That intake is pulling cold air from the front grill, (away from the engine) blocking air from the engine bay intentionally so that its pulling in colder air from outside only, by removing the cover you are allowing the cooler air that comes in from the frontal sucking action to mix with the hot air trapped in the engine bay creating a warmer intake pull to the engine thus reducing performance. Just FYI.

I'm gonna go hug my Escape now.

I'm pretty sure the left "exhaust" pipe is actually now pulling a vacuum . Your "Y" fitting is a venturi .

This made my head hurt 😂

Focus RS Air Box Lid swap is what I did on my 2019 Escape 2.0L Ecoboost with an AEM Dry-Flow Air Filter. Magnaflow makes a really nice Catback Exhaust System for the Escape. Wouldn't recommend running an open air filter element, especially in very dusty and dirty environments, will require you to change the air filter or clean it more frequently.

Does any of the flow actually go to the left driver's side? Seems like it would all just route to the passenger.

I modified my exhaust system on my Ford expedition with cat deletes, resonators deletes, and replaced the stock muffler with a flowmaster 40 series muffler.

PLEASE do not do this to your poor Escape! If you want to make more noise, do a professional exhaust mod, sure, whatever floats your boat. But these mods will REDUCE engine performance. 1.) The filter box is there to not only protect the filter from excess particulate, but to draw cooler, denser air from outside the engine bay, which is then further cooled by the turbos heat exchanger, before intake. This is an Atkinson cycle engine, meaning it's intake volume is reduced via shorter compression stroke compared to exhaust volume, increasing energy efficiency, but reducing overall power potential. The turbo makes up the difference, but sucking in low-density, hot air nulls it, not to mention your filter will clog faster out of it's box (also reducing airflow). 2.) The backwards y-junction in the exhaust is obstructing flow to the left pipe, forcing most of it out of only the right, increasing back-pressure, reducing power potential. If you put this on a dyno before and after, you either won't see any substantial difference, or total HP will be less with the mods. All you've done is make more noise, and reduce the life of your air filter.

It actually sounds good.

you should remove the wheels too they are so heavy. lol

So I’m hoping that you realize you could’ve turned your Y pipe long ways and ran the pipes somewhat the same distance apart so the exhaust can travel mostly out of both. You’ve basically defeated the purpose of having a Y pipe. I don’t know a lot and I’m not a professional but I’m sure me and anyone else who sees this will agree that you need more education on the more performance mods

It's basically a single exhaust with a dummy pipe now lol

You're better off buying a Green Filter and leaving the lid on the intake box. The Green Filter has an open end to help with flow without exposing the whole filter to the hot engine bay. I have the Green Filter on my Focus ST (2.0) and Escape SE (1.5L). Both of them sound really good.

Is anything actually coming thru the left side of the pipe? Does look like it would even make it out of it

Did u also remove headlight since they are heavy as well

I am on the fence with this one boss. I like the idea and sounds great but I have a few issues with the engine heat being sucked in and your y pipe is questionable because of the position. That’s just me but well done all the same

is this a joke?

I've had a cold air intake in my gtp and it had a box around it. And that was from zzp who make car performance parts. It was lined with insulation to keep the air cool not hot

Imagine you poured water from your engine to the tip of the exhaust. All of the water is going to automatically going to go to the right. That is what your exhaust is doing. The 2 exits of the Y need to be pointing to the back if the car not sideways 😂

I just picked up my first k&n cone filter to upgrade from the factory paper one but I played it safe and put the new filter in the box and put the lid back on the filter box the way ford intended it to be

Just got one does it in cream the top end power bc after 60 70 this thing is a fucking turtle man

Holy moly Guacamole!!!!! He done did all that!!!

most of the outflow will be on the right side basically

Don’t you take in hot air now instead of “cold” air?

One 2-1/2" pipe split into two 2" pipes (like on the factory muffler) really doesn't reduce flow. Removing the muffler itself most likely did increase flow A BIT, as many factory mufflers are designed more for quiet operation than for performance. The weight reduction is also minimal enough that it wouldn't make a tangible difference unless you're racing the Escape, and even then pulling things like the rear seats would lose a larger amount of weight. However, putting a Y pipe on backwards won't increase flow any more than either splitting to two 2" pipes with a Y pipe in the correct direction (and no muffler) or running a single 2-1/2" pipe all the way. If you look at the flow through the system, most of the exhaust gasses will get to the Y pipe and keep flowing as straight as possible, through the right-hand exhaust tip. Also, as others have pointed out already, simply taking the cover off of the filter box will let in the warm engine bay air that factory intakes AND quality cold air intakes are designed specifically to prevent. I haven't researched the 1.5T intake, but the factory intake on my 2013 Escape with the 2.0L EcoBoost already flows very freely, with an estimated one and a halt times the airflow needed for stock engines. As such, modifying it is not beneficial unless the engine is being significantly upgraded for performance. True "tuning" is identifying the restrictive points in the system and improving them to make the overall system work better. Improving something that isn't a restriction will yield little or no benefit to how the car performs.

