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Ford Ranger New air intake (Fabulous Fabrications installed in Ranger Raptor - photos & impressions 20240926_165001
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Ford Ranger New air intake (Fabulous Fabrications installed in Ranger Raptor - photos & impressions 20240926_164943


Excited to see the difference in performance and drive ability

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Just finished the install took me roughly 45 minutes. This is a work of art very impressed with it I've had many cold air intakes over the years this is by far the best. Time for a test drive

Just came back from a drive feels like it pulls harder especially in the upper rpms. I'm happy with it and impressed with the build quality. This intake is gonna shine with a custom zfg racing tune in the future.
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Nice. I’m waiting on S&B to release theirs. I think I read on here possibly November?
 
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The fabulous intake looks killer! I’m just not crazy about it being made out of aluminum and the price is up there. Either way can’t wait to see this installed
 

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Just finished the install took me roughly 45 minutes. This is a work of art very impressed with it I've had many cold air intakes over the years this is by far the best. Time for a test drive
looks great
 

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Ok, Fabulous Manufacturing absolutely makes the best looking CAI on the planet; truly a work of art! I literally drooled over pictures of that intake while waiting on my RR. That being said, I’ve read at least a couple of threads discussing the heat soak and high IAT’s associated with aluminum CAI’s. I really don’t believe that the cost is all that bad, considering the skill and labor involved in fabricating an intake of that quality. The shipping costs from “down under” don’t help much either. The only thing that kept me from buying that air box was the potential detriment to the IAT’s. I’ve installed the ProCal tuner on my RR, as well as a COBB intercooler, TurboSmart BOV, and K&N air filter. I’m trying to get the best performance I can out of my RR, so if the IAT is high, and the computer dials back the timing, I’m not meeting my goals. I do plan on adding a CAI, but only after the other major players (S&B / AFE / Mishimoto), release their composite CAI’s.
 

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Aluminum intakes are superior to cheap plastic CAI in almost every way. They are stronger, will handle off-road abuse, and piPE’s will typically flow better. Aluminum will transfer heat more efficiently than plastic, but it will also not become heat soaked like plastic. Once a plastic air box and tubing is heat soaked it will increase your intake temps just like the aluminum, but will continue to increase temps for longer after the rest of the engine has cooled down. The aluminum box will shed its heat more efficiently.
 

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Aluminum intakes are superior to cheap plastic CAI in almost every way. They are stronger, will handle off-road abuse, and piPE’s will typically flow better. Aluminum will transfer heat more efficiently than plastic, but it will also not become heat soaked like plastic. Once a plastic air box and tubing is heat soaked it will increase your intake temps just like the aluminum, but will continue to increase temps for longer after the rest of the engine has cooled down. The aluminum box will shed its heat more efficiently.
I disagree.
When have you ever seen a plastic airbox break from “off road abuse” short of the vehicle impacting an immovable object?

Aluminum dissipates heat very fast (anyone who has TIG welded it before can attest to this).
If engine bay heat is surrounding the outside of the airbox, the aluminum is going to transfer the heat to the fast moving colder air rushing through the inside of the airbox. Exactly the opposite of what you want.

This airbox offers no advantage aside from cool looks…
 

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Once the plastic air box is heat soaked it will heat the intake air just like the aluminum box. Only difference is if the engine bay starts to cool down the aluminum will cool down while the plastic will continue giving off more heat.
 

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Once the plastic air box is heat soaked it will heat the intake air just like the aluminum box. Only difference is if the engine bay starts to cool down the aluminum will cool down while the plastic will continue giving off more heat.
A metal or aluminum air box will heat up and transfer heat much quicker especially exposed to continued heat and will become even hotter.

I don’t know where you came up with this hypothetically opinion but it’s incorrect. There is no heat reflection off a black metal or aluminum box. It‘s the opposite and called heat induction. This is why companies like DEI sell reflective tape and reflective materials.

Lastly, the engine compartment isn’t going to cool off until the engine (the heat source) is shut off for several hours. 👍🇺🇸
 
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Not here to argue. So you are saying the engine bay temps are not going to go down if you are working the engine hard rock crawling at slow speed and then go on a trail at 30 to 40 mph?

Any minute difference in intake air between aluminum and plastic intakes is negligible in a turbo charged engine anyways. Way more important is intercooler efficiency.
 
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Not here to argue. So you are saying the engine bay temps are not going to go down if you are working the engine hard rock crawling at slow speed and then go on a trail at 30 to 40 mph?

Any minute difference in intake air between aluminum and plastic intakes is negligible in a turbo charged engine anyways. Way more important is intercooler efficiency.
No one is arguing, your comments are being challenged. I’d suggest; if you’re not looking to be challenged, then don’t present an opinion as an absolutely statement. Additionally, you’ve just contradicted yourself in your second paragraph of the comment above.

Heat soak is cumulative, especially at low or slow speeds. If you’re not moving a larger volume of air thru the radiator, pushing heat out thru the bottom of the engine compartment, ambient engine compartment rise. Moving the ambient engine compartment air is then dependent solely upon the fan to pull air into and thru the engine bay. If you’re not replacing the ambient air in the engine quickly, heat soak will increase much quicker.

Metal air boxes, aluminum etc, act just like an oven when heat soaked. Unless it’s exchanging engine bay ambient air at a higher rate, it will heat soak and hold higher temps. This is one of the reasons most all OEM air-boxes are made of some type of; heat resistant, polymer plastic. It’s also less expensive. Snow me a metal air-box or intake, produced by any major OEM auto manufacture?

The other reason some aftermarket manufactures design metal intakes and air boxes are; they don’t have the capability or capacity to 3-D design or injection mold. It’s not because a metal intake is a better design, operate cooler or produce a more efficient air flow. A smooth interior, polymer air intake will.

Additionally, smaller turbocharged engines produce higher operating and ambient engine compartment temps, especially with twin turbochargers.
Even when shutting off the engine, engine oil, coolant and ambient temps will rise for the first 15 minutes, due to radiant and reflective heat from the block, turbochargers and crankcase and coolant system.

If you’re not using any reflective surface to reject the engine bay heat, it will eventually heat soak. Heat soak will effect hp production more in a NA engine, than a turbocharged or supercharged engine.👍🇺🇸
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