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Gruppe M Air intake system

Post by monkadill » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:30 pm

Looking to buy a Gruppe M Air intake system for the Z, can any one vouch for this site? The price looks spot on.

http://www.mstyle.co.uk/acatalog/Online ... _1159.html
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Re: Gruppe M Air intake system

Post by StevenH72 » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:34 pm

JE and ninarvana have used them with some success, however, you'll struggle to find many other positive reviews.

They have a tendency to not honour prices on their website, as strange as that sounds.
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Re: Gruppe M Air intake system

Post by mmm-five » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:40 pm

It's £770 on the CA-Automotive site.
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Re: Gruppe M Air intake system

Post by chris » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:04 am

mmm-five wrote:It's £770 on the CA-Automotive site.
For something that will only add sound, and probably reduce horses :P

For that price, i would rather get a 4.10 Ring and pinion!
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Post by mmm-five » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:53 am

chris wrote:For something that will only add sound, and probably reduce horses :P

For that price, i would rather get a 4.10 Ring and pinion!
Wasn't suggesting it was good value or effective (otherwise I'd probably have one myself), just offering another purchasing option.
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Re: Gruppe M Air intake system

Post by chris » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:56 am

Sorry that was not aimed at you, just rather the £700 price tag!
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Post by ChawenHalo » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:30 am

I've had one installed a few years ago and cannot fault the hight quality of the kit or the intake noise, which in my case balances with the ACS backboxes. It certainly does not loses you bhp as some suggest. What it does do is refocus torque band and adds a few bhp (+6) at the top RPM. The downside is that it accentuates a torque dip athat is already present OEM at around 3500 RPM.

If you research all Gruppe M kits are thouroughly well researched and made and they are very spêcific and publish clearly what each kit's effects are. People tend to be put of by the price. For sure you won't feel +6 bhp on the road (unless you're right at the top RPM on track and there is more insistance getting there in the last 1500 RPM) but the noise is sweet. I've yet to come accross a kit that is good quality, does not suffer from heat or ingress.
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Post by simonlpearce » Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:14 am

Reckon a £30 high flow panel filter would probably be equally as good.
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Post by mmm-five » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:00 pm

simonlpearce wrote:Reckon a £30 high flow panel filter would probably be equally as good.
...and possibly allow much more crap into the engine at the same time as not increasing the intake noise one iota :P

I'd love a Gruppe-M, but only for the noise - and to balance out the Rogue Diablos on the rear.
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Re: Gruppe M Air intake system

Post by chris » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:02 pm

I like the intake noise of the S54 anyway. So any money spent, I would like it to go faster really :D
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Re: Gruppe M Air intake system

Post by simonlpearce » Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:35 pm

Suppose you could always resort to the age old trick of drilling the airbox :P
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Re: Gruppe M Air intake system

Post by mmm-five » Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:06 pm

simonlpearce wrote:Suppose you could always resort to the age old trick of drilling the airbox :P
Or just take it out altogether and stick a cone filter on the end of the MAF tube :evil:
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Re: Gruppe M Air intake system

Post by Paza3 » Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:24 pm

I would love one but 800 quid! its a lot of dollar if there reduce it to 300 everyone would buy one ... I know it would probably not cover the R&D but how many do they really sell?

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Re: Gruppe M Air intake system

Post by FR08MEE » Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:27 pm

Evolve may have a cheaper alternative coming to the market shortly...

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Re: Gruppe M Air intake system

Post by chris » Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:29 pm

FR08MEE wrote:Evolve may have a cheaper alternative coming to the market shortly...
There is a better answer!

ESS do a kit :D
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