what the heck r Charge Motion PLates, what do they do, can i remove them, have read about them but what do they do, where r they, will i gain HP?

 

5.0 Mag just did a write up with an 05 automatic with the Charge Motion Plates and had them rated 6-8 hp at the wheels from the dyno. CMP's Let your pony breathe! The factory charge-motion control plates produce a restriction in the intake path - which CMP's eliminate. Also great for NOS, they have the holes drilled and tapped for you, ready for you to install your NOS nozzles. Requires a Predator or SCT Xcalibrator Custom Tune!

Installation is not to bad:
There are four "gaskets" per plate(one for each runner) that you take off the stock plates and reuse. It took a couple hours tops...just keep the fuel rails and injectors all in one piece when you take them off and the upper intake has five bolts per side. You just have to disconnect various vacuum hoses, sensors, etc. and thats pretty much it, you definetly feel it pull above 3k rpm

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thanks i least i know what they are, i didnt realize i have them from the factory, thanks for educating me on them

 

i was gonna order them, then i did a whole buttload of reading. it seems you lose low end and gain top end with them. i like some low end for traffic. once my TB gets installed and i get re-tuned, i am just going to save up for heads and cams. enough with the small bolt ons i got em all lol

 

If you ever get a SC they're useless, too.