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mz3~Power

07-28-2009, 03:05 PM

hey i have a cold air intake on my 2.0l and i know that it makes a difference with sound becuase it sounds alot more deeper...and there is a slight difference with pick up but not much i think the noise tricks you... but my question is how is everyones gas economy cause mine is shit. if i feather the gas and dont even rev it past 3g my gas hand still moves quite a bit and i only drove 10k? with my stock air box its alot better. but last night i drove alot and i was actually getting on it .... and my gas hand didnt move at all? and i drove like 3 times more( city driving) i dont get it .

rick@garage16.ca

07-28-2009, 04:23 PM

we have a good deal going on now for CAI

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=35721

Tizmee24

07-28-2009, 04:47 PM

we have a good deal going on now for CAI

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=35721

I think his not try to buy one, because he got one already,
oh yeah btw my CAI is suckIng my gas out, it give me more power, but i have to pay for the gas double than it used to be, but i like it though the power and the sounds, i feel like i got exaust in front of my car, lol
but i dont know why is Your gas meter didnt even move... I hope somebody can help u out ... Goodluck

rick@garage16.ca

07-28-2009, 05:13 PM

Intakes are alot of peoples 1st mod and it sure is a great upgrade for performance and sound. Make sure you get a nice cat back exhaust as well to make it the best flowing :)

Fuman

07-28-2009, 06:10 PM

keep an eye on it, might just be the ECU re-learning

cwp_sedan

07-28-2009, 09:48 PM

My mileage has never changed when I installed my intake. It might have gone down right when I put it on because I was on the gas more so I could hear it, but that was my own fault. If you do a lot of city driving your mileage will be crap.

mz3~Power

07-28-2009, 10:23 PM

thanks guys for all the help!

mazdabetty

07-28-2009, 10:37 PM

we have a good deal going on now for CAI

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=35721

Intakes are alot of peoples 1st mod and it sure is a great upgrade for performance and sound. Make sure you get a nice cat back exhaust as well to make it the best flowing :)

This is a prime example of the thread about sponsors whoring threads (http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=35789) earlier today... but WORSE, as you didn't even read any of the posts... he's asking about gas mileage, not where to pick up the product... I guess this is what becomes so irritating after a while... :whoa (by the way it's "A LOT"... not "alot"... come on people this is elementary school grammar GODDDDD!!!! :chuckle)

ANYWAY, to actually answer your question, there are quite a few threads regarding this topic. Try searching "CAI" and "mileage" and a bunch should pop up. Here's a start:

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=31213

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=24554 (http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=24554)

ukr boy

07-29-2009, 03:06 AM

MistaChin

07-29-2009, 12:26 PM

Soyabean

07-29-2009, 10:02 PM

This is a prime example of the thread about sponsors whoring threads (http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=35789) earlier today... but WORSE, as you didn't even read any of the posts... he's asking about gas mileage, not where to pick up the product... I guess this is what becomes so irritating after a while... :whoa (by the way it's "A LOT"... not "alot"... come on people this is elementary school grammar GODDDDD!!!! :chuckle)

ANYWAY, to actually answer your question, there are quite a few threads regarding this topic. Try searching "CAI" and "mileage" and a bunch should pop up. Here's a start:

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=31213

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=24554 (http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=24554)

AHAHAHHAHA, I was thinking the exact same thing.

STeeLy

07-29-2009, 11:17 PM

I find that my CAI does save me a bit of gas on the highway, but not in the city. Then again, there's a lot of factors with gas consumption, so I wouldn't put it all on the CAI... I more or less like it for the sound ahaha...

Tuga

07-29-2009, 11:36 PM

I installed K&N typhoon and my average gas mileage dropped from 10.1 to 9.5, but now(two weeks after install) it came down to 9.8. and it is mainly city driving and I push my car really hard: redlining, speeding, hard breaking etc. But I managed to get 600 kms on a tank with 5 litres still remaining.

You get 600 km on a tank doing city driving?
You got to tell me how you do that ...........lol
My car is stock and i only get around 500 to 530 and thats not pushing it just normal driving .
You are very lucky to get that kind of kilometers with your kind of driving...............

cwp_sedan

07-29-2009, 11:38 PM

You get 600 km on a tank doing city driving?
You got to tell me how you do that ...........lol
My car is stock and i only get around 500 to 530 and thats not pushing it just normal driving .
You are very lucky to get that kind of kilometers with your kind of driving...............

+100000000 lol. I have barely hit 600km on an 90% highway trip babying the gas. If I hammer it all of the time I would be luck to get 500km.

towelsnap

07-29-2009, 11:57 PM

+100000000 lol. I have barely hit 600km on an 90% highway trip babying the gas. If I hammer it all of the time I would be luck to get 500km.

+1 I'm lucky to get 510kms on a tank with a CBE... the more mods that make sound (engine/performance) the less mileage... reason being its louder at higher revs hahaha :bana ... try driving your car like you did prior to the intake and you'll get the same mileage (I'd assume anyways)

Darkfrosty7

07-30-2009, 03:53 AM

AHAHAHHAHA, I was thinking the exact same thing.

yea ditto...