Cold air feed

[jimbob88]

just looking to see what people are running for filters, feeds, heat sheilds etc. trying to get a few ideas for my intake
spotted these on ebay but they're 92-95, looks like a different maf fitting to me??

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E36-92-95 ... 519227ae7b

[nickso]

not keeping the standard airbox then?

[E30BeemerLad]

If you don't have ABS then get an early E35 325i M50 air filter box

[jimbob88]

No i dont have the airbox for e30 or e36. Why go for the airbox? Do they perform better than the filters?

[e30-EVN]

on all bmw's the standard airbox is better than most setups...... however if you have abs you will find, like me that you have no room for an airbox! in this case an alternative is needed,,, i have an inclosed filter straight to the back of the headlights, it similar to a bmc item.
it performs fine on my car.

before this i had a normal cone filter as it was the only thing i could lay my hands on, it just kept sucking in hot air and was crap, but this inclosed apnin is great as it has its own heat shield

[e30-EVN]

BTW,, if i had no abs unit in the way i would in no doubt fit an m50 airbox

[jimbob88]

ok cool i'll bare that in mind, but i do have abs unit on my car

[e30-EVN]

If you have abs your in the same boat as me mate, inclosed filter FTW

[jimbob88]

[Kristo]

e36 325 and e34 525 air boxes are different? or fits e34 box too?

bmwfans.info shows that in e36 is 320 and 325 boxes different too...

[e30-EVN]

the problem with fitting these mate is the abs equipped cars have the abs unit in the way!
im sure danthe fitted an m30 airbox to one though but recorded higher intake temps with it

[jimbob88]

think im gonna bin the abs and use /make/find a heat sheild
have you seen these ones over on R3V?

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=185577

[e30-EVN]

they look bloody awsome mate fair play

but if your binning the abs you will be able to fit a normal bmw airbox....... or are you going for that custom look?

[jimbob88]

im binning all the brackets and smoothing the engine bay, then painting the engine bay matt black to contrast the newly painted silver engine , theres a couple of small polished bit here and there on the engine and im in the middle of polishing the fuel rail , the engine is nearly done now and i'll stick a few piccies on my build thread for approval/disapproval

not sure what to do with the brake setup yet but i'll have to run a bias valve for sure just not sure in what set up yet as the master cylinders have 2 outs and the bias valves ive seen only have 1