Boot for 3.5 HFM?

[MR 325]

Maybe this is common knowledge and I'm just an idiot but what do most people do when installing a 3.5 inch HFM. Is there aftermarket intake boot options or do I just need generic adapter couplers?

Thanks guys.

[backtrail69]

I think Samco makes a fancy boot for that. Check bimmerworld.

[equate975]

I kwo thstyes a couple that you can buy, mine came with one, did oyu check TMPS!?

[loonibab325i]

http://www.siliconeintakes.com/index.php?cPath=14&osCsid=2ebca015d115690bf5c21bccf7854f41

Just get a reducer elbow with the correct measurements and make your own, 20 bux and wallah.. that's what a few other guys on this board and myself have done.



-Abe

[MR 325]

What about the 2 hoses that go in to the boot?

[hugh jass]

What about the 2 hoses that go in to the boot?

i think you have to drill 2 holes, which ends up looking super ghetto. a simple adapter retains the stock elbow and looks way better.

[kroberts]

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html...ODUCT_ID=adapr

Here ya go

[e30polak]

That Samco boot from bimmerworld is kind of pricey.

But for the price that the Turner adapter goes for, the Samco boot is worth the lil extra. It has a much smoother and beneficial transition from 3.5" back to 3" and comes with the holes and all...

[BeirBrennerE30]

What about the 2 hoses that go in to the boot?

the samco elbow at bimmerworld has the nicest transition... best part/money spent and it has the lines for the pcv/icv

[m3_eater]

That Samco boot from bimmerworld is kind of pricey.

But for the price that the Turner adapter goes for, the Samco boot is worth the lil extra. It has a much smoother and beneficial transition from 3.5" back to 3" and comes with the holes and all...

+1. I'm buying one.

EDIT: looks like they are on backorder :(

[Stu]

Matt, you can also heat up the stock elbow and stretch the 3.5 MAF over it. It takes just a few minutes with a lightbulb and a skinny flat-head screwdriver.

[FredK]

Stu, that is ghetto.










ok fine that's what I did. :mrgreen:

[BeirBrennerE30]

Matt, you can also heat up the stock elbow and stretch the 3.5 MAF over it. It takes just a few minutes with a lightbulb and a skinny flat-head screwdriver.

I tried doing that... over an hour of frustration later I ended up puncuring the boot with the screw driver. pain in the ass!

[m3_eater]

Matt, you can also heat up the stock elbow and stretch the 3.5 MAF over it. It takes just a few minutes with a lightbulb and a skinny flat-head screwdriver.

What about the other side, if you want to retain the stock airbox from your E36 engine instead of installing a cone?

[m3_eater]

-Abe

Abe, what's that air hose that goes to the top of the radiator?