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05-29-2007, 07:57 PM | #23 |
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Well, really only one hole is an intake. The other is actually a vent, I believe. Nothing butts up to it.
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You really think BMW engineers wouldn't have used two intakes if it resulted in an improvement? I think they are smart enough to know how much air the engine needs.
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05-29-2007, 10:19 PM | #25 |
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05-30-2007, 07:30 AM | #27 |
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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. Will be the 'fake' intake be used on the CSL? I'm not sure.
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05-30-2007, 08:02 AM | #28 |
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So, your saying that the hole isn't open into the engine?
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05-30-2007, 11:10 AM | #29 |
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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. The M5 and M6 don't have vents on the bonnet, and the E46 side grills were only there for show (harking back to the 507). Rumour is that the E92 CSL will use both intakes for extra performance. |
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05-30-2007, 11:37 AM | #30 |
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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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Right, no cameras in the whole BMW M compound in Garching, and the passenger side "vent" is just to balance the design elements. Actually neither were absolutely necessary because they could have pulled the volume from anywhere, but hood vents seem to be the thing as you can see here. Call it class by association.
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