GruppeM intake for FD2 review/info

**liquid23** · 16-10-2009 08:47 PM

okk. finallyy hope this works. The oil catch tank was put in. the piping had 3 fins put it as well, but it ran vertical with the sensor instead like the OEM running horizontal with the sensor. But when everything was fitted the CEL light turned off. Nothing was reset on the ECU, so it just turned off by itself.
Hopefully this will be the last of it.

Anyone done GruppeM in their FD2, you best have a mate that can do all this for free

cause it'll cost you.

now just gotta drive it for a few days and see what happens. fingers cross the light won't ever come up again

**black8thgen** · 16-10-2009 09:40 PM

GOODLUCK! such huge effort for just an intake =[

**liquid23** · 17-10-2009 08:28 AM

... ah crap

**black8thgen** · 17-10-2009 08:55 AM

seriously?!!?! - shit =/

**aaronng** · 17-10-2009 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by liquid23

okk. finallyy hope this works. The oil catch tank was put in. the piping had 3 fins put it as well, but it ran vertical with the sensor instead like the OEM running horizontal with the sensor. But when everything was fitted the CEL light turned off. Nothing was reset on the ECU, so it just turned off by itself.
Hopefully this will be the last of it.

Anyone done GruppeM in their FD2, you best have a mate that can do all this for free

cause it'll cost you.

now just gotta drive it for a few days and see what happens. fingers cross the light won't ever come up again

The fins should be put in the exact same orientation as the stock pipe.

**liquid23** · 17-10-2009 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by black8thgen

seriously?!!?! - shit =/

yeah man... SHIT. seriously nearly spending close to 2k now.

yeah i thought about that but he's only someone that produces things. I'll tell him to take it out and do it again even though he did it for free lol.
its something that i can try. until i run out of options i'll cut the OEM filter sensor in and fit it. but then it'll look like a DIY job.

**liquid23** · 21-10-2009 08:48 PM

UPDATE ...
everything got taken out and the pipe was cut. i called up my usual friend from beyond custom to help me out and he told me that the MAF sensor has to be on a straight pipe at least 60mm - 70mm long. told the guy and this is what it looks like (also the oil catch tank was put in).

the fins weren't put in inside the pipe because he wants to know if it was the problem that the fins weren't there or it could just run like that. so after nearly 2 days driving. was fixing the rattle on the intake about 30 mins ago, started engine again... light came on. took out the MAF sensor and gave it a blow, put back again. unplug battery... light gone.

gonna ring up and tell him to put fins on to see if that works. Now i'm wondering about the hole in the intake. maybe i should run a pipe from there to the outside like lukits01 did on this FN2 or spend(waste) $800 to get it tune so i can tune the engine light out?

**liquid23** · 24-10-2009 04:04 PM

oh yay more bad news. one of the guys that does alot of preformance cars from Xspeed just told me not to use the intake because its meant for MAP sensors (ie FD2Rs) not MAF sensors. because i have a MAF sensor everything would have to be exactly the same as stock piping, even the slighest things would make it not work and throw the engine light. i asked if i could chop off the original sensor par, he said even then it might not work because of the big hole in the intake box. but if it doesn't work then i have a half cut up stock box.

either i spend 5k+ to get a MAP sensor or do trial and error to get it working.

*UCK sake should've just went for Injen.

any suggestions before i throw this intake the bin?