Upgrade for my car?
 

In a few weeks I am going to buy my 1st upgrade for my car and would like an opinion. Right now I am looking at 3 parts:
RB REV8
RB REVI w/duct
AEM cold air intake
And wanted to know what would be a better buy. Also any other ideas are welcome.

I have a stock 09 R3
Also I was looking at the carbon_creations gt hood for a 1st buy.

you have listed 3 very different categories , what exactly are you looking to do?

Nothing you listed will give you crazy gains in hp, you would be lucky to net more than 5 on a good day with an intake or exhaust (and in many cases even both together).

The catback wont give you much if anything at all, Mostly for sound same with the intake.

eventually i want to turn my car into the occasional track car

Then start with modding your suspension and whatnot. Get wheels/tires, coilovers, body bracing, etc.
These should be your first mods, if your planing on tracking...

I agree with RX8Soldier, first thing I did was swap out the springs in my car and added new sway bars.

the thing to remember with the series 2 is that lowering springs will not give you an even drop.

They do give an even drop, if you buy the s1 stuff and not the s2 specific ones from whoever sells them.

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=214951

Edit: Springs may not give the right drop I don't know, but who lowers with just springs anyway?

its your car and no one can tell you what to go with,what ever choices you make its your decision and im sure it would make you happy bro.

i would go with the following listed below as followed.
my opion not yours, save the neg comments

1- coilover suspension: no lowering springs, i went with megans

2- CAI - of your choice "i went with aem

3- exhaust of your choice "i went with HKS single outlet" different from the crowd

I would personally save the money on the hood for now, the stock one is pretty light. Out of the 2 intakes; whatever you can get a better deal on, you'll be happy with either (love my Mazdaspeed cai - expect no performance gain).

Money would be better spent on a set of coilovers (heard rumor of another Powertrix group buy fyi), I believe a short shifter was just developed for the s2, bhr ignition, or some light weight rims and good rubber.

First purchase should be oil cooler screens