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Reply #15 –
That's lookin pretty good, But why keep the intake in the engine?
The air is cleaner and cooler on the outside.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

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Reply #16 –
I made that intake out of the stock tube, a Advance auto no-name air filter and a home made bracket bent up out of s steel I had laying around. The air inlet on the inner fender for the stock airbox is literally like 3" from the filter...so it should be getting enough cold air.  Plus I have a TC hood with the "air scoops" open so that should be expelling plenty of hot air. 

 I have seen a ton of high dollar "cold air" intake kits that have the filter in the engine bay.  Where do you suggest I put the filter?
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

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Reply #17 –
Actually,the stock intake setup is already a CAI (cold air induction).Just remove the silencer and install a quality filter.I got the MAC CAI at a great price,or I would've kept the stock air box.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #18 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;310678
Actually,the stock intake setup is already a CAI (cold air induction).Just remove the silencer and install a quality filter.I got the MAC CAI at a great price,or I would've kept the stock air box.


Got a pic of your MAC CAI?
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube

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Reply #19 –
This is the only one I have right now.You can see it good enough I guess.There's a panel that blocks off the opening where the factory box was,and the big filter is inside the fender for the cool air.It get's really hot under the hood.

'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

eBay decal purchase

Reply #20 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;310678
Actually,the stock intake setup is already a CAI (cold air induction).Just remove the silencer and install a quality filter.I got the MAC CAI at a great price,or I would've kept the stock air box.


I run the stock air box with a Motorcraft air filter. I'll save the $50 and not run a K&N in the stock air box. I have $50 extra in my pocket and it only cost me maybe 1 hp ;)
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #21 –
I like the K&N because it is a good filter,and I can clean it.It gets very dry and dusty here,and cleaning the filter every couple of months is better for me than buying new ones that often (when I had the stock box).Now that the CAI kit is on there,I had to have the rectangle cone filter.I like it as well.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..
 

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Reply #22 –
My car sees maybe 1500 miles a year if that much and only comes out on bright, sunny summer days. I'm not too worried about getting the filter dirty and having to replace it multiple times a year;)
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #23 –
Vinnie, you engine bay would own mine at a show.  Nice work pal.
'88 'bird, 10.9:1 306 w/TFS top end, forged rods/pistons, T-5 swap & bunch of other stuff, 1-family owned, had it since ‘98, 5.0tbrd88 on Instagram and YouTube