Yes sir. I also noticed that having the grill open by the inlet allows me to hear the air sucking in under boost and DV operation much better. It also provided a very still drop in inlet pressure loss, but not as large as Airaid tube swap.
No problem, brother! If you have time, go through rest of their articles. ECUs on these Ecoboosts are much more sophisticated than 80's and 90's turbo cars I used to have.
Did you feel any difference in performance?
It felt like the turbo spool up faster but I also upgraded hot and cold side charge pipes at the same time. I also installed a WMI kit and tuned for it afterwards, so only measurable improvement I can attribute to the intake tube is the inlet pressure loss.
I wonder what Fords reasoning was for necking down the intake tube so aggressively ? It would seem that it would have taken more time to design it the way they did compared to a more smooth decrease compared to the airraid and also Roush.I highly doubt it but airaid can't confirm without a test car in their area.
Looking up the part #FR3Z-9B659-A, but I cannot find valid years
UPDATE:
CJPony verified that they have installed the MIT pipes and are updated on their site for 2015-2017
The factory tube is perfect for the factory turbo, it feathers down to the exact size of the turbo inlet. The airaid actually uses the coupling to reduce further.
I have the Roush CAI. The Dyno charts I would say are accurate without a tune. The car actually opens up closer to the top end though at the very end it does die down. There are gaps between the heat shield and the intake pipe, allowing hot air to go into the CAI (defeating the purpose of the CAI) during WoT and high air intake scenarios.
Like this?
This might need to go in the IC section, not CAI, but I see more people run CPE than cobb. Or just go levels if u dont care about removing and cutting some plastic.
