Intake worth upgrading?

[HP Autosport]

Originally Posted by Papethova

No intake at all? Cant you also interpret that as there is no loss of power with sucking in hot air from the engine bay (at the flow rates that no intake provides)?

A fan is place on top of the engine in both cases and all GIAC dyne runs to ensure no rising of heated air.

[EINSER M]

Originally Posted by 1swift1

Hey Einser,
Please post a video clip of the engine sound and your impression if there is an increase in power....when you get a chance.

Thanks!!!

here you go; thanx mark for holding up the iphone 4S buddy

[Papethova]

Originally Posted by EINSER M

here you go

[u2b]http://www.youtu.be.com/watch?v=Z3tgjah4b0g[/u2b]

[u2b]http://www.youtu.be.com/watch?v=8ulQOJfuc9w[/u2b]

[u2b]http://www.youtu.be.com/watch?v=BJv9U-GWY4w[/u2b]

Ya that worked

[EINSER M]

Originally Posted by Papethova

Ya that worked

psssh! i was fixing the links ha ha

[1swift1]

Sounds better! Like the whoosh of the intake.
Cameron

[nicoz]

Anyone considering the BMS or the cp-e... since less espansive?

[nicoz]

bump

[EINSER M]

Originally Posted by nicoz

Anyone considering the BMS or the cp-e... since less espansive?

the BMS came up for consideration too but i wanted the heat shield and the extra sexyness of the AFE design but the BMS should work just the same and from what i gathered the BMS will be a tad louder from the woosh sound

[tscdennab]

How about this intake:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8762970

It's fully enclosed and supplemental to the stock intake, with the air duct getting cold air from the brake duct.

[TunedM2C]

I like the Injen setup.

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[robertm]

Originally Posted by tscdennab

How about this intake:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8762970

It's fully enclosed and supplemental to the stock intake, with the air duct getting cold air from the brake duct.

This is almost the same as the other do it yourself intake Mr 5 or something like that. I'm almost certain I read somewhere it will not work on 1m because of other equipment in the way or different bumper. Can't quite remember what it was but there is something in the way that prevents this type of mod on 1m. If anyone knows different please correct me.

[M///1rider]

I have had the injen setup on my car since my 08 135 and now my 1m great short ram air setup IMO better then the open AFE system not sure about the closed system tho would like to see how it is . Saw the stage closed system that utilized the other ram air scoop but the setup was 900$!!!!!! Does anyone know where else to find that

[TunedM2C]

Originally Posted by M///1rider

I have had the injen setup on my car since my 08 135 and now my 1m great short ram air setup IMO better then the open AFE system not sure about the closed system tho would like to see how it is . Saw the stage closed system that utilized the other ram air scoop but the setup was 900$!!!!!! Does anyone know where else to find that

So no fitment issues with the Injen then?

[tkbr0wn]

I had an Injen on my 135 and I felt power loss after it warmed up.

[TunedM2C]

^ Did you have mods on the 135? I noticed a loss in torque with the regular DCI's on my 135.

[tscdennab]

Originally Posted by robertm

This is almost the same as the other do it yourself intake Mr 5 or something like that. I'm almost certain I read somewhere it will not work on 1m because of other equipment in the way or different bumper. Can't quite remember what it was but there is something in the way that prevents this type of mod on 1m. If anyone knows different please correct me.

In fact, this will work while the original Mr. 5 intake will not. I have the 1M extra equipment too (I have the BMW Performance Power Kit which installs the supplemental water radiator lower in that area - this comes with the 1M from factory).

The difference between this approach and the original Mr. 5 is that the filter is placed above in the engine bay and only an air duct is connected between the filter housing and the brake duct, while in the original design the filter is placed in the bumper. This way the added bulk is placed above and not in the bumper, thus clearing the water radiator.

By the way, I had a new Injen intake before doing this filter. I sold the Injen after 3 days because I could feel the loss of torque down low. Injen is just another hot air intake like any dual cone intake.

I would say, always choose cold air over hot air, if there is the smallest possibility of choosing...

[M///1rider]

Yea with any mod you lose torque, 3" ar dps i lost torque but you gain alot of power up top believe me much better

[tkbr0wn]

Originally Posted by M///1rider

Yea with any mod you lose torque, 3" ar dps i lost torque but you gain alot of power up top believe me much better

I felt noticeable loss down low and no noticeable gains up high. I had Intake, Exhaust, JB3 on the 135 and the Injen intake did nothing but sound a little better at first and hurt performance 5 minutes after cranking.

[HP Autosport]

Originally Posted by tkbr0wn

I felt noticeable loss down low and no noticeable gains up high. I had Intake, Exhaust, JB3 on the 135 and the Injen intake did nothing but sound a little better at first and hurt performance 5 minutes after cranking.

Beyond stage 1 GIAC the stock intake can no longer support the the air flow needs of the N54.

If you are keeping your 1M stock, the stock intake box is fine with a drop-in filter. With elevated boost levels one should really consider an intake to free up the bottleneck.