5Series.net - Forums - Following in the Footsteps of ucsbwsr - DIY Installation VRSF 7" FMIC on an E60 535i

After reading the thread originally posted by ucsbwsr of how to to fit the 7" FMIC to our E60 N54 equipped cars, I was all in. I knew warmer months were ahead, I knew I was about to up the boost even more when going up to E65 fuel, and severe heat soak would be inevitable. Since I didn't want to deal with running meth, and I had access to E85, running E85 with a FMIC was exactly what I was looking for. The only problem is that most of the FMIC kits for the N54 are geared towards the 135i and 335i platforms. But it seemed like with a standard 135/335 kit, and a few miscellaneous couplers and pipes, we could make things work.

First off you'll need the VRSF 7" FMIC kit. I received the lower charge pipe upgrade, but DID NOT use it.

As far as extra components that you'll need, here are links to what I purchased extra. You could probably produce them yourself for much cheaper.

- a 15" long 2.5" 90 degree bend (http://store.max-redline.com/index.p...g-l-elbow.html)
- 4 more T-Bolt clamps (I got them from here - http://store.max-redline.com/index.p...r-exhaust.html)
- a 5" long 2.5" (http://store.max-redline.com/index.p...bo-5-long.html)
- a 45 degree 2.5" silicon elbow (http://store.max-redline.com/index.p...icon-hose.html)
- and a 30 degree 2.5" silicon elbow (Max-Redline didn't have these so I found them at SiliconIntakes.com - http://www.siliconeintakes.com/30-si...-30-p-196.html)

Once you've got all your parts together, now on to the actual installation:

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NOTE: I've sinced revised this part of the installation in order to get the FMIC sitting perfectly straight and enhance the appearance of a bunch of small black zip ties. This required a decent amount of adjusting and the use of larger, 1/2" wide heavy-duty zip ties, so now I only have one on each side, but they're much beefier.

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