[darkcrusader]

I have an 08 335i. I live in Houston Heat and Im currently waiting for my Cobb Ap (Thanks to Alan************.com). BMS DCI is my only mod to my car. Im currently searching for an intercooler less than$1000 and no cutting/trimming required. I dont track my car just on & off wot.

Pls dont rectify me if this is a

Thanks for your input guys!

[Zasquatch]

Did you search? YOU ARE BEATING A DEAD HORSE lol.

I have the cp-e intercooler and am very happy with it. It also comes with an in-line oil cooler which may be a good bonus given your climate. I'm only running the intercooler part of it and have nothing but good things to say. If you go to their website they have a white paper detailing the engineering put into the design and extensive testing. Pretty damn impressive.

[domrep]

AMS HPF Helix CP-e are all good. Find one that fits your budget and you'll be happy.

[Willizm]

I picked up an ETS FMIC. It's really nice and comes with additional inlet and outlet tubing to increase efficiency over the stock tubing that most other FMIC's connect to. It's hard to say if it makes a difference, but it definitely can't hurt.

[Mike@N54Tuning.com]

AMS is my number one seller, followed by ETS. In reality any FMIC will be a huge upgrade over the crappy stocker.

Mike

[kjrulz]

Big Tom intercooler.

[MF80]

Originally Posted by Zaaa

YOU ARE BEATING A DEAD HORSE lol.

e90post horse has 9 lives so we would keep beating on it to make sure it's actually dead...

[ETS Michael]

Originally Posted by darkcrusader

I have an 08 335i. I live in Houston Heat and Im currently waiting for my Cobb Ap (Thanks to Alan************.com). BMS DCI is my only mod to my car. Im currently searching for an intercooler less than$1000 and no cutting/trimming required. I dont track my car just on & off wot.

Pls dont rectify me if this is a

Thanks for your input guys!

Here is my step by step upgrade path using the Procede v5 Autotune and all ETS Parts. You can see the difference the intercooler made in the upper RPM's, it's definitely work the upgrade! These are all on 92 pump gas


Base Line


Base Line / Procede V5 Autotune


Baseline / Procede V5 Autotune / ETS Intakes / ETS Charge Pipe


Baseline / Procede V5 Autotune / ETS Intake / ETS Charge Pipe / ETS 5.0" Intercooler


Baseline / Procede V5 Autotune / ETS Intake / ETS Charge Pipe / ETS 5.0" Intercooler / ETS Exhaust System


Baseline / Procede V5 Autotune / ETS Intake / ETS Charge Pipe / ETS 5.0" Intercooler / ETS Exhaust System / ETS Downpipes

Thanks!

Michael

[Jeff@TopGearSolutions]

^ ETS FTw

[awd]

ETS

[vasillalov]

Yes, but the ETS intercooler has the highest pressure drop of them all. So your turbos need to work harder to make the same boost.

[99three]

Originally Posted by ETS Michael

Here is my step by step upgrade path using the Procede v5 Autotune and all ETS Parts. You can see the difference the intercooler made in the upper RPM's, it's definitely work the upgrade! These are all on 92 pump gas


Base Line


Base Line / Procede V5 Autotune


Baseline / Procede V5 Autotune / ETS Intakes / ETS Charge Pipe


Baseline / Procede V5 Autotune / ETS Intake / ETS Charge Pipe / ETS 5.0" Intercooler


Baseline / Procede V5 Autotune / ETS Intake / ETS Charge Pipe / ETS 5.0" Intercooler / ETS Exhaust System


Baseline / Procede V5 Autotune / ETS Intake / ETS Charge Pipe / ETS 5.0" Intercooler / ETS Exhaust System / ETS Downpipes

Thanks!

Michael

Nice upgrades.

[mithiral67]

Originally Posted by darkcrusader

Pls dont rectify me if this is a

Thanks for your input guys!

No, no one has every asked this question on the forums, thanks for bringing this issue to light.

[Syndicategt]

Answer: Any intercooler other than stock! There was a huge thread a year back which compared IAT's.

Ask yourself if you want to cut, use stock pipe, how much you are willing to spend. I went with ER's competition FMIC which they use on their track car. It also came with their charge pipe, which I had meth bungs drilled, a carbon fiber inlet shroud, and a Tial BOV (was cheaper than buying all that seperate).

[BayerischeMW]

Originally Posted by vasillalov

Yes, but the ETS intercooler has the highest pressure drop of them all. So your turbos need to work harder to make the same boost.

I thought this was true only for the older cores? ETS Michael want to comment this?

[ETS Michael]

Really?! The reason we may have a slightly higher pressure drop is due to our core design. Pressure drop is not a reason not to buy an intercooler. Below are 2 examples of fin design.


Above is a core with less pressure drop. The air simply passes right through the core as if the fin pack were a tunnel.


ETS Core - The fins are offset and staggered which causes the air to split multiple times before reaching the outlet of the intercooler. This will result in a cooler intake air temp.


ETS Core - Here is a picture of the core outside of the intercooler. This is a good example of an offset and staggered fin pack.

You can tell by looking at the fin pack which intercooler is going to do a better job in cooling

Hope this helps!

Thanks,

Michael

[ETS Michael]

Originally Posted by 99three

Nice upgrades.

Thanks! The car is amazing. I couldn't be happier for just pump gas.

[BayerischeMW]

So what does a high(er) pressure drop mean? Theoretically and practically I mean.

[NiVeDh]

Originally Posted by BayerischeMW

So what does a high(er) pressure drop mean? Theoretically and practically I mean.

Higher pressure drop basically means the intercooler is more restrictive.

[ETS Michael]

Originally Posted by BayerischeMW

So what does a high(er) pressure drop mean? Theoretically and practically I mean.

ETS Pressure Drop Graph

From the graph you will see the blue line is the inlet pressure and the yellow line is the outlet pressure. WE show an average pressure drop of 1.3psi. This means the turbo is producing 15.09 psi and we are letting out 13.89 PSI. This is not a bad thing by any means. This means that the air is cooling inside the intercooler and becoming much more dense, it's still the same amount of boost it's just once the charge air is cooler it's more compact if that makes since. You will see some intercoolers have less pressure drop, but this simply means either the core is huge and has lots of flow area or the charge air is not cooling near as well.

Thanks!

Michael

[infinitekidM2C]

Originally Posted by Syndicategt

Answer: Any intercooler other than stock! There was a huge thread a year back which compared IAT's.

Ask yourself if you want to cut, use stock pipe, how much you are willing to spend. I went with ER's competition FMIC which they use on their track car. It also came with their charge pipe, which I had meth bungs drilled, a carbon fiber inlet shroud, and a Tial BOV (was cheaper than buying all that seperate).

I did Same but used my own HKS BOV

[BayerischeMW]

What kind of pressure drop does the stock unit have? And other FMICs if someone has the numbers.