Thread: New CAI PICS/Measurements
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Old Dec 26, 2007 | 09:01 AM
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Default Re: New CAI PICS/Measurements
Originally Posted by HDDP
I know what you're talking about, but the OEM Y pipe is PERFECT, it just needs to have the casting burrs ground down and polished on the inside... It's Magnesium and weighs less than a pound... The bung for the MAF is perfectly placed... I highly doubt you can improve on this design with Stainless Steel...

School's out !!!
SCHOOL TIME.....

The official OEM nomenclature for the plastic coupler that merges intake air from the two airboxes to the throttle body is called the "Air Intake Pipe" or so it says on my receipt from MB and the on-line catalogs. - I believe this is the part BDJ has manufactured using Aluminum and TIG welds.

The pipe with the MAF sensor is called the "Distributor".

That's the Official OEM NOMEN for those two parts.

The MB forums (right or wrong) interchange the "Air Intake Pipe" with the "Y-Pipe" when refuring to upgrading the stock SLK32 intake system with the SL55.

Technically speaking, there is no "Y-Pipe" on the 3.2L MB engine.

Good luck with your engine swap HDDP - it's looking good.
 
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