chris.bachman

Ok men, here's where I sit right now.





55k Splitter and Boxes with stock filters and aluminized steel pipes to the radiator support.

I've coated the intake tubes in Rustoleum Engine Enamel to try and hold some of the heat back but not sure it's doing such a great job. The ends of the intake are slightly flattened into an oval shape but I think I'm going to bump up the diameter and flatten some more to fill the space and scoop more air.

Right now I'm open to suggestions to make any adjustments and improvements.

C32Dan

just what I had in mind, what size of tubing did you use, did you weld them or have them bent.

I agree with you the intake shall be enlarged to allow more air in, oval funnel design woul do the job to increase the velocity and volume of air ram thru

well done, keep the pics coming

chris.bachman

Tubing is 3" to match the inlet on the airboxes. They're press bent, took my guy about 30 minutes to make them by eyeballing everything. He's got a tool that stretches the pipe diameter up to half an inch and he can press them back down again to fit in the radiator support.

I'll post new pictures for any changes I make to it. Contemplating a thermal coating, header wrap or heat sleeve right now but I'm not sure it make much difference at speed because the air is moving through the pipes too fast to really heat up.

C32Dan

agreed for the thermal part, just a ceramic paint used for brake or exhaust should do the trick

C32Dan

look at this it may help for you design

http://www.needswings.com/NeedsWings...evilHorns.aspx

JUAN CASAUS

How much can he make those tubes for?

chris.bachman

I paid $55 for material and labor.

chris.bachman

I have the devil horns dan, bought them from Juan actually. They may be worked in to the setup before everything is said and done.

Newzchspy

I like the look BUT isn't the bottleneck in our systems at the filters themselves???

Lenin

Why not just use the CLK Kevlar intake tubes. OEM look and thermally solid.

C_DirtyTwo

This is how mine is currently sitting....Do you guys think I am losing much air by the way my tubes are poking through the front? I wonder how it differs from yours with them wide open...

chris.bachman

I'd think your setup is optimal Dirty. My inlets will look similar to that after being stretched and flattened.

C_DirtyTwo

Agreed, however I do like what you did to connect the pipes to the filter housings. What exactly is that? It looks like a big thick rubber band or something. Mine does not stay in place very well at that part and I'm looking for a good way to keep it together

chris.bachman

I'll find out what it's called when I get home today. It fits very snug over the airbox inlet and doesn't need a ring clamp but you'll need a ring clamp on the intake tubes.

loudandheard

So what's going on with the devil horns, haven't figured out how to put them on? I was looking at the ttm intake scoops, but they are a bit out of my price range at the moment and I don't know if they would fit.

02C32guy

Interesting. This is the first I'm hearing of these.

loudandheard

Check it out : https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ce-pics-2.html

C_DirtyTwo

they look really sick, and Im sure theyd help, but I dont think they'd fit.....and how much are they? more than $100 seems steep

Lenin

Here is a picture of Advans's C55 with the CLK Kevlar intake. It would be the same for the C32 with the 55 air boxes. Looks (and is OEM) and protects the intake air from heat soak.

Gramma_Benz

Screw the intake, look at that GRILL!!