Looking for opinions on what I should do. I am having a 347 being built by Fordstrokers.com and I should have it sometime in the June/July time frame. There are a couple of things I need to decide on and I am looking for outside opinions. It is going to be an N/A setup with around 10:1 compression, stock block, and Trick Flow 170 heads.
The parts in question is my GT40 intake, and whether or not to go with long tubes. The car has Hooker shorties on it right now, I was planning on going with BBK longtubes. However, I was driving my Cobra all over town last Friday and it's longtubes seem to scrape everywhere. I already have this problem on my Dodge, and it is really annoying. I don't drive the Dodge and Cobra very often, so it isn't as big a deal on them. I am thinking utility over anything else.
The 91 gets driven a lot, has A/C, heat, PS, everything. It is a DD, not a race car. Next up is the GT40 Tube intake that I have. I know most of you are thinking, "why put such a restrictive intake on a 347"? Couple of reasons. One, I scored it off of Ebay for a decent price. It is new, the PO bought it, stuck it on a shelf, sold his car, and it sat for 6 years. Other then being a little dirty it is perfect. Two, I look at it as a period piece. You don't see them very often, and it is my favorite intake to look at for the 5.0 Lastly, I'm blowing the %^#$* out of my budget, and not having to sell this intake and buy a new one is appealing, though not the primary motivating factor. I originally bought this intake with the intent of putting on my stock short block (this was before I found it was hosed).
Anyhow, so there it is, flame away!
The parts in question is my GT40 intake, and whether or not to go with long tubes. The car has Hooker shorties on it right now, I was planning on going with BBK longtubes. However, I was driving my Cobra all over town last Friday and it's longtubes seem to scrape everywhere. I already have this problem on my Dodge, and it is really annoying. I don't drive the Dodge and Cobra very often, so it isn't as big a deal on them. I am thinking utility over anything else.
The 91 gets driven a lot, has A/C, heat, PS, everything. It is a DD, not a race car. Next up is the GT40 Tube intake that I have. I know most of you are thinking, "why put such a restrictive intake on a 347"? Couple of reasons. One, I scored it off of Ebay for a decent price. It is new, the PO bought it, stuck it on a shelf, sold his car, and it sat for 6 years. Other then being a little dirty it is perfect. Two, I look at it as a period piece. You don't see them very often, and it is my favorite intake to look at for the 5.0 Lastly, I'm blowing the %^#$* out of my budget, and not having to sell this intake and buy a new one is appealing, though not the primary motivating factor. I originally bought this intake with the intent of putting on my stock short block (this was before I found it was hosed).
Anyhow, so there it is, flame away!