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Interestingly, this is not a Ford Motorsports crate Coyote 5.0l V8. This is actually a take out that Dave bought from Saleen, who replaces their modified S197 Saleen Mustangs with 351 Cubic Inch DOHC engines. You can buy these Coyote engines that Saleen removes as they don’t have a use for them once they are out. It’s also that Dave didn’t just buy one, he bought two.
He didn’t use it as a spare, rather he gave it to AEM to help them create the base for their Infinity 8 ECU that would work with the Coyote 5.0l since they hadn’t until now. This is a plug and play system for the Coyote engine and if you do have a swap from the Ford Motorsports crate Coyote…
It can also be used in conjunction with the Ford Engine Controls package. This is the pack you buy so you can install the new Coyote in pretty much anything you want to put it in. It includes the PCM, relay box, MAF, air filer box, intake elbow…
Electronic throttle pedal and a bunch of other smaller pieces. However, the K&N RTR Mustang doesn’t use the OEM air box.
Instead of using the MAF sensor and the OEM throttle body, they switched out to MAP sensor and larger Accufab electronic throttle body.
This allowed the K&N Engineering team to create this one-off intake for the RTR Mustang. The filter is the same size and shape as the K&N replacement filter for the Dodge Viper.
The lower part of the new filter box is located in the upper grill, which has been modified as you see here. The rest of the grill is blocked off and, in doing so, should create a ram air effect at race speed. The air for the radiator comes from the lower grill on the front bumper.
