Why ? You can spend $15 and an hour polishing the OEM Y pipe...
Exactly like this

 

I think BDJ is speaking of the Y pre-supercharger and you are speaking of the one post-supercharger. Nice work by both of you Though! Both Y's are very nice!

 

There is only 1 Y pipe Jeremy.... on either the SC or NA engine... And you have had this car for how long ?

SCHOOL TIME... The throttle body is (mechanical, or drive-by-wire) the throat size is (?mm)

 

THE OEM IS ALREADY A TWIN INTAKE..... WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ?

 

LMFAO.....poking the bear with a sharp stick! The noob wants to argue parts with the guy who's had one in pieces on his garage floor!

If i'm ever in CA I wanna buy you a beer HDDP!

 

We are all talking about the Cold Air Intake that I build for the SRT6. Start at the first of the thread and read about what and why I designed it this way. I think that will help you out.

 

I'm a cheap date... I drink Budweiser...

No more parts on the floor, I have the SRT6 engine rebuilt and ready for install, just waiting on delivery of the new SPEC Racing clutch and throwout bearing... Now I'm tearing down the old engine to see what I can do with it... Might be a good experiment to see how large the intake and exhaust ports can be bored without ruining the integrity of the block... there is alot of excess material there...
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Are you kidding me?

HES NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE SAME PART.

 

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...

And if you really wanted to desigh a perfect CAI for this car, you would run the tubes directly back and upward into the troff where the windshield wiper motor is... it has a perfect laminar airflow over the hood with ambient air and eliminates any heat from the engine bay... It's a simple mfg. process and you can use 4" x 8" air filters that fit perfectly into the troff... the only thing you have to fabricate is the housing and a cover that prevents rain water from entering...

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.

 

I wouldn't trust everything you hear or that even comes from "Official" documentation. The 2006 Crossfire Parts Manual shows this picture for the air boxes and engine cover...

 

LOL... Merry Christmas Jody... Yes, you are correct as usual.... half of the air intake system parts are not even listed in the catalog.... The Y pipe, the plastic extension tubes, etc... If you ever need to replace them, or any parts. I have a wholesale distributer here in Los Angeles that sells all MB / CROSSFIRE parts to NASA racers at cost + 2%...

PS: I finally heard back from Greg Greenbaum about the re-classification of my car for next season... It seems he has put me in TTC** in the time trials division and PTC in the race division... He has assigned the OEM weight as 3,240 lbs... The asterisks mean additional modification points that will push me one class up because the weight of the car has been reduced from "his" OEM weight by 400 + lbs...

SAD...

 

My favorite is the illustration of a 4 cylinder engine in figure 8-1205 regarding the wiring harness.

Too bad about the re-class... Well, have to take it as it comes I guess.

 

Why on earth must you be such a jerK? Hell I even said you did nice work, yet you still were ugly

 

"No more parts on the floor, I have the SRT6 engine rebuilt and ready for install, just waiting on delivery of the new SPEC Racing clutch and throwout bearing... Now I'm tearing down the old engine to see what I can do with it... Might be a good experiment to see how large the intake and exhaust ports can be bored without ruining the integrity of the block... there is alot of excess material there..."

Hey HDDP, if your looking for a piston shop Benoli Pistons make a beautiful slug, they have years of experience in piston design and they are located in LA, they are probably cheaper than MBZ and you can do custom features for the same price of the OEM parts.

let me know if you want the number.

 

I like being a jerk to noobs... Especially ones who don't know SQUAT about this engine system but come onto this website and start trying to sell "performance products" to our membership... NUFF SAID ?

So, MMZ here's photos of the new wiring harness' that I built for the SRT6 RACE engine... 28 sensor & control cables... All of the new harness' are housed with EMI resistant tin / copper sleeve.. All of the connectors are new... (hey JEREMY do you know who manufactures the connectors for all the wiring in this car ?)

How about the illustrias "BDJ RACING" who professes to be a racing specialist with the crossfire...

 

Thanks MAX... I have Mike... It's really nice having a factory MB engine rebuilder in the area...

 

Pitchurs? I don' see no stinking Pitchurs...

 

HDDP,
What's the part number for the OEM Y pipe. Thanks

 

Those are "cute" pictures everybody posted. I think I have said this a few times now, we are talking about the aftermarket cold air intakes. I am not sure why anybody posted a picture of a partially torn down motor?? I dont think that helped at all. The picture of the supercharger assembly is cool, but still totally off the subject of this "thread".

I am not an expert on this car by any means. That is why I post and normally finish with IMO. (in my opinion). I have been posting pictures and detailed instructions on what I have been building for the car. I was not totally satisfied with the other CAI's (cold air intake's) on the market, so I made my own. I was not trying to offend anybody on this forums. I simply posted pictures of what I made and have had other forum members wanting to buy the CAI.

Now back on the subject. We are not talking about the cast aluminum "y" under the throttle body. I am familiar with that piece. You should probably look at the 1st post on this thread and look at "my" pictures. They might help you out in this situation. IMO.