Horse Sense:
In the spirit of Mister Norm's (a Mopar performance outlet of Grand Spaulding Dodge of Chicago) and Royal Pontiac in Motown (another dealer-based hi-po unit of the musclecar '60s) Anderson Ford Motorsport is the mold from which many of today's Ford dealers' performance teams are made. AFM, anchored by Anderson Ford Mercury in Clinton, Illinois, is one of the leaders in Mustang-specific performance products and over the years has supported several racers in NMRA's Real Street, Drag Radial, EFI Renegade, and Pure Street classes.
AFM's horsepower concept remains the same with regard to the '05 Mustang Power Pipe
AFM's horsepower concept remains the same for the '05 Mustang Power Pipe
Anderson Ford Motorsport's...
Anderson Ford Motorsport's TJ Clark begins by removing the stock air-inlet tube and airbox. When all the wiring for the air-bypass sensor, the PCV valve (a small conical breather element in the kit replaces the PCV), and the mass air sensor have been disconnected and cleared, the tube and box are removed as a single assembly. Note how restricted the inlet is due to its nearly hairpin shape.
A cooler higher-volume/higher-velocity intake charge (cold air/ram air) certainly will help an engine make more torque and more high-rpm horsepower (under-hood ambient air temperature is usually high, the air is not as dense, and stock air-intake systems are usually restrictive), but again, making horsepower with a "cold air" intake is not just an instant fix.
This aluminum heat shield...
This aluminum heat shield isolates the incoming ambient air from the engine-heated air under the hood.
Our baseline numbers were...
Our baseline numbers were run on AFM's in-house '05 Mustang GT mule with a stock airbox and a stock tune. The car's only other mods were JBA Shorty headers, a Bassani X-pipe, and Bassani mufflers. The only change to the car for the AFM Power Pipe runs was the addition of the Power Pipe and 80mm mass air meter calibrated for the stock injectors. Rick saw peak gains of 15.60 hp and 14.51 lb-ft of torque over the OEM airbox/mass air/inlet tube combination.
Every Power Pipe kit includes...
Every Power Pipe kit includes a new wiring harness for the mass air sensor because of its new location. Here, TJ connects the new harness and routes it through the heat shield.
"We don't make fluff," Rick Anderson said, regarding his decision to go forward with a Power Pipe for '05 Mustangs. "Our products have to prove to us that they're worth making, and we get that proof through our extensive dyno testing during development."