HKS Racing Suction Intake Installed!
12-05-2004, 03:33 AM
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Originally Posted by EZZY
come by one day on your day off, we will go for a drive and take a moving shot with my cybershot, i can download it and host it on my server :D
12-05-2004, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by nojooc
Thanks....... don't you have the same one?
12-05-2004, 03:53 AM
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nojooc,
The 8 looks great with the wheels and the zorst sounds cool. I saw you 1 week ago, I was on the HumeHWY Chullorra heading towards Bankstown, having some fun with a white ZR Celica off the lights.
HKS intake looks great,should dyno your car at Daves from SAS,he's working on some ECU stuff for the RX8.
I dynoed the car stock & with a High Flo Cat so he can have some base curves.
The 8 looks great with the wheels and the zorst sounds cool. I saw you 1 week ago, I was on the HumeHWY Chullorra heading towards Bankstown, having some fun with a white ZR Celica off the lights.
HKS intake looks great,should dyno your car at Daves from SAS,he's working on some ECU stuff for the RX8.
I dynoed the car stock & with a High Flo Cat so he can have some base curves.
12-05-2004, 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by NRVOUS
I saw you 1 week ago, I was on the HumeHWY Chullorra heading towards Bankstown, having some fun with a white ZR Celica off the lights.
Yeah, you were kicking the Celica's ***. LOL
12-05-2004, 07:07 AM
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Dats a piece of art IMO. So eager to install it when i first saw it in a local HKS distributor shop.
The price was also $1000SGD. Think should be abt the same as AUD after conversion...
In the end, it was gonna be too huge a hole for me pocket...
Hopefully, they will slash the price soon ya....:D
The price was also $1000SGD. Think should be abt the same as AUD after conversion...
In the end, it was gonna be too huge a hole for me pocket...
Hopefully, they will slash the price soon ya....:D
12-05-2004, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by XDEEDUBBX
you have no idea what you are talking about... you seem a bit bitter...the intake made modest power gains with dyno sheets to back it up... where are you getting your information from?? There are other people in this world that actually would pay money for a higher quality product... I agree that the oem intake is prefectly fine..but the "best engineered system in the world"?? hmmm seems more like an opinion to me...before you go and make bogus statements like that, atleast make it sound like you know what your talking about...
The only way the OEM system could possibly be improved upon is if it made positive pressure in the manifold.
Modest gains? I have yet to see an un-doctored dyno sheet, let alone one that shows a gain beyond the statistical error limit.
What is a modest gain? Did it make more than 15 or 20 HP? Anything less is not worth the trouble IMNSHO, let alone nearly $800 USD. Not even $180 USD (the price of the K&N). 20 HP would equate to a 3 MPH trap speed increase and .2 seconds at absolute best. The 3 - 5 HP claimed by these intake manufacturers are practically unmeasureable.
To make more power, it would have to aleviate a restriction in the intake - something the OEM box just doesn't have.
Aftermarket RX-8 intakes are for looks and sound. If you like that sort of thing, than more power to you.
12-05-2004, 11:33 AM
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My question is why are all the manufacturers making the box air filter style intakes? When is someone going to make a real cold-air intake? I saw a Japanese version one but only works in the JDM rx-8 because our USDM have somekind of extra crash bar or something?
I saw the front of the intake there is an outlet there why does not someone make it extend out to the bumper isntead of a filter in a hot box?
Is that gap in the box made on purpose?
nice looking air filter box though
I saw the front of the intake there is an outlet there why does not someone make it extend out to the bumper isntead of a filter in a hot box?
Is that gap in the box made on purpose?
nice looking air filter box though
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12-05-2004, 12:34 PM
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The OEM box is already hooked up to a duct that runs to a cool air area near the headlight.
I suppose if wanted to, you can drop the pickup into the area in front of the radiator.
Not necessary, though.
The air intake temps in motion are ambient with the OEM setup.
I suppose if wanted to, you can drop the pickup into the area in front of the radiator.
Not necessary, though.
The air intake temps in motion are ambient with the OEM setup.
12-05-2004, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
Your logic is quite convincing. But I digress.
The only way the OEM system could possibly be improved upon is if it made positive pressure in the manifold.
Modest gains? I have yet to see an un-doctored dyno sheet, let alone one that shows a gain beyond the statistical error limit.
What is a modest gain? Did it make more than 15 or 20 HP? Anything less is not worth the trouble IMNSHO, let alone nearly $800 USD. Not even $180 USD (the price of the K&N). 20 HP would equate to a 3 MPH trap speed increase and .2 seconds at absolute best. The 3 - 5 HP claimed by these intake manufacturers are practically unmeasureable.
To make more power, it would have to aleviate a restriction in the intake - something the OEM box just doesn't have.
Aftermarket RX-8 intakes are for looks and sound. If you like that sort of thing, than more power to you.
The only way the OEM system could possibly be improved upon is if it made positive pressure in the manifold.
Modest gains? I have yet to see an un-doctored dyno sheet, let alone one that shows a gain beyond the statistical error limit.
What is a modest gain? Did it make more than 15 or 20 HP? Anything less is not worth the trouble IMNSHO, let alone nearly $800 USD. Not even $180 USD (the price of the K&N). 20 HP would equate to a 3 MPH trap speed increase and .2 seconds at absolute best. The 3 - 5 HP claimed by these intake manufacturers are practically unmeasureable.
