TurboIS_DJ
11-08-2011, 01:49 PM
So I was bored today, it was nice outside, and I have a garage full of junk/spare car parts.
I took some extra 3" aluminum intercooler piping I had laying around, a couple silicone couplers, and an old 3" AEM dryflow filter I had, and made an intake for my C36.
Removed the stock airbox and the passenger side foglight (never use them anyways). I thought about leaving the foglight and removing the air duct for the brakes (AMGs only) but I thought it was a neat feature by AMG so I decided to leave it.
Fortunately there is a small hole that is perfect for some piping to go through that is underneath the airbox, it is perfect for a cold air intake. Get that filter out of the engine bay and out in some fresh cool air.
It took some finessing, definitely a tight space to work with, but I got it all together and I think it looks pretty good. Oh and I slapped an AEM sticker on it to make it look legit haha. The piping is pretty banged up so I might rattle it black some day.
Here are some pics.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/yamadjs08/IMAG0089.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/yamadjs08/IMAG0090.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/yamadjs08/IMAG0091.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/yamadjs08/IMAG0092.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/yamadjs08/IMAG0093.jpg
I still need to fab up some sort of shield because the filter is definitely exposed to water if you were driving in a storm. Luckily it rains like 10 days out of the year here in Vegas. I still have all my OEM splash guards on the bottom side also, so it is somewhat protected.
As far as power, to be honest, it seems like maybe it lost a little bit of low end torque, but it seems like it gained a little in the high RPM's. I also did the MAF mod so that helps up top also. Oh and it definitely sounds better than the stock airbox when WOT!
Next step is to make a new crossover pipe that is all aluminum, weld on fittings on the valve covers and mount up a oil catch can. I want to eliminate the crankcase breathers from going into the intake. This setup also needs a much longer cone filter to actually provide any significant gains.
I took some extra 3" aluminum intercooler piping I had laying around, a couple silicone couplers, and an old 3" AEM dryflow filter I had, and made an intake for my C36.
Removed the stock airbox and the passenger side foglight (never use them anyways). I thought about leaving the foglight and removing the air duct for the brakes (AMGs only) but I thought it was a neat feature by AMG so I decided to leave it.
Fortunately there is a small hole that is perfect for some piping to go through that is underneath the airbox, it is perfect for a cold air intake. Get that filter out of the engine bay and out in some fresh cool air.
It took some finessing, definitely a tight space to work with, but I got it all together and I think it looks pretty good. Oh and I slapped an AEM sticker on it to make it look legit haha. The piping is pretty banged up so I might rattle it black some day.
Here are some pics.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/yamadjs08/IMAG0089.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/yamadjs08/IMAG0090.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/yamadjs08/IMAG0091.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/yamadjs08/IMAG0092.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/yamadjs08/IMAG0093.jpg
I still need to fab up some sort of shield because the filter is definitely exposed to water if you were driving in a storm. Luckily it rains like 10 days out of the year here in Vegas. I still have all my OEM splash guards on the bottom side also, so it is somewhat protected.
As far as power, to be honest, it seems like maybe it lost a little bit of low end torque, but it seems like it gained a little in the high RPM's. I also did the MAF mod so that helps up top also. Oh and it definitely sounds better than the stock airbox when WOT!
Next step is to make a new crossover pipe that is all aluminum, weld on fittings on the valve covers and mount up a oil catch can. I want to eliminate the crankcase breathers from going into the intake. This setup also needs a much longer cone filter to actually provide any significant gains.