Engine Are open air intakes bad?

[AnthonyA1234]

The color of the injector usually ids the size.
Tan or brown 19lbs
Black 24lbs

Here’s a pic of the injectors. They are light blue. Is that 24#?

 

[General karthief]

I can't tell.
Pop one out, clean it up and look for a brand name, post a pic.

 

[Bullitt347]

My experience with FMS fuel injectors is:
Orange/Tan = 19 lb/hr typical Stock Mustang
Blue = 24 lb/hr typical Cobra Mustang
Red = 30 lb/hr
Green = 42 lb/hr

 

[General karthief]

My 24lb injectors are black

 

[Boostedpimp]

My 24lb injectors are blue

 

[Mustang5L5]

OE Ford 24#ers are Blue with gray bodies. I think Mark 8's and 460's came with these with an F2 part number on them.

There is also a ford racing version that is the same shade of blue but with black bodies.

I forget who made these injectors. Bosch or Denso. I've also seen aftermarket injectors (Accel for instance) that don't follow the typical color convention and are completely black.

 

[rwordenjr]

Don't get me wrong, There are CAI's that do work. The Anderson Motorsports PowerPipe is probably one of the best right now. The old Morpheus/AFM Power pipe was another good one.

If i were to buy one now, i'd probably get one of these. Not cheap though.

86-93 Mustang GT/LX/Cobra - Air System - Power Pipes® - Anderson Ford Motorsport

www.andersonfordmotorsport.com

But alas, i'm part of the stock Airbox + K&N panel club.

Worth it for Anderson power pipe on a fox with stock motor ? Does have no cat x pipe and flowmaster 44s. All 2.5 inch pipe going back.

 

[AeroCoupe]

Nope. Until you are moving more air than that stock airbox, MAF, throttle body and associated piping can handle it is a solid waste of time and money. The stock airbox gets the air from the inner fender so its not like any CAI is getting air from a different location. Do I have a CAI on my car? Yes, but it take a lot more aire than what the stock stuff could provide. I would say that once you do a HCI swap a quality CAI will benefit the motor.

 

[rwordenjr]

Nope. Until you are moving more air than that stock airbox, MAF, throttle body and associated piping can handle it is a solid waste of time and money. The stock airbox gets the air from the inner fender so it’s not like any CAI is getting air from a different location. Do I have a CAI on my car? Yes, but it take a lot more aire than what the stock stuff could provide. I would say that once you do a HCI swap a quality CAI will benefit the motor.

I’ve found this AEM one that no one has really mentioned the review of after install. I’d say it looks cooler than stock box and if it didn’t hurt anything, I may go with it.

 

[Noobz347]

I would say that once you do a HCI swap a quality CAI will benefit the motor.

But mostly, the CAI is about getting all the new stuff to fit in the same space as the old stuff?

 

[Rdub6]

I guess I’ll go with something like this then https://lmr.com/item/BBK-15575/Mustang-V8-BBK-Blackout-Fenderwell-Cold-Air-Intake-Kit

I just wish I could find something that was red instead of blue so it could match the rest of my engine bay

I bought some red silicone couplers to replace the blue ones on my BBK intake tube. Then I didn’t like those, and switched to black. You have options!!

 

[AeroCoupe]

So with the filter element in the engine bay you can experience fan wash (do a search) which causes fits for the MAF.

Here is my setup

Car it tuned and that is an 80mm MAF from a 2000 or 2001 GT.

 

[General karthief]

I’ve found this AEM one that no one has really mentioned the review of after install. I’d say it looks cooler than stock box and if it didn’t hurt anything, I may go with it.

That is a HOT air intake, fine if you're just try'n to look cool but with the MAF and filter together like that it's also know to cause issues with the MAF readings.

 

[rwordenjr]

That is a HOT air intake, fine if you're just try'n to look cool but with the MAF and filter together like that it's also know to cause issues with the MAF readings.

Thanks. I’ll save my $ and keep stock box… any filter better than the KN you think for performance ?

 

[General karthief]

K&N are great filters, I put over a half million miles on one in the dump truck, started out being a money saving thing and the hope of better fuel mileage, the better mileage never happened but the money saved was enormous, now you likely won't notice anything with a stock setup, just monitor and change/clean filter often, don't 'really' matter as long as keep it clean.
Let me add, the K&N filters got a bad rap in the beginning due to the oil travelling up and into the MAF sensor, we know what that does, but I believe it's was more user error, they just either used too much or didn't let it 'setup' long enough. JMO.
500,000+ miles on a 7.3 turbo and the intake had no sign of filter oil and a 7.3 turbo at full song will suck your hand off the end of your arm......

 

[Noobz347]

7.3 turbo at full song will suck your hand off the end of your arm......

And it's hot!!!


And the pubes don't grow back.