RX-8 Carbon-Fiber Charger air intake
 

i noticed you are selling this Simota air intake. is there anyone on the forum that has bought this that can give an opinion on it? Or maybe my search did not pull up a thread right.

Looks interesting and easier to change/clean the filter than a CAI.

Also search Mishimoto Intake.

I have one and it sounds awesome. Might be too loud for some.

Check this vid...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxOHy_Pth3A

When they first introduced the intake it had many problems.

the intake i am referring to is not the mishimoto one that is wide and open at the input at the front.

I found it on ebay for sale by RX8strakes.

here is the Item number: 290296886164
New Simota® Racing Sports carbon-fiber charger air intake system. Includes hardware and instructions.

I read alot of the searche ones about the Mishimoto CF intake. not a good start

Hello,

We have purchased and sold a limited number of the Simota Charger Intakes so far. We have had positive feedback, including a few people who've mentioned seeing an increase in horse power.

Pictures of the Carbon-Fiber Charger Air Intake System
http://www.rx8strakes.com/ebay_produ...n_charger1.jpg

http://www.rx8strakes.com/ebay_produ...n_charger2.jpg

Hope that helps!

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2 years ago,I had the K & N short ram intake (1st gen) on my car, took it off after 6 months because of heat in the engine bay, imo makes it lose performance, esp in the summer, went back to the stock intake with drop in K&N intake. Until today!

This thing is awesome, great sound, great throttle response, does remind me of the short ram intake, however, not as loud. it has a small horn on the front of the intake, of which i am going to duct throuh my front with a flex duct kit. But for now will run it as is.
it was an easy install. all the parts necessary in the box. CF matched my hood and other CF parts. no complaints as of yet, no CEL. Drove around for an hour or so, playing dropping it from 3rd to 2nd at around 4500 rpm, the jump to 8k gives a growl and a throaty roar from under the hood as well as through my RB exhaust.

Thank you Dave, Heather from RX8strakes, I appreciate the quick shipment. will post pics as soon as i convert to smaller images and upload. the next thing i am definitely interested in are the CF side vents you have. the new style ones. hope to be able to order some of those soon.

btw, you are correct, all the parts are included in the kit. I was also very impressed with the quality of the product and how it was built. the aluminum welds looked nice, and all the parts fit perfectly, especially the MAFS mount, it was machined to an exact fit as the oem mount.

one thing I did change was the rubber liner for the bracket. it was blue and did not match my color scheme under the hood. I changed it to black.

power gain
 

did u ever find out how many hp ur rx8 gained after instaling this intake? do u still have it? i'm thinking of gettinng intake to my rx8 but i don't know which one would be the best buy

im sorry but djcharlee, what is the flying monkey mod??? lol

ive been looking into getting an intake, but rx8strakes.com only has 1 intake listed. Do yall have others unlisted? or just stock the REVi intake because its the best lol

I ordered some flying monkey,(like this one http://www.buysuperflymonkey.com/ and after one broke I decided to zip tie him to my rear bumper. Its been on there for 8 months and it still looks good.

Charlee

All of the Simota intakes I have seen have the big carbon fiber box. Anyone scene one of these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=38634

The Round Simota is pretty hot.

Normally the factory RX8 engine cover latches on to the stock intake box. I take it the engine cover cannot be used with the Simota CF intake? Or can it still be used?

I think his sold products are not bad. Had read threads about him on other section and they said it's not bad. Trusted seller.

How Much; I want it!
can it go on to an AT?

I have the round short ram intake version of this. its loud but it's a good sound. It did free up my engine bay and improve breathing(airflow) of the car and have notice better acceleration and low rpm's where it was really needed. so yeah, it does its job as and intake and looks great too.

Are these available for 2009 model?

yes they are. i drive a 2009

available for A/T?

yes of course, that has no affect on the intake compatability

and they are $183.99 shipped from RotaryFX on their Ebay

I have 2006 mazda rx8, i also want to put an air intake
but i dont know all the differences like short ram, and cold air all that???
i drive like 30 miles a day so i dont want my car to brake
so what do you guys recommend

What's the difference between: a) Carbon-Fiber Charger Air Intake System - $159 and b) Carbon-Fiber Aero Form Air Intake System - $269?

thanks

Just ordered my Carbon intake and it should be here by friday!!I'll try to put up a post, possibly with a b4 and after video, but my luck with posting pics on here hasnt been good, so we'll see about the video. O ordered the intake with the carbon funnel, just for reference.

