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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:15 pm 
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I just bought an EL Air Intake pipe to replace my EF dualpipes. I was told that it would be a straight-swap but the pipe that goes to the Airbox is alot smaller than the EF one. I was told to replace the last pipe with some flexy 3". Supercheap Auto has some flexy pipe...would this suffice? Although it does look like really thin plastic though.

Also I want to paint the Intake pipe, yes its been covered but I couldn't really get detailed specifics. Which paint should I buy for it?

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:18 pm 
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Get some silver fence paint. That would look tough :)

So, how come you wanted to replace the EF intake with an EL one?

Just curious...
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:19 pm 
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Don't really like the big chuck over the rocker cover lol. Also, isn't the EL one supposed to flow alot better than the EF?

Also, Silver Fence paint? Haha shouldn't I be using some Heat Resistant stuff...presuming that paint isn't heat resistant.

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:23 pm 
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mr_rx7_ wrote:
Don't really like the big chuck over the rocker cover lol. Also, isn't the EL one supposed to flow alot better than the EF?

Also, Silver Fence paint? Haha shouldn't I be using some Heat Resistant stuff...presuming that paint isn't heat resistant.


Silver fence paint is awesome! If I was allowed to, I'd paint my house in the s**t with two thick GT stripes around the bottom :lol:

Well, there are a few conflicting opinions as to which is the better set-up, but JMM have found through testing that the EF intake is the better bet and if it's good enough for JMM, it's good enough for me.

But if you like the look of the EL one, as long as you're happy mate, that's the main thing :)
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:25 pm 
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i would just get a el/au airbox lid, may aswell go the full conversion..........
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:39 pm 
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falcon4litreOHC wrote:
i would just get a el/au airbox lid, may aswell go the full conversion..........


waste of time...the ef airbox flows a lot better then the el/au one

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:41 pm 
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Haha, haven't answered my question yett guys lol. Would the pipe from supercheap be ok?

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:46 pm 
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Pulco wrote:
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i would just get a el/au airbox lid, may aswell go the full conversion..........


waste of time...the ef airbox flows a lot better then the el/au one


your just going off the autospeed article.

It would have been interesting if they had tested from the pipe at the top of the strut tower. Which has been designed exactly like the inner pipe inside the ef airbox lid.

until autospeed does a retest from the strut tower pipe i totally disregard their findings as the strut tower pipe on the EL,AU intake is an intergral part of the airbox lid design!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


oh yeah that supercheap pipe will melt after a few days. been there and tried it.....
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:51 pm 
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So you think an EL/AU airbox will flow more with the intake pipe attached? Interesting.

 

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So you think an EL/AU airbox will flow more with the intake pipe attached? Interesting.


Yes i do!

wonder if anyone on these forums have got the gear autospeed site used. retesting would prove it for sure.................
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:58 pm 
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oh yeah that supercheap pipe will melt after a few days. been there and tried it.....


Oh really? I thought it was kinda 'super cheap' lol. Yes horrible joke.

What do you think I should get to put in its place? I had a look on eBay, found some interesting things.

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:02 pm 
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falcon4litreOHC wrote:
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So you think an EL/AU airbox will flow more with the intake pipe attached? Interesting.


Yes i do!

wonder if anyone on these forums have got the gear autospeed site used. retesting would prove it for sure.................


must be an awesome designed intake pipe to have over 100% efficiency :D

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:07 pm 
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falcon4litreOHC wrote:
Pulco wrote:
falcon4litreOHC wrote:
i would just get a el/au airbox lid, may aswell go the full conversion..........


waste of time...the ef airbox flows a lot better then the el/au one


your just going off the autospeed article.

It would have been interesting if they had tested from the pipe at the top of the strut tower. Which has been designed exactly like the inner pipe inside the ef airbox lid.

until autospeed does a retest from the strut tower pipe i totally disregard their findings as the strut tower pipe on the EL,AU intake is an intergral part of the airbox lid design!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


oh yeah that supercheap pipe will melt after a few days. been there and tried it.....



that autospeed article was also based on wat jmm said...next time u read it, read a little closer!

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:42 pm 
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I think JMM tested the different intakes and I think the EF one flowed the best.

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:47 pm 
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Autospeed did a test of a heap of airboxes (not just ford) and found that the EF/EL/AU were the best standard airboxes. EF lid flowed slightly more than EL/AU though, which they said was becuase it sucked air from the middle of the box instead of the edge. There is also an autospeed article where JMM says that EF is the 'best'

The EL/AU might not flow quite as well but that doesnt mean that putting an EF one on will get you any more power. They all flow more than enough. The changes from EF to EL were about reducing induction noise, and probably lifting up intake velocity.

 

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