I remember back in the days of MCO when pulleys werent even an option yet, when the most popular mod for an MCS was the famous duct tape mod.

Whatever happened to that? Does any still have it? Just curious

 

I stilll have mine. I'll post a picture if I can dig it up.

 

Yah, I got to see this duck tape mod...

 

Just finished my Duck Tape mod, but didn't seem to get the same results the rest of you got. Did I do it wrong?

 

what is this mod?? Is this why President Bush told all American's to get a duct tape supply??

 

yes you did it wrong! tape the duck to the hood of your car, go for a test drive and get back to me and i will help you fine tune this mod.

 

hehe dont judge us....we were all eager to mod our cars and were looking for any possible gains. The vendors hadnt introduced any mods yet

 

can some one actually explain what it was to a newbie....

 

If you open the hood there are three little vents at the front edge near the intake entrance. The modification was to tape over those vents to keep air from flowing up into the hood, in an attempt to force more air into the intake.

 

Thats the grill intake not the scoop intake.

The idea was to eliminate air going into unnecessary pockets in the hood. Keeping the air flowing to its intended places. Its under the hood areodynamics .

 

I was the first thing I did to my car LOL . We all wondered if it really worked . I think we were vindicated however as has anyone looked under the hood of a 05 ? Now there are factory plastic fittings covering the holes we used duct
tape on. If BMW went to all the trouble to design and mfg. them maby there was something to it after all ?

Randy
M7 Tuning

 

Yeah, it was definitely one of those "you know you're an early adopter if" moments. :smile:

 

thank you!!!

 

if memory serves, it also increased the hot air coming through the vents...no?

 

Maybe that is 1 of the real reasons that the 2005 MCS HP figures increased. The firmware and the Factory Duct tape Mod! At least the factory "duct tape" plastic pieces are loose and drain water.

 

Make sure it's the right kinda of duck...anyone of the Aflack brothers will do

 

 

Now THAT is a duck !

Randy

 

There were some pretty outlandish hp claims to go with it. Pages of it!!
hey I just waxed my car with brand X; Now I get 44 MPG

 

So, I wonder of the 05 pieces are retrofittable, sure would look better than duct tape.

 

they are retrofittable, a friend of mine had them put on his 02, but duct tape will do fine for me...

 

Any idea what the cost was? It would look a lot nicer than duct tape.

 

I wonder how much weight I would save if I took the factory plastic pieces and replaced them with duct tape. I bet I could gain a .10 in the quarter mile.

 

he says he thinks he paid 15-20 bucks for the pair.

 

Free trade. You send me your plastic pieces and I'll send you a roll of duct tape.