For those of you wanting to get this intake. Pair it with a tune and intercooler. This is an oiled filter so you might get a code for the MAF. I just used MAF cleaner and cleared the code (using MHD) and all is well again. Love the noise it makes. Performance wise i think it works when you use an intercooler to lower the intake temperature
Good luck w ur new m235i i recently bought a 2012 335is drop top. I love the car a lot and i know your a big fan of it, you should pick one up after u get tired of your m235i
The car doesn’t need an intake so everyone knows. BMS is good stuff. A good charge pipe and JB4 is really all you need. The intake is only going to help with sound. A Drop in KN will help as well with sound. For the Most part BMWs intakes are pretty rock solid. All your power is tweaking the turbo.
When you add the intake did it give you a check engine light or any problem with emission? Since it has a sensor attached with it... if no i want to also add it to mine as well.. thank you..
Looking at getting a CAI for my m235 pretty much stuck between Injen and BMS. What’s your experience with it being installed and the check engine light? Has it thrown a cel since being installed and before you got the tune? I’ve heard our cars don’t really play well w oiled filters but I keep seeing mixed answers
The car threw a CEL about 3 days after installing the BMS intake. But as soon as I tuned the car the CEL went away and I have never had any issues with it. So if you plan on going the BMS route, then a proper tune like bm3 should should be paired with the intake. That's just from my experience!
It would be nice to have some box that covers the filter, so it sucks fresh cold air from outside and not the hot air from the engine bay. That is why I like Kohlefaser Luft-Technik Intake System by ECS for the N54 engine. It's quite expensive, but it works. The cheapest option is to use a performance filter instead of paper, pros: cheap and quick, cons: it has a smaller filter area than cone filters; therefore, it is a bit more restrictive. However, IMHO lower intake temperature (air comes from outside) gives you much more than a slightly larger filter area.
thats definitely a great point, so far i havent noticed any significant power drop, the car seems to pull just as hard as with the stock intake, but it sounds much better now. The car still retains the factory snorkel as well which channels cold air straight to the filter
@@SimplyCarThings but what if the 335i had a DCT? or let me put it different: what if the 335i had the ZF8? As the ZF8 and DCT are quite similar on shift speed
Appreciate the responses. I am going to be buying a 2016 M235i in the next couple of weeks and im excited. BMS has great reviews was just curious on your approach. I am going to be doing a similar build as yours . Awesome videos man . Keep them coming
Sounds sick for sure. But I have read all over the forums that the only thing an open intake like this does is make you loose power. Did you Notice anything personally?
I installed mine today and idk if it's just me but my car seems like there's a loss in torque, I have read up on this and other people have encountered it as well with his intake. Anyone have experience or feed back on this? Kind of feel like I wasted $200
So you bought it from top gear but couldn't buy it from BMS which is in So Cal? Why is bms so lazy not to get a carb sticker for it? Thats kinda my problem with bms they half a** alot of what they sell. No carb sticker thats a possible fail for ca smog and if you get caught "near" 😉 street racing thats another fine on top of your ticket all because bms id too lazy to register their product. Do yourself a favor buy a carb sticker for the bms dci, its like $2 from bms and put it near or on your intake. All the powers that be look for is the sticker they will not take the time to actually research the id number as its only a intake. Enjoy your new intake
@@mkwlls it does have ducting though, there's a factory snorkel that directs cold air entering from the kidney grilles and the front bumper inlets to the filter
