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Aftermarket Air Intake
What's your guys' experience w/ aftermarket short ram air intakes and cold air intakes?
I'm thinking I'm going to replace my air box with a short-ram air intake if I can find one w/ an air flow meter adaptor, and then swap out my right headlight with one of those ones with the little triangle slot to let air into the engine compartment.
I'm thinking I'm going to replace my air box with a short-ram air intake if I can find one w/ an air flow meter adaptor, and then swap out my right headlight with one of those ones with the little triangle slot to let air into the engine compartment.
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Exactly. Does that hook up to the metering box below the stock air box? & Does it take out any wiring electronic connections or anything? I haven't looked to see if there's any harnesses coming off the intake or not.
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A somewhat stock non-turbo RX-7 works just fine with the stock "cold air" intake. In most cases, an attempt to gain more horsepower with a fancy intake will actually yield less horsepower on your car. Many Hondas came stock with idiotic hot-air intakes, so just about anything is an upgrade for them. This is not a Honda.
The headlight intake with the little intake is bullshit. If you want to do it right, you need something like this:
http://www.mazdatrix.com/faqpics/roadrace/ep01123gb.jpg
The headlight intake with the little intake is bullshit. If you want to do it right, you need something like this:
http://www.mazdatrix.com/faqpics/roadrace/ep01123gb.jpg
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GEEZE that thing is enormous. My car's streetported, that's about it power-wise though. Yeah the stock intake seems pretty nice, it's scoop design looks pretty efficient but makes everything look so cluttered =[ Anyone have a comparison of an aftermarket intake to the stock setup?
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My old ghetto setup. ( I had a standalone, so no MAF). If I were you, I would just modify the inside of the stock airbox for more flow, and leave it alone otherwise.
Evil Aviator don't forget, Honda's intake setup serves a purpose and it isn't power.
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Blahaha, a friend of mine did the same thing on his NA Sport. It works great! We measured the "heat soak" on the standalone IAT readout, and it didn't matter a hill of beans once the car got up to about 30mph. A simple deflector would probably solve the 0-30mph heat issue, but I don't think my friend was very concerned with it.
That's the difference between a real sports car and an econo box wanna-be sports car.
That's the difference between a real sports car and an econo box wanna-be sports car.
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On a similar note, has anyone found a decent (inexpensive) air intake tube to replace the upper intake tube? I have seen a few for the S4, but not a good one for the S5.
I was thinking of starting with something like this:
and then work downward from there. ISC Racing has this for the S4:
I was hoping to find something like the initial photo at the top, but running from the stock AFM location, up to the throttle body.
Anyone else done something similar?
I was thinking of starting with something like this:
and then work downward from there. ISC Racing has this for the S4:
I was hoping to find something like the initial photo at the top, but running from the stock AFM location, up to the throttle body.
Anyone else done something similar?
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You can also modify the stock elbow - http://howto.globalvicinity.com/gv_w...=308&co=1&vi=1
And my intake solution but good luck getting it to work on a street car or under IT rules- https://www.rx7club.com/race-car-tech-103/custom-cai-708263/
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ISC Racing has this for the S4...
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That shop normally makes really good items. They do a LOT of testing in IT/EP racing in a very hot environment, so I am sure that it produced some type of gain in that environment, although it doesn't look like such a great design in my opinion. Maybe they were restricted by race rules?
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That is truly awful. Not only does it move the AFM closer to the hottest part of the engine and mount it completely cocked up, it's effectively replacing the the stock ~3" duct with one that's only 2.5"x2", about 30% smaller. How is that a step forward?
As far as the tubing, as you said the stock tube is oversized, so a proper reduction might help in terms of speeding up the intake flow and straight-lining the intake tract. ISC has a chassis dyno on site, so I have no reason to doubt their HP claims. The ITA Miatas they are building are quite fast.
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Blahaha, a friend of mine did the same thing on his NA Sport. It works great! We measured the "heat soak" on the standalone IAT readout, and it didn't matter a hill of beans once the car got up to about 30mph. A simple deflector would probably solve the 0-30mph heat issue, but I don't think my friend was very concerned with it.
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im just leaving my stock box in but without the cap (a little good old duct tape to keep the filter down) and im planning on getting a vented t2 style carbon hood. thats it.
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Actually, the AFM does measure air temp. It's a composite unit that has a temp sensor and a volume flow meter. The ECU uses the two readings to calculate mass airflow in order to inject the correct amount of fuel.
Also, just because something can't measure temperature, it doesn't mean that temperature will not be a factor. Air density (for dry air) = Pressure / (Gas Constant * Temperature). We are all slaves to physics.
Well, the plastic elbow isn't going to make a significant difference vs. a metal elbow, but that is interesting to hear about the sheet metal box.
Also, just because something can't measure temperature, it doesn't mean that temperature will not be a factor. Air density (for dry air) = Pressure / (Gas Constant * Temperature). We are all slaves to physics.
Well, the plastic elbow isn't going to make a significant difference vs. a metal elbow, but that is interesting to hear about the sheet metal box.
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Also, just because something can't measure temperature, it doesn't mean that temperature will not be a factor. Air density (for dry air) = Pressure / (Gas Constant * Temperature). We are all slaves to physics.
I can understand the arguement from both sides, but I don't have the emperical data to support either.
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I don't think that there would be any losses due to AFM location.
As far as the tubing, as you said the stock tube is oversized, so a proper reduction might help in terms of speeding up the intake flow and straight-lining the intake tract.
ISC has a chassis dyno on site, so I have no reason to doubt their HP claims.
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Yup.
AIR FILTER:
NEW Early 2nd Gen ISC Racing Air Filter Assembly
$300.00
Our NEW intake air filter assembly and modification to the intake piping and air flow meter has shown a consistent 3 to 4 HP gain over our old air filter assembly.
AIR FILTER:
NEW Early 2nd Gen ISC Racing Air Filter Assembly
$300.00
Our NEW intake air filter assembly and modification to the intake piping and air flow meter has shown a consistent 3 to 4 HP gain over our old air filter assembly.
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