striker2
Official CEG Vendor
who needs a cracked flex pipe when you have a custom 2.5" catback with no mufflers :crazy:
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Just installed intake
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loggerbomb
Hard-core CEG'er
who needs a cracked flex pipe when you have a custom 2.5" catback with no mufflers :crazy:
lol, yeah but your doing that on purpose! I'm not! Not to mention because of the crack it likes to stall out at start up.
striker2
Official CEG Vendor
yeah and soon i will be hearing the wonderful tones of compressed air being released to the atmosphere when i shift
zorrex
Enjoys the Abuse
Hehe you're not the only one with a cracked flex pipe *points to self* haha. Our vehicles would sound like beasts!
! I'm kinda wanting to do this whole intake thing for my car. My MAF is pissing me off, I had to clean it off the other day to get rid of my P0171 :nonono: . Third time since I got the car it's had issues. *sigh*zorrex
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Argh I know this is thread hijacking, but...
logger, does your engine hesitate when you press the gas? My engine won't pick up for a split second and I'm curious if it's the flex pipe break that is causing it. It's worst in the morning. If I push the gas in about 1/3 to take off, it will stall out. I gotta ease in when I first start it in the morning cuz of the hesitation. :shrug: I did just change the fuel filter if it means anything and it had no effect on it (I haven't changed the fuel filter in 27k miles anyways :crazy: so it had to be done hehe)
millertime86
CEG'er
ahhh dammmnn, i just bought a KandN air filter for $30. i heard it adds a few HP, but i doubt as much as a focus intake. i bought it a day before i read this post.
does anyone know how the KN air filter compares to this focus intake your talking about? im sure gas mileage is alittle better on the KandN AirFilter, but how much more HP would the focus intake get over the KandN?
njk1
CEG'er
Im assuming you got the drop in filter... i would take it back, Just putting a better filter in the stock airbox isnt going to give you anywhere near as much HP as the intake will... IDK the numbers the drop in k&n would get you but maybe 1hp:shrug: Like i said before, i noticed a 1mpg difference with the intake, and a hell of a kick for HP. Im not wastin my money on seeing how much HP i got, The only dyno around me is like 60$ for one run no tune...
loggerbomb
Hard-core CEG'er
well mine doesn't want to stall out very much, just the odd time, though it usually does rev something lower till I give it some gas on get on my way. As for hesitation, I don't notice much hesitation, though if your talking a very small one than yeah mine does that too. Though I thought the hesitation was always there. :shrug:
Still looking for leads on a local source for those Focus intakes....:laugh:
loggerbomb
Hard-core CEG'er
Yeah a drop in K&N filter is really only going to give you the convenience of longer cleaning intervals and marginal gain of airflow as stated before that the OEM intake is very restrictive.
njk1
CEG'er
For god sake just pay the extra shipping its gotta be worth it:laugh:
millertime86
CEG'er
does anyone have a drop-in KandN airfilter in their contour? or any car? how much better is the gas mileage over the stock air filter?
loggerbomb
Hard-core CEG'er
I have one in mine. Increase in mileage might be .5-1 MPG for me.
Ditto. Depends how you drive too.
njk1
CEG'er
Clean
Clean
Well here it is, i think this is about as clean as it will get... The aluminum cleaner got white stuff that stained the intake:nonono: and a new update, i flipped the intake around for the breather hose, and painted the battery tie down. But the degreaser ate the pait a little:crazy:
Clean
Well here it is, i think this is about as clean as it will get... The aluminum cleaner got white stuff that stained the intake:nonono: and a new update, i flipped the intake around for the breather hose, and painted the battery tie down. But the degreaser ate the pait a little:crazy:
loggerbomb
Hard-core CEG'er
not bad at all! HUGE improvement, you should do a before and after shot.
Makes me think I should just bite the bullet and pick one of those up.
Makes me think I should just bite the bullet and pick one of those up.
kw8z3boi
Veteran CEG'er
I can't wait to get mine. I just ordered the exact same one on ebay. Still waiting for them to recieve my payment. Then after they recieve it, more waiting. I think I should get it by wednesday.
Rich2279
CEG'er
Let us know how you like the intake when you get it. Also, what is the size of the silicon connector in the kit that slips on the throttle body? 2.75" or 3.0"?
kw8z3boi
Veteran CEG'er
Finally I just intalled my intake. Well iono if I got everything right. So what should be different on the performance now?
kw8z3boi
Veteran CEG'er
Here's some pix ... tell me what you guys think ... don't mind my engine paint lol I mess up on the paint because I forgot that I should have use atlease a darker blue GLOSS ... engine looks like plastic =/ I'll repaint the engine when I have the time ... by the way is my engine even a Zetec? how come it says VCT?
The intake looks good, and you do have a Zetec. VCT is Variable Cam Timing.
The paint job is AWEFUL! im not trying to rag on you or anything, but that is terrible. you should have taken parts OFF the car, or if anything, masked things up, or even attempted to mask them off. :blackeye: