AF330i

Hello, I have an 09 C350 and would like to change the sound when the car is under hard acceleration ... it is a lease so an exhaust is not in the picture, my experience has been an air intake will change the sound a bit but after searching I cannot find one for our car.

The K & N Air filter by itself sounds like it will not do anything for the sound of the engine from the search I did ...

Is there an intake available for this car ?

thanks

ulovemybenzo

remove resonator install x pipe any muffler shop can do it... most of us use magnaflow universal xpipe 2.25 inch... heres a clip it someones car that post on this forum.. frank w my ride is almost identical enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I021FyD91NI

joshg1001

is there a solution for something thats now as "ballsy?"

AF330i

I love the sound but this is a 2 yr lease and I do not want to do work that is going to take changes that cannot be undone easily and quickly !!

thanks for the response though I do appreciate it !!

mreyes319

I am with you AF, I would like a small simple mod to make it sound a little deeper. I also have a two year lease. The only other two mods i am doing is dropping it this weekend on the 18 AMG wheels and problably upgrade to 19"s or 20"s in a few months. Need a deeper sound though out of that 350!!!

CrAZyVeGAsBoY

Well how did u figure you would make the exaust louger? Magic?

whkento

Well, I gotta agree that FrankW's car sounds great. Unfortunately, it would be far too loud for my wife (who drives our C every day).

AF330i

I already tried that and it didn't work

Seriously though my experience from my other cars is replacing the Air intake will create a different sound when accelerating ... in the case of my 330i (yrs ago) it gave the engine a deeper sound where my RX8 (again many yrs ago) it gave a strange sound.

Is there anything available for the C350 ... I have searched and turned up pretty much nothing ...

AF330i

Sounds like we are on the same track, if you come across anything can you please let me know.

thanks ...

ulovemybenzo

u only get that sound when cold start... when your car is already warm it sounds like a g35

GLK4MATIC

I am working on a design for the GLK/C300/C350/C63. It will take some time, but it is in the works.

micropower99

I would definitely be up for a good aluminum intake. (One that's not crap though) But here's what it should look like:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...171|240%3A1318

GLK4MATIC

HAHAHA...It is funny that you mentioned this one. I was actually thinking of doing a design like that and after doing a bunch of drawings and sorting through different materials, I came across that one online...I was pissed...LOL. Oh well, I might still do one similar to it, we'll see. I also have another design inmind as well.

Azn_C300

^^ you don't want that without an enclosed box shielding engine heat or you'll lose performance.

AF330i

Do you think this product would allow dirt to get into palces it should not get into ?

That is my concern with some type of shielding ....

thanks

C300Sport

Looks like you would be going from a ram style cold air intake to a nice warm air intake....no thanks.

ctgilles

Every Mercedes since the 80's is equipped standard with a cold air intake! I suggest you get a K&N or BMC panel filter for the standard airbox. Extra sound means that it has to have opening and this means that you will suck in hot air. Just go with a panel filter, I had a K&N cold air intake on the TT and a panel filter and the pf was better in performance.

AF330i

Thanks for the advice, will this change the sound of the engine under acceleration ... this is the only thing I am looking to accomplish ...


Thanks ...

AF330i

TTT has anyone installed or found an air intake ? ? My search is not working out too well.

M-bENZ

Andy

SuperDavid

The best sound is with the OEM C63 exhaust system. easy installation.

flagman

This intake design will suck mostly hot air from the engine compartment. Heat soak will rob your engine of power. Not worth the added sound, in my opinion. Been there, done that in a previous vehicle - sounded great but the car was seriously down on power on hot summer days.

Plus the oil for the foam filter will eventually build up on your mass airflow sensor filament - not good.

2tonOfun

The intake system on these cars is a pretty good design. I honestly doubt that you could improve upon it much really, given the amount of space you have under the hood. You would have to use much larger tubing to change the sound.
I think you will have to do some exhaust mods to change the sound, but if done right, it shouldn't be hard to return to stock before you have to give the car back.

You could change the tail pipes from the mufflers back to a larger diameter with bigger tips. In my experiance that will change the sound also. And that would be easy to swap back.

micropower99

That's what I did to mine and it has a nice growl to it. I noticed the deeper growl right after I had it done, and it was always around 3K RPM and above. They basically installed the larger tips and cut into the muffler slightly to create a large opening for the larger tips.

FrankW

if there were one or a simple way to do one there would've been one already for the 203. not to mention the 204.

more air volume = more sound. i haven't touched the airbox on the 204 yet, but I suspect there is also some sort of baffle inside the box to reduce noise.