im looking to get an air intake and i just want all your opinion on which air intake out right now do you guys think is the best?

 

Best for what?

If you want more power - they're very similar, and make maybe 6 hp peak at the most, and that will be only above 6K rpm.

If you want more sound - then that's subjective, but it seems like the K&N Typhoon and the Rotary Extreme intakes are both quite loud.

If you want the best filtering and best protection for your engine - then the stock intake is the best.

Regards,
Gordon

 

I currently have the K&N Typhoon intake installed. However, I am not to keen on the size of the filter (Overkill). Luckily the performance part store I have been doing business with forever is allowing me to try two different universal filter elements. The GReddy Airinx small 80mm and the HKS SMF mini filter same size. Right now I just popped on the GReddy coupled to the Typhoon SR tube. Unfortuneatly I do not have acsess to a dyno so I can only go on subjective impressions. The one bonus will be a heatsheild shouldn't be to hard to locate or fabricate myself with the smaller element.

 

Apparently the Greddy intake (JDM only right now) is supposed to give more power in the midrange and a little on the top. It's design is a bit different... there is a link to the site and a manual (not machine) translation posted in the "intake development" thread.

 

hmm i had the same problem with you......but i decicded to wait b/c iunno im not totally happy with only 2 choices,but there is a k&n replacement filter ready

 

I have the R/E intake and it is great.......

 

*** MOD EDIT - Stop the personal attacks, now. ***

The stock intake is quite nice as it is. The are air ducts below the front bumper that help guide air into the filter. The filter is nice and wide and faces in a forward direction.

Despite the controversy of all of these intakes, given the choice I would go with a K&N as they are designed by competent mechanical engineers. Personally, I will not be wasting my money on the intake as the stock intake is more than sufficient and Mazda RX-8 designers arn't stupid. They are pushing every bit of performance out of their stock intake!

Go with a genuine MAZDASPEED flywheel for extra torque and acceleration. With MAZDASPEED, you have the comfort of your warranty to back you up.

 

man oh man breezy. give up.