[johnung]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

They are attached. The airbox connect to the grill vent by an "arm."

If that's the stock setup then I can see why BMW has air entering at a 90 degree angle. That makes it less likely for water to be able to be forced directly into the airfilter box. In that case an air scoop wouldn't be desirable

[thejeremyman9]

Originally Posted by johnung

If that's the stock setup then I can see why BMW has air entering at a 90 degree angle. That makes it less likely for water to be able to be forced directly into the airfilter box. In that case an air scoop wouldn't be desirable

Yup, they are attached. Duct runs from airbox to the front of the car behind the grill, and has a square grate as stock (his pics show the grate removed and scoop added). Your pics don't show the duct that runs from airbox to front of car.

[boosted14]

Hello everyone, here is the sound clip i promised I've tried with my gopro but where it mounts on top of the car the wind just overtakes all the sound even with wind reduction on. So this sound clip is with my phone attached to the center of my windshield wipers lol, you can still here alot of wind but the sound comes out a little more this way.

[mike@x-ph.com]

Originally Posted by boosted14

Hello everyone, here is the sound clip i promised I've tried with my gopro but where it mounts on top of the car the wind just overtakes all the sound even with wind reduction on. So this sound clip is with my phone attached to the center of my windshield wipers lol, you can still here alot of wind but the sound comes out a little more this way.

[UhhItsANT]

Originally Posted by thejeremyman9

I don't run a scoop. It might direct some more "cold" air into your intake area if you aren't running a closed intake setup but its effect is probably going to be negligible.

Hey bro, what intercooler brand/model do you recommend? I bit the bullet and ordered the FabSpeed HF downpipe and a BootMod3 tune. Want to run stage 2 and they said I need intercooler. I am running a stock turbo and stock exhaust.

Things I have so far are listed below, please let me know I'm missing anything for stage 2 besides intercooler.

• Evolution Racewerks N55 (3.0T) F30/F32/F33/M2 Charge Pipes N55
• MST 2012-2016 BMW 335i/435i [F30/F32] Intake system (BW-MK3351)
• Turbosmart BOV Kompact EM Dual Port VR9 - BMW N55 E90/E92/F Series
• MST BMW N55 3.0 TURBO INLET PIPE (BW-MK3352V2)
• Fabspeed M235 / 335 / 435 / M2 Catted Downpipes
• Bootmod3 Flash Tune + Free Enet & Phone Adapter

PS been buying all this from Extreme Power House

[thejeremyman9]

Originally Posted by AntBabeee

Hey bro, what intercooler brand/model do you recommend? I bit the bullet and ordered the FabSpeed HF downpipe and a BootMod3 tune. Want to run stage 2 and they said I need intercooler. I am running a stock turbo and stock exhaust.

Things I have so far are listed below, please let me know I'm missing anything for stage 2 besides intercooler.

• Evolution Racewerks N55 (3.0T) F30/F32/F33/M2 Charge Pipes N55
• MST 2012-2016 BMW 335i/435i [F30/F32] Intake system (BW-MK3351)
• Turbosmart BOV Kompact EM Dual Port VR9 - BMW N55 E90/E92/F Series
• MST BMW N55 3.0 TURBO INLET PIPE (BW-MK3352V2)
• Fabspeed M235 / 335 / 435 / M2 Catted Downpipes
• Bootmod3 Flash Tune + Free Enet & Phone Adapter

PS been buying all this from Extreme Power House

Bigger than a 5'' stepped, which eliminates several brands.

I would get a 6.5'' ("competition") or the largest ("race") IC. I personally run VRSF race now (previously owned 5'') and its no doubt an excellent IC but everyone knows VRSF quality control can be hit and miss (had an issue with 5'', no issues with race). There are other brands that offer race ICs (MAD is a new one Mike sells that is very cost effective, but little datalogs on it yet), so you can just research and pick one. Just make sure it has good fin density.

Also, you will probably want to buy XHP trans tune at some point, but that can come later. If you are getting everything installed at once, you can also consider replacing the TIC pipe to save on labor, although its not really a necessary update/pre-requisite.

[UhhItsANT]

Originally Posted by thejeremyman9

Bigger than a 5'' stepped, which eliminates several brands.

