I'm betting Redline and the other hood strut companies are lobbying hard against that ever happening
CJ manifold and E85, who has most NA power?
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I'm betting Redline and the other hood strut companies are lobbying hard against that ever happening
To those who have done the swap, I'm curious how the car behaves differently at part throttle without the CMCV system in place. When I ran a GT350 intake on my 2012, obviously had to disable the hardware and pin the plates open. It was very obvious by the size of the bypass these were never intended for use in full throttle application at any RPM. Also evident in Shaun's video since there was no real loss of power down low without the CMCV active.
I'm betting Redline and the other hood strut companies are lobbying hard against that ever happening
Magnetic ride dampening....check
Uphill start assist.....check
Keyless "mytouch" entry.....check
Active exhaust......check
45 airbags to protect you if you're dumb or unaware.....check
Hood struts? Nah, screw it, too expensive.
I read somewhere that for Ford to feature forged rods and pistons vs. typical cast/powder metal in their engines it costs them on order of $8/cylinder extra. Meaning on a typical V-8, it would cost them a whopping $64 in extra material costs to field the motor with forged internals at the factory.
Why they don't offer these types of seemingly marginal upcharges (as options) is either deliberate or just plain dumb.
Who would "opt" for a built motor from the factory with Mahle or CP and Manly internals (any reputable internals maker) for $500+? Hell, Ford could make a KILLING on making money just off the options of it. Then it wouldn't cost us poor souls THOUSANDS afterward to do it aftermarket. But as you pointed out, I wonder how much of it is lobbying from aftermarket parts companies.
I get why they didn't put a factory oil separator, because with some components it's a legal mark on the wall that you're admitting to a design flaw, but with some things....you just shake your head. Like the dreaded grenade overflow tank. It would cost Ford virtually NOTHING to have the part maker darken the reservoir up so it doesn't look like such an eyesore. Peanuts. But instead, we spend hundreds on aftermarket solutions to get rid of the ugly thing. Been that way forever. Gonna stay that way, just seems like a lost opportunity by the car manufacturers.
Back on topic, when is the first set of port/polish 350 heads come into play and what do you think it would be worth? I'm guessing it's not cost effective for the gains we would see.
Ok, let's see the dyno comparisons?
Also, 50rwhp in a small cube NA application is not insignificant, and shouldn't be disappointing.
-J
svtperformance actually did this.
The baselined a 350, swapped a GT manifold (not the 18), ran it with no tuning adjustments, then they ran the CJ with a tune, then the 350 again with a tune.
Pretty much exactly what you'd expect, the GT manifold picks up torque (over the baseline 350) but doesn't make as much power up top.
The GT on a 350 performed pretty much the same (no tune) as the 350 tuned out with 350 intake (in terms of tq).
Whatever your tuner likes.
-J
-J
Anything but JLT, most restrictive by far. Dmark (vendor on here) Also makes a very nice custom CJ CAI as well as porting CJs if you don't already one.
Pretty much this. N/A it's not going to matter much, other than driveability.
If you read the tea leaves, there isn't much published data that's apples/apples on CAI improvements. The stock CAI isn't very limiting (naturally aspirated) so if you remove the "tune" improvements out, the CAI upgrades for our cars N/A isn't worth it (unless your tuner has a preference).
You're talking like 5-7 rwhp for the CAI once you remove out the improvements from the tune over factory tune.
What got you to 536? I see headers...guessing tune/e85?...Anything else?
9K, got yourself an RX-7 swap? lol
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If that's how you choose to view it then by all means lol
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