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Ok, Noall said he wanted to see a pic of the open air cleaner mod I did to my '90 CFI. I've done this to two of my 1st gens, and it seems to work well, as long as your engine compartment isn't real dirty, 'cause it will soil the filter real quick. I basically did it for cosmetic reasons. I always hated the look of the intake plumbing and I think the open air cleaner housing cleans up the engine room a bit. No real performance benefit, although you can hear the intake a little more under WOT. You can barely see the weird crankcase breather setup I've got hooked up to the left of the filter. Basically had to wire tie the filter together to keep the system functional (main reason I'm looking to do away with the baffle-style PCV system and go with the conventional PCV valve setup).
And a few other pics, just 'cause:
Can't really see the rally-style fog lights I rigged behind the mesh grille! Should've turned them on when the pic was taken.
Getting my daughter into Fords early! She loves Daddy's "old car."
Getting rid of the red. One of the major tasks of this project. Not sure I'll ever get rid of the red in the engine compartment, or behind panels and such. Maybe if it gets a full resto someday, who knows....

And a few other pics, just 'cause:
Can't really see the rally-style fog lights I rigged behind the mesh grille! Should've turned them on when the pic was taken.

Getting my daughter into Fords early! She loves Daddy's "old car."

Getting rid of the red. One of the major tasks of this project. Not sure I'll ever get rid of the red in the engine compartment, or behind panels and such. Maybe if it gets a full resto someday, who knows....
