phister

might as well shell out and get best of the best the first time.

mskembo

In this case I don't think it's best of the best, it's that I'll want a stereo mic, a shotgun mic, a lavalier mic, and various other contraptions. I just ordered the Sennheiser MKE 400, and am thinking about getting the Rode Stereo VideoMic for stereo recording. The Advans get great reviews. I probably should have just gone your route...

phister

lol... I think you probably will

mskembo

Check this out! I could use that and be able to use all my studio mics I have at my house! A little expensive (and bulky) , but that would probably be a better use of my money.

phister

Geez that thing is a monster lol... but it looks like its well worth the investment. I'd get if it I did audio all the time. 329 isnt bad of a deal... shop around and I bet you can find it a little cheaper

phister

I've heard great reviews on the Tascam DR-100

mskembo

Yeah, I've had a DR-100, but the signal path is WAY too noisy. Plus, the Beechtek actually mounts to the camera base.

phister

Got bored and started talking to cale (cpbeasley) about an intake setup we can do. Right now we did this little number. We removed the stock filters and removed all the fins inside the box so the OEM ram air is still utilized but we just have a single filter getting air from 360 degrees now. Been doing a trial test this past week and in the mid to higher rpms the car feels more responsive and the rpms climb quicker. I plan on doing a single 4" tapered down to a 3" intake setup to see how it compares. I know "supposedly" the OEM setup is best, but cale's engineering friend did a flow test and he says the main restriction on the OEM setup is the ram scoops. I plan to remove the scoops and install a larger single filter and build a heat shield and wrap the piping in thermal wrap. I'll post pics of the build once I start it. I know we'll take knocks for doing this but its cool, its all about progression and R&D to see what kind of performance we can achieve.

phister

heres a shot of my clearance to get into my garage lol cutting it close.

Xhale707

LOLOL your garage is cutting it close man... Thats like a half an inch bump holy ****!!

phister

lol yean I noticed it when I got out to move something from garage this morning

here's my idea for my intake... want to do single but might do duals like this

ND2020

Like I've told Cale, props for the taking the initiative and it's a clean install, but I still don't think it's gonna be an improvement over the stock intake. Am I the only one that thinks this? Someone else had done this setup before, but I with a green filter. I can't seem to find it now...

Seriously though, good job on the install. Looks good

phister

believe cales going to remove the part of the hood covering the vents and maybe doing something with the c63 vents but not sure. His is going to be be something like the old school cowl hood filter. I'm going to move my R&D towards more of the new intake systems with a larger volume tube with a bigger filter like on the pictures above. we'll see how it goes.

phister

yay just talked to Roland and getting my cf double din! so my continuation of my system can continue wed since my car will be down for a few days this week.

Silver C

That dual intake set up sure is interesting!

giannidy

Did you ever get the bottom of your bumper painted? I'm interested to see how that looks

phister

going to do it wed since my car will be down cause I'm sending my ecu off to get hard tuned by Jerry.

phister

yeah I have some big plans with my intake, going to probably do something with the dual intake now because I plan on doing some modifying to the hood you'll just have to wait and see.

W203E35

Phi, I need to do this Mod ASAP. Today I went up against an E500. I had a solid car on him. The guy said let's go again because he wasn't ready. The light hit green and we both went at it. I had half a car on him until gears started shifting. At every high RPM he would creep up and creep up until he had a car and a half on me and I high beamed him to kill it.

I now for sure know that our cars choke up top. I mean on the dyno Jeremy told me that my car was choking up top and today I'm 100% positive it's true. You think this mod will help me or would I have to go with what Cale did?

havoc_vulture

What you need to do is turbo you're car already !!!!!
stop procrastinating hahahah
plus Phi's setup and you'll be golden

phister

Here's what my new intake plan is hehe... I'm going to build an intake like this and cut the top part of the engine cover where the OEM filters were. Then I'm going to build a sealed box for each filter that lays up against the hood and I'm buying some R35 GTR cf vents and modifying my hood so the filters are right behind the vents getting direct air plus im going to do a tapered piping from 4 to 3 in.



Heres the vents... I'm gong to move mine closer toward the front right in front of the filters.

phister

Yeah the mod helps on the high end alot. Car picks up real nice on the highway now But I plan on getting the 82mm tb like Cale to help it suck more air in too Been searching around for a good deal on one.

havoc_vulture

This will be sick
yet another project of you'res that i shall await

W203E35

+1

Phi, that intake is gonna be sick especially with those scoops.

phister

Thanks... I'm already ordering piping, clamps, and silicone hoses.