FRPP intake manifold...is this normal?

[JeremyH]

Mine have slight wear as well but look "cleaner", guessing from assembly, They must be using the ball end allen that gets fucking stuck in there once the bolt is torqued down, they take ssome force to pull it out.

 

[JeremyH]

have you revved urs and watched the intake?

Yeah watched it on the dyno. I will def keep an eye out for it from now on thats for sure.

 

[05stroker]

Is it possible this is an early test unit ?

 

[06GTMustang89]

that is possible but the early test units don't have the reinforcements on the runners like me and lightblades do...mattd got one of the first ones and its doesn't have hte reinforcements on the runners...doesn't look like they are helping in my case

 

[US-1]

So you guys still want a frickin' PLASTIC intake manifold?



C&L rules.

 

[JeremyH]

Yes I aint scurred of the breathing black lung lol

 

[fdjizm]

wow that's odd, must have been a bad casting walls too thin or something.

 

[Blue Meanie]

Yikes! I installed mine on Friday. Just checked....mine's alive too. I'll be calling FRPP's tech line first thing Monday.

 

[Corpo]

Just as lito said, I would bet the top of the manifold is being sucked down under vac causing the runners to bulge. Since lightblade is under boost his won't 'squat'. So it's just us na guys that gotta worry. Shit I can't test mine until sept.

 

[Blxcklist]

Oh shit, now theres two black lungs running around that we know of.

 

[white05gt]

Just as lito said, I would bet the top of the manifold is being sucked down under vac causing the runners to bulge. Since lightblade is under boost his won't 'squat'. So it's just us na guys that gotta worry. Shit I can't test mine until sept.

With forced induction, you still pull a vacuum when your not in the boost.

 

[06GTMustang89]

Yikes! I installed mine on Friday. Just checked....mine's alive too. I'll be calling FRPP's tech line first thing Monday.

let us know what they say about this!

 

[yellowjohn1]

Wow, that's pretty ate up. I'm sure it's probably just a fluke but I think I'll go with metal when I step up to a new intake. When I clicked on the video I thought I would have a hard time seeing what you described. Not so much.

 

[06GTMustang89]

the shitty thing is that if my next FRPP intake does this i can't switch back to the stock one because you have to cut your stock fuel line in between the fuel rails so you have to go out and get another rubber line cut and make it work with the stock or even the C&L which uses your stock line

 

[yellowjohn1]

the shitty thing is that if my next FRPP intake does this i can't switch back to the stock one because you have to cut your stock fuel line in between the fuel rails so you have to go out and get another rubber line cut and make it work with the stock or even the C&L which uses your stock line

If you get another one and it does the same thing I would go with the squeeky wheel gets the grease approach. I'm pretty sure FRPP and/or the dealer you bought it from would be happy to supply you with a new rubber line to keep the bad publicity down on their new intake.

 

[Blue Meanie]

let us know what they say about this!

Will do. The scary thing is that the part that flexes is the part that the fuel rail is bolted on to. I thought I noticed the rails flexing yesterday while I was rechecking for fuel leaks, then thought it might be the engine torquing over, but I've got Prothane mounts and torque limiters my engine doesn't move at all. I wonder how many times the injectors can flex on the rail like that before an o ring gives out.

 

[06GTMustang89]

Will do. The scary thing is that the part that flexes is the part that the fuel rail is bolted on to. I thought I noticed the rails flexing yesterday while I was rechecking for fuel leaks, then thought it might be the engine torquing over, but I've got Prothane mounts and torque limiters my engine doesn't move at all. I wonder how many times the injectors can flex on the rail like that before an o ring gives out.

exactly!! thats why im taking mine off now and preparing it to go back once i get my rma number from americanmuscle...hopefully the new one doesn't do this

 

[06silverbullet]

after reading this makes me think twice about even looking at the frpp manifold. i'm def happy i got the c&l.

why do you have to cut the fuel line for the frpp intake?

 

[06GTMustang89]

because you can't use the stock line because its not long enough to go over the new manifold...ford provides a new line that goes through the intake instead of over..

 

[fdjizm]

your intake sucks