My 525iSE project thread (and my 1st post lol)

[ILoveMPower]

Goddamn, I could go for some M5 interior. Beautiful delphin, don't respray unless its a fresh coat of delphin!

Rear head rests ftw!

[Spice Boy]

I cant wait to get her lowered!

[Spice Boy]

Well today has been a wicked day!!!

2 new toys have arrived.....

This is 1....



And this is the other....



Before anyone asks or in case anyone is wondering, yes this is actually the American PREMIER DEH-P860MP Its nice to know that my car will have more than 1 American inspired item...

Tomorrow is going to be a long day, Not only am I going to try and mod my airbox to become a heat shield for the K&N and try to improve the cold air feed.... But Im also going to fit all 4 speakers, 2 amps, all the wiring and the Pioneer...

Sextons might be seeing some of my hard earnt cash in the form of a BMW-ISO harness and a Pioneer harness for the DEH-P8600MP but if anyone knows of a better place to try then feel free, but I think Sextons will beat the majority!

Roll on tomorrow!!

[Macv]

Theres not much you can improve with the air intake on these babies. I'll bet you gain a nicer sound, but lose a little power Unnoticable maybe, but a loss is a loss.

[AngryPopTart]

Theres not much you can improve with the air intake on these babies. I'll bet you gain a nicer sound, but lose a little power Unnoticable maybe, but a loss is a loss.

Yeah, sorry man, but intakes have already been tested to death on these cars and the only thing adding a K&N filter does is increase throttle response, but reduces hp. And the factory airbox is already a cold-air intake system obviously and it's said that modifying the way it works just decreases horsepower even more. The only thing I don't remember seeing anyone try is replacing the rubber accordian section of the intake with hard tubing.

Another thing I would note is that there is a power increase introduced by having the intake-manifold's extrude-honed, which increases the internal diameter of intake runners. This suggest that the intake-manifold itself is a bottle-neck, and not the airbox/filter arrangement.

[Alexlind123]

Yeah, sorry man, but intakes have already been tested to death on these cars and the only thing adding a K&N filter does is increase throttle response, but reduces hp. And the factory airbox is already a cold-air intake system obviously and it's said that modifying the way it works just decreases horsepower even more. The only thing I don't remember seeing anyone try is replacing the rubber accordian section of the intake with hard tubing.

Another thing I would note is that there is a power increase introduced by having the intake-manifold's extrude-honed, which increases the internal diameter of intake runners. This suggest that the intake-manifold itself is a bottle-neck, and not the airbox/filter arrangement.

Adding simply a square k&n filter in place of the OEM filter will not reduce horsepower. Adding a k&n intake or cone air filter will reduce horsepower unless it is properly shielded from the engine bay heat.

[Fahad]

nice job!
your car is exactlly like mine..same color same interior but mine is auto and it came with electronic heater controls for some reason.

your new seats looks very nice

im thinking of going for balck paint as well, but i see lots of guys here like dolphen grey

my car needs lowering too
the front sits even higher than your car! and i think the PO lowered the rear end only!

did not have much time to do cosmetic mods yet (cept for clear corners) i was busy getting her mechanicly right.
i could use some tips from this thread..
thanks and good luck

[Spice Boy]

Well if you want any tips or pics then Im more than happy to get snapping

Plus Im nuts so Ill try anything once lol any mods that people are wary of then let me know and Ill do the testing

[Spice Boy]

Well I dont know where to start....

Overall the car is much more responsive and there is a definite improvement...

Not to mention the throaty roar the car now has

Thanks to Rob at Keltix for getting me the K&N so quickly, your a star!

Time to crack on with the speakers now so I can have music in the car for the 1st time! lol

Here is the induction set up from the engine side... Notice that the filter cant 'see' the engine at all thus helping with shielding from the heat hopefully lol


And from the other side...

[Spice Boy]

Well you will never guess what I picked up today.....

Not to be fitted yet, I have to wait for a few more bits....





Oh yes, the outside is going crystal!

Im not sure if I fully like the rear lights or not, Id prefer the M5 style crystals but I cant find anywhere in the UK that stock them!