Need help with intake ideas with OEM look - 55
#1
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Need help with intake ideas with OEM look - 55
I want to get more air flowing but I don't want to get rid of the factory airbox look. Are my only options K&N filters and spacers? Is it worth running new pipes down to the grill from the OEM air box?
What can I do but still retain the OEM look?
What can I do but still retain the OEM look?
#2
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Just leave the OEM airbox and ducting. Aftermarket variants rarely flow more and it often ends up less. I don't know if there was ever a consensus on the spacer kit but the OEM intake is generally quite good.
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Have you actually measured the flow on your air boxes? I can guarantee that you are not out flowing them
leave them alone, there are better ways to spend your time and money
#4
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Great feedback guys. I was not sure of the factory box's capabilities or restrictions. I'm about to tune the car and add an 80mm pulley. Upgrading the factory box was an intuitive decision based on everything else I have built in the past. Seeing all the modified 55 engines online with the crazy intake setups made me belive, the factory box was very restricted. It sounds like that might not be the case.
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I'm sure that Mercedes Benz had their best engineers, thinking long and hard about getting the best air flow into that supercharger.
This can not be solved by simply added a new air filter, airboxes etc.
This can not be solved by simply added a new air filter, airboxes etc.
#6
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If your mildly modding the car then leave the factory box, if your going crazy FBO then that’s a different story .
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