Evolve Carbon Airbox Review | Z4M | E46 M3 | Z3M
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2019
- Evolve's CSL style carbon airbox is a dream modification for most S54 owners. It provides a depth of sound, power increase, and beauty that are extraordinary. However, as you surely know, the price is as well. This begs the question; can it possibly be worth the money?
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Great video! Thanks for taking the time out and for the feedback on the tune. We resolved those issues in 2015 and people still think they are current.
Hey Evolve. Ye seriously need to make this a lot more affordable. There is no way in hell it costs any more than £500 to produce now ye have the moulds made and your production streamlined for all your products. I think at £1,000 to £1,500 ye would sell one to every E46 M3 owner in the world. Just a thought because how many would pay £3,000 for it.
@@ronan7812 Agreed!
3,600
Hey folks! Hope you enjoy this video. Just a note, there are sections in the car where I wasn't 100% pleased with the audio. The (loud) base note of the exhaust at times and wind really threw the mic's peak reduction for a loop. It isn't terrible, but also not up to my standard.
Thanks.
-Zach
Solid review. I had one of these on a previous e46 m3 and now that I own a second I've ordered another. Every point you made is spot on representation, people don't get how night and day this upgrade is over stock until they ride in one. Videos don't do it justice.
awesome video more z4M content please, and yeah in cali all you can do that’s legal is add a performance air filter, and slap on a sticker saying it complies with ca, smog check.
Lol idk why but I always come to this video when looking for inspiration for my "future" e46 m3 mods. This channel is one of my hidden gems when it comes to bmw performance.
i just picked up an 06 z4m roadster. so fun to drive. I see you're in new england. Im actually from CT shoreline.
My god dude! Ive heard plenty of S54s w/ CSL airbox videos but this video of yours captures it beautifully! Very well done, it just sounds even more exotic and racy here. Your cars setup is perfect, what is the exhaust setup? It compliments the airbox induction sound perfectly.
Thank you! I’m glad you liked it. My car is definitely on the wilder side volume and sound wise haha. RPI GT axle back with Status Gruppe catless headers. Drones pretty badly down low (trying a J pipe soon) but the unbelievable, frantic tone up top is worth it 100%. Isn’t even close to my daily so I don’t mind that much.
BuzzytheBlue awesome! Yeah seems alot like my E46’s setup, where it sounds terrible down low w alot of rasp and drone, but absolutely screams up top. Im actually considering going back to the oem section 1 and 2 since it seemed more high pitched with them. I have manzo straight pipe section 1 and a sgt xpipe section 2, along with headers and mxp rear section.
Please post more videos of the air box. I’m with you 100% it’s the best induction noise you can get. I’ve spent the a boat load on car mods over my years but this is easily the most deeply satisfying purchase I’ve made for my Z4M
The carbon airbox for the S65 V8 is the only one that sounds better IMO. All BMW M engines have a DNA sound is very distinctive and addictive. The overrun noise is almost better than the sound reving up the range.
I need to buy this!
Sounds awsome !
Got a GurppeM Carbon Ram Air intake on my E46 330ci, and it sounds amazing.
Can't wait to afford an S54 someday and get the oportunity to enjoy it's sound with a carbon intake !
Thanks! The M54s sound awesome too! Even my 325i with a little K&N cone intake sounded cool.
Amazing sound. I love your videos. How loud is the setup vs stock when cruising on the highway?
As it sits currently I can’t even really recommend my setup haha. Very very loud. The RPI has quite a bit of drone on its own, but following the headers it’s almost comically intrusive at low RPM. I’m looking at adding a J pipe to the mufflers to reduce it. If I was doing it over again, I’d probably go for a tamer muffler setup if doing headers.
My God, that powerful vacuum sound above the 6/7k rpm just give me goosebumps.
My friend have a a old Clio 1.8 16v with a good air intake and sound exactly like this.
It's incredible how such a little thing like this, change in term of power and feeling, the car.
