Wanted to share with the community something fun I've been working on for the last few months. For a long time only the N54 guys got to have a clean looking engine bay setup with the intakes relocated to the turbo side/passenger side of the car and coolant tank on the driver's side. I've always liked the look of the setup, and hated having to run my intake over the top of my motor and not only be in a less than ideal location, but block access to commonly serviced components as well. After months of testing out different parts and waiting on vendors and doing a little custom fab work, I finally have something that fits! See pic below for the setup as is:
While I'm loving this setup for the much louder turbo noises and such, it is at this moment an unfinished project. I'm currently working with Justin @Twisted Tuning to work the little bugs out. So far no issues with lean codes or AFR issues, which was my biggest concern when starting this. The bug we're working through is the hpfp overshooting pressure targets and hitting around 3000psi and then crashing at the onset of boost/WOT. This is with the car only running 19psi and 8.5 degrees of timing on a Pure Stage 2 (built motor, stage 3 head). I can post a couple logs if anyone is interested in seeing, otherwise I'll update again when we're done tuning to let anyone reading this know if it's a viable intake solution for E series N55 cars. I'm curious to know the community's thoughts on this as well, and if there's enough interest I'll post a write up on how to do it/what went into it.
While I'm loving this setup for the much louder turbo noises and such, it is at this moment an unfinished project. I'm currently working with Justin @Twisted Tuning to work the little bugs out. So far no issues with lean codes or AFR issues, which was my biggest concern when starting this. The bug we're working through is the hpfp overshooting pressure targets and hitting around 3000psi and then crashing at the onset of boost/WOT. This is with the car only running 19psi and 8.5 degrees of timing on a Pure Stage 2 (built motor, stage 3 head). I can post a couple logs if anyone is interested in seeing, otherwise I'll update again when we're done tuning to let anyone reading this know if it's a viable intake solution for E series N55 cars. I'm curious to know the community's thoughts on this as well, and if there's enough interest I'll post a write up on how to do it/what went into it.