Great Video!! Do it guys!!. I have a 20' spider that was delivered in 19'. My dealer said my car should not be affected but I urged them to replace the inlets with the Pure turbo inlets I bought while they were replacing my cracked exhaust manifold and they found one of the inlets starting coming apart!! I saved myself such a headache!
This is possibly a dumb question, but I feel I need to ask it anyways. If I were to unbolt the inlet from the turbo side and pull it out and find that broken piece and pull it out of the inlet. Is there anything else that can break in the inlet besides That big plastic piece? What I’m asking is if I pull out that big plastic piece is it safe to install the inlet back on the turbo and rock ‘n’ roll?
As a follow up, I did this and my passenger side had failed and was very close to being ingested by my turbos. Thank goodness I replaced when I did. I have a 19 and it was at 4,000 miles at the time.
@ i wish i consulted you before my recent purchase of a 2020 720s. I bought it CPO from a mclaren dealer in the eastern US. i received it on the west coast and immediately heard a metallic noise from exhaust on every light acceleration. Took it to local mclaren dealer and it turns out the exhaust manifold is broken in half from the bracket. Completely separated. Its been at the dealer for 12 days so far waiting for approval to do a repair by the CPO warranty. My issue is i cant believe the McLaren dealer sold me a car with such a massive issue and presented it to me as CPO and fully inspected. I was considering having the dealer swap the oem plastic inlets with silicon ones while they have access to the manifold but they probably wont do it due to warranty being voided. Just dont know why its taking so long to get the situation handled. I had the car for 2 days before taking it to dealer
It's awesome to see someone so passionate about McLarens and doing things with pride and care. Hope to see you in Canada soon sometime!
The 720S is my dream car, it’s awesome to see someone doing work on one themselves
Great Video!! Do it guys!!. I have a 20' spider that was delivered in 19'. My dealer said my car should not be affected but I urged them to replace the inlets with the Pure turbo inlets I bought while they were replacing my cracked exhaust manifold and they found one of the inlets starting coming apart!! I saved myself such a headache!
I just did this. I have a '19 with about 16k miles. The stock inlets were fine, but it was definitely worth doing.
I recommend it as soon as it's out of warranty, because a warranty claim would state aftermarket parts even if they're better
This is possibly a dumb question, but I feel I need to ask it anyways. If I were to unbolt the inlet from the turbo side and pull it out and find that broken piece and pull it out of the inlet. Is there anything else that can break in the inlet besides That big plastic piece? What I’m asking is if I pull out that big plastic piece is it safe to install the inlet back on the turbo and rock ‘n’ roll?
You could do that without fear of projectiles but air flow won't be optimal.
Right on time, planning on tackling this job myself in the next few months. Thank you for the video.
As a follow up, I did this and my passenger side had failed and was very close to being ingested by my turbos. Thank goodness I replaced when I did. I have a 19 and it was at 4,000 miles at the time.
Thanks for another great video
Excellent video Sean!
How many hours job is this?
1.5-2 hrs for me, 4-5 hrs for many.
@ i wish i consulted you before my recent purchase of a 2020 720s. I bought it CPO from a mclaren dealer in the eastern US. i received it on the west coast and immediately heard a metallic noise from exhaust on every light acceleration. Took it to local mclaren dealer and it turns out the exhaust manifold is broken in half from the bracket. Completely separated. Its been at the dealer for 12 days so far waiting for approval to do a repair by the CPO warranty. My issue is i cant believe the McLaren dealer sold me a car with such a massive issue and presented it to me as CPO and fully inspected. I was considering having the dealer swap the oem plastic inlets with silicon ones while they have access to the manifold but they probably wont do it due to warranty being voided. Just dont know why its taking so long to get the situation handled. I had the car for 2 days before taking it to dealer
Sounds like you bought from Charlotte
@ negative. North jersey. They claim they didnt know, but i heard it within 2 seconds of driving so not sure how
@ovasov that's NJ being NJ