Question regarding Air filter
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Question regarding Air filter
Hi everyone - I asked a few questions yesterday because I am just about to purchase an '04 RX8 231PS. I have another question. This car has a large K&N Air filter on it. The noise when accelerating/revving is very loud. I have been to a Mazda dealer and been out in one and the sound is soft with a wine(almost electric engine sounding mixed with a motorbike engine). However this one is really beefy. The noise is definately coming out the front not the exhaust. Can an air filter really make such a difference in noise? Am I being paranoid thinking that the engine sounds too loud compared to a standard one with no air filter mods - or is that normal, and if I were to just put in the standard air filter box then it will sound normal?
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Hi everyone - I asked a few questions yesterday because I am just about to purchase an '04 RX8 231PS. I have another question. This car has a large K&N Air filter on it. The noise when accelerating/revving is very loud. I have been to a Mazda dealer and been out in one and the sound is soft with a wine(almost electric engine sounding mixed with a motorbike engine). However this one is really beefy. The noise is definately coming out the front not the exhaust. Can an air filter really make such a difference in noise? Am I being paranoid thinking that the engine sounds too loud compared to a standard one with no air filter mods - or is that normal, and if I were to just put in the standard air filter box then it will sound normal?
Thanks for all the advice.
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air filter or air intake? the filter doesn't change the sound although many claim it does. i dropped it in and like the fact you can clean, oil, and be done with it rather than replacing every time but that's about it.
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Air filter or Air intake. Not 100% sure. Basically the standard box is not there, instead there is a red pipe going into engine, and then attatched to the pipe is a huge cone shaped filter (K&N)! I am sure that is what is making the noise. But what I am confused about is how just that piece of equipment can make the sound so different to the normal sound. I guess thats normal with a large filter/intake.
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Air filter or Air intake. Not 100% sure. Basically the standard box is not there, instead there is a red pipe going into engine, and then attatched to the pipe is a huge cone shaped filter (K&N)! I am sure that is what is making the noise. But what I am confused about is how just that piece of equipment can make the sound so different to the normal sound. I guess thats normal with a large filter/intake.
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Air filter or Air intake. Not 100% sure. Basically the standard box is not there, instead there is a red pipe going into engine, and then attatched to the pipe is a huge cone shaped filter (K&N)! I am sure that is what is making the noise. But what I am confused about is how just that piece of equipment can make the sound so different to the normal sound. I guess thats normal with a large filter/intake.
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You need to find a stock 8 and take a ride to see if it's really that much louder.
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So, the very loud beefy sound of the engine is normal if you have a K&N cone filter? Because it does not sound like a standard rx8 but louder. Its much deeper!
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