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General karthief said:
The color of the injector usually ids the size.
Tan or brown 19lbs
Black 24lbs
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Here’s a pic of the injectors. They are light blue. Is that 24#?
 

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

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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
 
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My 24lb injectors are black
 

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My 24lb injectors are blue
 

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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.
 
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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.
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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.
 

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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.
 
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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.
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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.
 
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I would say that once you do a HCI swap a quality CAI will benefit the motor.
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But mostly, the CAI is about getting all the new stuff to fit in the same space as the old stuff?
 

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AnthonyA1234 said:
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
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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!!
 
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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.
 
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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.
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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.
 
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General karthief said:
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.
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Thanks. I’ll save my $ and keep stock box… any filter better than the KN you think for performance ?
 

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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......
 

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General karthief said:
7.3 turbo at full song will suck your hand off the end of your arm......
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And it's hot!!!


And the pubes don't grow back.
 
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