K&N intake
06-19-2009, 01:55 PM
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K&N intake
Their website has a dyno on it claiming 11 hp gains. I am skeptical. Should I be skeptical? With a cat-back, intake and AccessPort would I be crazy to hope for 20 extra ponies?
2004 6-speed.
2004 6-speed.
06-19-2009, 02:05 PM
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I figured as much. I did not trust the claims of 11 extra ponies from an intake. Seems a bit far-fetched.
I won't do the midpipe however because being an environmental geologist working on my masters in climate change it would be a bit hypocritical. However the more I study it the harder it is to find a definitive link between anthropogenic CO2 and climate change....CO2 was ten times the level it is at today in the Cretaceous and while it was a lot warmer then there were most certainly no Rotary engines smoggin' it up.
I won't do the midpipe however because being an environmental geologist working on my masters in climate change it would be a bit hypocritical. However the more I study it the harder it is to find a definitive link between anthropogenic CO2 and climate change....CO2 was ten times the level it is at today in the Cretaceous and while it was a lot warmer then there were most certainly no Rotary engines smoggin' it up.
06-19-2009, 02:08 PM
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Power!!
Realistically there is some improvement from intakes but it's on the order of 2-3hp. Racingbeat and AEM/Mazdaspeed are the best. The K&N V2 is also well put together but louder than the others.
Depending on what you're looking for I would pick one of these three.
I like the RB one myself.
Depending on what you're looking for I would pick one of these three.
I like the RB one myself.
06-19-2009, 03:15 PM
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I have it for a long time, probably the first on the whole Rx8club.com.
but I do not think there is 11 HP increase. 5 the most.
and to make it "useful" you do need something like Racing Beat's Ram Air duct or Re-Amemiya Duct(expensive). VFAD will not work well with it.
but I do not think there is 11 HP increase. 5 the most.
and to make it "useful" you do need something like Racing Beat's Ram Air duct or Re-Amemiya Duct(expensive). VFAD will not work well with it.
06-19-2009, 03:25 PM
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I just say stock airbox mod is the best and cheapest....unless ur looking for something shiny under the hood....but then u could just wrap the stock box in aluminum foil
06-21-2009, 09:25 AM
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Finally someone who gets it. Not that we should be blatantly anti-environment, but Mother Nature has far more impact than we mere mortals. Besides, methane release is a much more significant factor than CO2.
I went the RB duct to stock airbox with a K&N flat filter myself.
I went the RB duct to stock airbox with a K&N flat filter myself.
I figured as much. I did not trust the claims of 11 extra ponies from an intake. Seems a bit far-fetched.
I won't do the midpipe however because being an environmental geologist working on my masters in climate change it would be a bit hypocritical. However the more I study it the harder it is to find a definitive link between anthropogenic CO2 and climate change....CO2 was ten times the level it is at today in the Cretaceous and while it was a lot warmer then there were most certainly no Rotary engines smoggin' it up.
I won't do the midpipe however because being an environmental geologist working on my masters in climate change it would be a bit hypocritical. However the more I study it the harder it is to find a definitive link between anthropogenic CO2 and climate change....CO2 was ten times the level it is at today in the Cretaceous and while it was a lot warmer then there were most certainly no Rotary engines smoggin' it up.
06-21-2009, 08:07 PM
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Power!!
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