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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>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.

But the page does not make any mention of any mileage improvement?
Why would you think there would be any? Stock intakes are usually
highly optimized for temperature stabilization, which aftermarket
intakes lose.

The only thing I see is a claim of *approximately* 10 more hp. I
would believe this would be very, very, very, approximately.

They do seem to have a very big corporate headquarters, for a Miata
vendor. I wonder whether they have other business? (There is no
sign on the building.)

Leon

>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.
>
>

--
Leon van Dommelen Bozo, the White 96 Sebring Miata .)
http://www.dommelen.net/miata
EXIT THE INTERSTATES (Jamie Jensen)

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

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.
>
>
>

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.
> 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