The S55 AMG Project UPDATED

The last few days Curtis has been working on a carbon fiber air box to fit on top of the supercharger. Here are some pictures of the fabrication process.

Just a little example of the kind of custom fabrication we do at the Speed Syndicate! This S55 AMG is already a beast, and there’s more custom work coming!

Here are the current specifications for the car as of Feb 24, 2011:

• Snow performance water/meth kit,
• Custom Top Mount Intercoolers
• Custom Fuel Feed and Converted to Return System
• FiveO Injectors (550cc)
• Custom upgraded Heat Exchanger
• CM30 Johnson IC Pump
• Custom 82mm Porsche GT3 throttle body
• 180mm crankshaft pulley
• Custom long tube headers
• Custom full section exhaust
• Upper and lower phenolic spacers
• OE tuning ECU flash

(Step 2) Here is the second step to the creation of this Carbon Air Box. The first layer of fiberglass is laid on top of the mold, and now we just have to wait for it to cure!

(Step 1) This is a foam mold that the fiberglass will be laid onto.

Nasty

Sanding the Foam

Giant Bone Coming along

The Top Mount Intercoolers were finished Nov 17th, 2010 at 10:15 AM after 33 straight hours of work.
Here are some pics of the most recent work.

On the dyno in Van Nuys @ OE TUNING

Tuning the S55 in Van Nuys @ OE TUNING Nov 2010

Custom Long tube header Right Bank

Custom long tube Header T304

Custom mid section with "h" pipe

Five 0 550cc Injectors x8

New Heat Exchanger for Top Mount Intercoolers

Old Heat exchanger on the right, new one on the left

Top Mount Intercooler Setup

New Pulleys

AN Fittings and New Reservoir

Custom long Tube Headers

At The Speed Syndicate we are constantly striving to set the bench mark for performance. This 2005 Mercedes Benz S55 AMG is an example of our passion for cars and speed. This car is currently running consistent 12 second quarter miles but the owner is still not happy with these times.

Even with drag radials the car will not break into the 11s. After data logging we found that the IAT(intake air temp) was still too hot and had much room for improvement. On this particular motor and all 5.4l kompressors for that matter, the intercooler for the supercharger sits underneath the supercharger, sandwiched between the supercharger and engine block.

To cope with this problem, we developed a new Top-Mount Intercooler setup for the 5.4k motor. Having much experience with this specific motor we are confident that we have the knowledge and skills to achieve our goal.

We did every single modification in this car and it certainly has come a long way from being a stock AMG.

Stay tuned for the results!

Here are some pictures of the New Top Mount Intercoolers in the early stages.

Bell Intercooler cores

Flanges Mocked Up out of plywood

Crop Shot of inside the intercooler endtank

end tank welded up

other end of the endtank with the surge tank welded to it