Ported Cobra Jet Manifold Overview install on 2018

[OrangeFury1]

Curious to know if you drilled into the Intake tube to add the plug provided by Steeda. Therefore utilizing the clean side PCV? You would get cleaner logs this way on the MAF. Also utilizing a


Did you have the intake tube tapped for the Plug provided by Steeda that connects to the Clean side PCV? Heard the MAF gets a cleaner signal this way as well as adding a catch can to the dirty side.

Yes its on there, I was thinking about just leaving as is and adding some filters but I ended up putting the plug in to connect the PCV hose.

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[15BlackMamba]

I’ve seen many 3gen’s running breathers instead but not on flex. I have the 2gen and heard Alex aka Yolo claiming the intake is better tuned with the Pcv plug installed.

 

[Einstein_nikola]

Wanted to go ahead and try to make some notes of what I had to do to install my Cobra Jet. I looked around, couldn't really find a post that detailed certain things. Want to give a huge thanks to HeavyHittersMaryland on here, on the forums, he has been a huge help!! Hopefully this helps some people out.

The first pictures just show the manifold still assembled on the car, I always like to take tons of pictures for reference. I started by unplugging all the hoses, plugs and of course your cold air intake...

The manifold will have 6 bolts, 3 on each side. You will also have 4 bolts for the fuel rail, 2 on each side.

Most of these hoses you will get rid of once you get further into the install.

Make sure that you unplug injectors from both sides.

You will find three plugs on the back of the 18 Manifold, these are your IMRC plugs, two should be pretty easy to get to, the third one will be kind of a pain, you can get it from the left side if you pull on the manifold a bit once its loose.

Here you can see two of the plugs, a white one and a blue one.

Here is the third plug... There are also two push pins on the back of the manifold, one on each side, make sure to pull those off, otherwise the manifold wont come off.... In the end, I ended up zip tying the three plugs to the harness away from everything.

Putting the manifold back on is pretty straight forward. You remove the fuel rails from the 18 manifold and just go ahead and put them on the cobra jet. However, you will have to cut two tabs on the fuel rails in order to make it fit underneath the manifold. This is what I did.

Instructions to torque down the manifold are located here. Page 22. https://performanceparts.ford.com/download/instructionsheets/FORDINSTSHTM-9424-M50CJ_.PDF

Now, for the mess of hose that we got rid of, this is what I did with mine. With the advice of HeavyHitter, I went out and bought 3/8s hose and connected my brake booster to the bottom port of the CJ and the evap to the bottom port. I then went ahead and zip tied everything to the coolant hose.

On this picture I still have the sound tube on, but I will be deleting that..

Here is a picture of how the other side looks.

Now, the big question that a lot of people have asked about. I decided to install BMR brackets, I will tell you, it DOES hit, even with the brackets. I have circled where its hitting, it hits right in the middle of where it says "Ford racing". I will be cutting my hood right in the middle.

These are the new brackets compare to the older ones. One of the most challenging things for me when raising the engine was where to position my jack since I was doing it on Jack stands.

I had to rig something up since my car is an Auto.

Now, there is a cable running from the starter to a stud that is on the passenger motor mount bracket, instructions call for bending the tabs that are on the cable or just cutting the factory stud and reusing it. I ended up cutting the stud and reusing.

Overall, this install is not so bad, since there really isn't any write ups out there that are detailed you are left wondering what to do with certain things. Hopefully this can help out some people later on.

I have also added a video

Awesome! Do you knoe if this isnthe same procedure for the Gen 2 ? I have a 2015 5.0 and got the cj just im confused with the whole lines you gotta cover and connect what to the Cj from the rear since it got plugs... any advice? Or know anyone who posted their gen 2 build? Cant find a video or a post or installation anywhere

 

[Mario_5ohh]

Wanted to go ahead and try to make some notes of what I had to do to install my Cobra Jet. I looked around, couldn't really find a post that detailed certain things. Want to give a huge thanks to HeavyHittersMaryland on here, on the forums, he has been a huge help!! Hopefully this helps some people out.

The first pictures just show the manifold still assembled on the car, I always like to take tons of pictures for reference. I started by unplugging all the hoses, plugs and of course your cold air intake...

The manifold will have 6 bolts, 3 on each side. You will also have 4 bolts for the fuel rail, 2 on each side.

Most of these hoses you will get rid of once you get further into the install.

Make sure that you unplug injectors from both sides.

You will find three plugs on the back of the 18 Manifold, these are your IMRC plugs, two should be pretty easy to get to, the third one will be kind of a pain, you can get it from the left side if you pull on the manifold a bit once its loose.

Here you can see two of the plugs, a white one and a blue one.

Here is the third plug... There are also two push pins on the back of the manifold, one on each side, make sure to pull those off, otherwise the manifold wont come off.... In the end, I ended up zip tying the three plugs to the harness away from everything.

Putting the manifold back on is pretty straight forward. You remove the fuel rails from the 18 manifold and just go ahead and put them on the cobra jet. However, you will have to cut two tabs on the fuel rails in order to make it fit underneath the manifold. This is what I did.

Instructions to torque down the manifold are located here. Page 22. https://performanceparts.ford.com/download/instructionsheets/FORDINSTSHTM-9424-M50CJ_.PDF

Now, for the mess of hose that we got rid of, this is what I did with mine. With the advice of HeavyHitter, I went out and bought 3/8s hose and connected my brake booster to the bottom port of the CJ and the evap to the bottom port. I then went ahead and zip tied everything to the coolant hose.

On this picture I still have the sound tube on, but I will be deleting that..

Here is a picture of how the other side looks.

Now, the big question that a lot of people have asked about. I decided to install BMR brackets, I will tell you, it DOES hit, even with the brackets. I have circled where its hitting, it hits right in the middle of where it says "Ford racing". I will be cutting my hood right in the middle.

These are the new brackets compare to the older ones. One of the most challenging things for me when raising the engine was where to position my jack since I was doing it on Jack stands.

I had to rig something up since my car is an Auto.

Now, there is a cable running from the starter to a stud that is on the passenger motor mount bracket, instructions call for bending the tabs that are on the cable or just cutting the factory stud and reusing it. I ended up cutting the stud and reusing.

Overall, this install is not so bad, since there really isn't any write ups out there that are detailed you are left wondering what to do with certain things. Hopefully this can help out some people later on.

I have also added a video

Do you need new bolts to bolt down the manifold?

 

[5.0not5-0]

Do you need new bolts to bolt down the manifold?

The manifold should come with new bolts, but in a pinch the stock manifold bolts can be removed and swapped over. Pm me if you have any other questions man I just did this install last week may be able to help.

 

[OrangeFury1]

Do you need new bolts to bolt down the manifold?

As the person above me stated, stock ones can be used. Mine didn’t come with new ones so I just used the stock ones.

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