NeedsWings is true Cold Air Intake..
along with the SL55 intake setup

 

Thanks everyone for posting their pictures! It's great to see them all in the same place and get a better idea of what I'm looking at.

As of right now, where can I purchase these intakes (new)?

- Needswings: Needswings
- BDJ: unavailable
- SL55: LET
- C3P: Code3

Any other places I can add to that list?

edit: Thanks BLKFIN and huudoo!

 

I thought the C3P intake image had already been added here, but I guess it hasn't. Here's a link from SRT-6 Dan's gallery:



It provides another way to suck in air along with the regular restrictive stock intake manifolds. It's warm air, but I guess warm air is better than no air. It's definitely nice to have a few different intake designs, though.

 

wait cant that just be added to the stock y? sorry im a thousand miles away from my car right now to see if it looks like i can. what im asking is can you run both that and the stock intake

 

This is the stock Y. You do run this and the factory filters together. The Code 3 Intake screws into your factory Y as shown in the picture.

 

oh ok. i was unaware of that. thanks!

 

No problem

 

the sad thing was i thought i had a great idea going haha. but i guess it is the main point of this system

 

BrianBrave, regarding the SL55 intake, if you put the front engine cover back on (not sure if that's possible), does it look OEM like before? Or does the position of the silver plastic of the intake prevent that?

edit: if I am looking at your gallery pics correctly, I'm assuming that it's not an OEM fit, and that you did some minor fabbing to get the cover to still fit?

 

yes if what i remember is correct. a bracket has to be made and then with a little playing around the engine cover can fit. but there is an overhang of like half an inch on both side

 

Perhaps you don’t follow this forum closely? Here is a thread from the Midwest private drag races that a few of the SRT6 folks participated in.

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=22733&page=10

On the last page you will see a ¼ mile time slip from one of Steve Hellums runs.

12.5101 ET with just a modified factory intake (SL55 Y-Pipe, K&N filters and enlarged plastic intake tube openings) – I think his slip would place him # 14 on the Dragtimes website (page one); so apparently not everyone who races will post their results on the Dragtimes website.

I also notice that most of the top spots on Dragtimes are running some combo of NOS, Meth, exhaust cutouts. Drag Radials etc... and all the runs were made in the winter or early spring. So I wouldn’t take Dragtimes.com has the final authority; just a sample.

Tell me if my eyes are not deceiving me. Is the SRT (I think its RIOT) with the NW intake - - running without his grill and intake filter? Click the below link and scroll down until you see the graphite SRT6 Roadster with the grill removed. Is that the fast time trick? – I also noticed it on a couple of the SRT6 drag videos.

http://www.mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2873424#post2873424

 

Yes it will fit - but the SL55 airboxes are a bit wider and the engine cover does not fit super-snug like the stock setup. I am considering widening my engine cover, but a few members like the "bling" and said I should leave the engine uncovered.

 

Thanks for the confirmation. If I were you, I'd keep the cover off.... That polished look is great...

 

brianbrave, how hard was it to make the bracket to install the sl55 boxes? if i brought the intake to a shop and said install this. do you think they could do it?

 

"Tell me if my eyes are not deceiving me. Is the SRT (I think its RIOT) with the NW intake - - running without his grill and intake filter? Click the below link and scroll down until you see the graphite SRT6 Roadster with the grill removed. Is that the fast time trick? – I also noticed it on a couple of the SRT6 drag videos."

removing the k&n filter will slow the car down on our intake! we tried, lost 10mph for several runs in a row, put the filter back on and she was quick again. we do pull the grill (1 minute) to increase the airflow to the filter when at the track, but the filter needs to stay on!

 

You can do it yourself with a drill, tape measure or ruler, a few wrenches, a couple bolts & nuts and two off-the-shelf brackets from hardware store.

I created a PDF instruction set for a some members who went this route - it's really an easy mod....

I know MikeR machined up some really trick brackets - in fact - I was going to ask him to sell me two because they look so custom...take a look in his gallery

 

Yes he did pull his filter, I was there. I couldn't believe he would want to take the risk of sucking something into his S/C. All three of us with SRT 6's there pulled out our lower grills to try to get more air to our HE's later in the day. The weather was not a good for racing, low 80's and the air just felt thick. He was claiming a 12.2 run with a 1.5 60ft too, but the left lane was having some trouble. I really don't think he ran the 12.2, here's one of my slips from running in the left lane right after he done the 12.2 run. I think he pulled the filter to try to get another 12.2 run, I could claim to be first into the 10's

 

Just for clarifiacation of your story, whom do you think did not run a 12.2 with a 1.5 60ft as they claimed they did?

 

I hate to name names, but it was RIOT and I don't want to p!ss him off by saying so. There was quite the controversy on the MBWorld site about the 1.5 60ft too. Bikecop can confirm that RIOT was only running in the mid 12's to 13 all day, he was watching more than me. Link to were it was talked about is - https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...t=22733&page=9
I started out running 12.5's for about 4 runs, but I was making runs and coming right back up to run again with no cooling down time. I walked away with 34 slips, my HE temp gauge started out in the mid 80's and by lunch it was up in the high 130's. I watched the gauge, 85 to 95 =12.5, 95 to 105 = 12.6, 105 to 115 = 12.7, 115 to 125 = 12.8, 125 to low 130's = 12.9, then once I got in the high 130's I was hitting 13's. We was suppost do do some bracket racing that's why I was keeping track of my HE coolant gauge and comparing it to my times so I would know what I wanted to dial in for my time. But we never made it to the bracket racing .

 

I find this VERY interesting. Its almost systematic. Your saying for every 10 degrees your HE temp raised your 1/4 mile et dropped 1/10th?