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Nope. Looks damned fancy though. Ive seen them before, ive always wondered if anyone had done any pressure testing with them at speed.

Dann

Does it stop the need to hack the fire wall?

mazdatenfive wrote:Does it stop the need to hack the fire wall?

i think it might because the wash bottle still seems to be there

How wide is the inlet across the lip of the bonnet seal?

mazdatenfive wrote:Does it stop the need to hack the fire wall?

If this really works then I'm sure there'll be a line since everyone loves the Mania intake if only it doesn't require drilling into the firewall

If it isn't the Autoexe one, it seems ti be a similar replica. I know there one is carbon fibre and as I'm on my phone I'm unable to view it clearly. Hope it helps

NitroDann wrote:Nope. Looks damned fancy though. Ive seen them before, ive always wondered if anyone had done any pressure testing with them at speed.

Dann

Dann's right, you really need to do some pressure testing on one of those. Unlike the Mania style intakes, it looks like it's not picking up air from inside the airbox where there's a known high pressure area. Instead it's getting it from a small scoop at the back edge of the bonnet, which may or may not be a good place.

It also seems to require lifting of the rear of the bonnet off the engine bay sealing strip. This is not a good idea because it allows hot air to flow out of the engine bay into your ventilation supply area, so you could draw hot air into the intake, as well as into the cabin.

manga_blue wrote:

NitroDann wrote:Nope. Looks damned fancy though. Ive seen them before, ive always wondered if anyone had done any pressure testing with them at speed.

Dann's right, you really need to do some pressure testing on one of those. Unlike the Mania style intakes, it looks like it's not picking up air from inside the airbox where there's a known high pressure area. Instead it's getting it from a small scoop at the back edge of the bonnet, which may or may not be a good place.

It also seems to require lifting of the rear of the bonnet off the engine bay sealing strip. This is not a good idea because it allows hot air to flow out of the engine bay into your ventilation supply area, so you could draw hot air into the intake, as well as into the cabin.

Some big forum discussion ref pressure:
http://forum.miata.net/vb/archive/index ... 19529.html
http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=202643

Looks like a gruppe-m intake, not too sure if they are still in production though

Meant to include this: http://www.autoexe.co.jp/products/ramai ... su/na.html

What manga blue said, i also wonder where you get a filter for it and how much for.

Dann

I like the fact the washer bottle appears behind the intake area

It seems to be actually inside the intake, which I thought was pretty bizarre, or very lateral, or maybe both.

I have seen some pictures of a K&N system and iirc they look very similar. maybe i'm on the piss though.