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Originally Posted by ///1M
Cool. Given the improved throttle response and no apparent downsides, this seems to be a virtually no-risk upgrade.
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Exactly, unless you have an issue in the engine compartment and your car is still under warranty, dealers won't like the presence of an aftermarket charge pipe, but you can take it out for those dealer visits.
The only issue is this ER piece needs to be installed good, which is a real PITA. Better some natural handy man makes it, I monitored the installation closely and it doesn't fit good easily, it needs a lot of effort. If you make it just 80 or 90 % good install then it will pop as easy as the stock if not easier, which is counterproductive.
By the way, ZAYZAY, interestingly I've just met a guy earlier today at a car meet in Santiago who happens to have another VO 1M along with a S2000 and a new GT-R. He was the second owner of his 1M and told me that he has an issue so we went to his house in my 1M where his 1M was parked, and it was the tial bov making the notorious sound, plus his car was idling weirdly and the Akra exhaust was repeating the same arrhytmia, and we noticed that typical ticking sound was much more audible in his car so I thought there may be every other kind of issues with that car and better read the fault codes first. He said that first owner installed a tune then took it back when he bought the car, he didn't know what tune was it. We listened two 1Ms side by side one with ER but stock dv and other with another brand (don't remember which and it was not familiar to me), made of cheap looking plastic like stock but with a bov kit on it. He said that now he knows that the bothering sound and arrhytmia has nothing to do with stock car or a car with different mods like mine. Also, I showed him that his car was idling visibly lower than mine ever did (max at 600 with cold engine, where mine would be around 800 both stock and after some relatively modest mods I did).
EDIT: Forgot to write yesterday, this other 1M had HPFP issue too. The new owner could not enjoy warranty because the dealer detected engine mods.
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BMW 1M-SOLD-: TECH: Evolve Race+N55mids, Evolve IC, Michelin PSS, ER cp, aFe filter, CDVx, Vorshlag camber plates, BMS OCC EXTERIOR: trunk spoiler, blacklines, black grills, IND goodies INTERIOR: Alcantara steering wheel, steel pedals, custom mats, MPower e-brake.