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PAPER OR PLASTIC => For Sale => Topic started by: kamotors on January 14, 2011, 04:08:31 PM

Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on January 14, 2011, 04:08:31 PM
Selling Carbon Fiber cold air intake kits for 4cyl & 6cyl BMW's, specifically designed for the E30.

This kit replaces the factory airbox and bolts directly to the MAF or AFM(for AFM cars an ebay MAF adapter is needed).
The reason it gets cooler air than stock is because it has a direct 3" path to outside air, while the stock box's snorkel was positioned off to the side behind a headlight where only a small portion of cool air makes it. This was done by BMW to keep filter's cleaner longer. With this kit you should clean the filter every time you change your oil.



Keeps intake temps 50+degrees cooler than an unshielded cone filter setup and more 15 degrees cooler than the OEM airbox setup. This kit will fit many different BMW engines due to the fact that it doesn't require a custom shield. Filter uses a 3" inlet and outlet which lets it fit all AFM's and MAF kits for the E30, similar kits on ebay only use 2.5"-2.7" inlets which will restrict performance, don't be fooled by cheap imitations, they use a lower quality filter and will not perform as well.

Kit works extremely well with E30s that use the MILLER MAF conversion and is a direct bolt on for MAF equipped cars.

Kit includes

1-REAL Carbon Fiber enclosed air filter w/ 3" inlet and outlet,
Can be easily adapted to fit the E36 but the hose routing is up to you.

life time washable gauze filter flows similar to K&N filter.The filter uses a pointed cone tip to help straighten turbulent air.

1-black intake hose which now slips over the end of the filter assembly.

1-black couplers

1-filter bracket

entire kit weighs ~2 lbs

EDIT:10/6/11
I will always be trying to improve this kit. I've had a few customers use the Velocity stack with great results.

Today I'm releasing the new Ver.4 kit it uses a rubber trimmed bracket to ensue the clearcoat on the C.F canister does not get damaged. All future kits sold on the forum will be the Ver.4 kit.(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6174/6217838724_c58a2b429c.jpg)
NEW Ver.4 Will be $118 shipped in the U.S

pics of v3 kits below
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3489688854_42722496ee.jpg)
(http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=22787&d=1253472071)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/3512766059_46c01d6e72.jpg)
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc152/lifeiskaos/newe30/DSCN5274.jpg)
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d83/javiar7/intake.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2646/5797546556_046215c919_b.jpg)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/5310268556_a3a40823c2_b.jpg)

OVER 200+ kits sold to happy customers!

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Happy customers-

"Just posting to let anyone on the fence about getting one of these know that they will not be disappointed. A perfect compliment to the miller maf conversion."

"Recieved mine from KA Motors. Let me tell you... I'm super happy. It's a very clean install and clean product. Looks FANTASTIC on just about any application. Very well worth it "

"intake is cool to the touch on my M42 with this thing installed, thanks for a quality product "

"Good seller, good product, great price, quick shipping. What else can you ask for?"

"I bought a KA Motors carbon intake for my E30 318iS and love it.

I removed the muffler thing on the end of it though and just have the pipe feeding into it without the 3 inch cover thing on the end, sounds a LOT better this way!"
Title: Still available for 91' 318is??
Post by: Grasshoppa on March 15, 2011, 01:01:01 PM
Best price to Atlanta.
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: Blackice on March 15, 2011, 03:15:03 PM
That looks pretty good.

Nice work :D
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: sergio318is on April 05, 2011, 11:06:08 PM
interested still available?
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: sergio318is on April 05, 2011, 11:18:45 PM
would like to buy one you have other website beside eBay.
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: SimplyDope on May 03, 2011, 08:00:08 PM
Just ordered one off eBay and got one of those adapters. Thanks again!
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: Matt-B on May 06, 2011, 03:47:08 AM
bump, love mine
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: dunny on May 06, 2011, 08:08:59 AM
I considered picking one of these up back in January, but I'm not sure what the benefits are other than 15 degrees cooler temps over the OEM setup.  Are there any notable HP/TQ gains?  Has anyone done a before/after dyno?
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: sergio318is on May 13, 2011, 06:45:24 PM
Quote from: dunny;103591
I considered picking one of these up back in January, but I'm not sure what the benefits are other than 15 degrees cooler temps over the OEM setup.  Are there any notable HP/TQ gains?  Has anyone done a before/after dyno?


also interested
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: Matt-B on May 14, 2011, 03:45:08 AM
on my m50, love it,

backed by m42club admin :D
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on May 15, 2011, 02:21:34 PM
Quote from: sergio318is;103785
also interested


Other benefits besides cold air are a real throaty sound, power and mpg. Those are all because you get a less restrictive intake and cooler air into the motor.
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: e30bmart on May 18, 2011, 05:17:46 PM
would really love a video of stock sound m42 and with this in it. I would love a throatier sound
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: SimplyDope on May 26, 2011, 06:34:09 PM
Just got mine in the mail today. Awesome guy to deal with and a quality product for sure. Someone should post pics of their m42 setup since I can't seem to find any online or on the forums.
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on May 27, 2011, 01:49:39 PM
I know I've sold at least 20-25 of these to M42 owners but none of them ever send me pictures!
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: L0c4lh0sT on May 30, 2011, 06:14:22 AM
Can anyone tell me what the german TÜV think about this CAI?
I would like to put one in my 318is but i don't know if it is legal here.

