AMS Intercooler Installation and Thoughts

[jibaholic101]

what lights do you have on there?

[zamm3k]

Originally Posted by ojwerks

thats a very shitty shitty shitty looking piece of crap intercooler on an even crappier looking car...



















j/k

Nice to see you here!

[BahamaBart]

Where is the post data?

[zamm3k]

Originally Posted by BahamaBart

Where is the post data?

I honestly I had given this thread for dead. I'll post it up tho now that I see it comes back to haunt me every so often

[SlicktopTTZ]

I am curious to see the AMS temp graph as well.

[escobar929]

Originally Posted by jibaholic101

what lights do you have on there?

http://www.pyspeed.com/product-p/dash-8008.htm

they look amazing! think im def gonna get these.

great IC BTW, cant wait to see the after logs

[Dr3K0]

Originally Posted by zamm3k

I honestly I had given this thread for dead. I'll post it up tho now that I see it comes back to haunt me every so often

Do you have a dyno tested gain?? Preferible w/o tune.

Probably I will be calling Eric in a few hours to order mine.


Thanks

Dr3K0

[zamm3k]

Originally Posted by Dr3K0

Do you have a dyno tested gain?? Preferible w/o tune.

Probably I will be calling Eric in a few hours to order mine.


Thanks

Dr3K0

No, sorry no dyno. Only the temp logs I did on the BT Tool which I'll post when I get home. All in all its a real solid piece, and probably the best upgrade I've done down here in the hot Miami weather.

[zamm3k]

Originally Posted by jibaholic101

what lights do you have on there?

Escobar answered to your question. I'll just confirm it. Rdash from PYSPEED. They're awesome, just keep in mind they're not as visible as the stock during SUNLIGHT.

[Dr3K0]

Hey zamm3k, what year is your car??


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Dr3K0

[zamm3k]

Originally Posted by Dr3K0

Hey zamm3k, what year is your car??


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Dr3K0

2009. Why's that?

[Dr3K0]

Originally Posted by zamm3k

2009. Why's that?

I spoke with Eric over AMS and the 2009 335i has a different charge pipe. And the intercooler will not fit right away. But he does not know about a 2009 135i. I look over mine and charge pipe coming right from the intercooler is 1 piece in a "S" shape. By the pics from your car seems like your pipe has 2 90* sections (which makes the "S"), one of those pieces is replaced by the intercooler 90* reducer hose.

I gave a lot of thought yesterday on how I can make it to work and have some options but I will have to buy some other parts and the intercooler is not the cheapest one to keep dumping money into the mod.

On what month you bought your car?

I got mine on August; maybe I got the "updated" model. :

Also the charge pipe next to the TB has another exit to seem to be a brake booster of some sort. I can see all the way to find where it connects but is facing to the firewall were usually should be the brake booster.

I’m all into improvements but this is unexpected. Makes moding more difficult. I thought to change the entire charge pipe to 3" but that additional connector take the idea to another level. I don’t know if is viable anymore. Changing parts on a car that has less than 400 miles is not so comfortable when I have to hack some things. Eric told me that CPE is working on a charge pipe but then thats more $$$.


Dr3K0

[Jettafanatic]

IAT graphs please? on the fence of IC buying....

[zamm3k]

Originally Posted by Dr3K0

I spoke with Eric over AMS and the 2009 335i has a different charge pipe. And the intercooler will not fit right away. But he does not know about a 2009 135i. I look over mine and charge pipe coming right from the intercooler is 1 piece in a "S" shape. By the pics from your car seems like your pipe has 2 90* sections (which makes the "S"), one of those pieces is replaced by the intercooler 90* reducer hose.

I gave a lot of thought yesterday on how I can make it to work and have some options but I will have to buy some other parts and the intercooler is not the cheapest one to keep dumping money into the mod.

On what month you bought your car?

I got mine on August; maybe I got the "updated" model. :

Also the charge pipe next to the TB has another exit to seem to be a brake booster of some sort. I can see all the way to find where it connects but is facing to the firewall were usually should be the brake booster.

I’m all into improvements but this is unexpected. Makes moding more difficult. I thought to change the entire charge pipe to 3" but that additional connector take the idea to another level. I don’t know if is viable anymore. Changing parts on a car that has less than 400 miles is not so comfortable when I have to hack some things. Eric told me that CPE is working on a charge pipe but then thats more $$$.


Dr3K0

Honestly, Im not sure theres any difference between any of the 1ers out right now. Except for maybe the DME model, and the fuel pump revisions, everything else is the same. So considering that, this intercooler should fit your car the same way it fit mine..... perfectly. Its pretty straight forward, its just a pain in the butt because there are some tight spaces but overall you'll be able to do it I'm sure.

Originally Posted by Jettafanatic

IAT graphs please? on the fence of IC buying....

I promised everyone I would post them, and I can't find them :S I think I lost them somewhere or somehow since I'm running Bootcamp on a Mac and have to switch back and forth between Mac OS and Windows I lost it somewhere. I'm gonna have to go out tomorrow and get new ones. But I still remember exactly what they looked like. Overall on a 3rd to 4th gear shift the temperature went from 37 degrees C to around 39.5 degrees C. The ambient air temperature was 29.5. And on my drive to the beach I logged a big portion of the drive and for the most part the IAT's staid around 17 to 18 degrees C lower than the stock intercooler. Thats around 35 degrees F??? If you're on the fence I'd go ahead and tell you to jump, you won't regret it believe me.