gt40 intake on a stock engine?
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Paul Perreca
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Putting it on a stock/relatively stock engine will result in an overall increase in HP/TQ, but you'll lose a LOT down low. Paul Perreca is right, wait until you have heads to match the flow, and you'll see the benefits of it.
blackstangt
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put it on, upgrade the tb and egr as well as mass air meter, then it will make a nice difference.
legalize420
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put it on. i dont have any numbers to back it up but i noticed gains and its not hard to put on. keep the stock tb until you get heads.
notchback
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it will gain nothing...but look great.
i'd do it.....
i did it b4...and ran EXACTLY the same at the track on all stock motor
i'd do it.....
i did it b4...and ran EXACTLY the same at the track on all stock motor
Daniel50
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yeah gains arnt to great without heads/cam. i threw a cobra intake on and felt no big difference. get crazy sideways in the 1-2 shift at redline but im not saying thats the reason why. i blew a head gasket last week due to nitrous and only 91 octane with advanced timing. so its a sign to get heads now
stang&2Birds
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If you have the stock headers, then you may not see much difference. Either way, it will move your HP/TQ curve more towards the high-rpm range. You'll loose some low-end. IMHO, in a 5.0, many people wouldn't notice it.
Since I don't have a track-only car, I love the low-end grunt for my 5.0!
So, I like more of a "well rounded" intake like the Explorer. But, some people want the most high-end HP (or dyno numbers) they can get. So, each to his own.
Since I don't have a track-only car, I love the low-end grunt for my 5.0!
So, I like more of a "well rounded" intake like the Explorer. But, some people want the most high-end HP (or dyno numbers) they can get. So, each to his own. Yup, if I still had my stock intake, I also do the swap!notchback said:
You'll loose some low end and gain some upper end power. Average power over the usable rpm band should be about the same. Put it on if you like it - you got one killer price on the intake.
just4bob50
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I did the 70mm TB an gt-40 intake at the same time. while it felt a little weaker down low it more than made up for it from 2500 rpms and up. Since you got a killer deal on the intake, and even if it doesnt pick up alot it will still look a whole lot better on your motor than a shelf.
ninety15.0
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24's are uneccessary for his application. i would toss it on there for sure. you said you had full exhaust....so adding an open intake will most deifnately give you a noticable improvement. maybe not huge but noticable.
blackice said:
it's a 5 speed car and i have 3.27's in the rear and a full exhaust(headers to tails). i don't know, i think the $100 was well spent. i could always put it on ebay and triple my money. i'll probably use it, i love how it looks. plus i want to supercharge the car (way) in the future
blackstangt
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aleborjas said:
dont quote me... no, 24's aren't necessary, and an intake is used to divert the airflow going into the engine... never dynoed, but I'm going to do a chip when i do, so when that's in my mods, i can say.
blackstangt
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oh and the typhoon intake works well, but has no oil shield in the lower and the thermostat hump is not ground down, so it gets in the way of timing which is a pita.
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