Factory intake..........

[mjstef]

Got rid of it today! The factory intake is over 4" where it goes into the air filter but only 2.25" where it comes through the fender well. I replaced it with a piece of 4" thin wall Sewer pipe, a 4" to 3" adapter and a piece of 3" through the fender well. The Ex seems to breathe a lot easier now and there is no noticeable difference in noise!

 

[ELVATO]

Where does the filter go?

 

[Grasshopper]

...and your MAF??

 

[green03]

The air filter and Maf are in the center section on the 3V trucks.

Man I would just cut the hole out bigger for the full size pipe into the fender on that one....LOL

Matt R

 

[Wed Turner]

That is a good idea. Deffinately seems like it should flow more air.

 

[Remo]

Good idea. Now paint it to match!

And x2 to Matt's point. But still an improvement, nonetheless...

 

[mjstef]

Major byach to cut that out to 4". It's not only the inner fender but a center section too. I have hole saws big enough but i am not sure how i would hold em!!!

 

[davesexplorer]

Not too keen on the seafoam green color, ha ha. Nice trick though.

 

[green03]

you could cut a piece of plywood to fit in the old hole then let the pilot bit drill into that first......

Matt R

 

[GP-TJ]

I did the intake mod on my 2000 5.4l yesterday. I used 3" pvc pipe and removed the snorkel. Used a table saw to thin the pipe OD out to fit through the fender hole. The old snorkel OD fits inside the ID of the pipe that I used. It was a little tough getting the airbox back into place. I wonder if that's why they factory necked it down so much, to allow ease of assembly. The pipe is attached to the airbox with a 3" to 3" fernco.

Pretty easy but messy thinning the pipe out. Looks clean too. You can't see the white PVC, just the fernco. If you search the web I think it is "gotts intake mod" or something on another site. I can now see out into the fender looking through the box. I can fit my whole hand out into the fender. Much bigger opening now.

GP

 

[ELVATO]

Yea, it's the Gotts Intake mod on F150online. I posted the link somewhere in another thread, but here it is again

http://f150online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=297846