Hey guys!

I am making a little diy intake kit (the same as a K&n intake) for you guys!

It will include (2) Carbon Fibre Tubes (2) Silicone couplers.

All you would need is to add the air filters (which you can use your stock ones or if you have any other dual intake kit you can use those).

We need at least 6 people to do it.

Price would be around $195 with free shipping inside the U.S. (OR if we can get more people we can make them for cheaper, up to $145).

Send me a PM if you are interested so I can start a little list;
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Again, it would only be $195 shipped anywhere in the U.S. plus the air filters (or up to $145 if more people are interested).

Thanks!
Tito @ TR
www.TR-Performance.com


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OH YEAH! Nobody has to commit 100%! Just be about 90% Sure that you will kind of want one...

 

Hmmm I need to see a picture to commit and if you're still making the mold then I will wait.

 

Oh yeah! Nobody has to Commit 100% As long as you are pretty sure that you will want one (95%). If you want your name on the list you don't have to pay or anything either. Like I said, only have to be around 90-95% sure (and yes, 89% is fine to).

 

I am interested. Just to clarify, is the tube just a few inches long and it runs up to where the box section of the oem filters are? In this picture, are the oem air boxes in tact with the stock filters removed?

Steve

 

I'm more interested in a larger plenum box to replace the stock one, make it out of fiberglass I don't need carbon fiber parts that's not really structural. just make it louder and flow test it to pull more air.

 

Does CF have any heat dissipation or insulation properties, or since it's so thin, does it just heat-up really fast ?

 

No its actually pretty thick so it should stay really cool compared to any metal tubes (this was true with our longer Honda S2000 carbon fibre intake actually, so I can say that it will stay a lot cooler).

Also, yes you can leave the air box intact so you can go back to stock if you want to.

Just think of it like this, it's a K&N intake (but made in carbon fibre). Will it have more hp? Lets say .5 hp BUT It will not get heatsoak nearly as fast as the K&n or any other intake (so it will keep the hp that it gives you throughout long rides and not loose it because of heat).

 

Well there are already V8 boxes which you can fit on so I doubt that we can improve a whole lot on Mercedes amg design.

 

It's not so much the placement of the tubes that causes the heat soak it's the placement of the filter.

Placing there draws much hotter air then the factory tubes that pull from in front of the grill. Consider this a cosmetic mod if anything, but a nice one at that.

Also, I bought some mandrel bends through you and was wondering if you have the same things in aluminum? I need 3" 90 degree elbows. I can only find ones with 6" legs and I need something longer.

 

Yeah I know about those, and they are probably the best bang for your buck. And since they are plastic they do insulate from the heat much better than Carbon fiber due to it's conductivity.

 

Even with the V8 airbox these filters will still be useful to add a different look tp the filters.

And scratch that question about the aluminum pipe, can I give you the measurements and get a tube in CF?

 

Idk about everyone else, but I'm looking for something like HDDP's intake or even just the Splitter piece that goes over the intake by the MAF.



Not sure what the power gains are, if any. I don't need the airbox since my hood is closed when I drive and having the dual pipes run down would look better, IMO.

 

You can probably use the SRT6 y pipe splitter or SL55 y pipe instead of making one to match the TB. I think it costs like $35 from MBZ, but I think you can gain more performance by using the mbz v8 airbox, because you get a weird pressure wave in the straight tubes due to the intake valves opening and closing rapidly.
So you really want a large air box plenum to pull air from, it dampens the air vibration and stagnation. I believe the plenum makes more instantaneous torque in the low rpms, where as with the HDDP set up it's just not as efficient.

 

You want one of these for better performance, not that hot air sewer pipe, then I would throw on some larger injectors and an ecu upgrade from who ever it was SI stole their software files from for the SLK320.

 

I'm interested in this...

 

Maxwell,
carbon fiber would be the first choice for this application due to it's very low THERMAL conductivity (.04W/M deg Celsius).

By comparison, plastics, (ABS for instance) is .33W/M deg Celsius.

As far as I can tell, the only more thermally insulating materials are
Expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam) at .03 W/M deg Celsius. (Might melt).
or
AeroGel at .003 W/M deg Celsius. It will definitely take the heat, but I would need funding from NASA to afford it.

I think maybe you were confusing thermal conductivity with electrical conductivity?

My 2 cents...

 

BMC uses a complete carbon fiber case for their Carbon Dynamic Airbox because...

Yes carbon fiber is conductive... to electricity.