First truly ram air charged speed3?
 

the idea came to me one night after i thought of flipping the oem air box completely upside down and turns out its absolutely perfect for ram air set up! u must modify your original intercooler ram air. i used thin lexan and some screws and some good ol clear silicone to seal things up. i also cut the back half off so that i could re direct the air flow to the air filter. i havent logged anything yet because ive been busy but gat damn does it make difference! throttle response is extremely better and for some reason my boost changed from the normal 20psi up to 24psi just from this mod alone!!! its got me abit worried but im im not detonating and the ecu is pulling timing so whatever just thought i would share with u

Fail thread

CORKSPORT 2010+ Mazdaspeed 3 FMIC

i also added the dei wrap to help keep engine heat out.

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welcome to 2008 because that's when cs did the first kit for this...
btw cs's kit also puts the filter right there where air comes in so it doesn't have to be directed over to the right...

meh all hating aside, its cool to see people/you coming up iwth their own stuff, i like shit like this.

If i'm not mistaken, the term "ram air" actually means the speed at which the air is moving is in excess of like 300mph.

ok what turbo are you running at 24psi?

Not necessarily. The idea behind ram air is to increase the static pressure in the intake mani from the movement of air into an intake plenum.

But in all practicality, a true "ram air" system is a completely pointless endeavor on a turbocharged application since the turbo itself pressurizes the intake tract. Installing a "ram air" system is nothing but a waste of money on any forced induction car - an intercooler or meth will have 100x return on investment than any air intake system could do for the price.

But for the suckers out there, "ram air" is equivalent to stickers on a Honda.

i ran a data log and ambient temp was steadily dropped from a 3rd punch all the way to 5th by the time i shut it down my intake air temps dropped down to 84 degrees. and my afrs went from high 11's down to mid - low 11's this means to me that my ram air design worked well enough so that now i can lean out my fuel map and gain more efficient power. and btw the only time i hit 24psi was after a run or two and the ecu finally compensated the difference in intake air temp enough to bring my boost back down to a much safer 20-21psi like before. So screw everyone with the negative comments, and thanks to the people that posted positive info, im just trying to help you guys with my experiment. as soon as i get back home i will post some logs so that u can better see the positive results.

84*? is that less than ambient temps?

not listing the parts on your car = fail, almost as much as this thread.

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a lot of guys dont have their shit in their sig. and on a site like this having your sound system shit there is also pretty gay.

i did this on my mustang with great success
http://image.mustang50magazine.com/f...ir_mustang.jpg

A setup like this has the potential to change the pressure ratio the turbo runs at...

Edit: your results don't really make sense, though. I'll have to look at this again when I'm not at work.