Best "short ram" air intake??
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Most will produce a louder sound (especially if the VFAD and resonance chamber is removed) and too many people presume this as making their cars faster.
Some have proven to reduce HP, even though their site claims "huge" gains.
Only time an intake is going to help produce noticeable gains is when its combined with a midpipe and tuned (like with an AccessPort).
I've had the AEM and currently have the Racing Beat with duct.
Both were fine, but didn't give me noticeable gains, only noise.
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true but i have to pass emissions and a midpipe wont allow that **** tennessee is so strick i dont know if hi flow cats will either haha idc about noise or really a huge hp gain cuz im keeping my car n/a indefinatly all im doing is intake pulleys exhaust and some springs but either way thanks for the harsh criticism haha if you end up selling your duct sometime im here to buy parts
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what about the weponr dragon intake i am still new and havent figured out this rotory yet so any help is nice im looking into a weponr dragon or the neo any info on these two would be nice
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Yes, please get the Weapon-R Dragon Intake, you will not be disappointed. In fact, I am using it on my car along with the electric-turbonator. I dyno'd it today and I got 343whp from just the two of them. All I need now are those chips from ebay and I'll be hitting the 500whp mark.
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and is a true Ram-Air Cold Air Intake, **receiving pressurized air into a fully sealed air box from outside of the super heated engine compartment. (Most intake systems are just a cone filter and pipe which grab hot air from around the radiator and the engine
With that said, the AEM CAI is located in front of the radiator, so hot air from the radiator isn't an issue. You can monitor your air intake temps using an accessport or scanguage2 to verify.
Anyone who is even slightly worried about hot air, won't be looking at short intakes that sit inside the engine bay. Especially if you remove any of the undertrays.
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Im running the RacingBeat intake with the air duct....and the only difference that i feel..or matter a fact i hear ...is that the RacingBeat intake is just a bit more louder and Raspy than the stock...yes is does pull in more cool air and keeps it a bit cooler......but i dont think there is any significant gains with this product...just an upgraded version of the cone inside of the stock airbox... other than that....i think its a pretty good product for the rx-8.....
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