Does anyone know where i can get one of these? intake

Postby **NitroDann** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:24 am

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

Dann

mazdatenfive · Postby **mazdatenfive** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:55 pm

Does it stop the need to hack the fire wall?

randymx5 · Postby **randymx5** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:04 pm

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

jerrah · Postby **jerrah** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:09 pm

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

BadBong · Postby **BadBong** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:13 pm

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 :shock:

Hjt · Postby **Hjt** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:17 pm

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

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:48 pm

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.

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:37 pm

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