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  1. Mercedes CLA45 AMG Intake R&D, Part 5: Final Prototype Installed

    Mercedes CLA45 AMG Intake R&D, Part 5: Final Prototype Installed

    Interested in picking up our Mercedes CLA45 intake system? Check out our product page for more details.

    Mishimoto Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG Performance Air Intake

    We've been working on this Mercedes cold-air intake for months, and finally we have arrived at our last test fit. After constructing a final prototype of our Mercedes air intake, we phoned our test vehicle owner and wrangled him into coming down to our headquarters for another day. A big "thank you" to the vehicle owner for the use of his CLA!

    Installed Shots

    Everything fit into place perfectly and looks fantastic! First, take a look at our final silicone intake inlet hose and pressure-sensor flange.

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  2. Mercedes CLA45 AMG Intake R&D, Part 4: Final Prototype

    Mercedes CLA45 AMG Intake R&D, Part 4: Final Prototype

    Interested in picking up our Mercedes CLA45 intake system? Check out our product page for more details.

    Mishimoto Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG Performance Air Intake

    Mishimoto CLA45 AMG intake system
    Mishimoto CLA45 AMG intake system

    It is a pretty exciting week here at Mishimoto! All our final prototype components for this awesome intake system have arrived. We have plenty of images to share, and we are excited to get our test vehicle back in the shop to confirm our final design.

    Final Prototype Inlet Hose

    One of the most discussed pieces included in this kit is our turbocharger inlet hose. This piece connects the turbocharger compressor

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  3. Mercedes CLA45 AMG Intake R&D, Part 3: Product Testing and Results

    Mercedes CLA45 AMG Intake R&D, Part 3: Product Testing and Results

    Interested in picking up our Mercedes CLA45 intake system? Check out our product page for more details.

    Mishimoto Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG Performance Air Intake

    Inlet Tube Test Component Fabrication

    Time for the fun part, dyno testing! Before putting the AMG on our dyno, we needed to make a quick adjustment for our tests. As mentioned in our previous posts, we created the inlet tube with our 3D printer for this intake, but with the close proximity of this component to the exhaust and turbocharger, we were a bit concerned with it melting or deforming during our dyno runs. We decided to fabricate an aluminum prototype to better handle the heat.

    We started with some aluminum pipe and our template 3D-printed design.

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  4. Mercedes CLA45 AMG Intake R&D, Part 2: Full Prototype Fabrication

    Mercedes CLA45 AMG Intake R&D, Part 2: Full Prototype Fabrication

    Interested in picking up our Mercedes CLA45 intake system? Check out our product page for more details.

    Mishimoto Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG Performance Air Intake

    Mishimoto intake 3D render
    Mishimoto intake 3D render

    When we last left off we had finished the evaluation of the stock intake system, and the design of our prototype had commenced. Our first component is the turbocharger inlet tube, which mounts to the compressor inlet. Check out a few shots of our 3D-printed design!

    Inlet Tube

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  5. Mercedes CLA45 AMG Intake R&D, Part 1: Stock System and Initial Prototyping

    Mercedes CLA45 AMG Intake R&D, Part 1: Stock System and Initial Prototyping

    Interested in picking up our Mercedes CLA45 intake system? Check out our product page for more details.

    Mishimoto Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG Performance Air Intake

    CLA45 AMG in shop
    CLA45 AMG in shop


    CLA45 AMG in shop
    CLA45 AMG in shop

    We put out feelers on a variety of forums and through our vendor channel, and we received numerous offers from vehicle owners. We eventually worked out a schedule with the gracious owner of this vehicle and set to work developing our first component for the AMG.

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