My CAI setup!

[healtoeit]

Thankx for the input!
What would you suggest? should I make my own Airbox that is open to the same area that the stock one was? I was thinking of making a Y shaped box with an opening toward the headlight. Would this be ideal?

Another thing, you stated that dirt gets into the filter. From where? Is it the area above the fog light/under the headlight? I was planning on putting something there to creat a shield from dirt if thats the case!

I like your idea of closing off the top. I didn't think that the gap I created b/t the current shield I have and the hood was too much, but if it seems to be I will close off the top.

To get a real cmparison with temperature is to take a reading of the stock filter in its housing and compare it.

Is their something to be said for the smoothness of the airflow? i.e. not having to swirl around inside the stock airbox? and instead being filtered and going strait into the engine?

[e34_Jay]

Thats not even a CAI intake, its just a short ram intake. True cold air intakes will have the piping with them and usually will go down dowards the headlight to get further away from the engine.

[Qube]

What is it about this setup that screws up the MAF?
- oil deposits forming on the MAF sensor, attracting dust, screwing up readings

I've never heard of a loss of torque from a Air Intake! Can you explain more?!
- the most obvious is idling at a light. When you take off, it will suck all the hot air radiated and sitting in the engine bay. The stock airbox ducts behind the headlights and sucks cooler air, whilst somewhat isolated from the engine bay. At speed, you may not ntoice this, as you have the cooler air coming in.

Good effort though. I still say the rubbermaid is still the best intake done for this car

[Robin-535im]

Not trying to sound like an a$$ or anything , but E34's come stock with a cold air intake.

The air box is specifically engineered for the engine, presumably to maximize engine power across a wide range of conditions.

I had a setup like yours on the car when I bought it. Around 3-4k RPM it had the meanest howl and really sounded like a monster... but I did some tests with my butt dyno with swapping back in the original box.

The original box had noticeably more power, but not the roar, so I kept the original box. Stock box has a venturi nozzle that admits only outside air in the front that accelerates the air and, if I recall my fluids class, will slightly pressurize the air box at speed to increase air flow over an ambient pull from the engine vacuum.

[Jon K]

I have a cold air intake, it works really well

[AngryPopTart]

Do the MAF equipped cars have the same venturi as the AFM equipped cars?

[healtoeit]

What is it about this setup that screws up the MAF?
- oil deposits forming on the MAF sensor, attracting dust, screwing up readings

Thank you!

I've never heard of a loss of torque from a Air Intake! Can you explain more?!
- the most obvious is idling at a light. When you take off, it will suck all the hot air radiated and sitting in the engine bay. The stock airbox ducts behind the headlights and sucks cooler air, whilst somewhat isolated from the engine bay. At speed, you may not ntoice this, as you have the cooler air coming in.

Good effort though. I still say the rubbermaid is still the best intake done for this car

I noticed the hot radiated air being sucked in after sitting at a stop light... What could I do to improve this?

[healtoeit]

Not trying to sound like an a$$ or anything , but E34's come stock with a cold air intake.

Not at all man! I know the stock air box takes air from a cold location, but i was trying to maximize the air that could be sucked through the location that the stock air box was taking air from.

Thankx for the input!

[healtoeit]

White flag?

Someone pass my flame retardant jacket?

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[healtoeit]

True cold air intakes will have the piping with them and usually will go down dowards the headlight to get further away from the engine.

Thats the effect I was going for but i need to get more tubing to complete the routing that you are speaking of.