Hi there
I just fitted myself some Charge Motion Plates to my Mustang in my quest for more horse power and torque. The fitting is pretty straight forward but great care has to be taken as your removing the intake manifold and injectors so one bit of dirt means knackered engine and accidently knock an injector means new ones required.
To help explain charge motion plates more and how they fitted see the following links:-
Fitting Guide
Break down of BHP and Torque improvements throughout the rev range
So I proceeded with great care taking a few photo's along the way for the major steps of the installation:-
Start off by removing every as per the instruction, disconnecting cables, loosening bolts and removing etc. etc. Then gently lifting out the injectors. The instructions say you should release the fuel pressure line but this is messy and dangerous so I lifted both fuel rail assemblies all intack and gently put them to one side and then covered them with a white towel to keep them protected as can be seen here:-
Picture of the cylinder head, anything drops down into those holes and engine can be kissed goodbye, so extreme caution hence why the ATI umbrella etc. etc. to just reduce risk of anything dropping in:-
Here is a picture of the old Charge Motion plates just removed from the intake manifold, as you can see they have butterflies in them which open and close according to throttle position which aids in reducing emissions but restrict airflow, robbing power. As you can see I have carefully removed the rubber gaskets for use in the new charge motion plates:-
Here is picture of the intake manifold and throttle body inside my house with the new charge motion plates fitted which are polished and have no butterflies allowing for maximum airflow. Here you can see the green rubber gaskets in place:-
I just fitted myself some Charge Motion Plates to my Mustang in my quest for more horse power and torque. The fitting is pretty straight forward but great care has to be taken as your removing the intake manifold and injectors so one bit of dirt means knackered engine and accidently knock an injector means new ones required.
To help explain charge motion plates more and how they fitted see the following links:-
Fitting Guide
Break down of BHP and Torque improvements throughout the rev range
So I proceeded with great care taking a few photo's along the way for the major steps of the installation:-
Start off by removing every as per the instruction, disconnecting cables, loosening bolts and removing etc. etc. Then gently lifting out the injectors. The instructions say you should release the fuel pressure line but this is messy and dangerous so I lifted both fuel rail assemblies all intack and gently put them to one side and then covered them with a white towel to keep them protected as can be seen here:-
Picture of the cylinder head, anything drops down into those holes and engine can be kissed goodbye, so extreme caution hence why the ATI umbrella etc. etc. to just reduce risk of anything dropping in:-
Here is a picture of the old Charge Motion plates just removed from the intake manifold, as you can see they have butterflies in them which open and close according to throttle position which aids in reducing emissions but restrict airflow, robbing power. As you can see I have carefully removed the rubber gaskets for use in the new charge motion plates:-
Here is picture of the intake manifold and throttle body inside my house with the new charge motion plates fitted which are polished and have no butterflies allowing for maximum airflow. Here you can see the green rubber gaskets in place:-
Leave it for 10 mins for the ECU to adapt as well and go out for a quick drive. Straight away I can hear a slightly deeper tone to the engine and even more responsive throttle response and as soon as the pressing the loud pedal to the floor and pushing past 4000rpm I can feel the extra power, so a good $300 well spend in my view. 
