but it cost $649!!
they dyno this thing with 13hp gained

 

I'd like to have it, and would pay that much IF I see a real 13 HP gain from an independant partie's dyno. I'm not going to be the first though!

 

I'm very skeptical that thing could free up 13 ponies. Independent dyno would be a must.

 

its real power gains...my friend has one in his 330ci and it gained 11HP

 

from what i've seen from this company

13hp is very probable

look at nsx forums, bmw forums

they make power

price is reasonable to be since they are using CF.

 

Any pics installed? How does that thing go in?

 

Looks very nice but I also would like to know how its installed? Is it a CAI or just an intake that replaces the stock intake filter and housing

 

Where can we buy this at?

 

actually.you can buy it on ebay

 

I would also like to see a picture of it installed??? Always looking for new toys to carry.

 

ok pay me to buy it and i will install it and give you a pic hehe

i will also add a full write up

it looks very well made tho...

 

 

It's cheaper than Real Sports Ram Air Intake, which cost 1K.

 

I was wanting to get this intake a few months back when there was a thread going on somewhere regarding the install, which had a pic of it installed. If I remember correctly, you have to provide a means to pull air after the snorkel, ppl where using something that looked like a laundry duct to pull air from about the position the Injen does. Anyhow that'd be awsome if it could make 10rwhp, I'd plop down 6 bens for that kinda power

 

"have to provide a means...", I would hope for that kind of money the kit would supply everything.

 

I reckon it is possible to have around 13 hp (might not be the rear wheel HP) gained...

As I was a ex euro e36 3.2L m3 owner and remember that AC Schnitzer prodivded a CF airbox system which would add ony 23 HP engine HP with the price of 12K US... also recall that K&N provides such a kit and will roughly cost around 600US dollars as well...

This setup might just work as well as the "airbox" that I saw previous for the m3s... that MIGHT work equally well in our N/A engine.

cheers,

richie

 

kinda strange looking :O

 

I don't know how it could make that much power over a well made stock airbox. Injen and AEM are not even in that ballpark. GruppeM is a good company as far as I know from research, and I remember the install thread that was mentioned.

The intake looked cool installed, but it looked like it drew air into the filter box through a piece of orange heating duct.

 

for anyone interested: see this

http://www.renn-sport.net/forums//sh...0&pagenumber=1

There is a pic of it installed and an install diagram (in japanese) posted.
I'll probably just go AEM or NISMO since there does not appear to be anything substantially different IMO that is going to warrant significant gains from this setup.

 

here is the pic from the link, for you lazys out there!