GT40 tubular upper help...

RIO5.0 · Nov 17, 2005

I been hunting for a GT40 upper and finally scored one...Swapped my 93 Cobra and CAI for this one...
Dropped it on tonite and couple issues showed right up...amnit:
First I need to run a 1" spacer...this upper sets lower than the 93 and I wont be able to run the PVC/booster line without lifting it...Tall VCs bone me again...I also have to remove about 1/2" from the height on the nipple for VC clearance..
Anyway...anyone have a 1" spacer hanging around they wanna part with?? Figured I'd ask rather than buy new...I have a 3/8" on at the moment but its not enuf....really didnt wanna go 1"....but I do like the spacer keeping the upper cooler...

2nd is my SS gage line is not gonna clear with the Steeda schrader set-up I was using...I need a taller 1/8 NPT to AN-4 90 Deg connector...My question is do the sell "tall" versions??? The one I have is like maybe 5/8" tall...I need more like a 1" tall one as the intake bolt when installed is gonna be smack into the connector and bone me....

Any ideas are welcome...I could always weld up something for the schrader by doubling up the adapter that screws to the rail itself...

Better shot of how the schrader/bolt and gonna clash...need a taller 90..

Here's the 90 I'm talking about...the Brass one..

Vac feeds....I have to use that Tee fitting as this one has no tube underneath like all the other uppers..

Old set-up...had to fab a new CAI anyway as this upper is 2" shorter...gonna def go a one pc set-up this time around...

rgs · Nov 17, 2005

yay for gt-40 tubulars

i got one too, but mine was already on when i bought the car, so sorry im of no help

wytstang · Nov 17, 2005

I have a 3/8 spacer doing nothing maybe you can double up.

rgs · Nov 17, 2005

wytstang said:
I have a 3/8 spacer doing nothing maybe you can double up.

i really dont think thats such a good idea......but im also not the best mechanic. it just doesnt sound right to me though

Blackened302 · Nov 18, 2005

wow, that looks sweet.. so does your engine bay. how the hell did you get the msd dizzy cover to fit? i would've had to relocate the coil wire. nice score, man

18mustangs · Nov 18, 2005

RIO5.0 said:
I been hunting for a GT40 upper and finally scored one...Swapped my 93 Cobra and CAI for this one...
Dropped it on tonite and couple issues showed right up...amnit:
First I need to run a 1" spacer...this upper sets lower than the 93 and I wont be able to run the PVC/booster line without lifting it...Tall VCs bone me again...I also have to remove about 1/2" from the height on the nipple for VC clearance..
Anyway...anyone have a 1" spacer hanging around they wanna part with?? Figured I'd ask rather than buy new...I have a 3/8" on at the moment but its not enuf....really didnt wanna go 1"....but I do like the spacer keeping the upper cooler...

2nd is my SS gage line is not gonna clear with the Steeda schrader set-up I was using...I need a taller 1/8 NPT to AN-4 90 Deg connector...My question is do the sell "tall" versions??? The one I have is like maybe 5/8" tall...I need more like a 1" tall one as the intake bolt when installed is gonna be smack into the connector and bone me....

Wow, Andy, you've run the Explorer, '93 Cobra, and now a GT40 intake. You only have the 94\95 cobra intake to run and you've made a complete round of the GT40 family. I've got a 1" spacer that I'm currently not using, PM or email me and maybe we can work out a deal or trade. BTW, the car still looks outstanding!
Tim

bcd · Nov 18, 2005

when i had the 95 rail on my car i had clearance problems with my upper but twisted the injectors all to one side and it fit

RIO5.0 · Nov 18, 2005

Thanks for the props and the offers..Found a local who had a 1" spacer..

Gotta figure out a paint scheme for it??? The cover for the intake is pitiful... full of casting pits and all around the logo, for a FRPP part its terrible...Will fab something up in Alum for a cover...

Ram...Thats just the cap that came with it ??...I turned to holes off the o.d. though...

Didn't see any clearance with the injectors when shimming it up an inch...will have to watch for that....

RIO5.0 · Nov 21, 2005

Got it running today....Pretty tit install...Took it out and it rips purdy decent...
Sounded "cammy" at first start ???...I never set the TPS, just screwed it down ala SN95, and found the purge soleniod vac line undone an hour later...Fixxed them and all's good...
My "touchy" throttle seems to have disappeared to....The 93 Cobra with the long EGR snout put the cable right at max and I think that was my problem...This uppers 2" shorter so the pedal feels normal again...
I sold my CAI so I had to homey something up...My 4th upper swap so I had some misc connectors and chit to throw something together....
Least I can store it away for winter running now...Have to figure something for paint/polish job for it, fab another top cover, CAI...got the Winter to goof around with that....snapped a few pics..

urban96 · Nov 21, 2005

sexy, i would try some diff ideas for that cover in photoshop to see what you like

RIO5.0 · Nov 21, 2005

I have 0 photoshop skills....anything I do with that is gonna be a rookie job..

Seen this one....Does look nice...

My bad...You mention the cover....Thats gonna be a custom made pc with some milled design in it...FRPP cover is going bye-bye...Its got a horrendous finish and I ain't even going there trying to clean it up...
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final5-0 · Nov 21, 2005

Andy

I really do like how those uppers look!

Very Nice!

Grady

RIO5.0 · Nov 21, 2005

Always had a thing for em myself and wanted to try one...The mothers are hard to come by...so I jumped on it...

mytight95 · Nov 22, 2005

something like what is in that pic would look great andy.....

nice find, and buy..

car looks mint as always.

jason

FORCED2DV8 · Nov 22, 2005

Nice engine compartment, NIce and clean, everything in order, just the way i like it.....

yellow1995Cobra · Nov 22, 2005

Looks great andy! So whats that your 4th intake mani? LOL . You gonna keep this one?

blksn955.o · Nov 22, 2005

nice.

That painted gt40 tube upper looks awsome

RIO5.0 · Nov 22, 2005

yellow1995Cobra said:
Looks great andy! So whats that your 4th intake mani? LOL . You gonna keep this one?

Yup.... All FRPP intakes to...What a loser...
It was a good deal to swap some parts...I'd really like to add a turbo set-up this Winter.....or get a bike in the Spring...Cant have em both... So ya, this ones staying...

blksn955.o...Odds are I'll do up something along those lines...Trying to figure out the colors is the hard part....

ES Stangin · Nov 25, 2005

What kind of paint did you use on the CAI and your cobra intake? I wanted to make a CAI and repaint my GT40 intake over winter.

DJHA90 · Jan 3, 2006

Rio5.0

Where do the two small tubes at the bottom of the picture go? Im just beginning to install one myself...

RIO5.0 said:
Vac feeds....I have to use that Tee fitting as this one has no tube underneath like all the other uppers..

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