READ BEFORE INSTALLING!!

Please read the following carefully if you are planning on installing any items you purchased from F-5 Performance.  Once these products are installed, you agree to the following statement.

First and foremost, we offer no warranty. Also, all sales are final (unless unopened).  Returned items will be subjected to a 15% restocking fee.  F-5 Performance products are NOT approved by Dodge or any other automobile-governing agency. These products are strictly for looks and performance upgrades. If you have questions about voiding your warranty or violating any emissions laws, you should contact Dodge or your local authorities and tell them what you are planning to do and let them tell you if it will void your warranty.  As with any modification to your car that you make, it is your responsibility to make sure you are obeying your local and state laws and it is your responsibility to make sure you do not void your warranty. 

Now that we have covered the basics, let's cover what to do if you have a problem with your purchase.  If you purchase something from F-5 Performance and have a problem with it, please contact us by email (preferred) or at 214-773-0734 directly.  We will resolve our part of any problem providing it is not the result of negligence.    

F-5 Performance strives to make the best product available for the Second Generation Dodge Stratus Sedan, Sebring Sedan and Sebring Convertible.  This disclaimer is not intended to scare you out of installing any of our products.  This disclaimer is intended to prevent someone from trying to sue over something that only required a little common sense to avoid. Again, if there are any questions, feel free to ask.  Thank you for your business and enjoy your purchase. 

E-mail address: F5Performance@sbcglobal.net
Phone# 214-773-0734 

FACTORY AIR BOX REMOVAL 

Some of these pictures are in black and white as we have not had a stock car for some time and as newer versions of the intakes have been released we have had to update our instructions. 

Please keep in mind this is not a mass produced product.  It is possible there may be some adjusting to the intake that needs to be done on your part to ensure a good fit but it should be minimal.  Each intake is hand made and we take much pride in our work.   Park your car where it won’t have to be moved for a while.  This should take less than 30 minutes.  During this process you will NOT be able to start your car for any reason.   

Step 1:
Disconnect the negative cable from the drivers side strut tower.  It's a 15MM socket.  See picture:

Step 2:
Remove the nut holding the big black plastic box.  It’s an 8mm nut.  See picture for nut location:

Step 3:
Next remove the crankcase ventilation hose from the plastic barb on the OE air tube.  Grab firmly and just pull off slowly.  The red arrow is pointing to the vent hose.  Remove it from the factory air box.  This changed to 2 separate hoses on the 05 Models.  Remove them both if you have an 05:

Step 4:
Near the throttle body and plugged into the factory air tube is the IAT sensor.  Remove the IAT plug harness.  Move the red tab in an upward motion with a flathead screwdriver or your finger, it will not come out completely it will only slide back.  Once it’s moved, push in on the black tab directly behind the red tab and carefully pull the plug harness off.  Pictured is the IAT sensor:

Step 5:
Remove the hose clamp holding the air assembly to the throttle body.  See picture:

Step 6:
On the ribbed air box where it meets the air tube there are two big black tabs on either side.  Push them in towards the pipe and this should allow you to pull the tube apart from the box.  See picture:

Step 7:
Remove the air tube from the engine bay.  Once removed, pull out the IAT sensor VERY CAREFULLY.  Grab hold of the plug and pull straight out.  Don’t bend from side to side or you will break it.  It will be hard to get out but just keep pulling.  You can use some needle nose pliers to pull it out but be careful. It will go in the new intake.  Put it aside somewhere safe.  Here is a picture:

Step 8:
On the left side of the ribbed box there are two big plugs attached to the side of the air box.  They are attached to a black bracket and hang off the side of the air box.  Just grab the bracket and pull straight up.  They should come right off.  Just let them hang around at the bottom of the car for now. 
Step 9:
The air box should come straight up out of the car with a little effort.  Now put the 8mm nut back on the stud and tighten it down.  You won’t be using it anymore.
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Now it’s time to put in your new intake.   

F-5 Intake Installation

Upon taking your intake out of the box, remove the bag covering the filter.  

MAKE SURE NOTHING GETS INSIDE THIS INTAKE DURING ASSEMBLY.  WHEN YOU START YOUR CAR IT WILL GET SUCKED INTO THE THROTTLE BODY AND DAMAGE YOUR CAR!

Protect your new intake finish.  The finish is a durable powder coating but not impenetrable.  Please be careful.  The intake comes disassembled to aid in installation. 

Step 1:
The V5 comes with a 4-ply silicone reinforced throttle body adapter and is easily installed on the throttle body.  Make absolutely sure this is on securely but do not over tighten.  Once secure, plug the IAT sensor back in and secure the wire harness to the sensor.  This is what the throttle body adapter should look like once installed:
Step 2:
Now take a 8mm socket or wrench and remove the bolt shown in this next picture.  Only remove the bolt holding on the ground wire.  Do not remove the lower bolt that secures the valve cover. 

Step 3:
Attach the twisted bracket to stud of the valve cover and tighten it back down but not tight enough that it won’t move.  It should look like this:

Step 4:
Now insert the F-5 aluminum intake pipe to the throttle body adapter and secure with one of the supplied hose clamps.  Insert the pipe up to very edge of the F-5 decal.  That’s as far as you want it to go in.  Now attach the vent hoses you removed earlier.  This is what it should look like at this point of installation:

Step 5:
Now install the filter on the end of the pipe only up to the edge of the F-5 decal.  Make sure you have the hose clamp on the filter and it should also go over the “twisty” bracket that you installed earlier.  Secure tightly.  This is what you should now have:

Step 6: 
Last but not least, find the 2 big fan plugs that hung off the left side of the factory air box and hang them on the ECM bracket assembly.  They will fit loose but it won't hurt them to hang loose on the bracket.  Hang them here and then leave them.  That will keep them out of the way.  See picture below:

Note:  If you have an 04-05 and the ECM bracket does not accommodate the plugs you will need to use a zip tie to secure them to the ECM bracket but this should not be a big issue as long as they do not remain just sitting in the bottom of the engine bay.   

This is what the finished product should look like: