Can anyone explain what they think is wrong with the OEM cold air intake on the W201?
Second, if you want to "improve" the OEM intake, have you considered grafting on the larger scoop and tubing from the 280E? The Mercedes parts, available from online parts suppliers, are less than $50 and you get a true cold air intake.
Third, why doesn't WadePerformance have a before and after dyno test for its customers?
My stock intake was a bit of a mess. I just wanted something that looked better. The car barely gets out of its own way, so I wasn't fooling myself into thinking this would make it fast.
I didn't try to fabricate anything myself and I didn't ask Wade why there were no dyno results. I think this is a rhetorical question :)
We all know that it's not a cold air intake when you're drawing the air from the engine bay.
Sorry, it's the 260E, not the 280. When tuning the M102 8 valve in the 1984 190E, AMG used the larger air cleaner assembly from the 260E. The scoop and intake "tube" from the scoop to the air cleaner are larger than the 190E. DIY site:
Although hte link doesn't work, here's a thread that provides the part numbers:
so, does the scoop from the 260 fit on the exsisting air ducting from the 190? And I have a 2.6, i believe the air ducting is alittle different than the 4-cylinders. Would the scoop work on my car without too much modification...?
They're completely different. The 2.6 has a very short snorkle and the opening in the front is different.
I would think that if you really want to fab something you should start by trying to open up the front with a dremel. I can't visualize how much, if any, room is available beyond the stock unit. If you want to get really fancy you could route the incoming air from elsewhere, but getting a larger tube to the air cleaner will be tough in that space. What about two smaller tubes?
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