AFE intake for Z4M's? Opinions?

[F360C]

Originally Posted by Starscream

Have to have a day with good weather
My M is a little prissy pants garage queen

haha mine too... now that the bad weather has hit the Grand Cherokee has been brought back into full time duty. Its sad there are currently four cars in our garage that have not been driven in weeks... time to move to south!

[DarkstarZero]

Originally Posted by Starscream

That does look good,
Did you watch that vid I posted above? Does it sound like that from inside the car?

I also opted for the Dry AFE filter rather then the oiled, (how the kit came),
I heard the oiled filters can set off a CEL,

I think it sounds better than that video. The GruppeM uses a K&N oiled filter and since mine was used I bought a recharge kit from Advance Auto for $10, works like new. No CEL with the oil soaked filter either. I did follow the instructions religiously when recharging it though.

[Starscream]

Excellent,

Well even if it makes the car a little more "growly" it will be worth it,

as mentioned I got the dry cone filter with it, Will be here next week just intime for the first day of winter lol

I remember speaking to Roman about the ESS tune and he said the tune will adapt to intake mods much better than the standard DME,

Looking forward to the noise! Esp if it replicates the CSL airbox!

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by F360C

haha mine too... now that the bad weather has hit the Grand Cherokee has been brought back into full time duty. Its sad there are currently four cars in our garage that have not been driven in weeks... time to move to south!

Well we should have a spring M/Z4 meet
I don't care even if its the 4 of us,

I see how much fun GP20 and Rick Hunter and the WA crew have with all the awesome photoshoots!

[Rick Hunter]

There's only so much noise you can add to the car before it starts becoming chav. I hope the intake won't push it over the edge.

And you really need to take your ride out more. Regardless of weather, this car negates the need for any sort of antidepressants. Save that money to buy a good wax/sealant treatment.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by Rick Hunter

There's only so much noise you can add to the car before it starts becoming chav. I hope the intake won't push it over the edge.

And you really need to take your ride out more. Regardless of weather, this car negates the need for any sort of antidepressants. Save that money to buy a good wax/sealant treatment.

Only Zymol Glasur, Concours, and Victorias Concours touch the car at the moment

and I have my 3 series as a daily driver and I love that thing

and remember I don't have an aftermarket exhaust, I kept the stock cans, But I did change the chrome tips to the longer M3 tips and that looks awesome,

I will have to get some photos of that,

[ga41]

Originally Posted by Starscream

Well even for the sound I might as well try it,

Id love my M to sound like this

With the GruppeM (or anyone with the AFE intake) is it at least close to this?

That sounds stock to me. Mine sounded awfully lot like that but now the growly RPi exhausts dominate the experience.

Anyway here's a couple videos of the GruppeM kit on an MC. It's shot from the outside but should give you an idea.

Just the intake

And the intake and Hayward & Scott exhausts.

[G80indy]

that's good stuff!

[knsaber]

I just installed the aFe and made a recording with a Tascam DR-05 recorder. I don't feel the aFe is as deep or growly as I'd like it compared to my E46 K&N cai.

[l4zy]

Wow back from the dead