turbo inlet?????????

[18psiWhiteMS3]

has anyone dynoed before and after. im thinking its just a sound mod. anyone know for sure?

[Super Unique]

I think any flow improvement would be limited until you were running a downpipe or TBE....

[UHATEIT]

i am installing mine sunday on my day off. I will let you know if its a sound or performance mod. I dont spend cash for dyno's so I wont have one of those but I'll at least mention if it's simply a sound mod and or if it even makes a difference in feel.

rpmc is apparently 5hp and 10tq, but even with something that minor you wouldnt really notice it tho evety little bit helps

[Captain KRM P5]

I think any flow improvement would be limited until you were running a downpipe or TBE....

if that were the case, intakes and intercoolers would not have much the effect that they do. we've noticed gains from the RPMC as was stated in the prior post, plus the turbo spools quicker than before. having a inlet that flows better than stock releases that bottleneck, and is something noticable not only on the stocker, but on larger GT turbos like the ATP. we gained 25 whp on a speed6 with the 3071R going to a larger inlet.

[djthom]

i am installing mine sunday on my day off. I will let you know if its a sound or performance mod. I dont spend cash for dyno's so I wont have one of those but I'll at least mention if it's simply a sound mod and or if it even makes a difference in feel.

rpmc is apparently 5hp and 10tq, but even with something that minor you wouldnt really notice it tho evety little bit helps

you went for it huh?
you have been debating getting this for evarrgg.

[UHATEIT]

you went for it huh?
you have been debating getting this for evarrgg.

Well I didnt want to spend $200+ on the rpmc version and I had been pm-ing corksport about the turbo inlet that comes with their short ram intake system ($230 shipped for their short ram AND the turbo inlet) and asked if they would sell it seperately, they mentioned probably towards the beginning of the year for around $80... which sounded great!

But there was a FS thread earlier this week that this guy made a custom one out of aluminum and he had it welded together and had the tubing needed, connectors and silicone couplers as well. I snagged that for $75 shipped, and I assume it will work just as well as the cobb, corksport, or rpmc. So yep I decided to go for it, just not the one for $200+

When I install it tomorrow I'll post some pics of it and update if there is any noticeable gains or sound difference.

[MTuning]

waiting for cp-e's to come out..yum
http://www.cp-e.com/imgs/wc3.JPG

[18psiWhiteMS3]

waiting for cp-e's to come out..yum


wow, thats beautiful. when is it coming out. also when is cobb one coming out. i wanna start upgrading around may when it gets warmer

[mazdasp33d]

wow cp-e looks fantastic. any word on price? release?

[MTuning]

i think testing has just began and will be in production soon. but us ms3 owners sit on the word "soon" quite often. this would be a very good replacement over the stock piece anyday.

[18psiWhiteMS3]

any one have any pics of what cobbs will look like since ill be buying there sri i would like there inlet pipe too

[UHATEIT]

any one have any pics of what cobbs will look like since ill be buying there sri i would like there inlet pipe too


there are like 10 threads on the whole turbo inlet thing. This is in the cobb thread someone created.
http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp335/mazdaracin2007/MS3turboinlet.jpg

and this is the short ram intake combined with the cobb inlet so you can see what it would look like on your car if combined:
http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp335/mazdaracin2007/DSC06990.jpg

[UHATEIT]

and here is the corksport intake plus inlet, $239 for the short ram intake AND the turbo inlet as well. The only intake system that includes the inlet pipe along with it. Probably your best bang for the buck as you get both items you want. Lestat13 has this now. Corksport says they will sell the inlet by itself in a few months:

http://corksport.com/store/image/2sjeg/MS3_Engine_CorkSport_Power_Series_Short_Ram_Intake _System.jpg

[lestat13]

Just installed this. I had a little beef about the fitment of the kit and pieces that came to me bent. Also had to drill out the hole on the mounting tab to fit. The diameter does seems quite small (especially when taking off my cobb sri). Couldn't tell you if there was a performance gain cause I switched back to the factory intercooler at the same time (I was majorly overboosting if you didn't hear).

The maf fit perfectly (unlike the poor fitment for the bolts on my cobb sri) and the t-clamps were a really nice touch. I don't notice an increase in sound inside the car, but apparently there is a slight increase in suction sound outside the car. Turbo spools a bit faster, but its already a fast spooling turbo.

Again, I am not really sure if there is a performance increase... but looking at the factory inlet, IT HAD TO GO!!!!

[steven88]

cp-e 3 inch ftmfw!

[tazman34685]

Uhateit, did you by chance get to install the inlet pipe? What is your take on it? Pics if you have any.

