Mishimoto R&D: 2017+ F-150 / Raptor Intercooler Pipes

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Hey everybody,

Mishimoto has been working on intercooler pipes for the 2017+ 3.5L EcoBoost F-150 and Raptor! We drew from our experience with the 2015-2016 3.5L EcoBoost to create these pipes, but they're tailor made to fit the 2nd Gen 3.5L. These pipes, along with out full intercooler kit for the 2nd Gen 3.5L, are also on pre-sale! Check out the links at the bottom of this post for those sales.



Respiration Aspirations — Intercooler Pipe R&D: Complete Design
mg_0342_1_cc9d5914334482732225930ef5de2ed82954439d.jpg

Breathing: something that is unanimously regarded as important. Trees breathe, you breathe (I hope), even cars and trucks breathe.

If you’re an auto-enthusiast, you don’t think too much about those first two facts, but you’re always thinking about that last one. After all, an engine in its simplest form is an air pump. That means the amount of power an engine makes is largely determined by how much air it can pull in and push out. There’s a reason that intakes and exhaust are often the first modifications on cars and trucks.

Intakes and exhausts aren’t the only way to increase the power and efficiency of an engine. If your vehicle has forced induction, you know there are a lot of components between the outside air and the engine’s cylinders that can have major effects on power. If there are two turbos in that equation, like the 3.5L EcoBoost found in the 2017+ F-150, those components are even more critical to your engine’s respiration.

dsc2805_n_5625787504fa5e77fa1f72e5746ad1755fcc7ec9.jpg

Getting the pipes that carry all that compressed atmosphere to your engine right is one of the most important aspects of tuning a turbocharged engine. Without intercooler piping, all that power your turbochargers make would be released into the atmosphere as nothing more than hot air. You can also lose a lot of that power potential if your intercooler pipes are incorrectly sized. Intercooler pipes that are too small or have hard bends can restrict flow, making your turbochargers work harder and become less effective. Too large and the turbos won’t be able to flow enough air to fill them and you’ll lose boost pressure.
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Strength is also an important factor in intercooler pipes. When your turbos are exerting 18+ pounds of pressure against every square inch of material, a single crack or chip could prove disastrous. This is especially true for pipes equipped on vehicles like the 2017+ F-150, and even more so on the F-150’s Raptor variant. Every wide-open throttle pull at the drag strip. Every pothole on the highway. Every dune jump in the desert. They all put stress on your truck’s components, including the intercooler pipes. Adding more boost to the mix just adds that much more stress to the intercooler pipes.

It’s for these reasons that many F-150 EcoBoost owners choose to upgrade their plastic intercooler pipes to higher-flowing, more durable aluminum pipes.

mg_0504_04062670fcfa05300fedb88bed217e5317da4f48.jpg

At Mishimoto, we’ve drawn on our knowledge of the EcoBoost platform to develop just that for the 2017+ F-150/Raptor 3.5L EcoBoost. Like all our products, we’ve spent countless hours making sure our intercooler pipes fit like stock, while allowing your 3.5L’s twin-turbo induction system to breathe easier. Our aircraft-grade aluminum pipes are more durable than the stock plastic pipes and include our DuraCore™ boots to ensure all the boost your turbos produce makes its way into the cylinders and no power is wasted.

ishi_pipe_44de7ce97d7a60bf03634c9248e56d8e0fc6c55b.jpg

Your 2017+ F-150/Raptor 3.5L EcoBoost is a tough truck that’s capable of tackling anything from the jobsite to the dunes. Shouldn’t you be able to say the same about the intercooler pipes under your hood?

Thanks for reading,
-Steve



Pre-Sale Links:

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2017+ Ford F-150/Raptor Intercooler Pipe (Cold Side) Pre-sale


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2017+ Ford F-150/Raptor Intercooler Pipe (Hot Side) Pre-sale


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2017+ Ford F-150/Raptor Intercooler Pipe Kit Pre-sale


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2017+ Ford F-150/Raptor Intercooler & Pipe Kit Pre-sale
 
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Hey everybody,

Mishimoto has been working on intercooler pipes for the 2017+ 3.5L EcoBoost F-150 and Raptor! We drew from our experience with the 2015-2016 3.5L EcoBoost to create these pipes, but they're tailor made to fit the 2nd Gen 3.5L. These pipes, along with out full intercooler kit for the 2nd Gen 3.5L, are also on pre-sale! Check out the links at the bottom of this post for those sales.



Respiration Aspirations — Intercooler Pipe R&D: Complete Design
mg_0342_1_cc9d5914334482732225930ef5de2ed82954439d.jpg

Breathing: something that is unanimously regarded as important. Trees breathe, you breathe (I hope), even cars and trucks breathe.

