Yeah, I tried ordering but I couldn't. The complication is that I'm on location in SF while my billing is down in LA. As a first time purchase they wouldn't allow me to have it shipped to me even though I've done plenty of Amazon ordering that will allow me to do that.

Now I have to either wait until I head back down or additionally, have my wife send it up to me when it arrives. Really sucks that ECS Tuning won't even allow me an opportunity to verify the shipping address I want as my work address!

 

ra2fanatic - PM sent . Please contact our billing as a first time buyer and they will be able to help you more.

 

ECS customer service. Its served me very well. They will get this straightened out for you. Besides, they want the sale anyway right?

 

Squared away.

 

Nice. Are you gonna dyno too, ra2fanatic?

 

Be nice for someone to get a before and after dyno

 

Eh one of these days. It has been a very stressful 3-4 months and it isn't going to slow down any time soon. I'll eventually make it to the dyno considering the few things I've done here and there, but it really isn't my top priority right now.

 

If someone does it won't be me! No time....

 

Its looks gorgeous in person , enjoy your new ECS CF intake.

Some more beauty shots.

http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/ES2719002/

 

Would like to get it for my 2013 mcs R59. But I'd have to know that it would fit with my NM strut bar.

 

Considering this intake. I have the JCW intake now and am curious to see the gains for myself. It is a fancy looking piece.

 

We have not tested it with the aftermarket bars. We know it fits with the JCW Factory Strut Bar and the JCW GP2 strut bar.

Also the intake was designed to be very close in relation to the stock box , so it does sit back a little more, this was to accommodate the JCW strut tower brace, so based on that it might fit other aftermarkets.

 

Thanks, it looks even better in person.

Dyno graph is on the first page of this thread.

 

Why don't the dyno graphs cross at 5252 like they're "supposed" to? Do you have a graph that hasn't been messed with?

It is an absolutely gorgeous intake...

 

I saw this too and thought it very odd.

 

Its the scaling on the upload of the one graph, it uploaded wrong. The numbers are correct for the whp and torque. We will have this fixed very soon. Thanks. *Fixed now.


"It is an absolutely gorgeous intake... " Thanks v10climber we appreciate your very kind words and thanks for the help.

 

The box is pretty big, I wasn't expecting it to be this big. Now I have to lug this to the parking structure when I get outta work and try not to get mugged for it carrying a red box. lol

 

That is a large red box indeed

 

Open it soon.

 

ECS loves to package their shipments well. I'm always surprised when I get a box from them. I will be ordering one before to long.

 

Probably won't be able to until maybe this weekend. I'm utterly exhausted from work and moving this past weekend. I'm surprised I'm still coherent at work!

 

I want I want I want! But alas I have an R53 😭

 

Just ordered mine. Anxious to see this beauty.

 

Well. I wasn't feeling tired tonight so I decided to do it. It's installed and I'll have my tips up sometime tomorrow morning. I didn't take any photos on my install process but I'll use the install guide from ECS Tuning's website and the photos in it to elaborate a bit on what was easy and what required a bit more finagling. Looks pretty in my dusty engine bay though. LoL

 

So I did the install, outside, at the end of the cul-de-sac where I'm staying in SF. So I have no garage. Just my tools I carry in my trunk and a headlamp. So I have no photos to really share as I just wanted to finish it up and get back inside.

Initial butt dyno says there has been a slight improvement in hp and you can hear it a bit more than the JCW intake with the cone, but it's not remarkably loud if that's what you're aiming for. Having had a DOS intake, and an AEM intake after, it's nowhere near as audible, but I'm happy with that. I got tired of the DOS whistle quickly.

I did run into some weird issue this morning with revs bouncing all over the place this morning after I filled up at the station, but it was my fault as I believe I didn't click the MAF sensor connector into place all the way, so I just pushed on it a bit more so it seated and clicked into place. My fault, all is well.

So, the hardest part to install was the lower pipe. Obviously the Carbon has no flex compared to what the JCW/S intake has, so they slip on easily, but with the Carbon, it is extremely tight, at least for me to slip it on.

In the guide, it shows a hand just slipping the lower intake tube into the lower pipe, well, this was so complicated and tight, I could not get it to go in all the way. What I had to do was take off the entire lower pipe and the box, and do it outside the engine bay where I had more leverage. Then when I had to put it back in, if you've done it before, the lower pipe has to be kind of spun back into place because of the way it bends, so that wasn't bad. Lock it in place and you're golden, but this did take some effort. I cringe thinking how it'll be trying to disconnect the two....



The hex screws. the kit lines up perfectly on the two front holes, but its the hole closest to the intake pipe that doesn't line up right. This isn't ECS Tuning's fault as it's caused by the take ring seal. When you've got the two pieces together, the seal pushes the top piece slightly to the left. I tried to use the supplied allen and ended up dropping the hex and nylon washer. I used some needle nose pliers to grab the crew, but I lost the washer in the engine bay somewhere -_- If you have a hex bit, it will be wiser to use that. What I did was tear off a piece of the thin foam wrapping that ECS wrapped all the carbon parts in, and then placed that between the crew and the hex bit so then it stuck on it w/o fear of dropping it in the engine bay again. This way I could push the base to the left and pull the top to the right so the hole would align and I could screw the nut in place.



Engine bay shot.



Good luck everyone everybody, and those that have this intake, enjoy it's beauty.