Notices
Series I Major Horsepower Upgrades This is the place to discuss Super Chargers and Turbos, Nitrous, Porting, etc

would this intake work

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Rate Thread
 
Old 08-29-2005, 08:06 PM
  #1  
Registered User
Thread Starter
 
youngpit's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location:
Posts: 252
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
would this intake work

i am not sure if any one has found this or is using it but i was just wondering if we could use it with the turbo. also i found GReddy Pulley Kit part # 15921500 not sure when they will be out:
Attached Thumbnails would this intake work-new-intake.gif   would this intake work-pulleykit400.jpg  
Old 08-29-2005, 08:09 PM
  #2  
BIU
Registered User
 
BIU's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 1,501
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
turbo or not us 6 spds wont be able to use it because we have twin oil coolers.

Cheers
Old 08-29-2005, 08:09 PM
  #3  
Registered User
 
TRU681's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: bay area,ca
Posts: 471
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Damn thats nasty looking. You sure this is not photoshoped?
Old 08-29-2005, 08:40 PM
  #4  
Registered
 
Speedrx8er's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 558
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
I was thinking about doing that but decided not to. I hate to have to pull the bumper out just to clean or inspect the filter. IT'll also block the the radiator.

Here is my DIY, and you can modify it to make it look your pic..

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-yourself-forum-73/diy-home-made-cold-air-intake-69081/

Last edited by Speedrx8er; 08-29-2005 at 08:44 PM.
Old 08-29-2005, 08:53 PM
  #5  
PingMobile
 
Sapphonica's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Oakland
Posts: 356
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by youngpit
i am not sure if any one has found this or is using it but i was just wondering if we could use it with the turbo. also i found GReddy Pulley Kit part # 15921500 not sure when they will be out:
It'll work just fine with your FI car 'till you drive through a big puddle of water.
Old 08-29-2005, 10:46 PM
  #6  
Storm Trooper
 
Moostafa29's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Freakmont, CA
Posts: 3,908
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by Sapphonica
It'll work just fine with your FI car 'till you drive through a big puddle of water.
It would have to be a really big puddle, like a lake. I know a lot of honda's have cai that mount much lower than that and don't have many problems. You'd have to actually submerge it.
Old 08-29-2005, 11:12 PM
  #7  
PingMobile
 
Sapphonica's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Oakland
Posts: 356
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Are they FI? Water can do nasty things to a spinning compressor.

Originally Posted by Moostafa29
It would have to be a really big puddle, like a lake. I know a lot of honda's have cai that mount much lower than that and don't have many problems. You'd have to actually submerge it.
Old 08-30-2005, 08:46 AM
  #8  
Oil Injection
 
KYLiquid's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 1,672
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
It will not work on North American Spec Cars, since we have twin oil coolers. This intake was made for the models with 1 oil cooler.

As far as HYDRO-Locking the engine, its pretty tuff to do. since water is more heavy than air...if the filter is 50% submerged in water....the air will flow around the water thru the remaining 50%.

Even if its totaly submerged you would have to go WOT or already be at WOT to suck up enough water. Its more likely you will stall the car out before you suck up enough water to do damage. My girlfriend has a CAI on her RSXs and she was driving thru a parking lot in the rain, car went thru a pothole full of water and splashed up...The car stalled out and woudnt restart (just cranked) I pulled out the MAF, blew on it to dry it off, then cranked the motor for a sec and after about 15 secs it fired up, had a bit of a ruff idle for a few mins and blew out some steam from the muffler, but after about 5 mins of idling we drove it around (once it was dry out) and took it up to higher RPM on the freeway...blew all that crap out.

Sure it did a little bit of wear and tear on the motor/cat ... but its fine.
Old 08-30-2005, 08:58 AM
  #9  
Registered User
Thread Starter
 
youngpit's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location:
Posts: 252
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
its not a photoshop: http://www.trust-power.com/mazda/rx8.../airinx_b.html
thanks for your help know i no not to order it. i am just going to get the pullys
Old 08-30-2005, 11:58 AM
  #10  
#1 Legend
iTrader: (1)
 
BigOLundh's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 3,904
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by Speedrx8er
I was thinking about doing that but decided not to. I hate to have to pull the bumper out just to clean or inspect the filter. IT'll also block the the radiator.

Here is my DIY, and you can modify it to make it look your pic..

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=69081
This is awesome. I think i'm going to give this a try very soon.
Old 08-30-2005, 01:57 PM
  #11  
Registered
 
Speedrx8er's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 558
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Originally Posted by BigOLundh
This is awesome. I think i'm going to give this a try very soon.
Thanks, with alittle chopping of your airbox you can make it look totally stock.

PM me if you have any questions
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
uZu
New Member Forum
13
12-30-2015 12:35 PM
Sifu
RX-8 Parts For Sale/Wanted
3
08-30-2015 10:51 PM
TheWhiteAce
Series I Engine Tuning Forum
1
08-06-2015 02:26 PM
MarkX
New Member Forum
3
07-31-2015 07:50 AM
AussieGray
RX-8's For Sale/Wanted
0
07-16-2015 03:58 AM



You have already rated this thread Rating: Thread Rating: 0 votes,  average.

Quick Reply: would this intake work



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:08 AM.