hey guys pleasent surprise today, got the intake a day early! i took some pictures of it as shown below. the instructions included are basically non-exsistent but it should not be too bad of an install.

 

install is a breeze but do yourself a favor assemble it prior to putting it in car getting the pieces sandwiched is a PITA when its in the car

also mine didn't have logo on top it was just all cf

 

thanks for the advice. i plan on doing a DIY tomorrow after the install and also i will be taking videos of stock vs umnitza sound.

 

Why do you have two of those metal intake parts (where the maf connects to)?

 

congrats on your mod..

 

looks good

 

good eye on that one. looks like one is smaller in dia... in the area of the maf.

beers

 

I asked the same question in the other Umnitza thread earlier tonight, I believe the smaller one is what they were previously using and the larger one is the revised part, why they sent both is kind of strange ...

 

i swear it is bad beta testing. they should be paying the buyers.

and everyone rips rb. i dont get it.

beers

 

I'm still trying to figure out why everyone is dying to get this intake... especially with all the past problems and unkown future with it.

The carbon fiber looks pretty, but if i were in the market for an intake... i'ld look for more than just that.

-hS

 

i looked at em all. i have no issues with RB at all. my friend has the RB intake/exhaust and it sounds awesome, i just didnt want to have the same sound that would be weird. i liked umnitza out of all of em. it seems as if the problem has been fixed but ill find out for sure later today. the piece of tubing that is not attached is the one you use, its longer and not as wide at the end.

 

Clever design. It looks like the exact same filter that is used in the TyphoonII - only flipped around the other way.

In the TyphoonII system, the concave part of the filter faces the front of the car and draws air into the filter on the indented side.

In this system, it appears that the concave part faces the throttle body and draws air from the convex side.

The advantage of this particular system appear to be 1) the intake will be quieter by placing it in the box. 2) assuming this system uses the lower half of the original air box - with the use of the Revi Ram intake, you end up with a pressure-charged box which could have power benefits.

Just a theory.

 

they conveniently ignored my question ...

 

my friend is thinking about getting this intake, but I don't really know much about it so if anyone can help me understand this intake? it seemed to have so many problems a while back, but apparently they fixed everything that needed to be done like the K&N Typhoon...I was wondering if anyone can explain this intake to me, because no offense to people who have it but it just seems like a couple of plastic pieces with a beautiful carbon fiber finish for the case... Again I'm not judging, just trying to see if it's good and to see if I should recommend this intake to my friend....

 

I believe it's "High Modulus Carbon Fiber with braided Kevlar" which sounds expensive. The other bits are mandrel bent aluminum.

PS--there's a lengthy thread about this intake a few threads down the page.

 

they sent the usual intake with the new upgraded tube. its the buyers choice wheather to use it. and aparently only a few have had problems i'm going on 9 months w/o 1 single problem

 

UPDATE

Here are the final pictures of the install

 

How do you keep the engine cover on?

 

It just sits there with the pins connected to the back of the engine bay and its not like it is going anywhere with the hood on

 

I disagree, you better use the full width one, it should be approx. 3.5" diameter

https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...&postcount=325

and I would also recommend at least 1 screen approx. 2" - 3" ahead of the MAF, I've been running around with my home-brewed temporary short ram intake with the proper MAF tube size and a screen, no CEL or drivability issues

 

this is all confusing lol i put a MAF screen in, see pictures and also look at the comparison of the 2 tubes