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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:33 am 
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Need some help.My sons EF duel fuel has destroyed it intake enough to need replacement, before we can get work done to it.What is my best and cheapest option to use.The OEM ones are no longer available from Ford.Would it be easier to get a EL series and fit that instead.Wreckers up here do not have much in the way of EF or EL's.Want to use tha same mixer ring etc.,
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:33 pm 
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ef/el/au use the same or similiar intake manifold so i am sure putting a AU or EL one on a ef shouldn't hurt nothing

 

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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:25 am 
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i have done the swap on my ef on gas to an el intake, the el ones are a better design and only tend to blow out the rubber section on the elbow when they blow out which can be taped up a few times,only problem i found is that the mixer on the ef was different,as in, back to front on the el intake but was lucky enough to get an el mixer thrown in on the deal,you just have to see what you can get hold of but you also need to get to the source as in starting with new plugs,leads,possible coil pack may cure your kabooms,its extremely frustrating,i know,been there done that, good luck
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:08 am 
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Did the same to mine. Now have a Au intake on it, cost $80 new from ford.
Here are some pics of mine.

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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:12 am 
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And I am not the only 1 to do it.

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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:46 am 
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Here is mine, note the steel intake combined with springs on the airbox lid and the release valve on top of the lid. I dont have any problems busting intakes anymore. Actually, when it does occasionally I get a free cleaned air filter.

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 Post subject: Re: Intake replacement
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:53 am 
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eagleaus wrote:
Need some help.My sons EF duel fuel has destroyed it intake enough to need replacement, before we can get work done to it.What is my best and cheapest option to use.The OEM ones are no longer available from Ford.Would it be easier to get a EL series and fit that instead.Wreckers up here do not have much in the way of EF or EL's.Want to use tha same mixer ring etc.,
The EL Mixer ring is oval where the EF is round, that means you are stuck with the EF intake unless you move the ring to the other end of the bend on the EL.

 

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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:22 pm 
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The AU intake goes straight over the gas mixer.

 

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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:34 pm 
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I ended up makeing a metal one up for myself as I was sick of blowing the plastic ones to peices.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:12 pm 
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More pics of my intake.
It can pop off if there is a backfire and needed 1 mounting point cut off.

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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:33 pm 
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i notice everyone puts their pod filter inside the airbox, i know it stops hot air from the engine but does it really make a difference?

i took the airbox out of mine...
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:22 pm 
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yeah, hot air is thinner, therefor you get less oxygen in the same area.
the airbox with a coldair intake means your drawing in cooler, denser air.
the difference would be minimal, but it yor looking for every little power gain....

ive got a K&N pannel inside a springed airbox.
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:08 pm 
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All finished now, got a standard Ford intake and spent two hours massaging it out to fit the Mixer ring.Standard intake is 70mm and the mixer is 75mm.Had found coolant in the convertor when I opened the drain so this meant the replacement of the convertor.Fitted a Airod and at the moment still use the Tickee computer until we can work how the economy is going to go.Trying to work out which Airod was fitted, it says max of 18m3/h and I can not find anything else???Found the manufacturer web sites, anyone got any info on these convertors.
http://www.longasitalia.it/index.html
http://www.airod.com.au/
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Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:10 pm 
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And to add insult to injury, his battery died the next day :roll:
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