The Cheap BMW 335i Mod You Shouldn't Be Afraid To Install *CONTROVERSIAL INTAKES*

[@sachak]

awesome vid man. On the DCI. I have been running them for years on and off and decided to do some back to back logs on a hot day to see how well they actually work and if they do make a difference in air temps. The difference in IAT's were substantial. With the stock airbox my IAT's never went above 50c even after several back to back long 3 - 5th gear pulls. With the DCI on the car I was hitting IAT's of over 70c. This is in South Africa on a very hot day. I could feel the major loss in power and the logs showed major timing pulls as the IAT's got hotter and hotter, this was with my old 5" intercooler not my current 7.5" stepped intercooler like what you have now, but the changes in temps are there regardless so it would carry through on a larger intercooler, temps just wouldn't be as high, but the difference in DCI vs stock airbox is what counts in this experiment. I have since fitted direct port methanol injection as well as charge pipe injection and have the same intercooler as you just fitted, however the stock airbox was put back with a few modifications to fit over the Methanol nozzles on the intake manifold. I have run logs again to monitor waste gate duty cycles to check if the stock airbox is actually a restriction and there is ZERO difference in WGDC in all of my logs. They remain consistent. I do have a K&N flat filter in my stock airbox though and VRSF silicon inlets. Honestly from the data I can't see the stock airbox as a restriction it just doesn't show in logs.

[@XxBadBoy1366xX]

Unfortunately people do DCI on these cars not really knowing the science behind it all. There is a reason the car come with a dedicated air box and it's to keep in IAT's down. Stupid people everywhere I swear. Even the high flow K&N filters doesn't filter squat. But then again if you plan on keeping the car for 10K miles, none of this really matters.

[@inline6bov]

Really appreciate this comment. Was really trying to find some solid data on the DCIs and this covered everything I needed to know. Looks like I'm sticking with the stock airbox.

[@official_cabes]

Thanks for adding some driving clips at the end I love when you show off the car! Great video man.

[@VehicleVirals]

Appreciate you watching all the way to the end

[@EvronCoke]

So you’re moving into LZs old spot when he moves that’s awesome

[@Zalle335]

Was thinking the same LOL

[@loomes2003]

4:50 vehicle virals showing off those gains

[@YoungCarWiz]

The end was my favorite bit. The car sounded amazing

[@xgcgeezer2019]

Just came across your video and luv the support for 335. I have owned my E90 N54 335xi from new in 2008. Never had any major issues with it, even after 6 years ago doing a FBO & custom tune as well as XDelete. Still after 6 years it pushing just under 586 rwhp / 492 awhp. I still have room to grow till the approx 800 hp limit of the inter working. But for a daily best car I have owned

[@topfueljunkie100]

This is the 1st time I've seen someone finally post the difference in drivetrain losses between RWD and AWD mode on their 335xi. So to be clear, you're saying that with XDelete which puts you in RWD mode, you dynoed 586whp but when you put it back in AWD mode (stock configuration by removing XDelete) you only dynoed 492whp, correct? If so, it's quite clear how much additional power is lost with the AWD system which is kind of discouraging for me to hear actually, especially since it's such a large decrease when in AWD mode. Could you tell a major difference on the road in the perceived feel of power and speed between the two modes? Obviously with RWD you've got wheelspin to contend with making you slower off the line, but once you hook up, I'd imagine you will pull away faster, but in AWD mode, you hardly have wheelspin and so you launch faster but I imagine you'd also be passed by the RWD car if you could race against your own car in those two different modes. Did your perceived feelings of speed and acceleration seem to back that up? Perhaps you have done some 1/4 mile or Dragy runs in each of the two modes to tell how much of a difference in trap speed and ET each mode makes? Thanks for any further info you can provide! I'm very interested to hear your response!

[@gonnaruletheworldNEV]

Love coming home being able to watch some good old vehicle virals🙏🏽 Keep up the good work brother, great videos!

[@SAV0612]

Kinda regret I replaced my broken inlet with the OEM one last year. It made a whistling noise under hard acceleration, so embarrassing! The good news is, the one that broke was the front one. So I figured I will still have a second chance for the upgrade 🙂

[@papa_pt]

I'm getting rid of my hot air intakes for the magnum force pro 5r which at least puts a metal shield between cones and engine while also adding ram air from the front snorkel

[@Lu-e]

My man really about to go single on the 335i. Best way to really enjoy that N54, tired of all these twin builds, better to be different.