You are on the right track man. Redo the exhaust so that there are no bends beyond 60 degrees in the pipe. Exhaust flow for performance that you are seeking is essential. Just get an after market air filter and those little tweeks will help your plans. You will need an after market bov if you start pushing more boost then stock boost levels also.

Wow, that does sound really nice at the end. Good job buddy.

would a 1.5L use more air than that small intake tube provides?

Removing your muffler after the cat and down pipe aren’t going to change the motors performance, just sounds, you would need to also get a tune to properly have an intake work well on these cars too take a look at a livernois tune for real power

Haters gonna hate. I recommend Taking the windows out too for better aerodynamics. I done it on mine and i got like +20hp. Easy mod to do and very efficient.

I did this exact same thing to my escape except mines the 2016 2.0 turbo

You put the Y Junction in the wrong direction, no offense but it is obvious you are loosing performance potential by expecting exhaust gas to magically flow backwards to the left pipe.

And it's pulling in all that hot air from the motor good job hot air into a motor is great

I put a k&n air filter and a boomba blow off valve on my 18 escape, sounds pretty good. Stock exhaust though

if you want a real increase a turbo back exhaust and a tune will seriously help!

I'm sorry I'm not taking my cover off the air filter ,why i live in Florida and there's always sand around so i need that inside my intake plus i like my 2.0 escape quiet. So it's a no go...

@Budget Boosting did you get any warning or check engine lights after modifying your vehicle above?

You actually have no clue how cars work! Stop it!

This is all wrong, you should stop working on cars!

I’m new to owning fords but what I have learned very quickly is fords are very touchy and have sensitive sensors and anything can set them off lol. Luckily I have not tried to piss my car off lol

I'm pretty sure he is introducing exhaust to the outlet side of that muffler I don't think it's meant for that

Did you do it before and after dyno test? And have you done a 0 to 60 comparison before and after? I ask all these questions because I bought a 2018 Ford Escape with the 2L Turbo.

So it’s a true 2-1/2 inch exhaust…? Just playin I’m looking to do some exhaust work on my 2014

Would like to know what it sounds like in the car honestly cuz i doubt youll hear any turbo noise

I was hoping you would cut your old silencer up so we could see how Ford separate from 1 to 2 and also how they restrict it

And there goes your factory warranty, deleting the factory muffler.

Hot air goes into the filter

I never thought I'd say this but I rather use my old 2013 ford escape as a beater

Trying to help but you need the air box as now you’re sucking in hot air instead of cold air. Buy a proper kit. Also you need to work on your y pipe. Do it correctly to see best gains. You could have made it worse.

This may have worked in 1976

I have the 2.5 motor, do you think it’s going to sound too loud or it’s gong to be manageable what do you think 🤔?

Wouldn’t it be more beneficial to just run a single exhaust instead of a dual setup?? Other than looks and sound having duals on a turbo doesn’t help performance.

With the airbox removed you intake is gonna pull hot air wich is gonna hurt performance and the y pipe is designed for one pipe in and the side that has 2 is the exit not sure how that is gonna effect your vehicle in the lo g run

has a nice little sound to it but i think something is not right with that exhaust modification. exhaust flow should equal the pressure coming out the pipe. but the way u have it set up it's not balance

I'm going to try it, need new muffler anyway 👍👍👍

How much was the exhaust mod total?

Nice I want do mine that way.:-)

Oh my fuck I lost brain cells with this one. That Y-Pipe should have had the single in from the Engine and the Dual outs for the tips, the intake JUST SPEND MONEY ON A REAL ONE but it still wont make a difference aside from sound realistically. Maybe a 1-2hp gain but that's speculating.

Good job raising your iat lol

Sounds juicy

I will give you the turbo sneeze sounds coo,l but you should try to block out the underhood heat. You can also block the return to the intake and just let the turbo speak for itself. That does cause some small boost lag but the dump is fantastic. I did it to my 2012 ford F150 eco. It works on the escape too.