If you’re an auto-enthusiast, you don’t think too much about those first two facts, but you’re always thinking about that last one. After all, an engine in its simplest form is an air pump. That means the amount of power an engine makes is largely determined by how much air it can pull in and push out. There’s a reason that intakes and exhaust are often the first modifications on cars and trucks.

Intakes and exhausts aren’t the only way to increase the power and efficiency of an engine. If your vehicle has forced induction, you know there are a lot of components between the outside air and the engine’s cylinders that can have major effects on power. If there are two turbos in that equation, like the 3.5L EcoBoost found in the 2017+ F-150, those components are even more critical to your engine’s respiration.

dsc2805_n_5625787504fa5e77fa1f72e5746ad1755fcc7ec9.jpg

Getting the pipes that carry all that compressed atmosphere to your engine right is one of the most important aspects of tuning a turbocharged engine. Without intercooler piping, all that power your turbochargers make would be released into the atmosphere as nothing more than hot air. You can also lose a lot of that power potential if your intercooler pipes are incorrectly sized. Intercooler pipes that are too small or have hard bends can restrict flow, making your turbochargers work harder and become less effective. Too large and the turbos won’t be able to flow enough air to fill them and you’ll lose boost pressure.
mg_0161_f7ff82600828b58dc9be3dfd30e219e989944824.jpg

Strength is also an important factor in intercooler pipes. When your turbos are exerting 18+ pounds of pressure against every square inch of material, a single crack or chip could prove disastrous. This is especially true for pipes equipped on vehicles like the 2017+ F-150, and even more so on the F-150’s Raptor variant. Every wide-open throttle pull at the drag strip. Every pothole on the highway. Every dune jump in the desert. They all put stress on your truck’s components, including the intercooler pipes. Adding more boost to the mix just adds that much more stress to the intercooler pipes.

It’s for these reasons that many F-150 EcoBoost owners choose to upgrade their plastic intercooler pipes to higher-flowing, more durable aluminum pipes.

mg_0504_04062670fcfa05300fedb88bed217e5317da4f48.jpg

At Mishimoto, we’ve drawn on our knowledge of the EcoBoost platform to develop just that for the 2017+ F-150/Raptor 3.5L EcoBoost. Like all our products, we’ve spent countless hours making sure our intercooler pipes fit like stock, while allowing your 3.5L’s twin-turbo induction system to breathe easier. Our aircraft-grade aluminum pipes are more durable than the stock plastic pipes and include our DuraCore™ boots to ensure all the boost your turbos produce makes its way into the cylinders and no power is wasted.

ishi_pipe_44de7ce97d7a60bf03634c9248e56d8e0fc6c55b.jpg

Your 2017+ F-150/Raptor 3.5L EcoBoost is a tough truck that’s capable of tackling anything from the jobsite to the dunes. Shouldn’t you be able to say the same about the intercooler pipes under your hood?

Thanks for reading,
-Steve



Pre-Sale Links:

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2017+ Ford F-150/Raptor Intercooler Pipe (Cold Side) Pre-sale


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2017+ Ford F-150/Raptor Intercooler Pipe (Hot Side) Pre-sale


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2017+ Ford F-150/Raptor Intercooler Pipe Kit Pre-sale


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2017+ Ford F-150/Raptor Intercooler & Pipe Kit Pre-sale
The only question I have is does it make more power and if so let’s see the Dyno sheet. Then I might jump on it. Thanks looks very nice. Also none of the links are working for me either.
 
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Links not working?

The only question I have is does it make more power and if so let’s see the Dyno sheet. Then I might jump on it. Thanks looks very nice. Also none of the links are working for me either.

Fixed the links, sorry about that! As for power, the stock tune on these trucks will compensate for any changes in airflow and run at stock parameters, thus not making power. Since we weren't able to test these pipes on a tuned F-150, we can't provide power figures. However, Tifosi Performance down in Texas did some independent testing of our previous gen pipes with some good results: https://www.f150ecoboost.net/forum/...-test-tifosi-performance-469rwhp-525rwtq.html

These pipes are very similar in volume increase with minor adjustments made for the routing of the pipes in the 2nd Gen 3.5L engine bay, so we would expect results with a tune to be similar to those Tifosi saw with our 1st gen pipes.

Thanks!
-Steve
 
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Hey everybody,

Just wanted to let you know that the pre-sale for these kits has ended. If you'd still like to purchase a kit, please see the product pages in the post above, or check out our distributors' sites for more great deals!

Thanks,
-Steve
 

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Bump... Anyone change out the intercooler pipes when upgrading stock intercooler? I am putting in whipple IC next week and turbosmart BOV. I am curious if anyone changed out their piping and felt it was actually worth while.
 
