BMC Air Filter
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Re: BMC Air Filter
Scuderia, I presume you have a few cars ... Lambo, Porsche & BMW?
Besides the BMC, what are you using for your other marques?
Does the BMC make your car (the BMW?) very throttle sensitive & jerky @ low torque / gear-shifts ?
What were you using for your P 996?
Scuderia, I presume you have a few cars ... Lambo, Porsche & BMW?
Besides the BMC, what are you using for your other marques?
Does the BMC make your car (the BMW?) very throttle sensitive & jerky @ low torque / gear-shifts ?
What were you using for your P 996?
Scuderia
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Re: BMC Air Filter
Spyglass, the stock panel filter on the G is already BMC thus I kept it at stock. My ex 360 was on CF tubi airbox with BMC air filters.
P996C4 3.4l was on Evo Highflow air intake which I imported from the US. It made a high pitch whinning noise on hard acceleration which is kind of nice. The fuel consumption was a lot higher with these.
P996C2 3.6l was on standard filters.
The CDA BMC give a little push to the low end, no difference to the throttle senitivity as far as I am tell. Very minimal noise too.
spyglass;167632 said:
Spyglass, the stock panel filter on the G is already BMC thus I kept it at stock. My ex 360 was on CF tubi airbox with BMC air filters.
P996C4 3.4l was on Evo Highflow air intake which I imported from the US. It made a high pitch whinning noise on hard acceleration which is kind of nice. The fuel consumption was a lot higher with these.
P996C2 3.6l was on standard filters.
The CDA BMC give a little push to the low end, no difference to the throttle senitivity as far as I am tell. Very minimal noise too.
delrosa81
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Re: BMC Air Filter
Hey Bros, I'm currently driving the Civic 2.0 (A) and am using the BMC Carbon Airbox Filter while awaiting the arrival of my E90 320i. Yes indeed I installed it at Espace Service centre and they are the sole distributors of BMC which is directly imported from UK. Low to mid is slightly improved and high end feels really smooth. Although it does not have the growl of Open Pods, it still have a very soft aggresive growl when revved hard.
You can view some photos of the BMC installed on my current civic on my blog below. Its the limited edition silver carbon fibre version.
Mr Gary
Hey Bros, I'm currently driving the Civic 2.0 (A) and am using the BMC Carbon Airbox Filter while awaiting the arrival of my E90 320i. Yes indeed I installed it at Espace Service centre and they are the sole distributors of BMC which is directly imported from UK. Low to mid is slightly improved and high end feels really smooth. Although it does not have the growl of Open Pods, it still have a very soft aggresive growl when revved hard.
You can view some photos of the BMC installed on my current civic on my blog below. Its the limited edition silver carbon fibre version.
Mr Gary
Re: BMC Air Filter
no... imho... its just using the cheapo K&N filter... the reason gruppeM is expensive because of the chamber which is using very high quality CF or carbon kevlar... u pay for the material..not the any breakthough system or technology
Herman;349326 said:
no... imho... its just using the cheapo K&N filter... the reason gruppeM is expensive because of the chamber which is using very high quality CF or carbon kevlar... u pay for the material..not the any breakthough system or technology
astrosky
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Re: BMC Air Filter
After ard 2-3weeks of driving ard with BMC, the growl of the intake seems to get louder and louder. Initially, there was a really loud roar from the engine after 4800-5000 rpm, now even after normal driving my engine sounds fiercer, duno if its normal. Definitely an improvement in low to mid range power and torque.
This is not an intake for those who are after a more quiet and peaceful ride. Sound is quite similar to Vtec
After ard 2-3weeks of driving ard with BMC, the growl of the intake seems to get louder and louder. Initially, there was a really loud roar from the engine after 4800-5000 rpm, now even after normal driving my engine sounds fiercer, duno if its normal. Definitely an improvement in low to mid range power and torque.
This is not an intake for those who are after a more quiet and peaceful ride. Sound is quite similar to Vtec
Re: BMC Air Filter
If it's ok, I'd like to revisit this thread with everybody, one year on. Am interested in an upgrade from stock+aftermarket drop-in filters but not quite ready for types like GruppeM.
The BMC CDA seems like a good intermediate step. But did a search and found that it got mixed reviews, in particular where low end torque loss was concerned. Same for similar products like Cyberspeed. Some like it, others don't and reverted to stock after a few weeks.
Wondering if it was not because of the configurations and mods existing on the cars at the time when these CAI were installed. Or, was engine displacement not a factor? Having throttle improvements like SB or Velocity?
Brothers and sisters who have BMC CDA or had it once, care to share what it did for your cars, what you like and don't like about it, your car engine displacements, and what your cars had when the system came on, please?
And experts out there, please enlighten what other reasons there are for the different experience among users. Are there minimum prerequisites on the car to make a BMC or Cyberspeed perform throughout the rpm band?
Thanks much much. Hope this review can help those of us out who are thinking about the same thing but are still clueless.
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, and happy holidays!
If it's ok, I'd like to revisit this thread with everybody, one year on. Am interested in an upgrade from stock+aftermarket drop-in filters but not quite ready for types like GruppeM.
The BMC CDA seems like a good intermediate step. But did a search and found that it got mixed reviews, in particular where low end torque loss was concerned. Same for similar products like Cyberspeed. Some like it, others don't and reverted to stock after a few weeks.
Wondering if it was not because of the configurations and mods existing on the cars at the time when these CAI were installed. Or, was engine displacement not a factor? Having throttle improvements like SB or Velocity?
Brothers and sisters who have BMC CDA or had it once, care to share what it did for your cars, what you like and don't like about it, your car engine displacements, and what your cars had when the system came on, please?
And experts out there, please enlighten what other reasons there are for the different experience among users. Are there minimum prerequisites on the car to make a BMC or Cyberspeed perform throughout the rpm band?
Thanks much much. Hope this review can help those of us out who are thinking about the same thing but are still clueless.
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, and happy holidays!
