The intake came today. This thing is HEAVY. Some paces have an inch or more of metal. But is it made by Ford?

http://homepage.mac.com/unity/prototypeintake/DSC04448.JPG

http://homepage.mac.com/unity/prototypeintake/DSC04445.JPG

Prototype decal:
http://homepage.mac.com/unity/prototypeintake/DSC04439.JPG

Throttle body decal:
http://homepage.mac.com/unity/prototypeintake/DSC04440.JPG

Part number?
http://homepage.mac.com/unity/prototypeintake/DSC04443.JPG

TPS sensor. Kind like this "chrome" look:
http://homepage.mac.com/unity/prototypeintake/DSC04447.JPG

I dont recall the 01 intake, but the mouth on this one seems much deeper:
http://homepage.mac.com/unity/prototypeintake/DSC04444.JPG

Some welding work done. It seems as if it was cast and this may have been working from filling the hat:
http://homepage.mac.com/unity/prototypeintake/DSC04441.JPG

http://homepage.mac.com/unity/prototypeintake/DSC04442.JPG


So what the heck is it? LOL But it wont fit any lower I know of. None of the gaskets match up.

Ok, a part number search shows this is most likely a Cobra intake. Later 01 models and such. Part numbers match except the suffix of CA versus the production of CD.

It's prolly a prototype that was not supposed to leave the building, and should have been destroyed. Looks like someone got the ol' five finger discount! :) Since there are no lower manifolds that it fits, maybe you should contact ford. Might be someone there who can give you more info.

I would love to get in contact with Ford, but I've found thats like talking to a brick wall. Its sometimes hard to find the right person who would actually love to talk about something like this.

Wish I had a lower. I doubt this is in anyway perfected, but it would be neat to have and maybe even try. I would have no problem doing dyno runs to compare each.