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If you're working with the stock intercooler and BOV, the piping is more of a durability upgrade with silicone and aluminum vs. the factory plastic setup. Our piping does offer a larger diameter and smoother design which offers better airflow, optimizing the performance, but it's not quite enough of a difference to see a large power increase on their own. If you're using the piping with an upgraded intercooler, it further assists with airflow and power gains you'd received from the upgraded core performance and flow, as the piping prevents any restriction to help flow through a larger core. We can't guarantee direct fitment with another aftermarket setup, but if the intercooler is compatible with the OEM Ford piping, it should work with ours as well. We have, unfortunately, seen the occasional issue with the fitment of the Turbosmart valves on our piping so we recommend caution on that.

If you have any other questions on performance and fitment on the piping, feel free to get in touch with our customer service team and we'll be happy to look into your preferred setup.

Thanks,

Mishimoto
 

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Hey everybody,

Mishimoto has been working on intercooler pipes for the 2017+ 3.5L EcoBoost F-150 and Raptor! We drew from our experience with the 2015-2016 3.5L EcoBoost to create these pipes, but they're tailor made to fit the 2nd Gen 3.5L. These pipes, along with out full intercooler kit for the 2nd Gen 3.5L, are also on pre-sale! Check out the links at the bottom of this post for those sales.



Respiration Aspirations — Intercooler Pipe R&D: Complete Design
mg_0342_1_cc9d5914334482732225930ef5de2ed82954439d.jpg

Breathing: something that is unanimously regarded as important. Trees breathe, you breathe (I hope), even cars and trucks breathe.

If you’re an auto-enthusiast, you don’t think too much about those first two facts, but you’re always thinking about that last one. After all, an engine in its simplest form is an air pump. That means the amount of power an engine makes is largely determined by how much air it can pull in and push out. There’s a reason that intakes and exhaust are often the first modifications on cars and trucks.

Intakes and exhausts aren’t the only way to increase the power and efficiency of an engine. If your vehicle has forced induction, you know there are a lot of components between the outside air and the engine’s cylinders that can have major effects on power. If there are two turbos in that equation, like the 3.5L EcoBoost found in the 2017+ F-150, those components are even more critical to your engine’s respiration.

dsc2805_n_5625787504fa5e77fa1f72e5746ad1755fcc7ec9.jpg

Getting the pipes that carry all that compressed atmosphere to your engine right is one of the most important aspects of tuning a turbocharged engine. Without intercooler piping, all that power your turbochargers make would be released into the atmosphere as nothing more than hot air. You can also lose a lot of that power potential if your intercooler pipes are incorrectly sized. Intercooler pipes that are too small or have hard bends can restrict flow, making your turbochargers work harder and become less effective. Too large and the turbos won’t be able to flow enough air to fill them and you’ll lose boost pressure.
mg_0161_f7ff82600828b58dc9be3dfd30e219e989944824.jpg

Strength is also an important factor in intercooler pipes. When your turbos are exerting 18+ pounds of pressure against every square inch of material, a single crack or chip could prove disastrous. This is especially true for pipes equipped on vehicles like the 2017+ F-150, and even more so on the F-150’s Raptor variant. Every wide-open throttle pull at the drag strip. Every pothole on the highway. Every dune jump in the desert. They all put stress on your truck’s components, including the intercooler pipes. Adding more boost to the mix just adds that much more stress to the intercooler pipes.

It’s for these reasons that many F-150 EcoBoost owners choose to upgrade their plastic intercooler pipes to higher-flowing, more durable aluminum pipes.

mg_0504_04062670fcfa05300fedb88bed217e5317da4f48.jpg

At Mishimoto, we’ve drawn on our knowledge of the EcoBoost platform to develop just that for the 2017+ F-150/Raptor 3.5L EcoBoost. Like all our products, we’ve spent countless hours making sure our intercooler pipes fit like stock, while allowing your 3.5L’s twin-turbo induction system to breathe easier. Our aircraft-grade aluminum pipes are more durable than the stock plastic pipes and include our DuraCore™ boots to ensure all the boost your turbos produce makes its way into the cylinders and no power is wasted.

ishi_pipe_44de7ce97d7a60bf03634c9248e56d8e0fc6c55b.jpg

Your 2017+ F-150/Raptor 3.5L EcoBoost is a tough truck that’s capable of tackling anything from the jobsite to the dunes. Shouldn’t you be able to say the same about the intercooler pipes under your hood?

Thanks for reading,
-Steve



Pre-Sale Links:

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2017+ Ford F-150/Raptor Intercooler Pipe (Cold Side) Pre-sale


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2017+ Ford F-150/Raptor Intercooler Pipe (Hot Side) Pre-sale


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2017+ Ford F-150/Raptor Intercooler Pipe Kit Pre-sale


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2017+ Ford F-150/Raptor Intercooler & Pipe Kit Pre-sale
Will they work with front mount intercooler like COBB?
 
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