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Originally Posted by Fat Panda
What's with BMW and using plastics for engine components? Valve cover, charge pipe, what else?
For a car with just MPE and MPPK, is the charge pipe susceptible to failure as well?
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Most likely weight and cost of production..
Charge Pipe fail on stock cars and tuned cars. They just fail. We ship out a couple a week overnight to customers who are stranded as their pipe failed in a bad way.
The general rule would be the more boost you run the higher the chance of failure.
Mike