[UHATEIT]

Uhateit, did you by chance get to install the inlet pipe? What is your take on it? Pics if you have any.

oh yeah sorry about that i forgot to post it in here, i posted in the "what have you done to your 3 today" thread, I copy pasted what my post was in there with pics and review:

installed a custom turbo inlet:

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2351/4221/30877110114_large.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2351/4221/30877110115_large.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2351/4221/30877110116_large.jpg


Getting everything out was a bitch and a half, but putting it back together was easy. I broke a vac line clip and had to do some rigging to fix it and make it work right.
*while I was at it, replaced the stock recirc tubing with blue tubing to match everything else that is now blue.

I will say that there is a minor gain in torque/hp that you can only feel if you floor it or get on it, but there definately is a gain, as to how much I am not sure but you will feel it :). But YES if anyone wants to know the turbo pools faster and YES it makes it louder. There is a jet-like sound of sucking in that makes the cai sound twice as loud. It drowns out my greddy type-s bov a bit but that thing is still loud as heck. A great mod if you want to do this, pair it up with an intake for sure! It gives minor gains that you can feel and definately is a sound mod as well!

For those of you who have switchy an sri or cai and liked the loudness and turbo sounds you got... if you do this it will become twice as loud! It's glorious!

[UHATEIT]

cp-e 3 inch ftmfw!

honestly I would not see a need for that to be so large in diameter. My Mazdaspeed cold air intake is 2.5 inchec, and the coupler from that matched up pperfectly with this custom piece, and the side of the turbo where you clamp the inlet on is inly a 2 insh diameter hole on the side of the turbo. So my coupler goes from 2.5 down to 2.0 to mate with the turbo. Having a 3-inch wouldnt make a difference I wouldnt think as it STILL has to taper down to 2.0 inch to mate with the turbo. Also if it's 3-inches in diameter, it would probably not mate up with most aftermarket intakes like the cobb of ms as they are all pretty much 2.5 inches in diamater anyways.

[MTuning]

they've taken this concept
http://passwordjdm.com/images/Products/1953L.jpg
the ends will fit any application while the camber smooth the increase air flow.

[tazman34685]

UHATEIT, From whom did you place the order with and by how much did it boost your PSI too?

[UHATEIT]

i haven't floored it yet on the freeway to check my psi boosting yet. As far as who i got it from the username is craighjr he built it custom and sent it to me for $75 shipped. He may only have 1 but if he has more he probably would sell it to someone. The turbo is much much louder with this.

[mazdasp33d]

quick question if i ever replace my turbo with a bigger one... wont i need to replace the inlet pipe to fit? i have the stock turbo now obviously but i was just wondering down the road. and i want the cp-e

[UHATEIT]

quick question if i ever replace my turbo with a bigger one... wont i need to replace the inlet pipe to fit? i have the stock turbo now obviously but i was just wondering down the road. and i want the cp-e

the turbo inlet i have it 2.5 and the silocone coupler elbox tapers down to 2.0 to mate with the turbo, so if you got a larger turbo that had a larger opening, you could just get an elbow with the same diameter on the end to match up right. You wouldnt have to go so far as a cp-e, Plus if you are going 3-inch cpe you would have to buy a 3-inch intake as well to match up.

[mazdasp33d]

the turbo inlet i have it 2.5 and the silocone coupler elbox tapers down to 2.0 to mate with the turbo, so if you got a larger turbo that had a larger opening, you could just get an elbow with the same diameter on the end to match up right. You wouldnt have to go so far as a cp-e, Plus if you are going 3-inch cpe you would have to buy a 3-inch intake as well to match up.

well i have their intake so would it match up?

[MTuning]

cp-e's is a 3in camber. ends will fit like it should so any intake will be fine on it. it will be dumb finanical/development move for it to not fit like stock to accept other intakes.

[UHATEIT]

cp-e's is a 3in camber. ends will fit like it should so any intake will be fine on it. it will be dumb finanical/development move for it to not fit like stock to accept other intakes.

sounds like a bottle neck? 2.5 size intake to 3 inch chamber back down to 2 inch turbo side? ah well.

I am satisfied with the custom one i got which worked out pretty good when driving today :)

[derspi]

they've taken this concept
http://passwordjdm.com/images/Products/1953L.jpg
the ends will fit any application while the camber smooth the increase air flow.

It's the ubiquitous whale penis intake!

[MTuning]

whale peni$ (humpleg)

[intak3_bLkMs3]

hey just curious on what tools you need to install this? im guessing sockets to get the battery box and shit out right but what else

[lestat13]

hey just curious on what tools you need to install this? im guessing sockets to get the battery box and shit out right but what else

Seriously, all you need are some needle nose pliers, a screwdriver, and a 10mm socket with extension

[18psiWhiteMS3]

bump, any word on this??????

[mazdasp33d]

any word on cp-e?

[MTuning]

there hasn't been updates on neither silicone inlets. patience will come out in the end with all the parts coming out for the MS3. waiting just means it goes through better design changes.