2024 Ecoboost 2.3 Turbo intake flange stud bolts torque spec? - 2024 K&N Cold Air Intake is Junk!

[Tim_CO]

Hello All,

Can anybody tell me the Ford torque spec for the bolts that's connect the OEM air intake flange to the turbo studs?

My son and I installed the 2024 version of the K&N cold air intake on my car yesterday. The instructions from K&N didn't include a torque spec.

For the record, after a half an hour driving and several hard pulls my son and i both concluded the K&N intake was slowing down the car. I pulled all that garbage out and it's going back to K&N.

Long story short, the OEM air intake feeds air from in front of the engine via a duct that firmly clips into the main airbox tube. This ensures the aurbox gets air from in front of the radiator. The K&N intake box doesn't have any means of securely connecting to said "cold air intake" tube.

After driving for half an hour, the K&N box had completely seperated from the intended cold air source by over an inch and was pulling in hot air from beside the radiator. It's a bad design.

I'll do a write up if anybody is interested. In the interim, I would really appreciate that torque spec. I googled for half an hour and I couldn't find anything for the 2024.

Sponsored

 

[roket]

its 97in-lb or 8ft-lb

 

[Tim_CO]

its 97in-lb or 8ft-lb

Thank you very much!

 

[MAT1955]

@Tim_CO ...... yes, the intake design was carefully thought out by Ford. I have noticed (obviously) sitting in traffic can warm-up the intake air but as soon as I hit 30 mph the twin air induction "snorkels" do their work and shoot cooler air right into the engine, then engine head temps and oil temps started to drop. I do not like any of the aftermarket air induction systems I have seen. I would rather monitor my oem Ford air filters and change them when they show signs of dirt. These 2024 Coyote 12:1 engines are very, very sophisticated. Ford has really perfected them, their induction and exhaust systems for very good performance.

 

[mustang Sean 24]

I also have a 2.3L and purchased and installed a K&N cold air intake and noticed the exact same thing. Where the main box comes out of the radiator area it doesn’t connect properly to the K&N tube. Tried a million times to clip it in better but it just won’t totally connect. Not to mention I have had a check engine light on ever since that won’t go away no matter how much I tighten everything down. No clue what the issue is.

 

[dbroush7]

Hello All,

Can anybody tell me the Ford torque spec for the bolts that's connect the OEM air intake flange to the turbo studs?

My son and I installed the 2024 version of the K&N cold air intake on my car yesterday. The instructions from K&N didn't include a torque spec.

For the record, after a half an hour driving and several hard pulls my son and i both concluded the K&N intake was slowing down the car. I pulled all that garbage out and it's going back to K&N.

Long story short, the OEM air intake feeds air from in front of the engine via a duct that firmly clips into the main airbox tube. This ensures the aurbox gets air from in front of the radiator. The K&N intake box doesn't have any means of securely connecting to said "cold air intake" tube.

After driving for half an hour, the K&N box had completely seperated from the intended cold air source by over an inch and was pulling in hot air from beside the radiator. It's a bad design.

I'll do a write up if anybody is interested. In the interim, I would really appreciate that torque spec. I googled for half an hour and I couldn't find anything for the 2024.

This is why, after a very careful study of the design and materials the k&n was made of, I avoided that option and instead got the induction tube from Eurocompulsion. It's been an excellent setup with objectively improved results. Unlike the k&n design which is over ambitious and under executed, it's made out of a great insulating material and builds on the already good OEM design.

 

[Slothman]

I also have a 2.3L and purchased and installed a K&N cold air intake and noticed the exact same thing. Where the main box comes out of the radiator area it doesn’t connect properly to the K&N tube. Tried a million times to clip it in better but it just won’t totally connect. Not to mention I have had a check engine light on ever since that won’t go away no matter how much I tighten everything down. No clue what the issue is.

The CEL is probably P04DB.

Sponsored