advans

So Guys,

I recently bought a full E55 intake setup,

Y section, boxes, filters, front cover etc.

But, I feel like my hollow C55 box feels "quicker" I'm still effy with this E55 intake, I feel like the car is not breathing as well now. any clues?

any guys with the E55 boxes felt a difference?

jturkel

IIRC, hooley tested this out and said that only the renntech style airboxes made any power over the stock setup.

gt4awd

Did hooley also have his kompressor installed at the point of testing?

jturkel

IIRC, no. i have a lot of IIRCs haha....best to PM Hooley and ask him. I think there may be a thread about this actually. and he may have made it.

jturkel

found these two threads:

https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c...rbox-dyno.html

https://mbworld.org/forums/engine-pe...na-airbox.html

second thread that he picked up about 15whp with the renntech airbox setup over the stock C55 airboxes (while N/A).

first thread shows, while N/A a difference of about 10whp between the E55 setup and the Renntech setup. So looks like, according to this data, that the E55 intake may be worth about 5whp.

advans

dammit. I should have never sold my renntech box

M-bENZ

Anyone selling their stock C55 airbox ? Let me know.

Thanks,

Andy

hooleyboy

I have one I would let go.

M-bENZ

do you think it will fit my CLK500 since we both got the V8 N/A ? or anyone know ? Sorry Advan im using your thread .

Andy

Tump43

Advans,

Where did you get the CF front cover to match you Renntech box? I need one to match my Renntech box as the star broke off my OE front cover. Being in the NYC area I could easily pick up anything local. Also, how did you get the CLK kevlar air tubes to fit w/ OE components? I had to use two rubber couplings to get mine to fit. Let me know if you can.

SoCalC55

It will work

The day I took my exhaust videos we test fitted my airbox on [forgot name on here]'s CLK500 and it fit perfetly

advans

ohh I had mine made, one of a kind

PM me your number, i'll call you about a possible solution for you.


talking abt OE star breaking off, it happened to me too

gt4awd

Me too, but I don't use the cover anyways, so it wasn't that big of a deal.

M-bENZ

Thank you sir.

Andy

advans

I feel like the car is not as quick as the hollowed out stock box
lemme swap back soon to do a test.

c55asleep?

Big mistake imho.

320 dreamer

pm me if your going to sell the e55 boxes

spr

Hey Advan what are the details on hollowing out the airbox? I just cleaned my filters today and saw all of the crap in there. What all did you remove just the fins in the boxes or stuff in the center as well?

advans

hey guys, i'm trying to get my hands on a roll of CF, i'm gonna make a mold of my e55 box cover, and (hopefully) make it into CF.

Hollowing out the airbox, after u remove the filter+cover, there are these "fins" that block off the airflow, use a plier and rip them off!

spr

Why remove the fins? They are not restrictive, they help direct air to the TB?? If anything would seperate the box and remove the stuff in the middle somehow.