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Intake elbow options...Silicone?
I’m looking for any options for intake elbows . I have seen the carbon ones for 300$ but I can’t justify that because I’m going to be covering it in heat reflective tape anyway. Does anybody make a silicone intake elbow?
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06-10-2019, 01:43 AM | #2 |
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I’m not entirely sure there’s anything wrong with the stock elbow
If you do want another, the Macht Schnell comes with a hard rubber / plastic elbow and an oiled filter, which is where you will see the most gains. All elbows will have fitment issues if you have worn engine mounts, as the engine will rock and potentially loosen more rigid elbows. Happened with my MS elbow prior to fixing the mounts. Keep in mind that the stock intake design is already fantastic and there is generally enough cool air flowing to keep temps down. K&N style oiled filter is a better value. |
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06-10-2019, 06:22 AM | #3 |
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Yeah what you want is a MS intake elbow. That's what I bought to replace the previous stock elbow and aftermarket filter. Felt no difference but it's easy to see the MS intake has less obstructions for airflow than the stocker.
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06-13-2019, 01:27 AM | #7 |
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The Dinan elbow... honestly, its one of the best. And the eventuri systems is also really damn good.
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i have an AFE and it is good quality. best bang for the buck.
https://afepower.com/afe-power-54-31...-intake-system the generic plastic one is slightly cheaper, but might as well go for carbon... i think it might be a better insulator. https://afepower.com/afe-power-52-31...-intake-system
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I've had both the aFe and MS and prefer the MS for the following reasons:
I doubt the MS performs any better than the aFe (or even stock elbow with K&N drop in) but I like the MS design much better.
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06-17-2019, 06:00 PM | #14 |
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Ah, true.. I had some afe stuff back in the E9x non-m days and it was all that hydrodipped trash...
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I have not seen any silicone elbows. Not sure what you would need if you wanted to try one. Maybe 6.00" or 6.25" or 6.5" or 6.75" in a 45 degree or 90 degree angle? A good 4 ply would be expensive in that size and if it did not work, you would be out the money. I would just buy a used Macht Schnell or Dinan or other one. I bought a used MS about 5 years ago. Recently, I replaced the rubber couplers, which were cracking -- MS sells them.
Dinan is probably the best, but twice the price or more compared to the MS. |
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I see, but it looks like that filter is for the carbon elbows. The plastic elbow (which I had, purchased new direct from aFe just a couple months ago) seems to stick to the smaller filter.
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06-18-2019, 03:08 PM | #18 |
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I paid $130 for a used kit, which was a steal, and I was really surprised by how well the cleaning kit worked. I've owned... 2...? K&N filters from new, and a cleaned filter looked pretty close.
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Can't beat that price. Yea the cleaning kit works great, and you can leave a nice surprise in the kitchen sink for your sig. other!
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