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Old 08-08-06, 10:33 PM
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polished intake pipe from corksport

just got the polished intake pipe for my 90 rex. and looks sooo much sweeter than the stock black crap. also got little more hp out of her more on top end i can feal it on low but little. ill have some pics up soon. was wondering if any one else got it. my mods all motor, thb mod, ports removed,rats nest gone, no emmisions,new intake pipe,dual under drive racing beat pulley and alternator, light weight flywheel, stage2 act clutch,racing beat header stainless,scilencer, apexi single gt spec sooo loouud. full racing beat suspension all around. just need roll cage and id be full race,mazdatrix race diff mount. raced my friend in his minicooper tonight and he has half car sometimes where neck and neck his is supper charged. not bad for all motor.
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Wondering if you ever got around to taking photos. Would like to see it installed.
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So you replaced the stock black rubber (?) intake pipe with a metal one and got more "high end" power? Ooooooooook.
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Originally Posted by jorx7
also got little more hp out of her more on top end...
No you didn't.
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maybe if the stock piece was connected to the stock intake and the metal piece is connected to a high flow air filter..... maybe.
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Eh the stock airbox isn't too bad really... What more than likely happened, is you're hearing an increase in noise, as a result of running an open element...
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The stock airbox is too bad. It's been measured and proven. The stock intake duct on the other hand is huge for this application (NA's) just like the TB, and would have a tiny pressure drop because through it.
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Actually, I just replaced the same type of rubber/plastic on my Neon and it FEELS like I picked up some torque and a real nice tone, but I don't know about HP. My suspicion is that the accordion shaped piece was disrupting the airflow, as a means to making it quieter. I would think replacing a ribbed plastic/rubber system with the metal piping would increase your laminar flow, resulting in a higher velocity of air, at least to that point.
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Also, he put a aluminum pipe that likes to store heat OVER the exhaust .

I bet that couped with a hot air intake results in MAD HP!
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I don't know how much stock I'd put in that. I would think that the air going through that pipe isn't there long enough for any real thermal transfer to take place. Also, since it's the same amount of heat (like, not generating MORE heat) then I'd bet even if there was a difference in HP due to aluminum capturing heat, it wouldn't be for long. Worst case, I'd look for no change at all.

I agree, putting the intake over the exhaust is a silly idea, rubber or aluminum, but that's what Mazda gave us
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How much was it?
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pics please.
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Originally Posted by GodSquadMandrake
How much was it?
Corksport lists it for $170.

http://corksport.com/store/category/...rx-intake.html
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you do understand you could have made a better pipe from e-bay honda cold-air intake parts for about a third of the cost right?
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Originally Posted by carzy driver
pics please.
http://corksport.com/content/00/01/0...es/Intake1.jpg
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Thats a $170??

I could have made that for $45 and had a mandrel bend, not the mortesen joints....
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ok I had one of those ebay prelude intakes in my car for about a week. Then I was talking to a friend and he pointed out that after running the car for a while, if you pop the hood the ebay piping will be much hotter than the stock rubberized intake pipe. I don't know about this corksport pipe, but it better be thin and very well made in order not to hold more heat in than the stock piping.
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Originally Posted by arghx
ok I had one of those ebay prelude intakes in my car for about a week. Then I was talking to a friend and he pointed out that after running the car for a while, if you pop the hood the ebay piping will be much hotter than the stock rubberized intake pipe. I don't know about this corksport pipe, but it better be thin and very well made in order not to hold more heat in than the stock piping.
Just heat wrap it.
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the only metal pipe that could be somewhat cold as an intake would have to be coated in a zirconium paint for quick heat transference.
I was thinking about fabricating a pipe with such a coating to bend in a way so it travels in front of the intake and down somewhere like infront of either headlights...preferebly the driver side HL so it's long enough to cool the air as it travels.
Also leaving a minimal amount of pipe traveling over that damned exhaust.
Would anybody agree with this Idea?
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Ok...a Zirconium "based" paint, sorry, I had to make that clear that if the paint has a Zirconium paint, no matter if the piping is alluminum, the heat transferrence is incredible.
We did this on my brother neon and I can swear by it.
AEM has such a product for like.....lol, not as much as you paid.
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wow, talk about a waste of money. could have just made one yourself out of ABS pipe for about $25
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Originally Posted by carzy driver
wow, talk about a waste of money. could have just made one yourself out of ABS pipe for about $25
I like his idea better...do that.
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he had good intentions
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yeah, but since I got my first rex like.....two weeks ago.
I have done nothing that this forum argues against.
But good intentions none the less.
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Originally Posted by carzy driver
wow, talk about a waste of money. could have just made one yourself out of ABS pipe for about $25
+ 1

I am gonna do this after I get my standalone in(ms).

it prolly def looks cool but really man $170, but I did the same thing a little while ago I spent $200 on a rmagic ground kit from corksport X_X



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