DRIFT Xaust air intake system on Mitsubishi Mirage

[Mistah JT]

Mistah, do you run a small cone off the throttle body or nothing at all?

Nothing.
Or I put a silicone pipe that sits nearly flush with the radiator so it filters through that.
Much more rev happy. Can definitely feel the difference, stock box is too tight and small piping.

[ahintofpepperjack]

Nothing.
Or I put a silicone pipe that sits nearly flush with the radiator so it filters through that.
Much more rev happy. Can definitely feel the difference, stock box is too tight and small piping.

I hope you don't plan to sell your car after you haven't been running a filter. Your engines cylinder walls will be trashed.

[silverstreak]

No disrespect intended, but I was thinking the same thing.

[chris_top_her]

Nothing.
Or I put a silicone pipe that sits nearly flush with the radiator so it filters through that.
Much more rev happy. Can definitely feel the difference, stock box is too tight and small piping.

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[Mistah JT]

Same as running ITBs with trumpets. Car will have no resale value as it is seen as a girls car.
Rather have it more zippy and sound grunty than no sound.

[Rival Autosport]

The mirages stock airbox is really restrictive. I run nothing off the TB and you would be surprised with how rev happy it becomes.
I am trying to purchase from them but they want way too much $$

How much are they asking, if you don't mind my asking?

[Cani Lupine]

Without the MAF, your engine isn't going to run correctly, either. It's rev happy because it's dumping in more fuel.

[Cobrajet]

It's just a pipe with a cone filter on the end. These types of intakes usually reduce power by allowing more hot air into the intake.

This is what I always thought. Any power increase has to come from a simple increase in air flow due to this system's less restrictive design.

I can see this system being of some benefit if it actually did allow colder air from the outside of the engine compartment to be fed into the engine through less restrictive piping. The air this setup sucks in may be NEAR ambient, but the air the stock intake sucks in IS ambient.

[Mistah JT]

How much are they asking, if you don't mind my asking?

All range between $250-500 once converted to AUD/US with shipping.

Without the MAF, your engine isn't going to run correctly, either. It's rev happy because it's dumping in more fuel.

AUS mirage doesn't use the MAF, it has it on the TB anyway. So it is not leaning out and dumping more fuel.

[GrnBn]

Same as running ITBs with trumpets. Car will have no resale value as it is seen as a girls car.
Rather have it more zippy and sound grunty than no sound.

You realize that the folks who run ITB's usually run some form of filtration too, right? And that this ranges from what is essentially some panty hose-like material stretched across each intake to a full-on foam cover that completely shrouds the intakes? Only actual race cars and/or people with the money+skills to rebuild motors run unfiltered ITB setups, and even then its pretty dumb considering how minimal the potential losses of filtration are compared with how HUGE the benefits of filtering out particulate are. Have you tried just mounting a filter directly to the throttle body? You should get the same sound without the potential harm.

EDIT: a 'girl's car'... seriously? You'd better buy an enormous truck to make sure no one thinks your a pansy. </s> The car will have no resale value because you're caning it, which is okay but lets be honest about it.