Cutting out the plastic webbing at cold air inlet

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[ATestBishop]

Totally appreciate that. Yes although I'm not expert on warranty or Ford warranty I haven't been really too concerned so far with regards to modifications causing warranty issues. The whole assembly is expensive as above, but I could probably remove the whole assembly potentially as it's not really an essential component...

 

[ATestBishop]

Lol, I was going to actually provide a quote so that's awesome you posed one! Although maybe I should have cropped the source from the image...

 

[Tom W8JI]

Well whatever structural support and filtering the fins might do would seem to be minimal, of course any detriment to flow would be as minimal or less as well. I may think about cleanly removing the fins and installing a coated wire screen in the rectangle surround/frame

Most fairly open screens are 20-50% blockage.

 

[ATestBishop]

The ones I have are rated varied at around %80 open

 

[Chippewa76]

Totally appreciate that. Yes although I'm not expert on warranty or Ford warranty I haven't been really too concerned so far with regards to modifications causing warranty issues. The whole assembly is expensive as above, but I could probably remove the whole assembly potentially as it's not really an essential component...

 

[ATestBishop]

Took the measured path and did some reasonable trimming, and got rid of upper grille shutter assembly

 

[Barry Johnson]

You're not gonna get any appreciable gain from doing this and are just compromising the radiator support structure. This seems silly to me.

Don't fix what ain't broken...

 

[Chippewa76]

Don't fix what ain't broken...

Wait ‘til the op finds out the air filter restricts air to the engine.

 

[ATestBishop]

I've had great fun modding so there's value in that to me! I do have the AFE cai installed. It's been a fun project so far

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