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Old 04-26-2009, 09:46 PM
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What's the best cold air intake for the 8?
Hey i'm looking for a lil horsepower upgrade and i figure a cold air intake would do the trick! So at autozone they sell a K&N cold air intake but im not too sure about that. So before i choose to settle on that i'd like everyones advice on which cold air or short RAM intake would be best overall for the rx8
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Old 04-26-2009, 09:51 PM
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k&n is short ram
only true CAI would be AEM/MS

search for the intakes intakes intakes thread.
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Racing Beat hands down.
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there're plenty of threads of intakes, including a compilation thread, i believe

but in short, the stock intake was pretty optimized from the factory. all the intakes give you very very very little return for the buck, and a fair # of 'em are actually worse than stock. the only ones i would personally get are the mazdaspeed or racing beat
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Racing Beat hands down.
racing beat WITH the ram air duct
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Old 04-27-2009, 06:18 AM
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Just to be different.. Odula FTW!
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Old 04-27-2009, 10:32 AM
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The AEM CAI and Mazdaspeed CAI are my favorites.

The Racing Beat with their duct but that is crazy expensive for the complete setup.

We carry all of the above I actually have one left of the AEM CAI.

I have also heard of interesting things with the odula duct as well with some impressive gains.
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Old 04-27-2009, 01:17 PM
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PRM !! they just came out with a new kit for the RX-8

check it out www.prmracing.com

there's also a review thread on this site.
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ummmm - yeah......

i'm gonna need some dyno sheets and more reviews..........
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RB duct with stock airbox(screens and VFAD removed) and a K&N filter
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It all depends on what other mods you have in mind to add in the future or currently have...
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How about the stock airbox mod since most intakes net 1 or2 HP if any alot are know to decrease HP
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I vote for RB air duct, K&N filter, and no baffle walls.
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