air box mod
03-11-2011, 08:37 PM
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2005 e55 black on black 07 e63 po30
air box mod
i ve been reading about the hi flow air boxs on here and i seen that the rest of the world gets the boxs with out the plastic covering the the port
in the box cant we just mod the box by cutting off the piece if so can somebody ppost some pics thanks
in the box cant we just mod the box by cutting off the piece if so can somebody ppost some pics thanks
03-11-2011, 09:16 PM
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PM TTM he does it . Also you can remove the baffles on the intake tubes located under the hood behind the grill but added air flow you will most likely have to tune the car eventually . MOst cases will throw a CEL light
03-11-2011, 11:28 PM
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2004 E55,1969 300SEL6.3,2011 ML350 BlueTec Diesel,2005 ML400 CDI
Replace the highly restricted left side intake pipe with an unrestricted right side intake pipe (about $15); drop in a couple of K&N's; remove the intake baffles and you will be amazed at the improvement.
03-12-2011, 12:36 AM
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follow the intake tubes right on top of the radiator and there are your baffles or snorkles or scoops as some like to call them . run right thru the radiator support
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03-12-2011, 12:38 AM
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03-13-2011, 02:46 PM
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03-14-2011, 05:44 PM
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I'm running an S55 pipe and it's more of a mental crutch than functional I think. It's larger, yes, but the inlet is still crimped like the original driver's side pipe. Also, if you've felt the pipes before, you'll know that there's not a very good seal being created at either end [into the filter housings or at the front pass through near the headlights].
With that said, I built my own metal intake scoops in place of the OEM plastic ones, and removed all that plastic junk over the weekend.
I've learned 2 things so far. 3 minutes of idling heat-soaks the metal that I fabricated my scoops from to a temperature so hot it burns you when you touch it, even with high temp paint. Additionally, it's a damn ***** to get them to seal properly without being able to properly weld oval loops to stick into the front of the pass-throughs.
I'm going to try and rectify the bad seals at the filter housings with a metal hose clamp to compress the plastic intake tubes at that end. At the other end, I'm going to start with 3M double sided tape, if I can't think of a better binding agent that will better hold up to the extreme heat. Like a silicone intercooler coupler wedged in there and over the collector of my intake scoop.
With that said, I built my own metal intake scoops in place of the OEM plastic ones, and removed all that plastic junk over the weekend.
I've learned 2 things so far. 3 minutes of idling heat-soaks the metal that I fabricated my scoops from to a temperature so hot it burns you when you touch it, even with high temp paint. Additionally, it's a damn ***** to get them to seal properly without being able to properly weld oval loops to stick into the front of the pass-throughs.
I'm going to try and rectify the bad seals at the filter housings with a metal hose clamp to compress the plastic intake tubes at that end. At the other end, I'm going to start with 3M double sided tape, if I can't think of a better binding agent that will better hold up to the extreme heat. Like a silicone intercooler coupler wedged in there and over the collector of my intake scoop.
03-14-2011, 06:00 PM
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] - are you running exhaust-wrap on your intake tubes.
03-14-2011, 06:13 PM
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