PHOTO TEASER: Dinan F8x X5M/X6M Intake

[Dinan_Engineering]

DISCLAIMER (PLEASE READ): This post is strictly intended to be a photo teaser. No details are available at this time. Don't bother asking price, availability (although I think its safe to say we can talk in terms of weeks and not months at this point), pre-order details, performance gains, or any of that type of information as it is not available.

Everyone simply keeps asking for pictures so when we got our first article in the other day I took some photos of it. Its pretty...

Enjoy!

[Alan l.]

Very Pretty....

Is it safe to say that this intake won't offer any additional sound considering its pretty much sealed just like the factory system?

I would be curious to see just how much the sound does change with the cover off and on (if any).

[onfireX5]

Impressive

[Dinan_Engineering]

Originally Posted by Alan l.

Very Pretty....

Is it safe to say that this intake won't offer any additional sound considering its pretty much sealed just like the factory system?

I would be curious to see just how much the sound does change with the cover off and on (if any).

That would be a safe assumption. There will be minimal sound increase with this upgrade but I imagine you will still be able to hear a bit more turbo spool noise with the intake on. Just enough to let you know it is there like the other Dinan sealed intakes of this generation (N55 namely).

[onfireX5]

Is it a higher profile lid to allow larger filters ? Lower box oem ?

[Dinan_Engineering]

Originally Posted by onfireX5

Is it a higher profile lid to allow larger filters ? Lower box oem ?

Higher profile lid so we can get bigger filters, more surface area in there. In general terms the magic of both the stock and Dinan setups is in the filters. Saying they are custom is an understatement. Once we get more of those in I will take some shots of those. Lower box is OEM (a lot of very small details went into that airbox by BMW, its actually a very refined), just included it in the photos so you could see the full setup.

[sos_73]

[m5james]

$4000 for zero intake sound increase.

[scotty91ss]

If there is just a new (very attractive) new lid, and larger filters, then the price should be reasonable. ????
Then this Dinan product it is a no brainer!! and an excellent job of engineering.
On the other hand, paying over $2,000 for a muffler and only getting 8hp without it even it looking better, does not fit my $/hp ratio.

[Dinan_Engineering]

Originally Posted by m5james

$4000 for zero intake sound increase.

Originally Posted by scotty91ss

If there is just a new (very attractive) new lid, and larger filters, then the price should be reasonable. ????
Then this Dinan product it is a no brainer!! and an excellent job of engineering.
On the other hand, paying over $2,000 for a muffler and only getting 8hp without it even it looking better, does not fit my $/hp ratio.

That estimate on pricing is just a tad out of whack as that intake will be no more then $1500 at absolute maximum (thats being very generous on the maximum as well). As far as the sound increase goes... we don't engineer for sound on an intake... we engineer for performance. Sound increase is a byproduct of an open air intake that also typically yields issues with extended performance (heat soak after multiple hard pulls as an example). That doesn't cut it in our book. If sound is your desire thats fine but thats not ours. We want to make the car perform better, not just sound like it does. Any increase in sound is simply a byproduct of the design for us.

Exhausts are for sound. That's what you are paying for. Any token gains you get out of it are just icing on the cake. Lets not kid ourselves.

[onfireX5]

Originally Posted by Dinan_Engineering

That estimate on pricing is just a tad out of whack as that intake will be no more then $1500 at absolute maximum (thats being very generous on the maximum as well). As far as the sound increase goes... we don't engineer for sound on an intake... we engineer for performance. Sound increase is a byproduct of an open air intake that also typically yields issues with extended performance (heat soak after multiple hard pulls as an example). That doesn't cut it in our book. If sound is your desire thats fine but thats not ours. We want to make the car perform better, not just sound like it does. Any increase in sound is simply a byproduct of the design for us.

Exhausts are for sound. That's what you are paying for. Any token gains you get out of it are just icing on the cake. Lets not kid ourselves.

Cheers !

[Alan l.]

Price this intake accordingly and it will sell just as well as your exhaust imo. Recently over on the M5 crew other intake companies are getting a little outrageous with what they want for an intake. Its absurd to think just because you drive a 100K car that you should pay 5x more for a part that is made the same way as a 30K car. Same with exhausts. 6-8K exhaust becoming the norm now which is why the Dinan exhaust is selling so well since its priced cheaper than everyone else and it sounds good.

