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Increase smooth air flow in your M156 engine with our custom aluminum intake tubes! The factory intake tubes are notoriously restrictive and unreliable. Our tubes will completely eliminate these intakes and the hassle they bring!
Enjoy a new and improved engine bay appearance upon installation of this upgrade!
Features:
Adapter pieces are printed in Carbon fiber / Nylon Composite.
LOL in a world where metal intakes look cheap. Yup just saying I think it would look better in plastic over this alum look since it doesn't match any other part. In short, it kinda sticks out like a sore thumb.
These can be powdercoated any color, We also Can do carbon Tubes instead of the Aluminum. These look really great in person, Hydrodipped engine covers compliment them aswell!
Originally Posted by BalanBro
And aluminum is among the worst materials to use if you are trying to shield intake air from under hood temperatures.
True Aluminum holds more heat, Howeer, If you believe this will effect your intake temps in any way you are incorrect. There air is moving much to quickly through these tubes to pickup any radiated heat from this tiny section of tubes. Also the internal volume of air is exponentially larger than the area of interior surface contact.
Last edited by VictoryRoadPerformance; Jul 17, 2019 at 02:06 PM.
These can be powdercoated any color, We also Can do carbon Tubes instead of the Aluminum. These look really great in person, Hydrodipped engine covers compliment them aswell!
True Aluminum holds more heat, Howeer, If you believe this will effect your intake temps in any way you are incorrect. There air is moving much to quickly through these tubes to pickup any radiated heat from this tiny section of tubes. Also the internal volume of air is exponentially larger than the area of interior surface contact.
I challenge you to prove that through Dyno charts. The engine bay of an M156 is very hot. These will get heat soaked no matter what. Bottom line is your adding something that holds more heat into the engine bay, all for what - more air volume? I doubt these bring that much more air into the stock airbox.
You should make these using thermo-plastic materials, and skip the couplings. Design a larger volume intake system that start at the grill and slips onto the airbox.
At the Grill the inlets that these connect to are over 5", that is ALOT of air, For the factory tubes that funnels down close to 2.5",
With ours respectively 3", or 3.5"
The aluminum portion of this tube again can be Powder Coated, Ceramic Coated, or exchanged for Carbon Fiber Tube which will help prevent heat transfer.
The custom adapters included are Carbon Fiber Nylon Composites. Both to the airbox, and to the Grill duct.
Originally Posted by SatelliteMan
I challenge you to prove that through Dyno charts. The engine bay of an M156 is very hot. These will get heat soaked no matter what. Bottom line is your adding something that holds more heat into the engine bay, all for what - more air volume? I doubt these bring that much more air into the stock airbox.
You should make these using thermo-plastic materials, and skip the couplings. Design a larger volume intake system that start at the grill and slips onto the airbox.
What I am explaining to you is however "Heat soaked" These tubes get that heat will not transfer a significant amount of heat into the intake system, and therefore will not noticeably effect intake temperatures.
This product is designed to increase volume. Which it does effectively
Last edited by VictoryRoadPerformance; Jul 17, 2019 at 03:21 PM.
The engine bay of an M156 is very hot. These will get heat soaked no matter what. Bottom line is your adding something that holds more heat into the engine bay, all for what - more air volume?
2010 Ford G6E Turbo / 2013 C63 Coupe - AMG Performance Pack
A back to back dyno is going to show nothing - the air speed through the intake tubes isn't going to have a chance to grab any heat off those tube walls as VRP says. That chunk of an intake manifold is going to grab more heat before the air enters the cylinders than anything else.
A back to back dyno is going to show nothing - the air speed through the intake tubes isn't going to have a chance to grab any heat off those tube walls as VRP says. That chunk of an intake manifold is going to grab more heat before the air enters the cylinders than anything else.
Exactly. Sure, heat soak (possible bog) in stop and go traffic may happen, but not at high air velocity under load.
Thermal dynamics 101...
Either way, this is NOT a power increase modification. it has laready been proven that the OEM intake snorkles are NOT restrictive.
2010 Ford G6E Turbo / 2013 C63 Coupe - AMG Performance Pack
Agreed on all fronts. Based on the OP's first post comments, this is being marketed as a "dress-up" item rather than something delivering any tangible performance benefits.
Yeah we can do them,. they are just a PITA to cut the tube section so we were going to try to get them pre cut, let me see what the lead time from my supplier would be on the tubes.
these are a hideous dress up for m156😆 not bashing the product as I won't share on social media talking **** but jus opinion from a potential buyers view point(m156 owner). would like to see the carbon tubes but good luck with sell👍
Last edited by Marth Leon; May 9, 2020 at 11:05 PM.
Yeah we can do them,. they are just a PITA to cut the tube section so we were going to try to get them pre cut, let me see what the lead time from my supplier would be on the tubes.
I had a conversation with a seasoned Mercedes tech about these tubes, he told me Mercedes has plastic tubes for lots of reasons a couple of them being:
1. If you get in a minor front end collision, it won’t be so minor anymore once the tubes press back and wreck the top of your power plant, The plastic OEM tubes have a folding section midway up the tube.
2. It adds a considerable amount of heat in your engine bay towards the front end which will make you coolant lines overtime more brittle and also plastic parts and connections need to be replaced more often. So basically your paying for your car to be ****ed up easier and more often, not a bad way to blow 300 bucks. Thanks VRP!! Great idea!!! It was my fault for not talking to an experienced AMG tech before making this purchase.
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