Absolutely nice review and nice car🔥♥️
That car sounds absolutely brutal. In a good way. I need this air box for my M
Great review! I just subscribed
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
Great review!!! I'm also considering this box! Do you have headers? I'm debating between SS V1 tubolare headers or this box🤔 cost will be a slight higher on box and tune vs headers and tune w Epic Motorsports.. tough decision for me...
Thank you! I have Status Gruppe on my car. Great headers for the $$ but in a different league than the V1s. For me, personally, I’d have to go airbox on that one if forced to choose. Can’t go wrong either way obviously but the airboxes are just too cool. Plus, as amazing as an S54 with headers sounds, an S54 with a CSL style box is just next level.
I have the karbonius .. looks similar to the CSL air box... the air box sounds amazing
What tune are you running with yours?
BuzzytheBlue I got my tune from Frank Smith
The S54 and the GT3 engines, rate them as one of the best sounding na engines. 👌
For sure these best sounding NA motors that are smaller than V8s
@@dposney even V8's don't sound as good, with the exception of the Ferrari 458 engine.
@@Saif0412 I mean I can think of a few V8s that are up this level but either way the S54 is my favorite engine
@@Saif0412 BMW S65 V8 is one of the best engines ever made. With the carbon airbox there is none that come close to it sound wise/including Ferrari
@@Saif0412 i agree, ferrari was the only ones to give the v8 that nice racey sound. not to say something like an s65 doesnt sound good, it sound meaner and angrier than the s54, but i just prefer that raw pure motorsport sound.
Hi, just found your channel, great work! Can I ask where did you get the Airbox? It's the exact same as the M3 ? I don't see it offered for Z4M, just M3, but that's ok I think right?
It's from Evolve. They are advanced BMW tuners. E46 and Z4M have the same engine. It's not going to be a problem
Very very nice sound.. I’m gonna try to find this stuff in Belgium for mine to.. Do you know a good seller in my country ?
Thanks in advance
5:08 - right there :DDD I am hoping to do the same one day!
Hello there! quick question... did you notice en change on brake pedal feel, or impact on your cruise control? I have a Z4MC I bought a couple of days ago and the CC does not work, and I feel the pedal too soft, mind you, I also have a Mustang 5.0 with performance pack with an extremely nice pedal feel (6-pot brembo calipers), so that may be part of my appreciation.
The tune/airbox didn’t change the CC or brake feel at all, no. I’ve never found the pedal feel on my M to be soft at all, always bites hard right at the top of the pedal. May be worthwhile to change the fluid/check the rotor and pad health.
that's it! I'm getting rid of my Miata for a Z4M! I can't resist the ITBs!
It’s a great time to buy one! The Roadsters are at the bottom and the coupes are beginning to go up in value.
How do you change the air filter? I recently bought a Z4 M Roadster off of BAT and it already had the evolve air box installed. I'm not familiar with the box at all. Also where do you buy the air filters?
The filter is housed between the two sections on the Evolve box, to replace the filter you just disconnect the “intake section” from the plenum, very easy. Evolve sells new filters for the box.
awesome. I assume this is a no go in California for smog or?
I’m no expert on Cali smog law but considering it eliminates MAF and requires a tune, I’d guess as much.
did you do the installation and tune yourself? if not, how much were the cost associated with it?
Did them both myself with next to no mechanical skill/experience. Very easy. Would probably only be a $150-300 bucks in labor if you had someone do it.
This is the ultimate for any S54. Just got my 06 Silbergrau ZCP coupe and I keep drooling over these. Im torn between this Evolve Alpha N or the Kabonius CSL MAP route.
Alpha N works fine but MAP is how BMW set them up in the CSL. MAP will yield slightly improved drivability. Not sure whether it’s a worthwhile difference at this point though. My car is Alpha N and is just as intuitive to drive as stock.
i notice a bit of jerkiness sometimes at low speeds especially if i try to get on it hard from low speeds. sometimes power is just non existent between 2-3k as well, but its kind of odd, it doesnt do it all the time. i feel like most of the issues are avoidable if you just ease into the throttle and try to be smooth with it, but it can be a bit annoying. i dunno if maybe it could be fixed with dyno tuning or maybe map conversion is the route to go eventually.
