2010+ Mazdaspeed 3 performance air intake discussion

[Ckmazdaspeed3]

Originally Posted by bigjimms6 Just installed my cobb sri in today....went to the dealership with my old stock air box(07 ms3) swapped out the cobb sri...put in the stock airbox and then installed the cobb sri at my house after i got home....it takes legit...20 mins to take the sri out and put the stock air box back in....so far i love the intake but i only have 280 miles on the car so i havent pushed it past like 4500 rpms yet lol

If ur car has more than a few miles on it, unfortunately (I guess it depends on the dealer), but There is a very good chance It has seen that red line quite a few times. My buddy works for a Mazda dealership...did I say dealership, sorry I mean stealership... And they beat those new cars to shit!

Again, I am sure there are a few stealerships where this doesn't happen..

[forcedinduktion]

Originally Posted by Ckmazdaspeed3 If ur car has more than a few miles on it, unfortunately (I guess it depends on the dealer), but There is a very good chance It has seen that red line quite a few times. My buddy works for a Mazda dealership...did I say dealership, sorry I mean stealership... And they beat those new cars to shit! Again, I am sure there are a few stealerships where this doesn't happen..

mine had 27 so im sure mine was beat to shit. but i dont plan on keeping it longer than 60k so dont bother me too much

[crtguns]

Guys at Edge Autosport (unofficially) say the Cobb SRI is the best for otherwise non-mod'd engines.

[metalmatt]

Originally Posted by crtguns Guys at Edge Autosport (unofficially) say the Cobb SRI is the best for otherwise non-mod'd engines.

Subsequently the one I was looking at buying, both for the price and the fact that Cobb are the tuning gods. Good to know. I think I've convinced myself. I have a turbocharged vehicle, and damnit, I want everyone to know and I want to hear the damn thing. If it blows up, I drive a 1999 Civic. Haha.

I really shouldn't post this late. This is probably horrendous.

[AndersonGT]

Originally Posted by Ckmazdaspeed3 If ur car has more than a few miles on it, unfortunately (I guess it depends on the dealer), but There is a very good chance It has seen that red line quite a few times. My buddy works for a Mazda dealership...did I say dealership, sorry I mean stealership... And they beat those new cars to shit! Again, I am sure there are a few stealerships where this doesn't happen..

LOL! I had a choice of buying a 2010 w/140 miles however I decided to buy the '11 with 3 miles. It was about a $1200 difference in price. Only God knows what happened with the 140 miles on the '10. Not only do you have to worry about the dealership but what about the young ones test driving. My buddies and I were notorious for weekend test drives when I was 18....

Anyways, I was really leaning towards the K&N because of the dyno numbers, but now I'm quite interested in SURE's product after reading these posts. Any dyno #'s out on this yet?

[novice_01]

I just instaled Sure Areos SRI and it seems to be very nice. I really can't compare it with other SRIs but this one seems to be great. It was bitch to install cause today was < 40 F, so hoses were really stiff, but overall it's great product nice sound and hopefully no CELs anytime soon :].

[ClutchEngaged]

Originally Posted by Ckmazdaspeed3 If ur car has more than a few miles on it, unfortunately (I guess it depends on the dealer), but There is a very good chance It has seen that red line quite a few times. My buddy works for a Mazda dealership...did I say dealership, sorry I mean stealership... And they beat those new cars to shit! Again, I am sure there are a few stealerships where this doesn't happen..

I work at a GM dealership (just a Hydrotech) and I see the salesmen drive all of those cars so brutally.

[spizot555]

I have a K&N Typhoon. Got a great deal on it. It works fantastic, the gains were immediately noticeable, and the sound is lovely.

I also have CS TIP that I installed months later. The TIP (I don't see why aluminum or silicone would be better when you consider the volume of air getting sucked in per minute) markedly increased the sucking/whooshing sound and you can clearly hear the turbo winding up.

Both are great. Are there better intakes for cheaper? Probably. But at the time I knew the K&N name, reviews promised an easy install, with no CEL's.

I did have a CEL the day after I installed it, but I pulled the code and the code was a 1000tightenthegascapidiot code.

I like how the KN has a boxed area to prevent the hot air from getting sucked in.