Hey guys,
just wanted to give you all a heads up, for those of you who are considering doing this and have a "Comptech strut bar" you must remove it to install the kit! Also make sure that all the bolts and screws are threaded properly before install. One of mine was all screwed up and i had to re-thread it. Anyhow, its a wonderful prodduct and you can tell the difference it makes right away! Talk to you all later.

Mario

 

How long did it take you to install, and why in hell would a strut bar be in the way of taking the manifold and throttle body off?

Would you recommend this for a "rainy Saturday afternoon/wife and kid gone to a relatives house" job?

 

do you have any pics of the install or afterwards?

 

This statement is a little misleading. The minimal gains which may be had would only result after some heat soak has progressed. Imediate gains would not be realized as the manifold wouldn't be warmed yet.

I do wish someone had done independant testing as this is something which could easily be installed while strapped to the rollers.

 

This could be done in an hour with basic hand tools. Smaller hands of kids are welcome to recover that lost screw or nut.

 

Here is the guide I made that others have followed:
http://photos.phytte.com/view_album....okInstallation

 

I felt diddy squat. In fact its almost impossible to feel 2-3whp

 

Thanks for the DIY I have the Thermoblok just sitting there in my room I think I might install it this weekend

 

This is a little off-topic but it would be totally cool for someone to design a ITB system for the CL's. It would give us massive hp gains...

 

whats an ITB system? And why would it give nice #s?

 

You could but not really nessesary but it was soemthing I sketched up once. I suspect it would hurt the mid and low range power with some gains up top. But to really take advantage of the flow capability with ITB's you would need a new cam, rebuild the heads and run a stand alone DFI. All this would be used to get the engine to rev higher and make torque longer using the flow capability of ITBs.

 

Individual Throttle Bodies, one per cylinder. It has greater flow potential.

 

Yup, the e46 M3's have em from the factory as well as the new M5's and the old E30 M3's.

 

Like the one I dropped into the lower manifold

 

Just installed mine this weekend, took about 90 minutes.
One of the greatest little tools I bought before installing this was a magnetic nut grabber thingy from Sears

 

^ I need one of those

 

off topic, but..... is that your eye mrsteve?

 

hey NiteQwill, can you please relink the link you gave us? lol i really need it cause i'm in the process of installing it and got stuck. Thanks

 

why

 

Hold on... my damn friend decided to delete that album

I'll put it back up....

 

Damn sorry but it looks like my album is permanently down, the backup doesn't work....

Did anyone save the page or put it into PDF format?

 

its cool, but just stuck on getting the TB away from where it connects to the top half of the engine. Any tips? i have removed 2 screws and 2 nuts but it seems that the TB is welded on to the block or a very tigit fit. Any hints?

 

It will come off, it just requires a lot of elbow grease. Just wiggle it back and forth and it will eventually "pop" off. The thing is that the existing gasket is like glue between the IM and TB.

 

i just used a mallet and smack the VSA holder thing and the whole thing just came off. Thanks