How does the Racing Beat REVi Intake differ from the Mazda intake for the RX-8?
The stock RX-8 air box is very efficient unit and finding additional horsepower through traditional approaches has proven to be a challenge! But we have uncovered a few additional horsepower, and it is one of the few ways that we found to get additional power from this application. (More information on this subject will be posted in the near future.) There are several key differences between the Mazda intake and the Racing Beat REVi intake system, with one of the primary differences being the tuned length of the inlet. In addition, the number of inlet screens in the intake tract is different; instead of the two mesh screens that are incorporated into the stock air box, the Racing Beat REVi intake utilizes only one. What is the function of the mesh inlet screens? In order to accommodate the shape of the rectangular stock filter, Mazda s engineers have cut away a portion of the inlet bell inside the stock air filter box. Because the rectangular air filter is positioned at an angle inside
