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 Post subject: El air intake help
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:18 pm 
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Hey guys, i am thinking of getting a bigger air intake but not sure exactly wat to go for. Wat do u guys have in ur cars or what do you recomend to get for best airflow?

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 Post subject: Re: El air intake help
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:39 pm 
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Do a search, and you will find what you are asking.

but....

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BA xr6 turbo intake pipe (over radiator)
High flow panel filter
Pretty sure the EL intake tube that goes into the airbox (t/B side) has a reduced opening and should be changed - people have replaced it with a 3" straight pipe
could even put a BA intake bend from T/B to flex hose.

if you want to spend more
full 3" mandrel bent pipe from throttle body to airbox
high flow panel or Pod
and use a larger intake tube like SS inductions
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 Post subject: Re: El air intake help
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:38 pm 
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Thanks dude yeaa il look into it, cheers.

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 Post subject: Re: El air intake help
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:25 pm 
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Oh yea true thanks heaps :)

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 Post subject: Re: El air intake help
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:02 pm 
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Might go for the 3" mandrel bend piping, k&n panel filter and a ss induction mouth or a BA xr mouth

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 Post subject: Re: El air intake help
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:16 pm 
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you can get a tickford snorkel which will take the place of your standard one but its a little bigger, run a k&n filter and then a custom 3 inch mandrel bent intake, this would do the job good enough, you can also cut the passenger side bottom air box out in the side so it can breath some air that rushes in from the blinker/ headlight if you want, i did it and gained next to nothing, but im running a standard el intake on my car which looks pretty restrictive

 

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 Post subject: Re: El air intake help
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:37 pm 
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Hmm intetesting thanks for the inputs, yea i got full exhaust system so a new intake would be good for it. Wondering if u guys can upload some pics so i can get a better understanding thanks :)

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 Post subject: Re: El air intake help
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:40 pm 
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http://www.fordmods.com/ford-4l-and-6-cylinder-f1/show-us-your-air-intake-t70357.html?hilit=show%20us%20your%20intake

 

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 Post subject: Re: El air intake help
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:49 pm 
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would there be a size difference between a ef/el (non tickford) intake mouth than el tickford intake?
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 Post subject: Re: El air intake help
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:20 pm 
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uniacidz wrote:
Yes

The tickford one is considerably larger.


Problem these days is finding one.
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 Post subject: Re: El air intake help
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:38 pm 
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yea i thought they would be bigger, as many have said an AU xr8 intake mouth is good, better than the SS induction ones, so i might head down that road, and as u said trouble is finding them. And obviously the au intake would be bigger than the el tickford one.
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 Post subject: Re: El air intake help
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:05 am 
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Thanks man yea il be chasing it up when i get my car back.

Cheers Sam
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