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So I am very new to this site and also a very new proud owner of a 02 c32. I had a couple of questions to ask about alittle extra power. When I was reading some of the threads I see you guys talking about sl55 splitter. WHat is this and where could i get one. Also what about the resonator i see people talking about removing that. What will this do for me and how hard is it to do. Oh ya what will green filters do for me and where could i get them at.
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I'm not sure what the splitter is; although it may relate to the air intake.
I doubt that there is much you could do to gain HP, short of giving a tuner $5,000. The exhaust system seems fairly unrestricted (noisy) and I personally could not live with a noisier car on a day-to-day basis. I doubt that there would be much improvement by opening up the exhaust.
Unlike my old Audi (twin turbo 2.7T), nobody makes simple software tweeks to get more boost. I was able to add 60HP to my Audi with a $500 chip. There are no such upgrades for our cars. The good news is that they do not need it.
I've also got 18 months of warranty left, and I do not want to void it.
I doubt that there is much you could do to gain HP, short of giving a tuner $5,000. The exhaust system seems fairly unrestricted (noisy) and I personally could not live with a noisier car on a day-to-day basis. I doubt that there would be much improvement by opening up the exhaust.
Unlike my old Audi (twin turbo 2.7T), nobody makes simple software tweeks to get more boost. I was able to add 60HP to my Audi with a $500 chip. There are no such upgrades for our cars. The good news is that they do not need it.
I've also got 18 months of warranty left, and I do not want to void it.
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Originally Posted by Derrick9191
So I am very new to this site and also a very new proud owner of a 02 c32. I had a couple of questions to ask about alittle extra power. When I was reading some of the threads I see you guys talking about sl55 splitter. WHat is this and where could i get one. Also what about the resonator i see people talking about removing that. What will this do for me and how hard is it to do. Oh ya what will green filters do for me and where could i get them at.
Thanks
Thanks
im also curious as to what is the sl55 splitter, and what does it do?
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I was looking at the thread that was started about posting drag slip times and Vomit here posted this
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So i was wondering what it was.
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So i was wondering what it was.
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the SL55 Splitter is the intake from the SL55 that goes from the air boxes to the throttle body...it is a bigger intake for better flow
Resonator is located in your exhuast, removing it a replacing it with a straight pipe will give you better flow...
Green Filters are high-FLOW (hope you are catching on to that word by now) air filters....
Resonator is located in your exhuast, removing it a replacing it with a straight pipe will give you better flow...
Green Filters are high-FLOW (hope you are catching on to that word by now) air filters....
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Originally Posted by 1FASTC32
the SL55 Splitter is the intake from the SL55 that goes from the air boxes to the throttle body...it is a bigger intake for better flow
Resonator is located in your exhuast, removing it a replacing it with a straight pipe will give you better flow...
Green Filters are high-FLOW (hope you are catching on to that word by now) air filters....
Resonator is located in your exhuast, removing it a replacing it with a straight pipe will give you better flow...
Green Filters are high-FLOW (hope you are catching on to that word by now) air filters....
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Originally Posted by 1FASTC32
the SL55 Splitter is the intake from the SL55 that goes from the air boxes to the throttle body...it is a bigger intake for better flow
Resonator is located in your exhuast, removing it a replacing it with a straight pipe will give you better flow...
Green Filters are high-FLOW (hope you are catching on to that word by now) air filters....
Resonator is located in your exhuast, removing it a replacing it with a straight pipe will give you better flow...
Green Filters are high-FLOW (hope you are catching on to that word by now) air filters....
Replace stock battery with Optima (drops 33 lbs): $100.00
Remove resonator (drops 10 lbs, adds few HP, very little exhaust noise change: $50.00
Short of going with pulley and ECU (for $3,000), try wires, plugs, filters, and SL55 splitter (which is the intake air housing splitter behind and on top of the engine which connects the airboxes housing the filters). All those mods will run you less than $1,000.00, and should get you some good improvements.
