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n55david · 03-06-2020, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by thejeremyman9

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Originally Posted by Phantom10R

Mostly true yeah, but once you get moving the iat's come down pretty damn quick, there is no more or less heat soak than stock. The things we do know is that the stock intake is a restriction with an aftermarket turbo. There was a local guy to me who made 7-8hp with an intake on his 2014 ewg n55. It was mainly above and below the peak of the curve. I believe he had an injen like I have.

All that you guys ever do here is just parrot the same info that other people say as fact, everything ive seen personally shows they help. Whether or not its huge or small, they usually help. Unless its BMS... as soon as someone asks about one, 50 people show up trying to sell them theirs lol

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https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=988489

Not sure what you are saying i parroted... I just laid out my logic for how it could potentially impact IATs. Didnt mention anything in the context of the intake being a restriction, particularly not for a aftermarket turbo application. I think the entire performance discussion for intakes is somewhat pointless anyways given that its +/- a few HP. If you have already done everything else, have a bigger turbo, and are looking to get the last few bit on bolt-on gains that you can, then i guess you might consider an intake and importantly a turbo inlet as well to get that last bit of optimization. In a constantly moving situation, yeah, the IAT considerations are probably be negligible (with an upgraded IC of course). But i know how quickly underhood temps rise when you are not moving.

Bottom line is, some people like intakes, some people hate them. I'm indifferent /shrug.

true.. good point