I would get a 6.5'' ("competition") or the largest ("race") IC. I personally run VRSF race now (previously owned 5'') and its no doubt an excellent IC but everyone knows VRSF quality control can be hit and miss (had an issue with 5'', no issues with race). There are other brands that offer race ICs (MAD is a new one Mike sells that is very cost effective, but little datalogs on it yet), so you can just research and pick one. Just make sure it has good fin density.

Also, you will probably want to buy XHP trans tune at some point, but that can come later. If you are getting everything installed at once, you can also consider replacing the TIC pipe to save on labor, although its not really a necessary update/pre-requisite.

Ok, thanks man. I'll take a look and post some options back for your thoughts. I'm new to all of this, just bored with my car lol.

[UhhItsANT]

Decided to go with VRSF 6.5" after reading multiple threads and coming by one below.

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...ht=intercooler

@mike, do you guys not sale this model anymore? I tried searching vrsf intercooler and came back with over 1000 results lol

[mike@x-ph.com]

Originally Posted by AntBabeee

Decided to go with VRSF 6.5" after reading multiple threads and coming by one below.

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...ht=intercooler

@mike, do you guys not sale this model anymore? I tried searching vrsf intercooler and came back with over 1000 results lol

Im assuming you meant to tag me, if not I apologize.

We do not offer the VRSF brand anymore.

[UhhItsANT]

Originally Posted by mike@x-ph.com

Im assuming you meant to tag me, if not I apologize.

We do not offer the VRSF brand anymore.

yeah meant to tag you but it didnt let me since you had a @ in your name so it stopped at mike. LOL.

[mike@x-ph.com]

Originally Posted by UhhItsANT

yeah meant to tag you but it didnt let me since you had a @ in your name so it stopped at mike. LOL.

Someone showed me the trick to tag vendors, but I forgot.

Forum members, let us know how to tag vendors; I need to tag manufacturers sometimes to get their opinion on customers' questions.

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by UhhItsANT

Hey bro, what intercooler brand/model do you recommend? I bit the bullet and ordered the FabSpeed HF downpipe and a BootMod3 tune. Want to run stage 2 and they said I need intercooler. I am running a stock turbo and stock exhaust.

Things I have so far are listed below, please let me know I'm missing anything for stage 2 besides intercooler.

• Evolution Racewerks N55 (3.0T) F30/F32/F33/M2 Charge Pipes N55
• MST 2012-2016 BMW 335i/435i [F30/F32] Intake system (BW-MK3351)
• Turbosmart BOV Kompact EM Dual Port VR9 - BMW N55 E90/E92/F Series
• MST BMW N55 3.0 TURBO INLET PIPE (BW-MK3352V2)
• Fabspeed M235 / 335 / 435 / M2 Catted Downpipes
• Bootmod3 Flash Tune + Free Enet & Phone Adapter

PS been buying all this from Extreme Power House

Is it possible for you to give us a before and after pull with that MST intake? Intakes are pretty simiple to install, so hopefully it will not be that big of a hassle

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by mike@x-ph.com

Someone showed me the trick to tag vendors, but I forgot.

Forum members, let us know how to tag vendors; I need to tag manufacturers sometimes to get their opinion on customers' questions.

I've done it a few times too, but I forgot how to do it. It literally completely on accident.

[mike@x-ph.com]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

I've done it a few times too, but I forgot how to do it. It literally completely on accident.

9 years on this forum and I still cant figure it out

[UhhItsANT]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Is it possible for you to give us a before and after pull with that MST intake? Intakes are pretty simiple to install, so hopefully it will not be that big of a hassle

i can try but no promises i'll be doing it at my friend's shop. Most likely well have everything done together so may not be able to have video of just MST intake by itself.

[AmuroRay]

No - I mean take a log of your car on the stock intake, and another after you install the MST

[UhhItsANT]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

No - I mean take a log of your car on the stock intake, and another after you install the MST

Ahhh but yeah same as before most likely everything will go on at once. So might not have just intake. Plus city I'm doing it as lots of cops it's a small island next to Oakland.

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by UhhItsANT

Ahhh but yeah same as before most likely everything will go on at once. So might not have just intake. Plus city I'm doing it as lots of cops it's a small island next to Oakland.

All good, better to not risk it.