Full hard pipe CAI from FastLaneTurbo 3.5 EB

[kbeck59]

Interesting find by panther427 on FastLaneTurbo

I spoke with Nick at FastLane and they are fabing a changed design of this for an install on friday . He is going to email picures of the components and final install then .

It is fabricated from aluminum .

A 20HP gain at least is guaranteed by him.

http://www.fastlaneturbo.com/fordtaurusecoboostinduction.aspx

Updates as soon I get them .

 

[thatsmrgimp2u]

Interested to see what a tuned car will benefit from this

 

[panther427]

Nice S.R. i didnt even think to call them lol.. Did you find the answer to the important question of whose car that is and find out how much its gonna cost to hydra dip your raditor cover

 

[kbeck59]

Nice S.R. i didnt even think to call them lol.. Did you find the answer to the important question of whose car that is and find out how much its gonna cost to hydra dip your raditor cover

Nahh ....didnt think to ask about the owner . FastLane does HydroGraphics and I found a few places  in OK that do it as well as I'm considering other options for any futher pieces .

I'm starting to get a little peeved at PCP parts ....

 

[Josephm]

20HP, jeeze. I wonder if that claim is going to be proven.

 

[kbeck59]

20HP, jeeze. I wonder if that claim is going to be proven.

I don't think they would claim it without proof , they've got a pretty good rep in Houston and my neighbor has a Challenger and swears by em .

 

[Josephm]

Would love to see one on the dyno. Intakes always make you feel like you have more power, just because of the noise, or the change in where the power comes.

 

[BBOX]

Subbed, I was already curious but a new design? Now they really have my attention.

 

[Wilson]

Nice to see someone in Houston (besides Hennessy). I may have to check them out in person. Would live to have a tuner nearby like you Midwest guys have LMS.

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[panther427]

Well it coukd help throttle respose and you could pick up 20 horse with out picking it up as peak power too. I would be happy with an increase anywhere in the power band

 

[BBOX]

Well it coukd help throttle respose and you could pick up 20 horse with out picking it up as peak power too. I would be happy with an increase anywhere in the power band

Yup, people get too focused on peak power, if it gives better throttle response and more power at a lower RPM, that's not so terrible either, though it still comes down to getting the power to the wheels of course.

 

[BiGMaC]

I've looked at the pic some more... love the tubing changes...no more tapering "saxophone or nasty looking plastic, although I wonder why not 2 separate tubes from the box, 1 to each turbo. A great improvement I think.

IMHO... still believe a closed filter box is the way to keep underhood air (not cold) from entering.  The air should be drawn from outside the engine compartment via large bore closed tubing (piping like the pic) to have the coolest air possible.  Mike B and I discussed this development idea today over at Black Market Racing/Full Race... I think we may get going on the development again as soon as the cutouts are ready.

 

[explorergotoluvit]

is this going to work with the xsport?

 

[kbeck59]

is this going to work with the xsport?

SHO / MKS/ FLEX / MKT

 

[BiGMaC]

is this going to work with the xsport?

I was with Mike today for a while on several things, plus I'm old, but.... I think they are in development and nearly done... but he can correct me if I'm wrong.  Maybe PM him.

 

[SRT82ECOBOOST]

First off this is a great piece of eye candy for when you pop open the hood. Might be worth the price of admission alone just for that.
Secondly, I thought someone did an initial baseline dyno test with the stock airbox/filter and then a second run with no airbox/filter and removed the tubing and only picked up 3 hp. If that was the case, I don't know how this is going to get you 20 hp over stock.

 

[kbeck59]

First off this is a great piece of eye candy for when you pop open the hood. Might be worth the price of admission alone just for that.
Secondly, I thought someone did an initial baseline dyno test with the stock airbox/filter and then a second run with no airbox/filter and removed the tubing and only picked up 3 hp. If that was the case, I don't know how this is going to get you 20 hp over stock.

This CAI completely eliminates the  saxaphone ( I call it snake pit ) plastic OEM intake tubing to the turbos  and replaces it with less restrictive freeflow aluminum inlet tubing without the unnecessary bends and turns .

 

[thatsmrgimp2u]

Well 10 of that  is from that 1 psi boost increase. That's why I'm wanting to see results on a tuned car, and before and after 1/4 times a while from now when they are available.

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[explorergotoluvit]

what is so different that it wont work with the xsport? it has the same layout doesn't it?

 

[BiGMaC]

First off this is a great piece of eye candy for when you pop open the hood. Might be worth the price of admission alone just for that.
Secondly, I thought someone did an initial baseline dyno test with the stock airbox/filter and then a second run with no airbox/filter and removed the tubing and only picked up 3 hp. If that was the case, I don't know how this is going to get you 20 hp over stock.

That was Mike and I who did the test on my car... '13 SHO stock tuning and DPs only (3 different sets).  ....and you're correct about the dyno numbers. 
All that says is that the restriction is after the stock air filter box on the intake.... Elimination of the saxophone/snake-pit, or whatever you want to call the tapering diameter plastic piping from the box to the turbos is the next step to check.... (sorry, nobody wants to disconnect and reconnect turbo inlet piping from the turbos on a hot engine)

However if the filter is exposed... It's not cold air... it's preheated engine compartment air. Can it get 20 HP... dunno, not my numbers... but I have doubts ...and Mike has dynos where some folks actually lost HP and speed with the most common CAIs out there. Most manufacturers claims were not from my year and model.  So let people build... I'm involved with one and I know at least 3 others are....... but we'll have to prove what we hope.

I will be tuning within the week.... both major tuners have tweaks for CAIs that have potential to change the findings.  I spoke with Mike today when we met at Black market Racing/Full Race about doing back to back dynos with LMS and Unleashed tunes on my car and also doing the same testing on the OEM intake, using both tunes, with and without the airbox to see if tuning has an effect. So this is another dimension... I think we are gonna get that done, may take a month or so to get dyno time (like 4-8 hours in one stretch) that we need since we plan to log a lot about what happens to the car beyond HP and TQ.

Beyond the top statement in this post, it's all speculation IMHO until I can dyno prove it on my ride. 

There are other completely valid reasons for getting a CAI... appearance, sound, etc.

Sorry about the long post...