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Tech | Cold Air Induction System Install
It’s no secret that on our classic Ford cars the factory passenger car air cleaner assembly wasn’t designed for maximum horsepower. Rather, a major consideration in the factory design was intake noise suppression. Some factory designed air cleaners came with an open element to reduce intake restriction, but this still doesn’t address the issue of engine-heated air being drawn into the carburetor. An open element design will draw the same hot air that the factory enclosed unit will (just more of it) and for this story we wanted to know if getting colder air into our engine would make a difference on a popular classic small-block Ford. Our ‘68 Torino GT is an original F-code 302 2V-equipped vehicle with a factory style air cleaner, stock exhaust manifolds, and single exhaust; a good representative of a basic Ford small-block project car. It has a C4 three-speed automatic transmission and an 8-inch axle with 2.79 gears. Other than a 500 cfm Edelbrock four-barrel carb and Performer 302 intake manifold, the engine is completely stock. The cam is so mild that it noses over at 4,200 rpm, but the car idles in gear like a sewing machine. With the mild cam and single exhaust it’s difficult to hear the engine running inside the car. It’s the perfect passenger car engine found in many Ford cars of the era. It was made to idle for hours in Manhattan traffic if need be. Our car was factory rated at 200 horsepower at the engine.

Photo Gallery: 1968 Ford Torino GT Spectre Performance Cold Air Induction Performance Enhancer – Modified Mustangs & Fords

Photo Gallery: 1968 Ford Torino GT Spectre Performance Cold Air Induction Performance Enhancer – Modified Mustangs & Fords