lew...what have you done to modify air intake? Are you running the K&N cai or just the K&N filter? I am still running stock setup, but have been trying to locate a I6/460 intake tube, that's the only part that seems restrictive to me.... a 3 inch tube from the box doubling into a twin 52mm tb should be enough for most motors.

 

Im running a PRO M MA meter with there filter , its a washable cone filter like the K&N but dosn't use oil , the meter has an air bell on the end with studs that the filter bolts to , its mounted where the air box was , still use the stock MA intake tube....I use the BBK twin 61mm TB.....

 

Cool...thanks for sharing. Is there a reason you chose to to with the twin 61?

 

Well this was my first truck build , so i built the motor like a mustang , but used the big eddey truck intake to try to get more TQ , the BBK was the only twin body i could find , but it works good , may give up some high end HP , but the TQ is there , to much for street tires , what intake are you running ??.....

 

So the Mass Air kits will not work with the- E4OD Tranny ?

 

Not this particular kit because it uses a Mustang A9L computer which is programmed for a 5-spd manual transmission. There is no provision in this particular computer for electronic transmission control. You could convert to Mass Air, but you would need the setup (all efi stuff and cpu) out of a late '94 or '95 ford f150 with electronic transmission and maf.

 

Right now I'm basically stock on the intake side. Stock 5.0 truck intake (ported), stock twin tb, and stock air intake. This is an area where I think I still have a little to gain although I am happy at the moment. I have struggled justifying the cost of these intakes.....before I spend $500 on a intake I'll buy a nice used set of aluminum heads for $500-700. Yeah traction is an issue for me as well on street tires and that's with 3.08 rear gears. I would like to locate a 3.55 limited slip or install a locker. Also looking at fabricating my own caltrac setup.

 

Yeah i like the caltracs , they work nice , take all the wheel hop out ...

 

$400 is steep for a set though. I have been talking with a friend that owns his own metal a/c louver mfg. company. He has built a set for one of his race cars and he can get it programmed and laser cut for me. His set cost about $100 to build. Nice thing about the caltracs is they put positive pressure down at the axle where you need it.

 

The Ford 5.0 truck intake will outflow the Edelbrock Truck by quite a bit with porting... the runners in the Eddy are simple too long for a high rpm motor so if you do decide to buy an intake be sure to get a short runner version. And just to be clear I'm not saying the Eddy Performer is a bad intake it's actually very good.. better than most stock intakes, you just need to match the runner length to the targeted engine rpms.

 

Im not sure i understand what your saying , the 270 and the E cam are both good low end cams good to about 5500 rpm , the eddy truck intake is good to 5500 rpm to , edelbrock says that if you want to run it over 5500 just port it , the way it comes from edlebrock is for low to mid range....

 

he's just saying that for high rpm the runner length of the edel is not ideal. he wasnt sayin that it wasnt good all around (from what i could tell). just makin the point that a ported stocker would save lots of money and basically do the same thing (if not better)

 

I understand that , i was just wondering if i didn't make the right choice , i shift my truck at 5800 , and is got a ton of TQ....

 

I'm not looking to change....I was saying IF I was to spend that kind of money it would be on a set of aluminum heads and not an intake. I'm happy for now with my setup.

 

from what hes saying (along with my own understanding), there wouldnt be much of a difference between the two. and at 5800 rpm, you are probably better off with the edelbrock, as he said before a ported stocker would actually flow a little more (i can see why when i look at the two), that bein said, a ported stocker would take away from your low end. 300 rpm past its designed rpm range is not that much, especially for a 302. port matching everything and removing casting flash (without substantially increasing the volume) would make up for the 300 rpm, and then some.