V10 M engine airbox/feeds question
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I saw one of those cool cutaways of the E60 M5, just the engine, suspension, gearbox, driveshafts etc, and on it there were the airfeeds for the airbox's...
I noticed that they had the usual feeds from the high pressure area infront of the radiator bank/cavity area, which looped up over what must be an internal slam panel and to the airboxes.
But then from the side-ports on the bumper two other intakes run up into the bottom of the airbox.
Does anyone have any more information on how this works? I'm curious how water isn't rammed in at speed and into the airbox. I understand rolling into water slowly will simply mean the air is drawn via the top intake trumpets, but if you hit a puddle at speed, or even a wash of water at speed (say following a car in the wet) surely it would be drawn up and into the filter housing/airbox!?
Just curious how BMW have got around these issues... any answers or ideas much appreciated.
Dave
I noticed that they had the usual feeds from the high pressure area infront of the radiator bank/cavity area, which looped up over what must be an internal slam panel and to the airboxes.
But then from the side-ports on the bumper two other intakes run up into the bottom of the airbox.
Does anyone have any more information on how this works? I'm curious how water isn't rammed in at speed and into the airbox. I understand rolling into water slowly will simply mean the air is drawn via the top intake trumpets, but if you hit a puddle at speed, or even a wash of water at speed (say following a car in the wet) surely it would be drawn up and into the filter housing/airbox!?
Just curious how BMW have got around these issues... any answers or ideas much appreciated.
Dave
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