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Buying domestic go fast parts at affordable prices has not really been an option for Mustang Ecoboost owners , CVFab intends to correct this by releasing a line of their own quality upgrade parts that give you the looks and performance of the big names for prices that won't hurt the bank account. Cheap parts are available from China but there is risk to buyer because the parts dont go through proper quality control and product returns involve costly shipping to return the product back to China. CVF offers verified, quality parts with full domestic support for you the consumer.
CFV gave me an opportunity to evaluate their new intercooler charge pipe kit.
The kit included two hard pipes with a wrinkle black finish, 4 black silicone pipe couplers and 8 wormgear hose clamps in a rectangular white branded box.
I was warned that the pipes would be pre production versions so the quality of the wrinkle black finish wouldn't be as nice as the final production units but the pieces I received looked quite nice.
The hard pipes are mandrel bent aluminum with rolled lips and precision tig welds on all fittings, the cold side pipe has a threaded bung that gives the user the option to install an auxiliary sensor or injector, the bung is blocked with an included threaded plug from the factory.
To prep the new parts for install I put the pipes and silicone couplers in the sink and gave them a good wash with some dish soap. The silicone couplers can have a light coating of release agent on the inside of the hose from the manufacturing process that could possibly interfere with getting good slip proof joint and rinsing out new intake pieces is generally a good idea to make sure you dont accidentally install a pipe with a bit of packing material hidden inside.
I put the car on some ramps in the driveway and removed the lower splash shield then pulled out the airbox to establish enough room to get at all the fittings, the factory pipes came out easily.
With the factory pipes out of the car I mocked up the new pipes beside them to get an idea of orientation and transferred over the blow off solenoid adding a dab of blue medium strength locktite on the Allen head retaining bolts.
The new pipes required some fiddling to establish the proper depth of the hard pipe in the silicone couplers, a small flat blade screw driver will help get the silicone couplers over the ends of the intercooler as the fit is tight, take some time to ensure the clamps are secured behind the rolled edge of the pipes and intercooler fittings or else you risk having a pipe blowing off at high boost.
Performance evaluation proved to be impossible due to my odb bluetooth adapter deciding to stop working rendering all my monitoring apps useless and temperatures sitting at icy 33f removed any chances of getting good traction, the car ran happily though during a rest drive to make sure the fittings were secure.
Overall, I am very happy with the pipes, they get rid of the ugly factory pipes, provide an easier path for charge air to travel, plastic and rubber is replaced with more reliable aluminum and silicone and my intercooler upgrade is now rounded out with a set of pipes to match.
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CFV gave me an opportunity to evaluate their new intercooler charge pipe kit.
The kit included two hard pipes with a wrinkle black finish, 4 black silicone pipe couplers and 8 wormgear hose clamps in a rectangular white branded box.
I was warned that the pipes would be pre production versions so the quality of the wrinkle black finish wouldn't be as nice as the final production units but the pieces I received looked quite nice.
The hard pipes are mandrel bent aluminum with rolled lips and precision tig welds on all fittings, the cold side pipe has a threaded bung that gives the user the option to install an auxiliary sensor or injector, the bung is blocked with an included threaded plug from the factory.
To prep the new parts for install I put the pipes and silicone couplers in the sink and gave them a good wash with some dish soap. The silicone couplers can have a light coating of release agent on the inside of the hose from the manufacturing process that could possibly interfere with getting good slip proof joint and rinsing out new intake pieces is generally a good idea to make sure you dont accidentally install a pipe with a bit of packing material hidden inside.
I put the car on some ramps in the driveway and removed the lower splash shield then pulled out the airbox to establish enough room to get at all the fittings, the factory pipes came out easily.
With the factory pipes out of the car I mocked up the new pipes beside them to get an idea of orientation and transferred over the blow off solenoid adding a dab of blue medium strength locktite on the Allen head retaining bolts.
The new pipes required some fiddling to establish the proper depth of the hard pipe in the silicone couplers, a small flat blade screw driver will help get the silicone couplers over the ends of the intercooler as the fit is tight, take some time to ensure the clamps are secured behind the rolled edge of the pipes and intercooler fittings or else you risk having a pipe blowing off at high boost.
Performance evaluation proved to be impossible due to my odb bluetooth adapter deciding to stop working rendering all my monitoring apps useless and temperatures sitting at icy 33f removed any chances of getting good traction, the car ran happily though during a rest drive to make sure the fittings were secure.
Overall, I am very happy with the pipes, they get rid of the ugly factory pipes, provide an easier path for charge air to travel, plastic and rubber is replaced with more reliable aluminum and silicone and my intercooler upgrade is now rounded out with a set of pipes to match.
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