[Trunk Monkey]

I've been holding onto this old magazine since I was in the military. Enjoy! There's a lot of interesting dyno numbers for various mods including a 1.2 HP gain from just swapping in a K&N panel filter. Woo Hoo! LOL

You won't find this one in the Fleet of Fame.

 

[cjchevez]

They just needed to wait for the PI heads three years or so later .

That would give you about 40hp gain add some 4.10's and you are flying like a bird should .

 

[v8_superbirdy]

pretty cool from way back in aug of 96..course they should have used a 96 bird.

 

[94MN1246]

very cool. i was unaware that we had AODEs with our 4.6s. haha, what an oversight.

-John

 

[theterminator93]

Nice read, very enlightening.

 

[SignofTheCat94]

Cool; thanks for posting that! Very fun read!

 

[_95badbird]

badass, thanks!

 

[jco1385]

very cool. i was unaware that we had AODEs with our 4.6s. haha, what an oversight.

-John

i caught that too.

 

[Audiobahnbird]

First mod should have been ditching those stupid wheels.

 

[XR7-4.6]

First mod should have been ditching those stupid wheels.

Considering the wheel selection in 1996 they probably added them as the first mod lol

 

[93NotchLX]

Anyone else notice that they said that birds have had a 4.6 since 1993?

 

[94MN1246]

they did. the 94s were produced and sold beginning in late 93 sooo technically theyre right. i thought that was a little weird, too.

-John

 

[Audiobahnbird]

Considering the wheel selection in 1996 they probably added them as the first mod lol

Sport wheels would have been a much better choice lol.

 

[1995 cougar xr7]

cool article, i like looking in old magazines that i've saved and reading stuff like that

 

[Mgino96tbird46]

Always nice to see these older speed magazine articles.

opps, resurrected another old thread....dang it.

 

[Earl]

Interesting stuff...although the gains really where minimal....anybody think they would have seen greater gains using a 96 bird with the composite NPI intake?

 

[Nitemare]

I didn't expect anything from the K&N, especially the 16lb-ft peak tq gain that they say they got from just the panel filter. But a 40lb-ft and 15hp gain from a K&N cone, a bolt-on faux-dual exhaust, and a chip, through the 95 intake definitely doesn't sound bad to me.

 

[Mgino96tbird46]

Interesting stuff...although the gains really where minimal....anybody think they would have seen greater gains using a 96 bird with the composite NPI intake?

definitely. Torque would be about 20 ft/lbs higher...I think.

 

[Earl]

I didn't expect anything from the K&N, especially the 16lb-ft peak tq gain that they say they got from just the panel filter. But a 40lb-ft and 15hp gain from a K&N cone, a bolt-on faux-dual exhaust, and a chip, through the 95 intake definitely doesn't sound bad to me.

makes me wonder what the gains where on my 95 with a similar filter setup and true dual exhaust / no third cat

 

[AnthraxBird]

I didn't expect anything from the K&N, especially the 16lb-ft peak tq gain that they say they got from just the panel filter. But a 40lb-ft and 15hp gain from a K&N cone, a bolt-on faux-dual exhaust, and a chip, through the 95 intake definitely doesn't sound bad to me.

+1 I read that and was like "WTF?!" lol