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      05-30-2007, 11:56 AM   #31
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No it's not. The other one is a dummy, just to make the car look 'balanced' and has nothing to do with venting.
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No, of course it is. But it's not there to vent the engine, it's just to make the bonnet (hood) look better. If there wasn't a need for the one intake then there wouldn't be a vent there at all.

If it does help keep the engine cool then that's purely an indirect consequence of the need to make the design look more symetrical..
At first you say it has nothing to do with venting, then you say it does....


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Rumour is that the E92 CSL will use both intakes for extra performance.
What rumor? I saw one post where someone threw it out there that it could be used for that. That doesn't constitute a rumor.
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