Does it matter which way the stock ones are pointed? I notice the one on my 5.0HO is pointed the opposite way of the other 5.0s I see in the junkyards...
I wouldn't think so....wouldn't hurt to put it in the way it should be. what wat is your plug facing...driver side or passenger side. I think (by memory) the plug is on the pass side
I think it does matter because the Wells and other non-Ford brand IACs are made to work on both the low-performace 5.0L V8 that typically came in the Crown Vics and Merc's which usually have the intakes pointing in the opposite directon than the 5.0 H.O