I think I’m going to end up going the dyno tune route this coming season. I don’t have any jerkiness or drivability issues but if I go too deep in the throttle below 3k (or don’t roll into it as you said) it will almost bog, hard to say what the cause is but I’m hoping some custom tuning will sort it out. Odd because otherwise it rips.
@@BuzzytheBlue yeah after 3k i have no issues, pulls hard up to redline. ive just had a few really annoying situation where i might be trying to make a quick left turn from a stop and the car starts jerking or just has no power. otherwise drivability is fine, nothing so bad that im in a rush to get it fixed.
@@BuzzytheBlue id love to hear your thoughts if you do end up doing a dyno tune.
I definitely will, I’ll probably make a video about it. I’m kinda considering adding a catted section 1 back in prior to tuning too. Just gotten tired of the emissions issue over the years lol.
@@BuzzytheBlue ahh that sucks man. in canada about 10 years ago they get rid of emissions testing and i went and got catless headers done the day it ended haha.
This sounds ridiculously good. I would buy this car over the new one even if the asking price was the same. Who cares how fast the new cars or electrics are. The driving experience of that motor is unreal.
That is my plan! I want to get at least one more true analog car, and this seems to be a great option. It helps that I am a huge fan of BMW and miss my old Z4 3.0i.
Do you still have your secondary cats in sec 2?
I did until just recently. Replaced it with a resonated section 2.
If it wasn't for California smog, it would be in my car!
Think it would be able to pass with a MAP sensor setup and BMW CSL tune?
can you install this on a non M car?
Afraid not, no. Specifically for the S54.
Did you install the Alpha N remap yourself?
Yep, used the Evolve-R cable/software and an old laptop. Easy.
@@BuzzytheBlue does the cable and software come with it? Is it straight forward to do??
Cable comes with it and you download the software from Evolves website. I found it pretty easy, if you’re halfway decent with computers it shouldn’t be an issue
@@BuzzytheBlue thanks for info. Friend is looking to get airbox and alpha n map, looking me to install it as he's useless with computers but I didn't want to say yes straight away. I'm good with computers etc but is there a guide as to how to install the map onto car once connected etc. Sorry for all the questions lol
@@ricky1603 No worries, yes there is a step by step guide that you download along with the software. It's honestly extremely simple. It spits out a file that you send to Evolve, they tweak it, and you flash the car with a file they send you.
Navigation delete? 👀
Mine just came like that haha, nav was optional
they need to lower the cost- theres no way it cost that much to manufacturer. Plus, for the amount of gains , that $3000 would be better put towards a supercharger or turbo rather than a intake, mainly for the sound
I considered a supercharger but just wasn’t very interested to be honest. Even supercharged, a Z4M or M3 isn’t going to be a world beater in a straight line by modern standards. So, I went with the airbox to keep it NA and emulate the CSL experience. The price is huge but with so few manufacturers and such a niche market, it’s to be expected. Particularly with such a complex design when compared to things like diffusers or other cosmetic carbon components.
Composites are very labour intensive and require big capital investment to get right. By the time you add r&d, design, dyno/real world testing, material costs, tooling, moulds, autoclave and the skilled labour to build them right and then MAYBE you can make some money on top $3500 isn’t too ridiculous imo
And now I’m buying a carbon air box haa
Where did you purchase this?
Directly from Evolve.
Adding any air box will change the sound but the Z4’s digital engine management systems along with the MAF control the airflow to the engine thus not realistically improving performance. Evolve is basically a noise box.
That would likely be true if you didn’t re-tune the engine, which you do with any of these airboxes. There is a measurable gain, that’s been proven. But regardless, I mainly bought it for the noise haha.
So us s52 guys..... we're basically fucked, right?
I admittedly don’t know much about the S52s but I’ve definitely seen supercharged ones that seem to be a lot of fun lol