Also do you use the adapter or do you have a MAF conversionand is there any affordable MAF conversion now?

Alex
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: Matt-B on May 30, 2011, 06:55:01 AM
legal? if its illegal, dont say anything, Haha
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on June 01, 2011, 11:29:47 AM
Quote from: L0c4lh0sT;104159
Can anyone tell me what the german TÜV think about this CAI?
I would like to put one in my 318is but i don't know if it is legal here.

Also do you use the adapter or do you have a MAF conversionand is there any affordable MAF conversion now?

Alex


I'm not sure if it would be TUV certified. You can either use a MAF adapter if your using the stock AFM or if you have a MAF conversion(miller makes one)then you need nothing other than my kit to bolt it on.
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: e30bmart on June 16, 2011, 04:28:08 PM
Not to distract anyone from these great kits, but kamotors, what wheels are on your sig pic? thanks!
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on June 24, 2011, 11:06:32 AM
BUMP, they are tire rack c1 wheels:)
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: blalor on June 25, 2011, 07:35:22 AM
Is this the adapter you need?
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5307/5869421510_cef80d5182_z.jpg)
(from eBay:  84-91 BMW E30 318 325 M3 Air Intake MAF Adapter +Filter (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/84-91-BMW-E30-318-325-M3-Air-Intake-MAF-Adapter-Filter-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4aac50e44bQQitemZ320718562379QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_2309wt_985))

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/5868875257_3d4465da3c_m.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/5868875257_61f986b622_o.png)
This comes with a filter, apparently.
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on June 26, 2011, 11:57:57 PM
yes but get it without the filter obviously.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/84-91-BMW-318-325-M3-E30-AIR-INTAKE-MAF-Filter-Adapter-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4aabf509cdQQitemZ320712542669QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/84-91-BMW-318-325-M3-E30-AIR-INTAKE-MAF-Filter-Adapter-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4aabf509cdQQitemZ320712542669QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories)
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: bujna on June 30, 2011, 06:56:35 AM
I bought one of these CAI's off you a couple of months ago. I think it definitely gave my m42 a bit of extra pull at higher revs and the induction note at full throttle is cool too!
Title: My e30 M42 setup
Post by: bujna on July 01, 2011, 10:11:29 AM
Here are some photo's of the intake as i installed it.
I just got an AFM adapter from ebay, and a slightly smaller hose clamp, because the one supplied for hooking up to the AFM adapter was just a little too big. I kind of screwed the flex pipe into the headlight cover too...

(http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz51/_the_trooper_/DSC01961.jpg)

(http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz51/_the_trooper_/DSC01960.jpg)

(http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz51/_the_trooper_/DSC019621024x768.jpg)
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: MorriS on July 11, 2011, 09:22:41 AM
anybody got a soundfile of an e30 iS with this beautifull toy in it? with or without other upgrades,dont mather just mention!

thx
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on July 21, 2011, 11:38:38 AM
BUMP 8 in stock.
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on August 31, 2011, 03:18:18 PM
BUMP
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6079/6060294345_be5dcc77ce_b.jpg)
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on September 17, 2011, 09:04:30 PM
BUMP

EBAY AUCTION (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3984Q2em1555Q2el2649QQitemZ120775350634QQsspagenameZSTRKQ3aMESELXQ3aIT)
Title: nice kit
Post by: Geoff on September 19, 2011, 09:13:08 AM
can add an endorsement, as  I put one of these on my 318is over this past weekend.   Quite simple to install, and definitely did make a difference. the car definitely pulls more willingly in the upper range,  accompanied by a not too intrusive but definitely noticeable intake howl..if you like hooning around town looking to get a ticket, this'll do it!!:eek:  seriously tho,  it does change the personality just a bit, and I have found myself stepping on it more just to get the rush of acceleration and noise...so do use responsibly!
                                                                          Geoff
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on September 24, 2011, 12:51:28 PM
Thank You soo much for the positive review!
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on October 06, 2011, 11:56:23 AM
EDIT:10/6/11
I will always be trying to improve this kit. I've had a few customers use the Velocity stack with great results.

Today I'm releasing the new Ver.4 kit it uses a rubber trimmed bracket to ensue the clearcoat on the C.F canister does not get damaged. All future kits sold on the forum will be the Ver.4 kit.(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6174/6217838724_c58a2b429c.jpg)
NEW Ver.4 Will be $118 shipped in the U.S
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on October 06, 2011, 12:06:17 PM
new auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120789546076&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_2084wt_958 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120789546076&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_2084wt_958)
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: Geoff on October 16, 2011, 12:42:55 PM
I think the new rubber covered bracket is a good idea.  I've had to move mine around a bit since I first installed it, and it does get scratched.  still works tho:)
                        Geoff
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on October 23, 2011, 09:45:30 PM
Bump
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on November 13, 2011, 06:35:23 PM
BUMP

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120806281288?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/120806281288?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649)
Title: BMW E30 cold air intakes 4cyl and 6cyl
Post by: kamotors on February 20, 2012, 05:06:06 PM
Made a new intake kit, fits ALL the E30's great and really performs well!.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120852465233?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/120852465233?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649)