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Anyone have any commends on custom air intakes for Miatas
I was checking out the following:
http://www.gomiata.com/aemshorramin.html I am curious if people have actually experienced better mileage from a kit like this. If so, how much? I would think even an extra 1 MPG would be significant these days. I am thinking of adding it to my 1999 AE. |
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In article >, wrote:
> I was checking out the following: > > http://www.gomiata.com/aemshorramin.html > > I am curious if people have actually experienced better mileage from a > kit like this. Unlikely. Stock Miata angines do not suffer from intake restriction--the OEM airbox and filter will flow more air than the engine requires at redline--so there's no "improvement" to be had in that area. A cold air intake can help reduce loss of power in hot weather, but this is just a cone filter, not a CAI. At best, cone filters and K&N panels make more noise and pass more dirt. At worst, some of them can disintegrate and get swallowed. Your 10AE might benefit from a set of headers, though. Only you can decide if the expense and labor are worth the 10 or so hp increase. -- Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA '94C the alignment page: http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html |
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The folks who make the MonsterFlow intake used my car to make their
prototype for the newer Miatas. Afterward, I got to keep the intake. I left it on for a couple of months before I went back to the stock intake. The only difference I noticed was an intake sound near full throttle. I didn't feel a HP increase and I didn't notice any change in MPG. Such intakes might be good if you are into looks, but given their reduced air filtration ability, they seem like a bad idea to me. Randy > wrote in message ... > I was checking out the following: > > http://www.gomiata.com/aemshorramin.html > > I am curious if people have actually experienced better mileage from a > kit like this. > If so, how much? I would think even an extra 1 MPG would be significant > these > days. I am thinking of adding it to my 1999 AE. > > > |
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> I was checking out the following: > > http://www.gomiata.com/aemshorramin.html > > I am curious if people have actually experienced better mileage from a > kit like this. > If so, how much? I would think even an extra 1 MPG would be significant > these > days. I am thinking of adding it to my 1999 AE. I sorta suspect this intake will make a little more noise at WOT and probably restores a mid-band torque dip that's addressed by the resonance chamber in the stock cross-over. Further, the intake filter on that system doesn't seem to take advantage of the cooler air from the wheel-vent on the NB. In my car, I replaced the intake with: http://www.miatamania.com/Shop/ViewP...eIndexID=38929 .... and the results are impressive. Power increase was amazing for an intake system; fuel economy is about the same if I don't get into the throttle too much. It is a couple of MPG lower if I get jiggy wid it, but the surprised look on faces of Z3 and G35 drivers is worth it. I added a J&S BTC to deal with CA 91-octane and that's pretty much mandatory, even if you stick with the JRSC stock nose pulley (I replaced it with a BRP 62.5mm pulley). The stock kit is probably OK if you live where 93-octane fuel is easily available. Dana |
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