RPI air scoops for 545
06-14-2008 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by vegastrashed' post='602839' date='Jun 14 2008, 09:06 PM
I spoke with Eloy of RPI and he says that AFE CAI will not work with the scoops. As for NeRwEEzy having the only non-M5 scoops, there's a reason. RPI will only produce performance parts that show a measurable gain on the Dyno Dynamics. NeRwEEzy's 530i was dynoed pre-scoops and with the scoops. There were no gains to be had. The 535i/545i/550i might show gains.
06-14-2008 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by vegastrashed' post='602839' date='Jun 14 2008, 07:06 PM
I spoke with Eloy of RPI and he says that AFE CAI will not work with the scoops. As for NeRwEEzy having the only non-M5 scoops, there's a reason. RPI will only produce performance parts that show a measurable gain on the Dyno Dynamics. NeRwEEzy's 530i was dynoed pre-scoops and with the scoops. There were no gains to be had. The 535i/545i/550i might show gains.
06-15-2008 | 07:47 AM
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NeRwEEzy is right. His 530i wasn't the ideal 530i to have been the prototype b/c his Step can't hold gears even in Manual mode. Maybe if there were a SMG/6speed 530i then the gains can be confirmed. It's really important to stay in gear on the Dyno Dynamics for Eloy to measure any gains.
Anyway, navin has a 545i SMG so that will suffice to test on the Dyno Dynamics. My opinion is that the 535i/545i/550i will make some gains and possibly even a 2007 530i.
Anyway, navin has a 545i SMG so that will suffice to test on the Dyno Dynamics. My opinion is that the 535i/545i/550i will make some gains and possibly even a 2007 530i.
06-15-2008 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by vegastrashed' post='603077' date='Jun 15 2008, 08:47 AM
My opinion is that the 535i/545i/550i will make some gains and possibly even a 2007 530i.
06-15-2008 | 10:41 AM
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NeRwEEzy... your car isn't the only non-M with the scoop. Since RPI needed a manual tranny for the dyno, I had to jump right on it! 
Unfortunately, like Weezy's car, the end result wasn't great. Since there weren't much gains to be had, Eloy said they probably won't be producing them. At first my butt-dyno noticed a slight difference--but I'm not sure how much of it is mental.
Unfortunately, like Weezy's car, the end result wasn't great. Since there weren't much gains to be had, Eloy said they probably won't be producing them. At first my butt-dyno noticed a slight difference--but I'm not sure how much of it is mental.
06-15-2008 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by NeRwEEzy' post='602748' date='Jun 14 2008, 06:53 PM
i have both. i was thinking the same as pentiumpush since seeing that the end of the outlet is in the area where the filter of the AFE is 
What the hell am I doing!?!?!?!
11 months left and I still can't avoid spending money on this thing. 
06-15-2008 | 10:49 AM
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C, like fantastic5 said, i too did feel a butt dyno difference but also dont know how much of it was mental. where i did feel (or thought i did at least) a difference was mostly after 80 leading into triple digits. at the time when i was at Eloy's, he said if they went into production that they would probably be about $100-$150 per scoop.
06-15-2008 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by C's Bimmer' post='603176' date='Jun 15 2008, 11:46 AM
What the hell am I doing!?!?!?! 11 months left and I still can't avoid spending money on this thing.
11 months left and I still can't avoid spending money on this thing. 
edit: Navin, sorry for hijacking your thread