Girard@ACGautomotive

We will be installing one next week on an Alpha 9 E63S project. Will surely post up some vids and pics when completed.

trboda6

Was hoping it was under 3500 which is prob the ceiling id be willing to pay. Who knows if others buy and put up great numbers I might take the plunge..

dav461

Shouldn't expect great numbers. I don't think so. Was hoping as well for a bit cheaper price.

gaspam

group buy???

dav461

If it will lower price a lot than why not... Should someone help us like their representative or dealer.

gaspam

maybe something like 20 people for 20% discount?

i will be first to sign up :
1. gaspam

dav461

if such discount is possible, I'm next to sign.

trboda6

The rep from AMS wrote somewhere on here initial test showed 30whp from the intake. Thats significant power, just have to see if its consistent.

trboda6

2. Trboda6 😁

dav461

So it's about 34 Hp with 10% loss. Should see graph on stock car with Nm increase

ringkingpin

3: RingKingPin

gaspam

did this happen? would love to see it and curious how hard it is to install.... only hard part looks to be getting to the clamps on turbo

Girard@ACGautomotive

Oh it's happening......

gaspam

nice!

did you have to drop the motor just for the airbox install or was that because you are swapping the turbos too?

trboda6

Nice!!!

ffr2014

Gorgeous!

Girard@ACGautomotive

No we only had the motor out for the turbos and downpipes.

I will say it's much simpler to install those snorkel tubes with the engine out but AMS has written very detailed and specific instructions for them if the engine is still in the car.

More to come on this one.... 900hp wagons are kinda cool and all.

vdubpower

so are u guys building a mutant

weistec turbos and downpipes
with the ams air box?

Girard@ACGautomotive

Kinda but not really... Mostly AMS parts.

AMS ECU Calibration
AMS Alpha 9 Turbos
AMS Carbon Airbox
AMS Coolant Heat Exchanger and Coolant Expansion System
Weistec Downpipes
Renntech Mufflers

gaspam

what made you go with weistec for the downpipes/renntech mufflers instead of keeping it all AMS? did you see a power benefit to using the weistec/renntech vs AMS?

Girard@ACGautomotive

AMS unfortunately didn't have a bridge pipe replacement at this time but I know one is coming shortly.

Toadster

sounds pretty similar to the E55 guys swapping out to a bigger throttle body - real world gains by adding more air to these venerable motors

Pumpkinate

Would be good if they do an El Cheapo model in plain plastic, I don't care what things look like in the engine bay.

JoeNobody

Could also try a throttle body shaft grind along with the airbox.

KLR CLS

Looks amazing and I am sure there will be good gains, but no reason this needs to cost near 5K even in carbon. CF is not really that expensive, and once you have the plug and molds made, knock them out is easy and cheap as any other composite. The lower airbox looks 3d printed and could be done for cheap that way. Creating an injection mold for it would be big tooling costs, but lots of materials in the 3D printing world would hold up just fine. With all the spare manufacturing capacity out there, these could be done and profitable for under 3K, which is what I think the right price for them would be.