Quick questions on 3 mods.. cooling/belt wrap/front lip
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Quick questions on 3 mods.. cooling/belt wrap/front lip
I am at my 2 month anniversary with the e55. having a blast still. Aside from general refresh of maintiance items, ive not done an actual mod yet. I do have a crank pulley and tune and the johnson IC pump from eurocharged.. but these came on the car when I bought it. I have 3 questions
1: ..is the belt wrap kit a worthwhile mod..Ive seen these from 375-500 from various vendors.. any differences in these units?
2: is there a preferred unit for the upgraded heat exchanger..one thats direct fit without altering the bumper and such
2: i like to look of the front carbon lip.. are they all pretty much the same or is one vs another preferred those who have it?
many thanks on the input
1: ..is the belt wrap kit a worthwhile mod..Ive seen these from 375-500 from various vendors.. any differences in these units?
2: is there a preferred unit for the upgraded heat exchanger..one thats direct fit without altering the bumper and such
2: i like to look of the front carbon lip.. are they all pretty much the same or is one vs another preferred those who have it?
many thanks on the input
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My performance shop who has worked on MANY E55s actually advised me against aftermarket HEs, saying they're a waste of money since there's no increase in frontal area and would not speed recovery. Any truth to this?
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Correct me if I am wrong...according to a bunch of research I have done and speaking with different sources ( kleemann & renntech ) the HE doesn't actually make the car run cooler but run cooler more consistently if your hot lapping or track racing....correct?
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Yeah helps the recovery time, but I suspect would be particularly helpful in a hot climate and if you drive in lots of traffic then would suddenly like to go full throttle to 100mph a few times in a row.
If on a budget and you're not expecting to repeatedly hold the engine at full throttle several blasts at a time, you might be able to get away without doing this mod.
lol that being said, I will get one for my car soon. A cooler running engine is less likely so knock than a hotter one (ie, super hot intake temps = not ideal), which incidentally is why nitrous is such a good power adder for an engine if/when installed and used properly.
If on a budget and you're not expecting to repeatedly hold the engine at full throttle several blasts at a time, you might be able to get away without doing this mod.
lol that being said, I will get one for my car soon. A cooler running engine is less likely so knock than a hotter one (ie, super hot intake temps = not ideal), which incidentally is why nitrous is such a good power adder for an engine if/when installed and used properly.
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