How is this intake manifold?

Dope 97GT said:

Yeah im thinking of goin the route of the heads that you mentioned above. The full deal but do I have to send my heads to them and do they port them or do they have a core charge? Also if i do this i will talk to some people to decide which cams i should be using.

For this year i just bought a 95 saturn sc1 for a daily driver cause its good on gas for like 800 and im gonna sell the eddie bauer i drive for like 4000. It has 114k and its a 95. Then i have like 3g thats also saved because i was gonna sell the gt and get a 01 cobra.

Now I think im just gonna dump the money into my car and be fast.

Think i should get the cobra or put the money into my 97GT

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I'm not sure if Renagade charges a core or not, you'd have to contact them directly with the Email address I gave you above. Even so, with the way Mustangers are tossing the stock castings in favor of the PI units, you'd probably pick up a second set of NPI heads on Ebay dirt cheap to send them, if you weren't willing to be without your car for the time it would take to have them ported.

As far as cams go......as it sits, with those heads, intake and a P1SC, you'd still make a ton of power with just stock PI cams. Not to mention retain a nice smooth idle. If a lumpy idle is more to your liking, go ahead and drop the $600 on a set, but just keep in mind, that if a blower is still going to be in the future, you might want to have your cams tailored to that. There are blower specific cams and N/A cams to choose from.

The Cobra vs. GT question is a tough debate. Even though they look a lot alike, they're still a very different car. There's no denying that a Cobra of any year is a very sexy ride. You just have to decide which is more important to you. Having a scary fast GT built with the money you've got now that is guaranteed to turn heads and gain the envy and respect of anyone around you when the loud pedal is slammed to the floor, or being one of the few that gets to enjoy driving a limited build car like a Cobra on a daily basis. The DOHC 4.6L is a sweetheart of an engine and the IRS really makes them ride and handle light years ahead of a stock solid axle GT. Not to mention the subtle differences in looks and the little things (Nicer seats, gauges, etc) that come with owning the car. Not to mention, it's newer by a few years than your current GT. But if you burn up the budget on the car, you've got no money left for mods.

Tough decision man....a GT that will kill most cars on the road today, or a Snake.

.....choose wisely.