[@bmwhn7733]

18:34 more than likely Adam LZ’s old shop since he is moving.

[@beradycavs]

Vrsf should make an option for the inlets to not have the inlet ports

[@kievmack8057]

I thought my g37 was a tight squeeze 😬

[@Michael-rp5tc]

You need an external PCV setup like the RB/Mishimoto kit, not just the usual catch can setup. You need high and low side.

[@Vash16xli]

Glad you made the video this length. Guess the poll helped with that.

[@callanotis7902]

The gains come from those high flow inlets not those cones especially on the restrictive stock plastic pancake inlets

[@papa_pt]

yup

[@wadihismail9619]

Finally a new video love you hard work man❤

[@Omegasticks77]

I was waiting to dope content👌🏻🔥🔥

[@VehicleVirals]

Appreciate you guys!

[@JD2.0N54]

I have k&N dual corn Air intakes. I think they work fine too.

[@VehicleVirals]

Are they edible?

[@JD2.0N54]

😂😂 I meant cone. Lol

[@Omegasticks77]

I need this in my channels 335i 😫😫🔥🔥 Who else needs this on their car???

[@andrew-1_plastic_35i8]

I mean people are going to believe what they want to believe but the truth is they don’t do anything on a stock car other than kill performance. I know from my stock N55 that when I had a cone intake with a stock tune my car ran HORRIBLE, as soon as I put the stock box back in it was a night and day difference...I had much snappier throttle response, low end torque came back and the car pulled to redline harder and more consistently on back to back pulls. Call me crazy but as soon as I realized that the engineers at Bmw actually may know what they are doing I sold the cone intake, put in a green filter drop in panel filter into the stock closed intake system for a little turbo sound and never looked back. An open air filter is deff optimized for a tuned car and people asking more from their turbo and I think that’s why he never had real issues..because he was always pushing more than stock boost.

[@boostedmedia1205]

I remember when I installed my VRSF Inlets. Everything from the top had to cut em up it was the biggest pain in the ass job I've done.

[@odie0815]

7:37 - get the M3 cowl and covers reduce the heat at the back of the engine like with removing the whole cowl keep the noise dampening like with the OEM cowl AND avoid the Problem of getting water to the AC/heating Motor like you can have with the installed cowl filters

[@VehicleVirals]

Been looking for a set!

[@odie0815]

@@VehicleVirals I know thy are hard to find used for a air price - been looking myself for quite some time now at this point in time I think I will get them new - even if it is around 500€ for the whole set

[@yourolddad6407]

The turbo's heat load into the air stream is what makes your hot air intake irrelevant.

[@pugs1377]

Would have liked to see the relocated inlets.

[@yusufahmed2540]

You should install e90 m3 style wing mirrors for the final touch when the cars done 🤩

[@DrummerBoii1411]

Have you considered an Eventuri intake by Evolve Automotive. For the BMW. They make some insane kits 🙏

[@mitchellkd113]

Early gang. Love the videos brother

[@NTG2396]

Hey just want to ask why you went for plastic Inlets and not aluminum as am hearing people are going for the aluminum option on the N54s now a days

[@stephenlavelle1670]

>Fyi< I've seen Heat Shields come with the "aka"Cool air intake Filter!

[@nick_a_pagan]

lol you're getting Adam's old spot, right next door, right?

[@335ibimmer10]

Yeah my 335i auto sucked replacing the radiator lol

[@Eazykilldavis]

DCI's suffer from heat soak, id profer a KnN drop in and ram air. On my 2000 323Ci it made as much of a differance as headers. Looks like you have ram air.

[@VehicleVirals]

Heat soak is not an issue with this car. A decent intercooler cools down the air before it reaching the engine.

[@ArmAniAcZ]

What are Thaise things called around the wiringcables at 4:16. Looks good for protection

[@EricShoots]

"byeee" Ali u funny mayne

[@evojumpman8806]

I’ll be honest I still hear the engine ticking pretty clearly with my stock cowl filter on but I noticed it more after I installed my cone intakes

[@emilyhofland8219]

Purge valve. Buy an expensive one.

[@evojumpman8806]

@@emilyhofland8219 what’s your Instagram

[@emilyhofland8219]

@@evojumpman8806 I don't do all that. I'm lame.

[@G30Doza]

i heard your ST kit is the new DR700 bottom mount 👀🤫!!!

[@startingtech3900]

QUESTION? you live in florida what about the rain with the dual cone intake????

