People seem to forget that an intake is just a BFV. 
People seem to forget that an intake is just a BFV.
Dusterbd13 wrote: Holy E36 M3
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It must have been said a couple of times already, but your car sucks, dude.
Well, that explains it.
1/2 x 1/2 alum Angle riveted in place would fix that. Might block some flow but it should be a vast improvement
44Dwarf wrote: 1/2 x 1/2 alum Angle riveted in place would fix that. Might block some flow but it should be a vast improvement
The flow blockage is why it sucked in. Up util the flow got high enough, it was fine.
Looks to me like that hole needs to be bigger. With a bigger opening, the pressure drop across the scoop would be lower. Making the same scoop out of stronger material would still have the pressure delta, and, though maybe it wouldn't collapse, you'd still be losing power.
Easy & cheap solution, grab some aircraft scissors and cut along this line:
That will decrease vacuum under the scoop and should let air through even if the scoop collapses.
Easiest and cheapest, remove scoop... for now.
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