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    My 2000 5.4l Eddie Bauer 4x4

    I always love reading your posts! Looked like a ton of fun and that tent is sweet!
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    The True Cold Air Intake??????

    Wow. I thought it got hotter there, that's not to bad at all, you should be fine.
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    The True Cold Air Intake??????

    I'm suprised you don't suffer from loss of power sucking soo much hot air from the engine bay. Do you only drive yours in the winter? I know NM gets prety darn hot in the summer
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    Low power Tranny/engine?

    Hello fellow Arizonan. Our 1st Gen's HATE the AZ summer temps! If you feel that you are loosing power, that could be a combination of a few things, your fan clutch ingaging and your Air Intake Temp being too high. When Air Intake Temps reach 140* F, the PCM retards the timing causing a lack of...
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    What's the secret to removing the #4 coil?

    You also might have to remove the fuel rail on that side. If you are going to all that trouble, it's good practice to replace the spark plugs as well
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    The True Cold Air Intake??????

    Awesome, please post pics when your done. I definitely think it has helped and was not a waste of time. Thanks for posting!
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    The True Cold Air Intake??????

    It says it right here " This may caused by the PCM calibration which retards the ignition timing to prevent detonation when the air inlet temp AIT reaches 140 deg F or above. " The AIT sensor is inside the Air Intake. You also have to take into account the a/c compressor running which adds a TON...
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    The True Cold Air Intake??????

    I am getting my Air Intake Temp from a wifi obd adapter and I am using " Dash Command app " on my iphone. So far the hotest my " AIT " has gotten was 125* F. I will also note that the AIT does NOT raise as fast as it used to minus the header wrap, this helps when at a stoplight. AZ temps...
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    The True Cold Air Intake??????

    Actually my main goal was to isolate heat soak from the hot engine bay getting to the Intake Air Temp sensor, another cause of retarded timing, please see: TSB 02-12-3: " Drivability, lack of power condition when operating in ambient temperatures above 100 deg F. This may caused by the PCM...
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    The True Cold Air Intake??????

    Some more pics:
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    The True Cold Air Intake??????

    And this is how it turned out. Bought this header wrap a while ago and finally got around to doing this. Been wanting to do this for a while because summers suck here in AZ. I had a previously started a thread that involved the whole " Air Intake Temp too high which retards the timing causing...
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    Loss of power

    Was it a hot day? Sounds to me like the " air inlet temp too high and the computer retards the timing " issue. Did you hear a " jet engine " sound coming from the engine compartment? That's your thermal fan locking up. Both the Retarding of the timing and thermal fan locking up will steal a TON...
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    Catalytic Converter replacement question

    That link does not work
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    Catalytic Converter replacement question

    Very sound advice sir!
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    Catalytic Converter replacement question

    Wow, I am very sorry sir.
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