GT 40 intake manifold???

[94redz28]

hey, i was looking to buy an intake and i was offered a Ford Motorsport GT40 tubular upper and lower intake. i dont know much about this intake and was hoping someone could tell me something about it. thanks

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Good performer, pretty to look at, great intake for moderate power levels. If you can get it at a reasonable price, go for it.

 

[94redz28]

what would u consider a reasonable price?? i was offered 475 with a 65mm tb and spacer. does that sound ok?? or would a 70mm be better?

 

[Gearbanger 101]

That's a pretty decent price.....especially if it's going to include an upgraded throttle body and spacer. The 65mm unit will work just fine for quite a while. The 70mm unit will work just as well, but isn't really necessary unless you plan on making a whole lot of N/A power, or adding a blower later on down the road. Don't expect any huge power gains right off the bat out of either though. You're going to need a decent set of heads to take advantage of the additional intake flow.....then of course you're going to need a good exhaust system to take advantage of the heads and intake. It's one money grabbing thing after another with these things.

 

[95GTV8]

i have a "gt-40" lower intake with a cobra upper (non-tubular) I got mine for a great price, $290 shipped and i snagged a deal on a FMS 65mm TB for $70 shipped to get everything matched up right. The throttle-body i felt hardly anything but the price was right so i grabbed it. The intake manifold is especially helpful in the upper RPMs. Once you hit bout 3000 it pulls harder uptop. Tubulars always run more than cobra style, however $475 doens't seem all that bad but if i were you i'd look around in the classifides.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

I just checked Ebay....there is a used one on there, with no throttle body, or spacer. There are already 13-bids and it's thus far going for $404.00US and there is still 13-hours left on it. Not to mention you'd have to pay shipping on top of that, so $475.00 with a throttle body and spacer seems like a good deal to me. I don't think you'll find a better one.