Found it on the manufacturers web site purchased and will let you guys know how it goes. Gotta say that the 300 price range is kinda crazy but love the sound.

Its pretty easy to find on rotaryfx's web site, but looks like ya paid around the same. mine was 285 shipped from them. installing tomorrow if the weather cooperates. super stoked bout the sound of it too, cant wait to get it on.

Yea but I was trying to find the one thats in the video that was posted....my bad guys.

Probably best to keep links to other vendors off of this vendor's own forum.

How does it sound/perform?

Yeah but i was referring to the one thats in that video that was posted thats the one i got. I thought they sold that one but then realized its not even the same one (the one in vid)

wasn't this the one in the vid?
http://www.rotaryfx.com/product_p/per1047.htm

No its not the one in the vid is bigger and the air filter is also much bigger as well. The one in the vid is a umnitza. Thats why it says umnitza simota cf intake.

yes the one that rotaryfx sells is the same as the video. their picture on the website does not do it justice, the thing is huge!! anywho, enjoy!

I know of several people that own this intake for the Mazda 3. Most of them end up ripping it out within a few months and putting back their AEM. Other than the noise and the CF look, it's really not good for much.

^^ what about the funnel version; any reason to think that might be better?

Also, not really fair to compare a regular intake with a CAI.

Not sure, but it looks pretty badass:bigok:

No it is not the same exact intake LMAO :rollingla its the same concept but the one in the video is an umnitza uses a def filter and also a little bigger.

^^^ OK ^^^ YOU WIN!! I bowdown to your infinite wisdom of cold air induction :bowdown: When you posted the other day the pics of the UMNITZA wouldnt even load on their site, but anywho, i dont give a shyt if the one i got isnt the UMNITZA it still sounds wicked.

HAHA yeah as long as I see a little power gain im fine because the sound i amazing:yumyum:.

You should feel a power gain. I had mine out today after i put it in and noticed a substantial difference at lower rpm's and man does this thing growl as you hit 4500 and continues till redline!!!

OOOOOH I cant wait :bluesuit:

The one I have is the Mishimoto, but it sounds exactly the same. You will love it. Some motorcycles do a double take, they think its a bike when it gets up and past 7500 Rpm

I may just have to change my pants if it sounds that good....I miss my r6 but now i can have a car that sounds almost the same muahahaha:eyetwitch

^^ link not working. maybe privacy settings

Heres a quick vid of my Simota intake. I am going to try to get a better vid once the weather is nicer, but this will give ya an idea of what it sounds like just tapping the throttle a bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FVovRJDH5o

Sounds like a beast. How does it sound inside the car while driving?

Sounds mean! Especially up around 6-8K. I am totally pleased with the performance and the sound. Ive had short rams and cold airs on other cars ive owned but none even come close to the aggressiveness of this one. Definitely recommend this if you are considering an aftermarket intake system.

Ok so I got mine in and my car is a 2004. Where you have that one long bracket that you can see in your video I can not find a single place in my engine bay around the intake to even mount that bracket to it. On top of that the paper work that came with mine says 08+ So does that mean the one I got is not for my 04 and if so whats the dang difference lol?

That bracket goes underneath the clamp that secures your stainless intake tube to the factory flex tube. I havent gotten mine adjusted just right yet. As you prob know it is just a mount for the engine cover, but if you're like me you want your engine cover back on. If not just disregard that bracket, that's all it's for. im no expert but i dont believe anything was changed in the rx8 yet since coming into production besides asthetics. Even so, mine is an 05, n i know they didnt change anything from 04 to 05. Hope this helps.

^^^Oh, btw!! You may want to add some kind of rubber bushing to the mounting clamps to absorb some of the vibration. I toojk mine off to have some service work done and noticed some "spiderwebbing" in the gel coat over the carbon on the bottom side of the funnel housing. "BUMMER" So when i remounted it yesterday i added a bushing to each side and bought longer bolts to reach the factory mounts. I am going to buy a sheet of "Di-Noc" to cover the bottom to prevent it from spreading around the sides or to the top.