[tastelid]

Originally Posted by Alan l.

Price this intake accordingly and it will sell just as well as your exhaust imo. Recently over on the M5 crew other intake companies are getting a little outrageous with what they want for an intake. Its absurd to think just because you drive a 100K car that you should pay 5x more for a part that is made the same way as a 30K car. Same with exhausts. 6-8K exhaust becoming the norm now which is why the Dinan exhaust is selling so well since its priced cheaper than everyone else and it sounds good.

The only 8k exhaust for the F85 that I've seen is made of titanium. Dinan's is stainless steel. Sure, that probably doesn't explain all of the price difference, but the two exhausts aren't really comparable.

[Alan l.]

More comparable would be Eisenmann Race or Sport. 2900 to 4500. Both significantly more expensive than Dinan for a stainless steel muffler.

Alan

[AutoTalent]

Looks great guys!

[elisiX]

Originally Posted by Alan l.

More comparable would be Eisenmann Race or Sport. 2900 to 4500. Both significantly more expensive than Dinan for a stainless steel muffler.

Alan

Check all the various videos on the exhausts first Alan. Eisenmann Race sounds very aggressive whereas the Eisenmann Sport and DINAN (Sport also), sound not much louder than stock. That is not only my view from the videos, but from user comments on here also.

I'd have been all over the DINAN exhaust if it sounded considerably better (louder) than stock. 2k for a valved exhaust is very good - exactly what it should cost.

Intake looks awesome! I like the idea of sticking with one brand for exhaust, intake and tune, so it's nice to see this product coming out and with what appears to be very high quality.

[thewhat24]

[QUOTE=Dinan_Engineering;20137474]DISCLAIMER (PLEASE READ): This post is strictly intended to be a photo teaser. No details are available at this time. Don't bother asking price, availability (although I think its safe to say we can talk in terms of weeks and not months at this point), pre-order details, performance gains, or any of that type of information as it is not available.

Everyone simply keeps asking for pictures so when we got our first article in the other day I took some photos of it. Its pretty...

Enjoy!


Will there be something similar from Dinan coming to the F15 line?

[Dinan_Engineering]

Originally Posted by thewhat24

Will there be something similar from Dinan coming to the F15 line?

I don't have anyone here today to verify but I am pretty sure we just need to test fit it onto a F15/F16 50i to make sure it would fit as the hood lines are a bit different from the M variants. If that's the case and it fits then we would offer it for that application. If it doesn't there is no intention to make a specific one for the 50i's though. History has told us that in the X series lines that most hard parts don't sell very well unless its an M variant. We develop accordingly.

[joe@ptech]

We can't wait to install one of these with exhaust and tuner to our X5M. It is a beautiful piece for sure.

[onfireX5]

Originally Posted by Dinan_Engineering

I don't have anyone here today to verify but I am pretty sure we just need to test fit it onto a F15/F16 50i to make sure it would fit as the hood lines are a bit different from the M variants. If that's the case and it fits then we would offer it for that application. If it doesn't there is no intention to make a specific one for the 50i's though. History has told us that in the X series lines that most hard parts don't sell very well unless its an M variant. We develop accordingly.

Should bolt right up to the 50.

[LBBX5M]

Originally Posted by Dinan_Engineering

That estimate on pricing is just a tad out of whack as that intake will be no more then $1500 at absolute maximum (thats being very generous on the maximum as well). As far as the sound increase goes... we don't engineer for sound on an intake... we engineer for performance. Sound increase is a byproduct of an open air intake that also typically yields issues with extended performance (heat soak after multiple hard pulls as an example). That doesn't cut it in our book. If sound is your desire thats fine but thats not ours. We want to make the car perform better, not just sound like it does. Any increase in sound is simply a byproduct of the design for us.

Exhausts are for sound. That's what you are paying for. Any token gains you get out of it are just icing on the cake. Lets not kid ourselves.

Well said!

[raym3cs]

cant wait for this setup, I currently have Dinan stage 1 and a Eisenmann race exhaust on my f86, i really want this intake setup, and hopefully a STAGE 2 UPGRADE FROM DInan