I just bought this intake for my X1 and it looks amazing. The turbo noise/fluttering is heard but very quiet. I don’t have a tune yet just the Dinan boost controller and you can definitely feel more torque at higher speeds. I think after you remove the intake resonator and upgrade to hard pipe you’ll hear more turbo spool.
So, you just put a higher air box cover on with an open side to pull in more engine hot air, so the intercooler now has to work harder to cool the air back down. Maybe I'm missing something?
That’s what the intercooler does. That’s its job. The tune also adds more psi, which makes the turbos work harder, which also generates more heat. I don’t feel like the intercooler is a weak point or a bottleneck here.
@@Just1MoreMod Awesome, I plan to do the Dinan boost thing, then a throttle controller and got to thinking I might do the intake too. My DME is locked and I'm not sure I want to deal with that for bm3. But getting under 7 seconds in this car with just the booster and intake is great! Plus the sound is likely more fun too. What's your 0-60 now with bm3?
No, I don’t think deleting the muffler on a the x1/x2 (or any 4 cylinder car) would sound good. Check out my Dinan Exhaust video for a decent sound upgrade.
