i was wondering if i put a windstar or f150 intake on my car, could i just cut my hood under the scoop and it would fit??

 

It's a lot taller then that. You'll need a pretty serious cowl hood to hide it under.

 

i bet it would fit IF the scoop was a lot further forward. the clearnce issues come with the front part of the intake. way up twards the front of the hood. it take a really big cowl because the hood has to rise really fast so its high up at the front of the hood.

so to simply answer your question. no it wont work.

 

would you see any hp gains from that and would it be a direct bolt up or would you need other modifications to get it to fit.

 

there are some modifications that need to be made
-fuelrail must be very slightly bent...so ive heard...i dont know this for sure
-egr must be deleted or moved down
-cant remember what it is but there is a bleader screw that connects to somethin that mustbe moved slight, very very easy to do though
-custom throttle cable brackets
-custom cai
-probably need a new tb because its hard to get this one to work w/ the throttle cable (windstar tb would work)
-if using the windstar tb you can use the iac but you will need a very very tall hood and it probably still wont fit
-a fix to the above^fitment issue would be moving the iac, (custom brackets and hose)
-extend a bunch of wires
i cant think of anything else right now but it will take quite a bit of work. not a ton but a fair amount. and to delete the egr you will also need a tuner to shut it off after you delete it.

oh and you should see some hp gains from it.

 

Here is a pic of the F150/Windstar upper and a 2 1/2" cowl hood. You can see where even with the cowl, it was cut to make the inlet tube fit.

 

he used the F150, its a little taller than the windstar. the intake tube the biggest problem w/ the iac right after that....

 

The windstar intake actually gains more power than the F150, though the F150 produces more torque. Both are substantial gains in power and torque to make it aworthwhile mod.
The biggest thing about the F150 intake is that it can be ported way out and extrude honed to flow a ton more where the Windstar can not be ported. The F150 has the advantage here.


The windstar intake will fit under a stock hood if you relocate the IAC and make custom brackets for the TB cable to rest at the side of the intake instead of ontop.

It takes some fabrication but its worth it.

 

under a stock hood??
i dunno that thing is tall

 

Creating the plate:

The way to make the custom IAC is to get a 3/16" peice of aluminum or whatever material you like, score the design of the gasket onto the material, all holes too. If you dont have the tools needed to cut it out then take it to a shop to have them do it, otherwise use a drill press to do this and a band saw to cut around the adapter.

With your adapter cut out now you can decide which way you want to add the tubes.
I would take two aluminum tube ends about 1" long with the same ID as the hole and weld them on. Here is a guide on how to weld aluminum http://www.lincolnelectric.com/knowl...ntent/alum.asp

Another thing you could do is have a CNC make you one, its the easiest and quickets way to get it done. A 1"x1" cubed peice of stock will do exactly what you want.

Makeing a Mount:

So that you dont have you new relocated IAC all flopping around find a spot on the engine that has 2 bolts that you can use as a base. Take a peice of cardboard and cut it out to fit where you would like the mount to be.

Take your cardboard template and transfer it to a peice of sheet metal. Drill the holes in the sheetmetal for the IAC block to mount to and mount it. You will need nuts to secure the backside of the through bolts.

Making the IAC work:
Drill and tap a hole into the intake manifold after the throttle body and attatch a vacuum hose. Drill a hole into your intake tubeand weld a tube on or use a T fitting and splice into one of the existing vacuum hoses from the intake tube.

Take note where the hole that was closest to the throttle body, thats the hole that needs the vacuum line from the intake tube, the rear hole is for the tube from the intake manifold. If you mess this up thats ok, just switch them, no harm can come from doing it backwards.


I know its a rough description but thats the basic jist of how to make one.

I will have to make a tech forum about this, get lots of pics, do it a couple different ways.

anyways best of luck.

-Eric-