Best overall air intake upgrade?

[Z4_M40i]

Hi all, I’ve been running the mst intake with a clear cover. I think it looks awesome and sounds great 90% of the time.

If you want to hear whistles and turbo sounds, this is the intake.

For the other 10% there are sone weird noises, when backing off it sounds like a blocked drain. Maybe it is exaggerated as my supra is the alfresco bmw version.

Im thinking of swapping to the carbon Venturi box, will the closed box hide the weird noise? Will it fit next to the Versus heat shield?

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[underdonk]

Hi all, I’ve been running the mst intake with a clear cover. I think it looks awesome and sounds great 90% of the time.

If you want to hear whistles and turbo sounds, this is the intake.

For the other 10% there are sone weird noises, when backing off it sounds like a blocked drain. Maybe it is exaggerated as my supra is the alfresco bmw version.

Im thinking of swapping to the carbon Venturi box, will the closed box hide the weird noise? Will it fit next to the Versus heat shield?

Do you have a video of this sound, by chance? I know this type of thing doesn't usually come through clearly when recording.

 

[romanLegion9574]

Do you have a video of this sound, by chance? I know this type of thing doesn't usually come through clearly when recording.

Give me a little bit, I have some go pro footage (also a fair bit of road and wind noise, but you can hear the intake as well) where you can clearly hear my identical setup. Just need to upload it to the cloud.

 

[romanLegion9574]

Do you have a video of this sound, by chance? I know this type of thing doesn't usually come through clearly when recording.

Give me a little bit, I have some go pro footage (also a fair bit of road and wind noise, but you can hear the intake as well) where you can clearly hear my identical setup. Just need to upload it to the cloud.

https://gopro.com/v/m0rNX4XEko7m8

 

[underdonk]

https://gopro.com/v/m0rNX4XEko7m8

I'm having a little trouble hearing it... can you give me a time stamp or two?

 

[romanLegion9574]

I'm having a little trouble hearing it... can you give me a time stamp or two?

0:32, 2:35, 3:10, 3:37, 3:50, 4:00 (probably the longest duration). You should be able to hear the induction noise whining over the air and engine noises.

That being said, its much louder in the cabin because you don't have the sound of air that's also being picked up.

 

[Matthewstorm]

Can anyone recommend this one?

https://afepower.com/afe-power-56-70050r-takeda-momentum-cold-air-intake-system-w-pro-5r-filter

 

[romanLegion9574]

Can anyone recommend this one?

https://afepower.com/afe-power-56-70050r-takeda-momentum-cold-air-intake-system-w-pro-5r-filter

If you're looking for maximum sound, I don't think this will be as loud. It doesn't seem to replace the turbo inlet pipe, from looking at these pics. Also, the HP and torque gains seem high.

 

[underdonk]

0:32, 2:35, 3:10, 3:37, 3:50, 4:00 (probably the longest duration). You should be able to hear the induction noise whining over the air and engine noises.

That being said, its much louder in the cabin because you don't have the sound of air that's also being picked up.

Thanks for this. It's interesting. Can't place what this sound is.

 

[romanLegion9574]

Thanks for this. It's interesting. Can't place what this sound is.

It sounds somewhat like a supercharger whine, but it is the intake pulling in air. Unfortunately, the day was a bit windy, and we were going quickly, so that's the best clip I could get. I'll see if there's any good clips from my track day.

 

[Matthewstorm]

Hi all, I’ve been running the mst intake with a clear cover. I think it looks awesome and sounds great 90% of the time.

If you want to hear whistles and turbo sounds, this is the intake.

For the other 10% there are sone weird noises, when backing off it sounds like a blocked drain. Maybe it is exaggerated as my supra is the alfresco bmw version.

Im thinking of swapping to the carbon Venturi box, will the closed box hide the weird noise? Will it fit next to the Versus heat shield?

How did you get a clear cover?

 

[baagel]

Can anyone recommend this one?

https://afepower.com/afe-power-56-70050r-takeda-momentum-cold-air-intake-system-w-pro-5r-filter

Sir, I recommend you use the search feature or scroll up a bit because I posted the exact same thing 7 posts above you.

If you're looking for maximum sound, I don't think this will be as loud. It doesn't seem to replace the turbo inlet pipe, from looking at these pics. Also, the HP and torque gains seem high.

It does replace the OEM turbo inlet pipe. It's depicted in the photos as well. Can't speak for the power gains, I take those with a grain of salt, but they did dyno it apparently.

 

[romanLegion9574]

Sir, I recommend you use the search feature or scroll up a bit because I posted the exact same thing 7 posts above you.



It does replace the OEM turbo inlet pipe. It's depicted in the photos as well. Can't speak for the power gains, I take those with a grain of salt, but they did dyno it apparently.

Interesting to know. That pipe looked real short from the photos.

 

[Z4_M40i]

How did you get a clear cover?

I drove around with a black cover for a while as the clear was on back order.

 

[Z4_M40i]

0:32, 2:35, 3:10, 3:37, 3:50, 4:00 (probably the longest duration). You should be able to hear the induction noise whining over the air and engine noises.

That being said, its much louder in the cabin because you don't have the sound of air that's also being picked up.

Its difficult to hear if its the same noiwe on this, but cool video.

The noise I can’t unheard basically happens if you are driving normally and back off from 2,000 rpm. It sounds like youve just drank the last of a milkshake with a straw.

It’s annoying as it only happens in normal driving, Id prefer to have noise in sport mode and back to oem in normal.

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