Intake Manifold for 2018 5.0
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Thanks for the correction, appreciate it! Why on earth would they use the 11-14, that doesn't paint an accurate picture at all of what the 2015 or 2018's do as that's 2 gens behind.
That bodes well for the 2018 truck manifold being the best choice. That said, even with the stock tune, my 2018 rarely drops below 5000rpms at WOT. So in theory only the launch would be impacted negatively.
That bodes well for the 2018 truck manifold being the best choice. That said, even with the stock tune, my 2018 rarely drops below 5000rpms at WOT. So in theory only the launch would be impacted negatively.
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My 2 cents
I have my doubts the 18 Mustang manifold on a 2018 truck makes much of a difference, but that’s just a guess, is there any dyno info around on that? The 2018 truck is much more flexible and rev-happy.
I have the 18 manifold on my ‘16, and it loses very little on the low end, but noticable loss in the midrange, to paint a picture, my truck lays 20’ of rubber, hooks up for half a second, and then peels them the rest of the way and into 2nd. With the 2 shift modes, I can shift at 6800 or 7300, and I really cant tell a difference. Butt dyno only for FWIW. That said, I’d say to 60 mph is a wash, after that or from a roll, the ‘18 Mustang manifold kills. I wonder how the truck ‘18 manifold would do in comparison on the ‘16. Maybe I should pay for a re-tune and do the switcheroo.
That said, I run a nitrous tune with timing pulled, so that might exaggerate the midrange power issue. As for my ‘18, Until I tune it I won’t know the manifold limitations.
I have the 18 manifold on my ‘16, and it loses very little on the low end, but noticable loss in the midrange, to paint a picture, my truck lays 20’ of rubber, hooks up for half a second, and then peels them the rest of the way and into 2nd. With the 2 shift modes, I can shift at 6800 or 7300, and I really cant tell a difference. Butt dyno only for FWIW. That said, I’d say to 60 mph is a wash, after that or from a roll, the ‘18 Mustang manifold kills. I wonder how the truck ‘18 manifold would do in comparison on the ‘16. Maybe I should pay for a re-tune and do the switcheroo.
That said, I run a nitrous tune with timing pulled, so that might exaggerate the midrange power issue. As for my ‘18, Until I tune it I won’t know the manifold limitations.
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I think it was LPF (limitless perf fab) that showed big gains on an 18 RCSB using the GT intake. I know OZ is a big fan on 18 trucks as well.
Dorian with the 10 sec whipple truck also made big gains when he was n/a using the GT intake....
Dorian with the 10 sec whipple truck also made big gains when he was n/a using the GT intake....
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The stock 18 truck manifold definitely doesn't pull like the 18 mustang manifold from 6k onward. It picks up a lot from there on. The truck manifold is unquestionably better down low. The compression and slightly more displacement on the new 5.0 makes a HUGE difference on low end when you add airflow.
The torque curve is damn near flat from 2k to 7k on my buddy's with longtubes, PMAS intake and e85 tune.
So far on the edyno software it went up in power like this (2018 mustang gt not the truck):
Stock: 401 whp
Tuned on 93: 418 whp
tuned on E85: 440 whp
Longtubes + E85: 459 whp
Longtubes + E85 + PMAS intake: 478 whp
These numbers are all uncorrected in **** weather. He's not going to do many more N/A mods before doing the whipple supercharger, so this is likely all we'll see
Torque has literally shifted upwards every single point of the curve too. The amount of timing it's capable of running at low rpms with E85 makes a HUGE difference when launching off the line, it's crazy.
The torque curve is damn near flat from 2k to 7k on my buddy's with longtubes, PMAS intake and e85 tune.
So far on the edyno software it went up in power like this (2018 mustang gt not the truck):
Stock: 401 whp
Tuned on 93: 418 whp
tuned on E85: 440 whp
Longtubes + E85: 459 whp
Longtubes + E85 + PMAS intake: 478 whp
These numbers are all uncorrected in **** weather. He's not going to do many more N/A mods before doing the whipple supercharger, so this is likely all we'll see
Torque has literally shifted upwards every single point of the curve too. The amount of timing it's capable of running at low rpms with E85 makes a HUGE difference when launching off the line, it's crazy.
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Uh oh, what will we do now, another cold air intake that makes horsepower lol.
Joking aside, good to know, I'd have to see a back to back in the intake, but can't find it. PMAS intake sounds like the trick though.
Joking aside, good to know, I'd have to see a back to back in the intake, but can't find it. PMAS intake sounds like the trick though.