[KevM2]

Originally Posted by .2pdk

Took my 2018 out for a quick drive (weather provided window) and all I could hear were small pebbles/debris from thawed potholes hitting the undercarriage.

That oil cooler guard won't do squat against that...

Those pebble sounds are painful to hear! That's why I don't bring her out until around beginning of May

[.2pdk]

Originally Posted by KevM2

Those pebble sounds are painful to hear! That's why I don't bring her out until around beginning of May

I hear you but I'm weak when it comes to the M2...

[2020M2Competition]

Does anyone know if the Fall Line Motorsports M2 Competition Oil Cooler Guard will work with the BMW M Performance Carbon Fiber Front Splitter?

[leshkin]

Happened to me last week (

[ContactPatch]

Originally Posted by leshkin

Happened to me last week (

What kind of warning did you get, low oil pressure? If you did not catch this it could have been catastrophic engine damage?

[ZeroFx]

You have to be pretty unlucky for something to bounce up and hit that. It looks big too like it got wedged between car and road. It's certainly not small rocks doing this.

[leshkin]

Originally Posted by ContactPatch

What kind of warning did you get, low oil pressure? If you did not catch this it could have been catastrophic engine damage?

No warnings came up. I stopped within a few minutes after some road debris bounced about under the car.

[D22M2]

That’s a HUGE S55 flaw - Disgraceful engineering shortcut

[IND-Distribution]

Originally Posted by VTBoss302

Does anyone know if the Fall Line Motorsports M2 Competition Oil Cooler Guard will work with the BMW M Performance Carbon Fiber Front Splitter?

Yep. Will work just fine with the M Performance front lip.

Originally Posted by leshkin

Happened to me last week (

Sorry to hear

[AndrewC1989]

Originally Posted by leshkin

Happened to me last week

BMW:

[Poochie]

Originally Posted by D22M2

That's a HUGE S55 flaw - Disgraceful engineering shortcut

Yet they mimic the same exact design in the new G series M340i with the ZTK Cooling and HP Tire Package and probably the S58 equipped vehicles.

So, obviously they don't care or figure the benefit outweighs the potential risk of a road hazard.



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[aerokubectl]

I just ordered the IND protection kit. Going to keep this car for awhile and $600 is nothing compared to butt hp exhausts ppl are buying

[D22M2]

Originally Posted by Poochie

Yet they mimic the same exact design in the new G series M340i with the ZTK Cooling and HP Tire Package and probably the S58 equipped vehicle.

So, obviously they don't care or figure the benefit outweighs the potential risk of a road hazard.



.

So disappointing

[chris719]

Originally Posted by D22M2

That’s a HUGE S55 flaw - Disgraceful engineering shortcut

It's not a flaw, it's a trade-off. There might not have been any other place to put it with all the other competing needs and requirements for crash testing. They could have easily not given it to us, but then people would complain about oil temps and limp mode.

[M-Pilot]

Originally Posted by chris719

It's not a flaw, it's a trade-off. There might not have been any other place to put it with all the other competing needs and requirements for crash testing. They could have easily not given it to us, but then people would complain about oil temps and limp mode.

Exactly! If it was a design flaw, they wouldn't have chosen same design for F90 M5 as well.

[M3_WC]

Originally Posted by Poochie

Yet they mimic the same exact design in the new G series M340i with the ZTK Cooling and HP Tire Package and probably the S58 equipped vehicles.

So, obviously they don't care or figure the benefit outweighs the potential risk of a road hazard.

Same exact setup with the S58 as well. It is in the new S58 tech document.

[aerokubectl]

Originally Posted by M3_WC

Same exact setup with the S58 as well. It is in the new S58 tech document.

this.

[MystroX5]

Originally Posted by spetsnazos

I just ordered the IND protection kit. Going to keep this car for awhile and $600 is nothing compared to butt hp exhausts ppl are buying

I am going to do the same. This M2C is a keeper for me.

[MystroX5]

Originally Posted by cntzl

Exactly! If it was a design flaw, they wouldn't have chosen same design for F90 M5 as well.

This is where M division shows that performance is the top priority. There are lots of more practical BMW vehicles but a “Competition” is as hardcore performance BMW’s get so some allowances need to be expected.
Honestly, taking a rock to the front radiator through the grille is more concerning to me. I also use a modified ShopVac with a flexible tube to vacuum out the front radiators. I found on my last C4S that the front openings suck up every kind of trash from cigarette butts to candy wrappers. The front grills on the M2C are just as wide and more of them. The first time I vacuumed the front of my 911 I was shocked at the amount of trash that hides where you can’t see.

[hlm2c]

Originally Posted by MystroX5

This is where M division shows that performance is the top priority. There are lots of more practical BMW vehicles but a “Competition” is as hardcore performance BMW’s get so some allowances need to be expected.
Honestly, taking a rock to the front radiator through the grille is more concerning to me. I also use a modified ShopVac with a flexible tube to vacuum out the front radiators. I found on my last C4S that the front openings suck up every kind of trash from cigarette butts to candy wrappers. The front grills on the M2C are just as wide and more of them. The first time I vacuumed the front of my 911 I was shocked at the amount of trash that hides where you can’t see.

I took a air gun and blew through the oil cooler and a bunch of stuff came flying out.. a lot of small sand/rocks, cigarette butts, and even a dragonfly lol.

[MystroX5]

Originally Posted by hlm2c

I took a air gun and blew through the oil cooler and a bunch of stuff came flying out.. a lot of small sand/rocks, cigarette butts, and even a dragonfly lol.

Try the ShopVac mod. It will be worth it. I got a clear flexible hose at Lowe’s home improvement store like the ones used with pool filters and duck taped it to a modded crevice tool.

[1mm2]

Originally Posted by cntzl

Exactly! If it was a design flaw, they wouldn't have chosen same design for F90 M5 as well.

Fair enough but you'd think a protective screen that doesn't affect the cooling yet protects it wouldn't be that difficult to engineer.