I know there is a airbox mod, but I traded in my 2010 f150 to save money. Here is what I did I was looking at the lid of the stock airbox and noticed the plastic actually goes through the lid. I trimmed around the pipe and bolted on a air filter and bam. To get the CEL to go off and stay off unplug the battery and wait for about 10 mins. Hook it back up then turn your key just to where you hear the car start, but don't start it 3 times. Then you can start it and no CEL. Here is a finish picture of the look.

Let me know what you guys think.





Also know how to keep the foglights on instead of headlights for your DRL's.

 

Looks clean. I got a spare intake from the junkyard, so I might do this tomorrow night.

 

Looks good. I did something like this for a short while a couple of years ago when I first got the car. It did it's job, however it really didn't contribute anything performance/flow wise. The weak point in the stock intake system isn't so much the airbox itself, it's the snorkle hose that goes from the box to the turbo. If you've ever seen one off of the car you will no doubt see exactly where these restrictions are and why this is the weak point.

On the up side, the bpv probably sounds a whole hell of alot cooler with just an open cone filter on the intake like that

 

looks good man!!

 

Wonder how your fuel trims are doing.

 

looks really good, nice work.

 

yeah, that actually would be interesting to know.

 

Thats pretty awesome, how bad do you think its messing up his fuel trims?

 

thinking about doing this with the spare cone filter i got... but yeah, like the others id like to know how the fuel trims are doin

 

dang how has it changed the sound also?

 

in for fuel trims lol

 

coming from personal experience...

Your fuel trims will absolutely be out of whack with zero gain in performance.... basically just like any short ram just thrown on the car without tuning (aside for the k&n so it seems). The bpv does sound great though..

 

i was thinking of doing this with the zzp intake tube to save money lol

 

this was the first thing i did when i got the car... but i got a real K&N (less likely to collapse under boost) i'll plug my scan tool in and let you guys know about the fuel trims, i bet they'll be alright but who knows also, i cant tell by the picture but if you havent, i would try the support the assembly somehow not just let it dangle, you might snap the pcv fitting on the intake pipe. i used the oe (the two stups sticking out) mounting point for the oe airbox.

 

Hit the fog light button.. the DRL turns off when the fog lights are turned on during the day.. or go under the hood and pull the DRL fuse from fuse box. or You can also add a 1000ohm resistor to the sensor [black dome on your dash, its the sensor that turns the lights on when it gets dark]. Thats how I have mine set up, without my headlights being on. Its a 10 min mod.. LINK

 

Someone already tried that (IamBroke maybe??). Anyways...they were off by quite a lot.

 

my trims were 13% off when I did this a while back.. just sayin

 

Thank you everyone. Sorry for the late post. On fuel trim unsure, but my air/ fuel ratio is normal with reading of the gauge. haven't seen a decrease in mpg. The horsepower I got to 265 and my boost got up to I believe 16 or 17. You can defiantly hear the intake.

With the foglights I was tired of having to hit the switch so I found out it is a ground loop through the switch. I popped out the trim and three wires cut one of them and just piggy back one of the other wires going to that switch. I will hook up a actually switch though since I can't turn of the DRL's, but atleast it keeps my headlights off and foglights on. I can take pictures if anyone is interested.

 

isnt hp/tq locked to 260 without tuning

 

I know on my gauge screen I flipped to HP and torq I was able to hit above 260. I can take a picture next time I get the chance and post it.

 

i think me have a learn down on our cars, that recalibrates it to only put out 260

 

so today at work i plugged in three different scan tools. matco determinator, snap on modis and a tech2, fuel trims with this exact mod are: Long term -1% short term was switching between -1 to 1%. i never understood why people are so quick to say "your fuel trims are gonna be wack..." if they were out of range that they are supposed to be, you would have a check engine light... ohh and it sounds awesome but no real gains in power, atleast thats what i think.

 

any vids on how it sounds

 

debating on doing this...in for vids

 

Sorry everyone I am not getting the email updates so I am unsure when I get replies. I can do the vids.