Gruppe M Intake finally installed on my FL5

[FL5Frank]

So I took mine off after over a month of having it. About 3 weeks in, it threw a cel, can't remember the cel, but it was related to the intake.

I thought it was a coupler...the stock one. I tightened it and felt better. Cel never came back, but it started idling weird. Would hit around 1k-1250 Roma while in traffic.

It may just need a tune, but I decided to take it off. Not sure how the heck I'll sell it because I'm not going to lie about it.

My Stock intake...honestly feels way faster and perfect idle. Night and day response compared to the gruppeM. All that money for looks and a name. Horrible.

such an expensive piece sad

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[02SilverSiHB]

such an expensive piece sad

I guess I get what I overpaid for lol

 

[ABPDE5]

I guess I get what I overpaid for lol

Does it use the factory MAF or a custom one? Is it possible the MAF scaling has issues? Also, is it possible the MAF was dirty?

 

[ctrnis]

So I took mine off after over a month of having it. About 3 weeks in, it threw a cel, can't remember the cel, but it was related to the intake.

I thought it was a coupler...the stock one. I tightened it and felt better. Cel never came back, but it started idling weird. Would hit around 1k-1250 Roma while in traffic.

It may just need a tune, but I decided to take it off. Not sure how the heck I'll sell it because I'm not going to lie about it.

My Stock intake...honestly feels way faster and perfect idle. Night and day response compared to the gruppeM. All that money for looks and a name. Horrible.

i had same issue its actually the coupler needed adjustment it kept separating had to remove it fit in properly by and clamp it and its good now. i had idle issues when i first installed it. now its good and powerband is smooth

 

[02SilverSiHB]

i had same issue its actually the coupler needed adjustment it kept separating had to remove it fit in properly by and clamp it and its good now. i had idle issues when i first installed it. now its good and powerband is smooth

I tried all that. All is good for a few days...then idle is messed up again. For $1800 it shouldn't be an issue like this

 

[02SilverSiHB]

Does it use the factory MAF or a custom one? Is it possible the MAF scaling has issues? Also, is it possible the MAF was dirty?

It uses factory MAF and no it isn't dirty. I'd assume a tune is needed at this point.

The car runs fine with stock intake; so a good idea it's the intake and not a dirty MAF

 

[Jester04]

It uses factory MAF and no it isn't dirty. I'd assume a tune is needed at this point.

The car runs fine with stock intake; so a good idea it's the intake and not a dirty MAF

If you have Hondata you could send me a log to check out.

 

[02SilverSiHB]

If you have Hondata you could send me a log to check out.

I'll hit you up once I reinstall it. Prob tonight.

 

[Jester04]

I'll hit you up once I reinstall it. Prob tonight.

Sounds like a plan!

 

[sugarl4nd]

So I took mine off after over a month of having it. About 3 weeks in, it threw a cel, can't remember the cel, but it was related to the intake.

I thought it was a coupler...the stock one. I tightened it and felt better. Cel never came back, but it started idling weird. Would hit around 1k-1250 Roma while in traffic.

It may just need a tune, but I decided to take it off. Not sure how the heck I'll sell it because I'm not going to lie about it.

My Stock intake...honestly feels way faster and perfect idle. Night and day response compared to the gruppeM. All that money for looks and a name. Horrible.

Was busy at work, apology of not able to answer the queries earlier.

I think you will need to tune it after install. My experience has been great because I did several iteration of tuning with Phearable. I don't think spending another $99 is not un-reasonable to get the most out of Gruppe M intake. It definitely make a difference on my FL5.

I'm not here to defend Gruppe M, don't get me wrong but I think tuning it will change your mind on the intake. Especially, you did drop almost $2K on it. One more step and hopefully it will put smile on your face.

 

[02SilverSiHB]

Sounds like a plan!

Well got a schedule with my tuner. I'll post up results

 

[02SilverSiHB]

Was busy at work, apology of not able to answer the queries earlier.

I think you will need to tune it after install. My experience has been great because I did several iteration of tuning with Phearable. I don't think spending another $99 is not un-reasonable to get the most out of Gruppe M intake. It definitely make a difference on my FL5.

I'm not here to defend Gruppe M, don't get me wrong but I think tuning it will change your mind on the intake. Especially, you did drop almost $2K on it. One more step and hopefully it will put smile on your face.

No worries man. HKS needed a tune as well on my fk8. Just the way it is I guess

 

[sugarl4nd]

No worries man. HKS needed a tune as well on my fk8. Just the way it is I guess

Looking forward to your update ...

 

[FL5Frank]

So does this require tuning

 

[02SilverSiHB]

So does this require tuning

Seems so. Another guy on the Facebook FL5 page mentioned it does and he had the same issues prior to getting tuned.

I get mine tuned on the 17th

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