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      04-14-2016, 12:05 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by socale39 View Post
Maybe it's just me but having to lose half the engine cover for some shiny tubing that may or may not yield minimal gains seems like a fruitless effort. Of course I could be wrong but I'd really like to see a comparison of this setup vs stock with say some filters and ram air scoops. I will applaud the ingenuity you guys are putting into this project though.
Go look at an M5 engine...they use metal coolant lines to feed the turbos and don't have one huge airbox like we've got. I don't expect a lot of gains from the intake, but I figured it's much like doing a muffler delete...more ways to be able to hear the turbos. MSR has their intake for the M5, questionable gains, 2-3x as much as my intake...but that sound! :-)
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