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Originally Posted by Vomit
Must-do mods:
Replace stock battery with Optima (drops 33 lbs): $100.00
Remove resonator (drops 10 lbs, adds few HP, very little exhaust noise change: $50.00
Short of going with pulley and ECU (for $3,000), try wires, plugs, filters, and SL55 splitter (which is the intake air housing splitter behind and on top of the engine which connects the airboxes housing the filters). All those mods will run you less than $1,000.00, and should get you some good improvements.
Replace stock battery with Optima (drops 33 lbs): $100.00
Remove resonator (drops 10 lbs, adds few HP, very little exhaust noise change: $50.00
Short of going with pulley and ECU (for $3,000), try wires, plugs, filters, and SL55 splitter (which is the intake air housing splitter behind and on top of the engine which connects the airboxes housing the filters). All those mods will run you less than $1,000.00, and should get you some good improvements.
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Thanks for all the advice. Also on that splitter do i need the full thing such as boxes and splitter or can i just get the splitter and get the same little bit of increase. Also if it is just the splitter where can you get that?
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Originally Posted by 1FASTC32
do you remember what model optima battery you are running?
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Originally Posted by Derrick9191
Thanks for all the advice. Also on that splitter do i need the full thing such as boxes and splitter or can i just get the splitter and get the same little bit of increase. Also if it is just the splitter where can you get that?
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Originally Posted by Derrick9191
Thanks for all the advice. Also on that splitter do i need the full thing such as boxes and splitter or can i just get the splitter and get the same little bit of increase. Also if it is just the splitter where can you get that?
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Originally Posted by Vomit
35 or 35r, I don't remember which (get the one that maintains the post positioning of the stock battery). You can also go more aggressive. . . Optima makes batteries which would probably work which weigh 25 lbs. I chose the 35 because it is lighter than stock and still exceeds the specs of the stock battery. The only issue with the install is that the Optima is physically not nearly as long, which means that it would slide around in the battery box, unless you fill the void up with something (I cut a piece of an old Boogie Board and spray painted it black). Check out Batteriesplus.com, they have a lot of choices for replacement batteries.
thanks...i will check into it
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Originally Posted by Derrick9191
yo 1fastc32 where are you at in houston. I am from katy. what color c32 do you have. maybe i have seen you around
do you make it out to any of the car meets around houston?
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Originally Posted by 1FASTC32
the SL55 Splitter is the intake from the SL55 that goes from the air boxes to the throttle body...it is a bigger intake for better flow
Resonator is located in your exhuast, removing it a replacing it with a straight pipe will give you better flow...
Green Filters are high-FLOW (hope you are catching on to that word by now) air filters....
Resonator is located in your exhuast, removing it a replacing it with a straight pipe will give you better flow...
Green Filters are high-FLOW (hope you are catching on to that word by now) air filters....
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Originally Posted by bViC
where can you get the sl55 splitter?
You can get the splitter from your local m-benz dealer or from evosport. If you go to the dealer ask for:
# 113-094-01-03 splitter
# 113-094-23-82 hose for splitter
# 113-094-24-82 Hose for splitter
Four hose clamps
Also Note: That this is Not a bolt on mod. As you will need to slit the hose going to the airboxes. If you order it from evosport you can just bolt it on, as they include hose adapters that fit over the stock airboxes.
Do a search under SL55 intake, and you will find alot more information. Part numbers for sl55 airboxes etc.. Good liuck
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Originally Posted by Derrick9191
No man this is my first c32 I have owned. So I have no idea about any of that stuff. Do you have any info about it.
houstonperformancedriving.com
evolutionm.net
srtforums.com
msprotege.com
i am currently hanging out mostly with the guys from HPD, because they are not single car specific and most of them are more mature, experienced drivers...if you want to become a member over there, just use me as a reference, i have the same screen name there...
