kelwilliams08

Which air intake kit to go with the needswings or the carbino airbox? I like the carbon fiber but which one will get me more hp?

kelwilliams08

so everyone has the factory airbox still?? no one care to chime in?

GT-ER

I have the factory airbox still.

RedBullJnky

The Needswings intake does not fit an 82 tb, yet. And I like my Carbino airbox and python tubes, and its made for stock tb or 82tb. I think its really your choice on what you want it to look like when you open your hood.

e55amgrocket

Just go custom. Better results when done right in my opinion.

AKnight55

Check out the Fab-tech intake tubes.. Cheap, 3" and aren't restrictive like the stock inlet tubes..

kelwilliams08

never thought about custom intake set up really, i like the whine from the blower with the needswings set up. if i have to modify it so be it. i would prefer the cf airbox because it def looks better but i dont know which one will produce better hp results.

I know looks wise the cf airbox hands down, but i dont ever pop my hood to show off.

amx1397

the Needswings. bet you wish you were in Ft Lauderdale fl. where you could try the Needswings duel cold air intake. before you buy. and right now it is on sale. jim

http://www.needswings.com/ProductImages/e55dcais.jpg

kelwilliams08

yeah i think im leaning towards the nw setup.

i love the whine from the blower at wot!

i guess i'll take advantage of the sale price too

i'm still curious about the hp differences?

amx1397

the stock intake flows 498 cfm(don't quote me I know i am close) yet i do know the Needswings intake for the E55, SL55,or the CL55 flows 700 cfm that 202 cfm will get you 30 to 40 HP. jim

kelwilliams08

i was comparing the carbonio airbox to the nw setup. i know it's a major difference over the factory setup.

kelwilliams08

anyone around have the needswings intake set up installed? i am curious what it looks like in front of the radiator supports. cant really tell on their website

anybody that can post pics, it would be greatly appreciated

ebetts55

Speak to Bruce @ Tuning Technology Motorsports, In Long Island NY.
Their set up works great. A few of us on here are running them.


Good luck

E55Bullet

What does Bruce's set up look like??

kelwilliams08

+1

guysandiego

custom is the way to go if u want results -- also should do away with all that hood insulation -

blackbenzz

How is this measured? Just the intake itself? There are other restrictions in the intake path. For instance if your intake inlet or tb flows 350cfm why would you care that your intake flows a million? When I designed my intake I took the whole intake into account from inlet to the heads

amx1397

that is Probably the best way to do it, I do know my E55 Needswings intake along along with the factory stock E55 and 2 0r 3 of the very well-known major named intake, Were sent to The(and don't quote me on this) but I think they went through speedriven or directly to ABC engineering for performance cfm test. The only ones that were published was the need wings and the stock,
And yes it was the intake only from the very front all away up to the throttle body. This information was word-of-mouth and not anything that I saw in writing so take it with a grain of salt.go here and in one of the pic you can see the E55 and how it goes through the radiators support, using the factory snorkels just not that he 55 snorkels, the snorkels are three and all away( no indents) look here

https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...my-intake.html