Short Ram Intake

sd306 · 12-09-2020, 09:25 AM

Does anyone make one yet? Yes, I am serious and want the stupid whoooooosh. IAT are usually only a few degrees higher when driving normally regardless of being next to the engine and are practically the same at WOT. Resting they hike up, but that's my excuse to warm up the engine faster.

Also, has anyone just removed the top of the intake to see what it sounds like with it off? I know it'd be bad as it can collect water like a bowl - which I why I wonder about short ram intake and ideally small heat shield.

sd306 · 01-17-2021, 02:18 PM

So I took off the top of the airbox and revved it a few times. I couldn't hear the turbos really anymore. I didn't drive around to see if it would go wooshhh though. Maybe next time

allinon72 · 01-17-2021, 02:33 PM

No one makes one presumably for packaging reasons - there's no where to put it, which is why the stock air box is designed the way it is.

I expect the aftermarket support to ramp up as the G80/82s come out though, so maybe someone will figure it out.

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sd306 Captain 381 Rep 641 Posts Drives: X5 40i Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	Short Ram Intake Does anyone make one yet? Yes, I am serious and want the stupid whoooooosh. IAT are usually only a few degrees higher when driving normally regardless of being next to the engine and are practically the same at WOT. Resting they hike up, but that's my excuse to warm up the engine faster. Also, has anyone just removed the top of the intake to see what it sounds like with it off? I know it'd be bad as it can collect water like a bowl - which I why I wonder about short ram intake and ideally small heat shield.
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sd306 Captain 381 Rep 641 Posts Drives: X5 40i Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	So I took off the top of the airbox and revved it a few times. I couldn't hear the turbos really anymore. I didn't drive around to see if it would go wooshhh though. Maybe next time __________________ X5 40i
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allinon72 Brigadier General 4930 Rep 3,809 Posts Drives: 20' M2C, 23' X1 Join Date: May 2017 Location: Indianapolis, IN iTrader: (2)	No one makes one presumably for packaging reasons - there's no where to put it, which is why the stock air box is designed the way it is. I expect the aftermarket support to ramp up as the G80/82s come out though, so maybe someone will figure it out.
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