[@freddywiththek1908]

We run them in snow in Canada

[@julians2k917]

What a timing my vrsf ones just came in the mail today!

[@dnolt747]

Keep doing you thing bro 😎 great video

[@Vayder]

The intake dumbbells🤣

[@mkshellas3344]

Love the channel New to n54 just picked up a 2008 535 12540 inpatient error not sure turbo were replaced 5 years ago any idea

[@supramantt10]

Soft close doors on the 1960s 1800ti 😂🤣 that made me laugh

[@RE4L72]

Just bought a 09 335i xi in great shape, what should I do first? I just want a small jump in performance

[@bobross6677]

This is why i dont sleep💪👊

[@chavorucosnkombies]

Dci still absorbing heat islote the dci cons from engine and then do you test runs. Oem airbox with k&n filter will run cooler & better engine absorbing dcis. Also engine heat deteriorated my dcis

[@MrEdwinDon]

Hi Bro My son has a Toyota 3.5L TRD with SuperCharger 2007. What's your thoughts on hot air takes? I'm from Perth, Australia 🇦🇺

[@machtschnell7452]

So I suppose Boyle's law is "controversial physics?" The ignorance runs deep among students who do not pass 9th grade General Science. Scoops will have a slight increase at 150mph. Back pressurizing the engine compartment by not blocking the CAI intake ambient air feeder shows a serious misunderstanding of how the car's air cooling flow works. Why do you think the front radiators are sealed?

[@Nathan-gj8ch]

He's trying to make more power and noise not go to the Moon. Which these intakes do, they make more power. I don't understand your statement about back pressure inside the engine compartment the engine compartment is open to ambient atmosphere there's no pressure in there there's about five billion different openings the largest at the wheel wells when you start moving air flows through the engine compartment through the transmission tunnel across the rear differential over top of the rear exhaust and then dumps the heat out of the back of the car. It cools all those components along its path, it's a designed air pathway has nothing to do with pressure.

[@andrewfairchild1028]

I’ll buy those intakes when u go single

[@BarlGolf]

Well he did go single so I think you gotta buy them

[@jnx6650]

@@BarlGolf not yet

[@Latinblood59]

@@jnx6650 he’s already single turbo, he just hasn’t uploaded the video yet.

[@Hauser03]

He’s single turbo now

[@lightskinking9208]

We need that workout routine 😂💪

[@VehicleVirals]

I would share it if I had one 🤣

[@anthonyjordan7847]

Love ur videos broski N imma stay married to my e92 n54

[@joshuamorgan7874]

Is the new spot Adams garage next door 🤔???

[@azdannyboi]

Will these work in 115° 🥵

[@Omegasticks77]

Dam It do be getting really hot now huh 😫😫

[@papa_pt]

not for long

[@toRONto501]

Can’t wait to see it on dyno

[@VehicleVirals]

Might upload that video today

[@borris3542]

Dommage que ce ne soit pas sous titre en Français. Super vidéos sinon

[@alimuz7810]

im replacing my inlets yesterday I installed the front and today I have to do the rear.its stressful

[@micraw714]

Good luck! I'm dreading doing mine 😭 totally worth it though

[@hpniemi]

The reason why I don't have dcis is that when u have to clean those, u basically can't drive one day cause u r drying those cones...

[@luis4210]

That’s why I do it over night lol

[@hpniemi]

@@luis4210 Is it really dry after 12h...

[@luis4210]

@@hpniemi it is, I leave it next to the AC vent over night or I pull out the compressor and spray air through it

[@Isa-wr4qg]

Do drag and roll racing

[@fastshuther]

The only reason why it’s controversial which it really isn’t, is because you need a custom box to set it in place & to also separate the hot air around it while getting direct airflow from the front grills, usually people just slap in wtv air intake without the airflow being directed to it which is the only reason why people call this “controversial” when in reality it’s just people cheap-ing out on getting a custom box with direct airflow.

[@kiingmccoy6383]

What makes this engine different from the n55 and can you do a single turbo build in the n55?

[@metaridley77]

The N54 has two turbos, while the N55 has one twin-scroll turbo. The N54 is a forged engine and the N55 isn't. That's why you can't tune a N55 over 500hp, because it will break.

[@jcfinch4389]

Why would there be hot air over there it's not like you're removing the scoop the brings air from the kidney grill. Anyone who tells you those are a waist hasn't seen the forums that talk about 30hp if your at 15 psi or so!

[@Nevi_Savage]

Have any advice for me about the n55 engine???

