AlexFW

I showed the pics to a friend and he highlighted the same point, about the pressure .
In some situations, the pressure gives an amount of performance, he told me .

westside

For thoses of you who do not want the CAI the company can do the BMC panel filter We can offer these at ?30 plus vat each if you get 10 enquiries. Postage on these could be at cost using royal mail as they are not heavy. SO everyone can be happy. IF you are interested in this then please put your name down with engine size and what you wnat for example:-

Westside 545 BMC Panel Filter

Thanks

the company is called http://www.simpsonmotorsport.com/. There American side is Tuner Motorsport which some of you may have heard of.

andy545

Appreciate all points made.

vt, as JetBlack mentioned it's just a matter of personal research on a particular product and whether it fits ones needs from various perspectives. For example, you like the sound it makes, for me, although it sounds great , it's not a priority. On your setup, all the mods you have made are awesome and fit your and your cars' philosophy/attitude.

Jetblack, the ram air effect coming from the front dam air tube is still there. It is "directed" in the general area of the cai filter. The cover on top kinda stops the air from diffusing away, so goes the theory. However, this, and combined with your point over internal pressure and the cache of air it creates are also my arguements to keep my stock and k&n setup. Dinan for example add another ram effect tube and keep an enclosed air filter casing.

Not sure if I want to loose the stock look as this might raise questions to my dealer (i have BMW insurance) as to engine mods...

AlexFW

I rang my tuner, a man that I trust .
He works on all nice cars (old and new), rally cars and even on old the F1 cars .

He said "Something the car should gain, with it, although it needs an high amount of air . It is not the best position where you can put it, but probably is the only possible"

(I send him pics by email)

About pressure, in his opinion it should have a little of it, due to the silver plate .

After got and installed it, it would be better to get a new remap .

Anyway, about new air, don't forget it is behind the kidney grills .

Bye!

andy545

Is the cai on the 550i enclosed ? :

btw what is the difference with afe cai stage 2 and the normal version ??

AlexFW

Wow, very nice : I want it!!

JetBlack

It appears to me that it is not behind the kidney grill but behind the headlight in VT's pic?

AlexFW

Behind on the right, ok ?

DINAN530i

e60 I6 please add me to the master list. thanks