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Experimenting with the N55 airbox
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| 09-25-2013, 09:41 AM | #1 |
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Experimenting with the N55 airbox
I saw posts on the N54 airbox mods and I want to see if there's a difference with the N55 airbox "opened up" too. I cut open a 2" by 5" rectangular hole on the side wall of the air box and left everything else stock. I took it out for a spin and WHOA, this car is now breathing! The torque was awesome and the response was unbelieveable. Even at light throttle, the motor's response was immediate, its revving a lot quicker than I normally put my right foot down as usual. The air induction noise is more present and its agressive sounding. I must say, I bought new life to the car and I feel I don't need any air filter mods anymore. I conclude its the original inlet hole of the airbox was the air restrictor. The next thing I have to do now is to find a suitable inlet to get the cold air from the front of the bumper and not intaking hot air from the engine during stop and go's and traffic.
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| 09-25-2013, 05:16 PM | #2 |
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Man, all those engineers with their fancy-schmancy doctorates in Germany will be pissed once they find out you can one up them in 15 minutes with a Dremel.
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| 09-25-2013, 05:56 PM | #3 | |
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| 09-27-2013, 08:19 PM | #8 |
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Yeah, OP can you post pics of where and what it looks like?
Maybe like a DIY. Also, what are your current mods?
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| 09-28-2013, 05:58 PM | #9 |
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If you take the hood off the car, add a large CAI scoop, and remove the air filter as well, you will get even more power and responsiveness!
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| 10-01-2013, 05:49 PM | #12 |
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This is worthless until you do a before and after dyno comparison
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