Cold air intake
#12
RE: Cold air intake
Thanks, you know I was worried about sucking water but after reading most of the posts I don't think it will be a problem. I use the car for a lot of travelling so it could be in Fla one day oand Albany in the snow the next. I have a lot of interest in the Simota intake (06 Mazda 3s Hatch). Any fitment problems?
#14
RE: Cold air intake
West is there much of a difference in performance between the CF Aero (CF625-1) amd the TwinCharger intake? Would the Aero be less likely to have any water problems? How overblown is the CAI water sucking problem?
#15
RE: Cold air intake
The hydrolock issue is way overblown. Even before I was a vendor I was on different boards for many years.
I have never seen anyone post a hydrolock incident of their own, it's always been 'my friend's brother knows someone who hydrolocked their engine'
Just don't submerge the filter (has to be a pretty deep puddle for that to happen!) and you'll be fine.
Performance-wise the numbers will favor a Cold Air Intake but we are still talking about fairly small numbers.
#16
RE: Cold air intake
Thanks I thought so. Can I ask one more question? In your experience when adding the TwinCharger and a Magnaflow Catback exhaust are there options for tuning or will the stock computer recognize the modifications and make corrections?
#17
RE: Cold air intake
Well, I always re-set my ECU whenever I make any change. But I drive a Protege, not a 3.
I have read that the ECU on the 3 doesn't need to be reset. I'm not sure I buy that completely and
anyway, it doesn't hurt anything to do it other than you'll have to reprogram your radio/clock.