To make more power, it would have to aleviate a restriction in the intake - something the OEM box just doesn't have.
Aftermarket RX-8 intakes are for looks and sound. If you like that sort of thing, than more power to you.
again your still not understanding why people purchase this system...everyone on this forum already understands that there is not a whole lot of power to be made with an aftermarket intake system...obviously we are not buying the horsepower (which is your main point) but buying a good quality product...keep in mind we drive $30k+ cars...have you personally seen the k&n intake kit? Look at the build quality it has... and their heat shield?? whats up with that?..I'm sure that big gapping hole around the tube will insulate it...and whats up with idling issues?? "Me" personally i would much rather pay a little more money for something better than for a product of lesser quality... btw heres the dyno sheet..
12-05-2004, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by XDEEDUBBX
again your still not understanding why people purchase this system...everyone on this forum already understands that there is not a whole lot of power to be made with an aftermarket intake system...obviously we are not buying the horsepower (which is your main point) but buying a good quality product...
Originally Posted by XDEEDUBBX
have you personally seen the k&n intake kit? Look at the build quality it has... and their heat shield?? whats up with that?..I'm sure that big gapping hole around the tube will insulate it...and whats up with idling issues??
The heat shield is only a partial one and it does have a rather large opening. Then again, so does the HKS. It is completely open all the way around instead of sealed to the cold air duct like the OEM box.
However, it produces the same net power increase as the HKS - which is to say none.
Originally Posted by XDEEDUBBX
"Me" personally i would much rather pay a little more money for something better than for a product of lesser quality... btw heres the dyno sheet..
Isn't suction the very thing you are trying to eliminate?
12-05-2004, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by nojooc
Just want to clarify that I am in Australia and that's $1000 AUD not USD.
Still bloody expensive though in any currency.
Still bloody expensive though in any currency.
Nice stuff nojooc.... I am sure it sounds great
12-06-2004, 04:17 AM
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Just to clarify my point of view on why I shelled out $1000 for an intake, under no circumstances was I expecting a huge hp gain, I was after the sound.
I could have bought the K&N for less than half the money, but at the end of the day, I like quality and name brand, so I am prepared to pay for it.
It's the same as why some people wear $150 suits, whereas I love Hugo Boss.
Some like $25 champagne whereas I like Cristal, you get my drift?
Mazdamaniac, you could probably put together a turbo setup for my 8 for less than $5k, but would I get it?
Probably not, I would most likely spend $10K for a Greddy setup instead....... no offence to you, but it would make me feel better, the same feeling I get when I wear D&G, Hugo Boss, etc.
I could have bought the K&N for less than half the money, but at the end of the day, I like quality and name brand, so I am prepared to pay for it.
It's the same as why some people wear $150 suits, whereas I love Hugo Boss.
Some like $25 champagne whereas I like Cristal, you get my drift?
Mazdamaniac, you could probably put together a turbo setup for my 8 for less than $5k, but would I get it?
Probably not, I would most likely spend $10K for a Greddy setup instead....... no offence to you, but it would make me feel better, the same feeling I get when I wear D&G, Hugo Boss, etc.
12-06-2004, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by nojooc
Just to clarify my point of view on why I shelled out $1000 for an intake, under no circumstances was I expecting a huge hp gain, I was after the sound.
should we now resurect the rice thread :D
12-06-2004, 05:32 AM
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What I love rice :D .... I really want that Veilside bodykit you know
I know you have taste nojooc... I totally understand your point of view ...
just look at those wheels in your sig
I know you have taste nojooc... I totally understand your point of view ...
just look at those wheels in your sig
12-06-2004, 05:39 AM
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Timbo, depends how you define rich and famous.
I've had at least 4 patients make headline news and not for all the right reasons anyway.
I've had at least 4 patients make headline news and not for all the right reasons anyway.
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12-06-2004, 05:42 AM
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I just reckon, given the display of conspicuous consumption, you should be drumming up business... a few caps, some laminates, a bit of gold.... there's obviously buyers out here! :D
12-06-2004, 05:45 AM
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conspicuous consumption???
Timbo I'm almost at the verge of trying to lose business because I'm too busy and can't find good help. I'm even working 4.5 days a week now, totally against all my principles.
Timbo I'm almost at the verge of trying to lose business because I'm too busy and can't find good help. I'm even working 4.5 days a week now, totally against all my principles.
12-06-2004, 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by nojooc
Probably not, I would most likely spend $10K for a Greddy setup instead....... no offence to you, but it would make me feel better, the same feeling I get when I wear D&G, Hugo Boss, etc.
. I don't find Hugo Boss fit me well and the fibric is a bit blend. I am more into the less obvious goodies - I recently went into a good suit shop and brought 2 suits from Louis Feraud half price, but still cost more than your intake. I found they are the only one that fits me. I probably have a narrower shoulder like the Germans :D
On that note, that is why I chose Fujitsubo exhaust and probably will go for Knight sport supercharger. I still aimed for that HKS oil cooler though. I know I am still not be able to take the "rice king" title off nojooc :D, but I think I am very close