Gotta love people that ruin perfectly running cars to seem cool. The air box mod kills power, the Air velocity that was removed from the Ram air style intake will hurt acceleration. How your exhaust goes to Ypipe the exhaust gasses follow the easiest path its not going to take a 120 degree turn back to left, its going to be forced out the right pipe and the vacuum is going to pull air in from the left. Simple Physics gents.

I'm not sure if he is actually serious or if this is an expensive joke . The cars are pretty optimized from factory but your car do what you want

Why? the Escape is a good small 180HP SUV for drive around, shopping your groceries and go to work is nothing wrong with the stock exhaust and put back the filter cover or the poor engine going to drawn in a rainy day.

What about passing inspection with no muffler

It doesnt seem like much but thats actually really helpful i also got a 2018 Escape and was looking to ditch the shitty exhaust and just have something different.. very helpful. Also the underside wind deflector the bigger one do you know a part number?

is it me or is the Y pipe backwards , needs to flipped the other way single in dual out

Wife has the 2019 wonder if this will work I am going to look in the morning

just run it all on one side and nice tip look trick

Modding the most ecokaboom engine in the ecoboost family. Without a tune. No hardpoints. No turbo upgrade. No dyno testing. You just made it a dronemobile. Shoulda just got a hooker cutout after the cats. I don't suggest spending money on a 1.5 4cyl... 1.5 3cyl sure it's a performance engine 1.5 4cyl is a econoboom engine. You are having fun at least I guess that's all that matters

How loud is this while you're driving down the highway?

Not crazy about removing the intake filter cover. Seems it would take in the hot air coming off the engine and allow more dirt particulates to enter the intake. Now the exhaust yes! Like the idea. I have the Titanium 2.0L AWD I hate that fake 3" sadered on chrome pipe tip , why Ford just couldn't do it right from factory. Minor cost if any!. But! I do enjoy driving my Escape, great performance .very pleased thus far. I am an ex Volvo S60 R guy, loved that car 12 year no issues till it was totaled!, lol Hence reading why driving the Escape , now There are a few cons , but none mechanical except the Exhaust , if you count that. 1 other major pev the gas filler door does not lock! All other Ford models do!

Excellent. 💪👍

Is it a true 2.5 inch exhaust?

If he wanted better performance he should have got the 2.0 ecoboost

The only thing you are doing is making noise you have done nothing to improve performance now get a sound system and go boom boom down the road.

I can use the focus RS 3” exaust ?

He could of literally welded a pipe traveling from where he cut the exhaust down to the middle an use that three way to make dual exits. It was that simple

You deleted the secondary mooflar

9:25

That is really awesome thank you for the DIY video. 👍

Wow

How to suck in hot air and convert to single exhaust 👍

How much did the exhaust

I really like what you did here.

Dyno sheets?

Congratulations you now have a hit air intake and less hp and a shitty sounding exhaust lol. I did these kind of "mods" when I was a teen. I'm 32 now and not as dumb lol...

Do these mods cause any check engine lights?

“True duel exhaust” on a i4 turbo lol

You don't know how to use a y pipe. You made a vacuum doing it that way. The right ride is they only one would be getting the exhaust air.

It happens the same with the air filter on my Ford focus 2016 1.0 125hp. That increses the airflow and it didnt take hot air.

The rest of the exhaust is still factory so useless . And that doesn't seem like it will flow too well to the left side

I kept waiting for this to be a satirical video, but its not. The way you set up that y pipe is hurting your vehicle. And you now have a hot air intake. Yikes

You sir are a rock star

this video is actually so stupid, removing the top of the airbox ruins the performance of the motor, your sucking in all the hot air from the motor running the power of it, not only that its a 1.5 liter not a 6.2 its supposed to be quiet cause it's not a race car. This whole video is counter-intuitive.

I would have just straight piped it and made it come out in front the rear tires

Delete the suitcase muffler and get a green filter.

Nooooo Monicaaaaa 😑

nothing you did made any improvements what so ever; just made it noisier and less efficient. any performance intake that actually improves numbers has an airbox and a snorkel. you installed a y pipe backwards and created a single exhaust with major exhaust gas velocity loss at the tailpipe. your exhaust gases will be forced out the passenger side and will suck air in from the drivers side. making the muffler section 3'' while leaving the rest of the exhaust tubing stock does nothing. A for effort though.

Y pipe is ridiculous and will only come out the right side. Laws of physics.