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Cold Air intakes for NC
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:40 pm
by Novice1
DOes anyone have any firm data for gains to behad for Cold Air Intakes on NC mx5.
My car has MX5 plus headers, exhaust and currently puts out 104 kw atw.
Not sure on QLD rules re same whether they need to be enclosed or not, so that may be a factor.
Cobalt, AEM, Begi which is best.
Novice1
Re: Cold Air intakes for NC
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:57 pm
by pie5
General consensus on the big forum is that a CAI offers little if any benefit to performance.
Re: Cold Air intakes for NC
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:00 pm
by JBT
It has a factory cold air intake.
Re: Cold Air intakes for NC
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:05 pm
by Sailor
Best would be Moto East or Tuning done right (TDR)
Both from the USA and both proven to show small gains especially when coupled with a tune.
They are expensive horsepower
Re: Cold Air intakes for NC
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:39 pm
by Charlie Brown
Took my AEM CAI off. It swallowed water and bent rods. Sold it.
You'd be lucky to gain 1kW in power. If you want more power, get a tune.
Re: Cold Air intakes for NC
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:54 am
by bruce
CB,
In what situation did it swallow water?
Re: Cold Air intakes for NC
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:20 pm
by Regie
King Tide, low roads.
i have a MotoEast on mine, no noticeable difference in performance, just a lot of noise
Re: Cold Air intakes for NC
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:51 pm
by Lokiel
I installed an AEM CAI in my Mazda 3 and find 2nd and 3rd rev higher without running out of puff as early as they did before so the car feels faster.
Re: Cold Air intakes for NC
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:24 pm
by pcmx5
I bought an NC that had a CAI (Apexi I think) and a HKS Legamax muffler as it's only mods and it made 105RWKW on Dyno Dynamics dyno not known for high readings.Revved out much easier than any other NC i had dríven and if I bought another one I would go the same way,but also change the diff to a 4.1 which I did after the dyno run and which transformed the car.
Peter.