Question About Intake..
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track? on quarter mile or a course? never heard of adding a short ram decreasing performance was it an ebay shortram? usually a striaght run is better way to judge time deffrance. on a road course alot of other facters come into play..
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- '08 Jetta; '10 Wrangler Unlimited
i heard the SRI's and CAI's cause a loss in power in the lower RPM's but i have never felt it......i have had my SRI on for many miles and probably gainned minimal if any power from it but it sounds nice.......
my car pulled 112 WHP at a dyno meet last summer.......10-12 gain over stock power with my mods!
man, can i sure feel it.........j/k
my car pulled 112 WHP at a dyno meet last summer.......10-12 gain over stock power with my mods!
man, can i sure feel it.........j/k
Johnnybass
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- Red '03 Mazda Protege 5 (auto)
what mods if you don't mind me asking
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Protege52003 said:
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- -- 03 P5 / 23 CX-5 --
I have tried cai & sri & ended using a sri made from the 1st piece of the cai modified to get the iat in. The filter is 3" then into MAF which is 2 3/4" then into cai pipe which is 2 1/2" then into elbow that goes back to 2 3/4" for throttle body. I don't know if this produces a little more velocity hitting the throttle body or what but the car seems to like it more than when I had full 3" sri or the full cai setup. Tried all mixes, even stock, before & after header, hi flow cat & 2 1/4" catback exhaust were put on & the car seems to like this the best. Not saying that it is better than what others have done or have but seems to work best for what all I have done with mine.
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- 2007 Mazdaspeed 6 GT Retired: 2002 Protege 5
3" sounds to big for a 2.0L car
tsekaos said:
are you throwing a cell? I had a loose vaccum line that caused me to run lean after I put in a DIY intake. Once I fixed that I was golden.
is your IAT in the intake? I know some people have left it out of the mix and it has lead to problems.
-where is your filter? if it's behind the radiator, you could be loosing some power due to hot air intake.
Have you done any other mods? When I got my ebay intake, there was a noticable increase off the line. I could get the wheels to spin (its an auto) but I lost that low end when I put my axleback on.
do you have any pictures of what you did?
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- 2007 Mazdaspeed 6 GT Retired: 2002 Protege 5
-where is your filter? if it's behind the radiator, you could be loosing some power due to hot air intake.
mine is right in front of the radiator i got the aem i wonder if this really makes a difference or not also would one of those heat sheild things work or no
mine is right in front of the radiator i got the aem i wonder if this really makes a difference or not also would one of those heat sheild things work or no
SRI or CAI, neither of them gain anything higefor power. I have had the ebay SRI for 3 years. I noticed a little power gain, but very small. Makes a cool sound though!
No SRI will hurt power, unless it it is hooked up wrong. the other thing it might be is the filter is a cheapo junk one, which case it might not be letting enough air in. I have had a K&N in every car I have ever had, including my ebay SRI. Might want to use one of them instead of the crappy ebay ones with metal on the filter that can rust.
No SRI will hurt power, unless it it is hooked up wrong. the other thing it might be is the filter is a cheapo junk one, which case it might not be letting enough air in. I have had a K&N in every car I have ever had, including my ebay SRI. Might want to use one of them instead of the crappy ebay ones with metal on the filter that can rust.
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- Completely Stock P5
Reset your ECU.
just a thought- when i put my sri on the car, there was a vacuum valve that is mounted on the top of the stock intake. it is mounted in the rubber on a tab. i have no clue what this is, and have asked a couple different autopart stores with no results. any chance when you remote mounted this that you pulled a vacuum line off of it. i would check the engine bay near the throttle intake for loose or unplugged vacuum lines.
Black_Protege_5
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- Mazda Protege 5
3 inch pipe for the intake is large, especially because of the low power it's too much air. The first intake I had was like that and my engine would idle roughly and sometimes stall. Also what kind of filter. Is it the dual cone or is the top piece solid? When I got the AEM SRI, my car ran a lot smoother. The piping for the AEM and Injen is 2 3/4 inch piping. Is yours and Ebay intake or home made?
The intake is one of the easiest things to install and its usually hard to screw up. Do you have any pics of the set-up cuz that might help.
The intake is one of the easiest things to install and its usually hard to screw up. Do you have any pics of the set-up cuz that might help.
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Black_Protege_5
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- Mazda Protege 5
wildo said:
You don't have to bolt that down. I just zip tied it to the lines behind it to hold in place. As long as the lines and the clip is pluged in it should be no problem.
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- '08 Jetta; '10 Wrangler Unlimited
Johnnybass said:
MS axle-back, fidanza flywheel, CM clutch, nology wires, SRI with clean filter, new plugs, synthetic tranny/oil fluids.......
had the wagner shorty on before the dyno runs......sold it to thiece!
