LongHornsOfTexas

Just wondering .... inquiring minds wanna know !!!! i was driving my mustang yesterday , and i had an epiphany.. i really wasnt sure what exactly a trick flow intake did for my car really ??? i always thought that it made it possible to raise the red limit on your rpm .... mabey im wrong .. mabey im right , but i can only ask to be sure . If anyone has any suggestions on to what it really used for , hit me up !

Obsol3te

Upper/Lower Manifold?
Yea its runners are different from stock moving your powerband or widening it or something.

Also frees up some HP to due restrictive old ones

I think im right
Someone here will correct me

nhdungeonracer

On the newer Mustangs (guessing 90's and up), the computer controls the rev limit. On most 5.0's, it's set at 6200 or so.

Obsol3te

So I guess I wasn't even close
Oh well, try and try again.

nhdungeonracer

Well, you were right, OB, in that the aftermarket intake have runners that are of different lenghts than the stock one, and that would normally place the powerband at a higher rpm.
I was just pointing out that it's not the intake that sets the rev limit. The computer does.
So it's important that any new intake one gets, to be sure that the powerband is not higher than the rev limit (not many intakes are).
And of course, there are ways to move the rev limit higher

vfast

using a intake spacer has an effect on rpm band as the taller it is the more it shifts to the upper end