[@mayodrizzly4202]

Does the silicone version melt? Or should I just go with an aluminum one?

[@VehicleVirals]

Never had the silicone version one melt on me on the E90 nor the E93. Plus they are easier to install. Aluminum ones are good too, and technically speaking are more reliable.

[@phi517]

what lb spring do you have in your tial bov?

[@hyde_official]

when it comes to car ownership, there are 3 types of owners: the prestigious owner, the cosmetics owner, and the performance owner. The (hot) air intake is for cosmetics owner if you want to show off how cool your engine bay looks. It has been proven that this intake air don't improve performance because it just uses the hot air from the engine bay.

[@Art-lm4ik]

Bro you should do something different and make it a single exhaust exit, look it up, sounds way better with a 3.5 - 4 inch single exit and the build would look different than other 335i’s

[@daniel-rz6bd]

Are you ever gonna do individual throttle bodies?

[@Omegasticks77]

That would be cool to see !!!

[@edinlasers416]

How much whp will you be at??

[@VehicleVirals]

700-750HP

[@edinlasers416]

@@VehicleVirals 👍🔥

[@elvinmckrieth]

Hot air intake?

[@jds344]

Fast question you want to do dct swap on your 335i e90 ?

[@VehicleVirals]

No

[@lisbokshi4014]

do you have a e30 anymore

[@donniephan4835]

Do those 2” High Flow Silicone Inlets fit on stock turbos on N54 engine?

[@havenotrust6595]

Did u ever figure out if they fitted with no issues?

[@shannonheeter5763]

Following

[@FleoNYC]

would these inlets fit n55

[@Nathan-gj8ch]

The intakes I bought from vsrf had velocity stack properties to them anyone arguing that a velocity stack doesn't work is silly also on a turbo car if you're sucking up twenty degrees hotter air just turn your boost controller up one PSI problem alleviated.

[@TwoWellDone]

Damn I got the hot air intake gotta go psi lol

[@mabskha7917]

So to do your inlet you need to drop your gearbox??? Naa fuck that I'll pass

[@dg8676]

Extreme measures

[@markt9438]

Correction oils air filters run better when they're dirty says the manufacturer up to 50k check that out

[@ZHPBrent]

the 1000th like is me 🙌

[@n3on170]

DCIs are a must have

[@YoungCarWiz]

Great video as always bro. My favorite brand + my favorite car KZbinr = a like, subscribe and post notifications 😜

[@benjaminasgo]

it's illegal in my country

[@mozzaarmpit9096]

Are the cone inlets washable

[@VehicleVirals]

Yes, but then they have to be re oiled.

[@danieldavila4999]

@3:20 surgeon simulator style I see.

[@YaroCarHustle]

Hot air intake filters, there is nothing "misunderstood" about them: You are getting more turbo noises in sacrifice of hotter intake air temperatures. Your car, your choice.

[@holderproduction6968]

Is there a PSI in New Jersey?

[@VehicleVirals]

Not that I know of.

[@MajesticcB]

you went bottom mount single. i saw on docrace's instagram lol

[@VehicleVirals]

Jessss

[@AR-qr9eo]

Nice

[@bobross6677]

When you realize the intakes are opposite to the exhaust

[@jnx6650]

12:37🤣

[@sefket01]

How much hp bringts open intake?

[@ojapolo5200]

You don’t need a tune after changing the intakes?

[@VehicleVirals]

Nope.

[@ichoozjc]

No...which tells you if it actually makes power or not 😉

[@papa_pt]

you could optimize the inlets, intake doesn't do nearly as much

[@lueluc8522]

Nice bmw shirt oh wait i have the same. Lol

[@prontopac]

Don't you need to oil the air filters?

[@VehicleVirals]

They come pre-oiled

[@borris3542]

Dommage que les vidéos

[@tropg]

VRSF parts are good quality however their customer service is absolute shit!

[@naruto6461]

Cool

[@B58adin]

Jyes

[@boostedmedia1205]

Hot air my ass lol everyone saying cone filters are bad don't understand the fact that the air circulates through the intercooler before it enters the combustion chamber. Open intakes increase throttle response noticeably and make the turbo spool louder too.

[@papa_pt]

colder air to begin with is still better. If you have an 7" IC then it's probably fine

[@sethgegerson4817]

2 mins this time😂

[@Omegasticks77]

😂😂

[@im_divine6608]

Bro buy a bigger T-shirt xdddddd

[@VehicleVirals]

Nahhhh