Originally Posted by Maxwell
go for it and let us know what your findings tell you. but it's hard to believe that the engineers at Mercedes don't know what they're doing when it come to cooling the aircharge. there is a reason for everything.
It would be nice if you could calculate how hot the air is being heated at the kompressors operating speeds. then compare that to how hot the coolant is. Maybe you can get a little more boost out of the S/C push it to 16psi with a pulley swap, then your really gonna need a cooler reservoir.
Auto manufactures never take their R&D to the level that tuners do. That simply isn't cost effective on their part. Every car out there has something in the aftermarket, or DIY car nuts like some of us, to make it handle better, have more horsepower etc. etc. To think that your car is as good as it could be from the factory is just plain silly.