[rauscher89lx]

a friend of mine is trying to sell me his gt40 intake, fully ported and polished for roughly around 4-5 hundred.. is that a fair price? and i was wondering what kind of difference will i notice if i pick it up and install it... my fox is pretty stock, just a couple little things i did here and ther nothing crazy... i plan on doing the heads cam and intake, but dont have the money to do them all at once right now. i know in the long run, i would save quite a bit of money if i did it all at once while everything is already removed but unfortuantely i can't... any suggestions, tips would be nice.. thanks

[FastStang91Lx]

NO!!! Unless it's the tubular cool looking one. They go for good money.

[junebug]

Originally Posted by rauscher89lx a friend of mine is trying to sell me his gt40 intake, fully ported and polished for roughly around 4-5 hundred.. is that a fair price? and i was wondering what kind of difference will i notice if i pick it up and install it... my fox is pretty stock, just a couple little things i did here and ther nothing crazy... i plan on doing the heads cam and intake, but dont have the money to do them all at once right now. i know in the long run, i would save quite a bit of money if i did it all at once while everything is already removed but unfortuantely i can't... any suggestions, tips would be nice.. thanks

That intake is a pretty good intake.sounds a little pricey for a used one though.

[ryanw]

Ya that price is alittle high. If your going to pay $500 then you can get a better flowing intake. Dont get me wrong the GT40 tubular intakes are great and in my opinion the best looking intake on the market. your pal sure isnt giving you the friend discount thats for sure.....

[91cobra5.0]

If its not the tubular intake then don't pay more than 150 for the upper and lower, if its the tubular try and get him down to like 300-250

[ryanw]

On ebay i do see them going for $400-$500 but i just dont think there worth it. what makes them run so high is because of the way they look and that they dont make them any more. But i agree with 91cobra5.0 who said above. if you can get it for like $300 then do it. Maybe even $350, you will all ways be able to get your money back at that price

[Firaga]

I got my Streetburner for less than that, because someone here rocks

[rauscher89lx]

thanks everyone. wouldnt really call him a friend to begin with, my fault. i'll try to talk him down, and if he wont go, i'll look into a different one. i believe he said he had a cobra intake for 200?.. what kind of impact will either one make on the car?

[Firaga]

Hold on. Is it the GT40 tubular intake? Or is this an intake off of an Explorer that's been ported?

Because the Cobra is essentially the same. Just not as cool..

[rauscher89lx]

well if its the one off of the explorer, i'm definitely not paying that kind of money for it. haha, i may be a noob, but not that dumb... i'm thinking of just going with the cobra.. another question, does anyone know what year they stopped putting the intake on the explorer, or do they still?

[ryanw]

Originally Posted by rauscher89lx thanks everyone. wouldnt really call him a friend to begin with, my fault. i'll try to talk him down, and if he wont go, i'll look into a different one. i believe he said he had a cobra intake for 200?.. what kind of impact will either one make on the car?

I think the cobra is just a cast version of the gt40. i have a cobra intake on my car. i like it but i dont have that many modd. they can be ported out alot. i ported mine to match a 70mm tb. the add when you buy them said that there good up to 350hp, but if you port the shit out of them im sure there good to over 400hp. but that doesnt mean that you cant get more then 400hp its just alittle harder then some of the other better flowing intakes. if you can get the cobra for $200 thats a good price and if you ever resell it youll get your money back

[ryanw]

Also another good thing about the cobra intake is the EGR spacer is built into the intake so you dont need to buy one, every other intake you need to reuse your old one or upgrade to a bigger size to match a bigger TB. this will save you like 50+ dollars

[rauscher89lx]

alright, what size throttle body should i go with ? and should i do the maf as well?

[ryanw]

Originally Posted by rauscher89lx alright, what size throttle body should i go with ? and should i do the maf as well?

To tell you the truth i dont know. I read in a mag one time... and it said with a stock set up with only a intake and exhaust upgrade that 65mm was best. And that 70mm was good if you upgrade your heads and cam along with the other modds, and 75mm and up was good with a power adder with all the other modds. I forget the reason why the mag said not to put a 70-75mm and up on a stock set up. But every one here seems to say the bigger the better. So wait to get input from some one who really knows.

[ryanw]

but keep this in mine. with a cobra intake you almost maxing out the porting at 70mm so if you want a bigger TB then 70mm you may want to go with a different intake. Because it doesnt make much sense to put on a 75mm or a 80mm TB on to a intake that only has a 70mm opening. BUT i will say that maybe its possible to port it bigger then 70mm but im unsure of that so you may want to check around and see if any ones gone bigger.

[1989Gt.]

Im running a 70mm on my cobra and its opening is only 65mm but i measured it and it read a true 68mm so idk the 70 didn't seem far off if you ask me... Id check mine actually is getting fixed right now, i cracked it but i love it stock id say at least 10-15rwhp alot better in the higher rpms and i didn't sacrifice any torque.

[StangBanger302]

I would say get the cobra intake...Then get it ported by TMOSS on here. It will rival MANY aftermarket intakes. Go with the TB that fits the opening on the intake. If the opening on the intake is 70mm...Get a 70mmTB.

[rauscher89lx]

Originally Posted by StangBanger302 I would say get the cobra intake...Then get it ported by TMOSS on here. It will rival MANY aftermarket intakes. Go with the TB that fits the opening on the intake. If the opening on the intake is 70mm...Get a 70mmTB.

thanks for the advice! my decision is definitely the cobra intake, the price just seems so much more reasonable.. do i have to get the throttle body at the same time? or can i put that on say for example in a week or two later.. the car is not a daily driver, maybe sees about 50 miles a week... the only reason i want to put it off, is because i got offered gt40 heads fully re done for what seemed to be a reasonable price 400$ so i was thinking of picking up both of these , the intake, and the heads and having them re done, and waiting on the cam and tb for another week or two later

[StangBanger302]

You can use the stocker in the meantime. If those heads are really "re-done" then hop on them. Verify with the machine shop that did them though. You can do a ported gt40head/intake combo and make it work. I've seen plenty of 300+rwhp with them and the right cam.

[ryanw]

you can wait on the TB. just put your stock one on for now. you wont really feel a difference with the new intake untill you get some other modds done. the cobra is a good buy at $200