Enough said

Webmasters?

Already stirring the poo pot and cultivating a negative image within the first month?

Good for you.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

ok there.

disgruntled oldsinner111

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Why can I not have an opinion on this forum...My car... I can run anything I want to
and I do have a cold air induction from a Almost 2 square foot K&N with some homemade ducting . Instead of that fat stock air cleaner directly over the smoking hot turbo I have also wrapped the hot side of the turbo as well as the downpipe with
Kevler. Made a large spool up difference... If it cracks the housing I will update the turbo and learned a lesson as well
So far this car drives like a gas with 8 pounds of boost at 1200 rpm
Has anyone actually put a probe in the stock cleaner to see intake heat ...
I have , around 160 at an idle . It only will help at speed when the turbo heat from under has gone from fan air Enough for today....I have made enough people mad and drank enough beer
Sorry for not being a sheep
Thank You all for helping me with this problem I have
David

you are entitled. But your manners are terrible. If you wish to discuss things with a little more freedom of expression, there is the open discussion.

I am sure your work is very impressive and functions properly. You need only say it once though.

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Thats not possible. 1- The air filter is not a significant restriction on these engines, especially right off idle when the turbo is spooling 2- Wrapping the exhaust makes no difference in spool time since there is no significant heat loss in the manifold yet. Wrapping is good for drag races where it helps lower exhaust manifold pressure and close spaces to reduce surrounding engine bay temperatures.

If you are making 8psi at 1200rpm you are lugging the engine, I bet you meant 2200rpm or 3200rpm. The T3 can't make boost anywhere near that fast anyways.

And when the engine is actually working...????

Actually, you have been a particularly wooly sheep. You have swallowed the many popular ricer tricks/myths by using a K&N hot air intake and wrapping a cast iron stock exhaust.

Wow...seems like every forum usually has one of these types of guys, but this is the first one I've ever seen on Mercedesshop.

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Current cars:
2000 ML55 AMG, 174k miles
2003 C240 T-Modell, 202k miles
1995 S320, 207k Miles

Hey I ain't going to mentioned those filters anymore.Rather have peace.

oldsinner111/dave6.3, isn't having two usernames against forum rules?

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

No,I'm oldsinner in Elizabethton tennessee,I use Bristol as most people know the Nascar track.Dave is a neighbor closer to Bristol.
I call myself that,as I'm far from perfect,but better than I was in the 70s.

It's just a party down there in tennessee isn't it?

I have a K&N too, I just don't cry when people knock it.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

I ain't never mention it here.

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

You can kill a Horse by working it to death,but never a Mule.

that sucks

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1985 300D - 599,xxxk - blue interior #265 Monark Nozzle, AL129X, 15" Ronals, Gen II Big Brakes hunting
1985 300D - 491,xxxk - in prog-{A-A IC, 3" exhaust, psi\pyro, 28*BTDC, Hella Euros, IP Limiter removal
1985 300TD - 783,xxxk - parts car,used new engine with ALDA cap inplace
1987 Kenworth T-600 8LL 425 CAT Mech. - 6,000,000+k - DEI exhaust wrap, punched through resonators, 1 recent rebuild,