Air Intake Question
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Air Intake Question
I am really just curious to know if there is a way to make the openings for intake to be bigger? This could be a stupid question but i am just curious if someone has done this or what?
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There is really no point in you modifying the intake. In its stock form it is highly efficient and effective at what it does. If anything, see if you can find high-flow air filters.
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BMC Filters. More expensive, but it's what Mercedes DTM race cars uses. K&N have had reports of oiled MAF sensors. There's some baffling in the airbox that some have dremmeled out as well to help improve airflow.
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I think BMC filters are just as likely to have that issue being that both brands are oil based filters. Might just come down to simple user error where the owner put too much oil on the K&N.
As for the OP's question, I'm not sure what you mean by making the opening bigger, and specifically which part. Beneliezer pretty much nailed it when he said that the oem system is well engineered. If anything I would just replace with high flow drop in filters and maybe apply heatshield tape to your intake tract.
As for the OP's question, I'm not sure what you mean by making the opening bigger, and specifically which part. Beneliezer pretty much nailed it when he said that the oem system is well engineered. If anything I would just replace with high flow drop in filters and maybe apply heatshield tape to your intake tract.
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That's what you do to check for intake restrictions: the TB should be the smallest flow area of any upstream potential restriction.
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well i dont know those number and the reason for asking the question was because i know you can make the opening that i circled bigger on a C63 and yes i know they are different i was just curious if you could do it to our cars