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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 03:47 AM
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what you guys think about racing beat intake sysytem?

is that worth money? around $350bucks...
will it make me feel an increase of torque and horsepower? and some better fuel efficency?
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 04:33 AM
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not the right section for this but i would say that its on my top 3 intake choices
1 being aem and 2 being injen
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 04:34 AM
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Racing Beat you say ? Don't think any of our members has ever tried that one .
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 04:40 AM
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you again?! geeezis christ...how old are you?
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 06:16 AM
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The search button works all day long

ALL/MOST aftermarket parts and accessories are SUBJECTIVE........

But RB intake with Duct is one of the best available.

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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 06:23 AM
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I own the RB Intake and Ram duct, it was one of the first things I did when I bought the car in 2005.

As far as HP and fuel efficiency - it did nothing really (but how do feel 3 hp if that ... who knows?)

I always liked the way it looked, especially over the AEM and Mazdaspeed intake (bleh).
But now that BHR has a whole kit to make the intake area look good I would consider that ..... ...

However you have to remember that on any of these systems if you want to clean the air filter its a lot more work than stock.....

I think if I was to do it all over again, I would just buy the K&N flat panel replacement.
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 07:31 AM
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Racing Beat you say ? Don't think any of our members has ever tried that one .
It must be some kind of ebay thing, I don't think i've ever read about that intake using the search function here as well!
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 11:32 AM
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I agree with WCS 100%
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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It's fun to buy and install, but as to worth it....??? .. there is little engine related that's 'worth it' if you are looking for more power on an RX-8 outside of...a CAT delete combined with an ECU reflash/mod to take advantage of it or FI.

That being said, I think the RAM duct is useful as is possible to be if you track the car where the +90mph speed actually can help with some colder airflow to the engine. And of course getting rid of the stupid V-FAD helps some with power delivery across the RPM range (but not power increase).
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