Welcome, so were you on subs or targets? I'm a sub dude myself.
I am one of those that do not think a properly oiled K&N will foul the mafs. It hasn't happened to me. However, I also dont think a K&N type filter buys you much of anything as far as horsepower goes. It is hard to beat a high quality, clean paper filter. I only have my K&N type filters because mine came with the Dinan CAI. Otherwise I'd just use paper filters.
__________________ 2001 Jet Black///M5
Supersprint Headers, Race Cats, X-pipe, and Magnum mufflers, Dinan CAI, High flow MAF housings, Stage 4 Software, Ground Control suspension, Stoptech ST-40 BBK, Umnitza Predator Thinline demon eyes, Zionsville Super Duty Radiotor/Fan system, UUC short shift kit, Dinan brake duct kit, Odyssey lightweight battery, V1 w/ Stealth One, Blinder
1998 Cosmos Black ///M3
OEM LTW wheels, M50 manifold conversion and cold air intake, Stromung cat back exhaust, waiting to be installed: Ground Control coilovers/adjustable camber plates, SPC adjustable rear lower control arms, factory RTABS w/ GC shims, UUC Ultimate FCABs, new OEM front control arms, HMS motorsport reciever hitch, Michelin P/S A/Ss, factory motor mounts, UUC transmission mounts w/ enforcers, Sparco harness bar. 1985 Jeep CJ-7
Too much to list...
squid,
hello. if this is the m5 sold a couple of weeks ago it has a new clutch or part of it. i drove it and the clutch was dead. i'm negotiating the other lemans blue they have, wich also has a bad clutch.
what valves are leaking?
i think FFC uses their in house mech, i'll find out tomorrow for sure.
who is your cousing, i would like to take my car(if i buy it) to him to get checked.
Under normal street driving conditions you don't really need to open up the brake ducts. Only if you are driving on the track will you see any difference.
{begin soapbox} ok, so some of you might actually be braking hard enough, and often enough, on the street to cause your brakes to overheat and fade, but if you are, please... please... please go find a racetrack to play on. {end soapbox}
Greg also has a great Brake Duct page. His method does not require removing the front bumper, but does reqqire removing the front wheels.
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1989 750iL sadly ignored, but still runs great
2000 M5 121,000 miles. All mine.
2001 Tundra Hauls Stuff
2008 Z4 M Coupe My Roundel Cover Girl
2008 Mercedes C350 Sport wifey's car
2009 BMW R1200GS-Adv for on & off-road
Not sure what you mean by nav popping up... you will always get the accept screen.
there are a couple of things you can do if you want to get rid of the "accept" screen. All things known to mankind about the bmw nav system can be found on x5world.com (or is it .org)... You essentially downgrade the system software, then upgrade it, iirc and you go into "uk mode" no accept screen, but you will have your nav units in meters or yards. On a mk4 dvd nav (std on 03, but easily upgradable) i think nav v27.1 or later "auto accepts" after something like 8 seconds, so you don't have to push the button, the disclaimer screen goes away automatically. I don't think you can update a mk3 (which is what you'd have std on an 02) to this software version.
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91 M5 Alpine White II, Silver Gray 3/90 production
17x8/17x9 M system with PS2, 20mm touring roll bar; Ground Control Coilovers; Confortti Chip, CD43; bmw/nardi blackline steering wheel, 3.8 Cam Gears
08 535i / 6 speed
Space Gray; Gray; Sport/Premium/Nav
00 M5 Ti Silver; Imola/black sportiv --Sold
Engine:
Supersprint Headers, Dinan CAI kit and MAFS, Throttle Bodies, Cams, Ported heads, Exhaust, Custom dinan software, Evosport Pullies, Dinan clutch and lightened flywheel; Ignition solutions plasma coils
Suspension:
Dinan Stage 3 with front and rear Strut Tower Braces, Beastpower Sway bar brackets, Dinan Wheels with 275/285 PilotSport, X5 Thrust arm bushings, Stoptech 355mm 4 piston front, 355mm 2 piston rear brake kit, Dinan 3.45 diff
Interior/Misc:
Eurodash, updated steering wheel, Bluetooth retrofit, Sirius Retrofit, hardwired V1, Widescreen Mk4 nav, M audio retrofit, Ice Link, BSW Stage 1 speaker upgrade, bmw towbar
I just bought an 02 Beast last week as a retirement gift for myself.
Welcome ashore.
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3. How can I, a noob, check to see if the MAF needs to be changed? My cousin threw the beast on the computer with ZERO faults, any advice? I am getting 15 mpg atm and suspect that is a bit low.
Maybe but not too far off the mark, I see as low as 14 in stop-and-go and seldom better than 18 on the freeway. Of course that's on California MTBE and ethanol-diluted near-gas; we did Euro Delivery on the car and in driving conditions ranging from a 30mph crawl from Munich to Stuttgart to 140mph 'bahn cruising we averaged 19mpg on real gasoline.
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4. The break ducts from the tires wells are closed, is that something I should open up?
As I think louv noted, opening the brake ducts isn't going to do you much unless you decide to go run the car in track events. Slotted rotors are fine but I'd stay away from the drilled ones, they'll crack in hard use (unless the rotor casting has bosses cast in to be drilled like Porsche rotors do.)
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5. Its an 02 with 74k on it and I add chevron tech fuel additive every 3 tanks then after a few months I will do it every 6 months, is that good, does it matter, should i stop?
I don't think the additive does that much, mainly I think you ought to check out what gas brands near you meet the 'Top Tier' standard ( http://www.toptiergas.com ) and mostly use those.
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7. Is there a way to have the nav screen pop up first when the car is started? I have scoured the owners manual btw.
I think mottati addressed the nag-screen issue, if that's what you meant; I run my nav system in UK mode anyway.
that is awesome, great for a tag. try to come up with something for my tag. i'll open a new thread
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