Ford Performance EFI Intake Upgrades

Next, the Hurricane intake installation began. Here, the intake is being prepared for the ACT (air change temperature) sensor. Shipping manifolds will not have the ACT sensor hole pre-drilled and tapped for the customer. This is one step you'll have to perform yourself. AFM leaves the location up to the end user, though the preferred location is shown here in the No. 5 intake runner. Once the sensor was installed, the rest of the Anderson fuel system parts, including the fuel rails, crossover line, and pressure regulator were fitted using the Mustang's existing injectors.

Here's the completed EFI Hurricane intake installation. Back on the rollers, Brandt's car recorded the following numbers.

This dyno sheet shows both pulls and graphically illustrates the horsepower gains. The EFI Hurricane intake was good for a 29.23 horsepower improvement, while the torque factor was up by 0.80 lb/ft. With all else being equal, the EFI Hurricane intake alone is worth a considerable amount of horsepower.

The car selected for the supercharged aspect of the Hurricane intake dyno test is owned by Chad Kolakowski. This car is a '93 LX hatch with a stock short-block. This underhood shot of Chad's car before the EFI Hurricane intake installation shows the Professional Products Typhoon intake, which was also used to baseline Brant's car. The engine has an Anderson Stage II SQ-Trim Supercharger kit. The kit uses a Vortech centrifugal supercharger creating 14 pounds of boost. Backing up the blower are a 75mm throttle body and a 90mm mass air meter. Fuel delivery is achieved with 55-lb/hr injectors. The engine has an Anderson B-31hr Hi-Rev cam and Mallory ignition. Exhaust is vented through Bassani shorty headers with a 2-inch cross-pipe exhaust system, and 2-inch Bassani mufflers. The rest of the powertrain consists of a T-5 transmission and an 8.8-inch axle with 3.73 gears. When baselined at Anderson the car put down the following numbers.

Here's the completed installation of both the EFI Hurricane intake and the fuel rail kit. This photo shows what we mean by a cleaned up and all-business look. It screams race car, but is very much a streetable bolt-on induction system that connects directly to factory fuel rails and EFI wiring.