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RUNNER LENGTH AFFECT POWER?
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Windstar Intake
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About the Windstar Bolt-On Kit...
The 96-98 Ford Windstar's came with a much more efficient plastic composite upper intake manifold. This kits includes everything you need to adapt the Windstar intake to your 3.8 Mustang. Now includes powder coated intake pipe, throttle body, and bracket!

Gains of at least 7HP and 15FT/LBS! With the cold air intake and a dual exhaust the gains can easily be higher. Compare the power numbers from the 96-98 Windstar to the 99-04 Mustangs which share the same engine. Windstar Kit vs Intake Spacer

For all of those watching your weight you will be glad to know that the Windstar is over 50% lighter than the stock intake. 14lbs vs 6.5lbs!
                                

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Ok, But How Does it Work?
Why will this intake give you more torque and horsepower? Well, its all about optimizing the intake runner length. Looking at a side by side view of the stock intake vs the Windstar you can see that the Windstar has much longer runners. (read this article to see why runner length affects power output) This is the same principle that allows intake spacers to work.

The Windstar acts similar to an intake spacer, giving you more power by increasing the runner length.  Longer runners give low end torque and shorter runners give more high RPM torque. (this is why Ford has a split-port intake with two runners per cylinder) The limitation with intake spacers is they can only lengthen the runners so much before the short runners become too long and you start to loose high RPM power. As you can see in the side by side picture; the Windstar has much longer "long" runners while keeping the "short" runners short. This allows you to gain low RPM torque as well as high RPM power. Combine that with the better flow and the heat resistant composite and you get a wide range of power gain!

Kit Includes Everything Needed!
Brackets and throttle body will be powder coated gloss black.
Intake pipe can be powder coated your choice of mirror black or chrome.

Modified Windstar Intake w/Bolts & Gaskets
- Cut and Filled IAC Port
- Added IAC outlet underneath

Modified Throttle Body w/Gasket
- Throttle/Cruise Bracket Extension
- Cut and Filled IAC Port
- Throttle Cable Bracket Extension

IAC Valve Relocation Plate w/Gasket

Coil Pack Bracket with modified Throttle Cable Bracket

Custom 3" Bent Intake Tubing
(Mandrel Bent for maximum flow)

Bolts/Nuts for mounting coil pack.

Vacuum Hoses, Tee's, and Elbows

Wire and Wire Splices to extended IAC/TPS                     A complete kit with everything shown.

- You will also need a cold air intake to use the air filter flange and rubber coupling.
- This kit retains the stock PCV system. Read here why the PCV is a good thing.

PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I WILL BE MAKING THESE "PER-REQUEST"

99-04 Windstar Kit (Mandrell)*	Contact for Order
$300 ($330 after $30 Core Charge)**

**A $30 throttle body core charge will be refunded after receiving your stock throttle body.
 

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