difference, I don't really feel any difference. I don't think any intake will really make a difference. It sounds hella nice though :D!

i am REALLY leaning towards this than a REVI because of the fact that the bumper doesnt have to be removed for installation.....

actually my REVI was installed without removing the bumper :)

Does anyones vacuum hoses touch the alternator?
The two lower ones of mine do and I know that alternator gets pretty hot.
Think I should zip tie em away from the alternator or something?

i think you should zip tie em away from the alternator :)

Here is a clip of an 8 with the new K&N intake (not my car).

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.aspx?fileid=B04BAFA1-013C-463D-8359-B7D5008C5948&kw=11&p=6

Intake is on and Im happy with it.
It feels better off the line and at high rpms
also its not as loud as the old version

AWW, a good review from sa reliable source. Now I want it more than ever! YOU BASTARD!

Here is a clip of an 8 with the new K&N intake (not my car).

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.aspx?fileid=B04BAFA1-013C-463D-8359-B7D5008C5948&kw=11&p=6

:shocked: is that ALL intake or is there an exhaust too?

Trying to get as much of a response as possible but does anyone know if the new filter will fit the old intake housing?

I have a thread here: http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=76397

Does anyone have dyno results yet?
If not, and this is a looks and sound thing... can you get it in any finish besides black? I have an add from K&N that shows it in chrome, but all of the sites that I see it for sale have it listed as flat black.
Oh by the way this is only my second post, first forum. I signed on a couple of months ago but busy schedule. Point being... I must start out the right way...I just can't resist...Mugato, I hope that you have a nice day. Smile, breathe deep and relax.

Trying to get as much of a response as possible but does anyone know if the new filter will fit the old intake housing?

I have a thread here: http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=76397


somebody posted "no, they are different" in another thread here somehwere

:shocked: is that ALL intake or is there an exhaust too?


:confused: it looked and sounded almost stock to me, he could have at least tried not to do a head-on with the SUV coming down the street, gave that other driver a scare for sure :rolleyes: