Intake Choices

The Explorer is a good intake and you can grow into it, but you'll have to convert to the Fox throttle set up or buy a ~$85 adapter for your throttle set up. Guys who have done the Fox conversion on here can tell you their costs.

Fel Pro Gasket set will cost ~$40 for the Explorer/Cobra/GT40.

94-302-vert said:

I am trying to plan what I want to purchase for my car this winter. I think i need to do an intake.

So what I am looking for is how much will different set-ups cost me and what kind of gains can I expect without a tune (or with a tune)?

For example:
I can get a used explorer intake for $200, then how much are gaskets going to run me? What about the need to go with either an intake elbow or costs to go with a pre-93 TB set-up (what do J/Y's get for these)?

Thanks!!!

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IMHO, best bang for the buck is a used Cobra intake. Edelbrock's are great intakes too, but harder to find, and usually more money. If you're lucky, you can find a ported Cobra intake.

I got mine for $200, ported, with a 1" phenolic spacer. It was a 95 intake, so no need for an elbow. Usually elbows run $80 or so new, $50 used.

Gaskets are cheap, I think $15 for an entire intake set. That includes upper to lower, lower to head, lower to block, distributor ring, and I think a throttle body too.

As far as gains, I went from a 14.8@95mph, to a 14.17@99mph with the intake and 70mm throttle body. So they will get you quite a bit, and there's no need for a tune with just the intake.

CManT1914 said:

Gaskets are cheap, I think $15 for an entire intake set.

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Please post the Fel Pro kit number that sells for that price. I buy the stock intake gasket kit (MS 93334) for that $15, not the Cobra/Gt40/Explorer. Hook us up..........

tmoss said:

Please post the Fel Pro kit number that sells for that price. I buy the stock intake gasket kit (MS 93334) for that $15, not the Cobra/Gt40/Explorer. Hook us up..........

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I don't have it on me. I'll see if I can find it though. I remember it being like $20 total after tax. Because my head gaskets were $20 a piece, and my total was like $70 or so with a few other things.

94-302-vert said:

I am trying to plan what I want to purchase for my car this winter. I think i need to do an intake.

So what I am looking for is how much will different set-ups cost me and what kind of gains can I expect without a tune (or with a tune)?

For example:
I can get a used explorer intake for $200, then how much are gaskets going to run me? What about the need to go with either an intake elbow or costs to go with a pre-93 TB set-up (what do J/Y's get for these)?

Thanks!!!

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I definitely recommend the GT40 family of intakes for street driven cars. As TMoss said you can grow into one if your stock, and I've had friends report a good SOTP gain by only replacing their intake on their stock GTs. I can't remember how much I paid for my gaskets as I bought them piecemeal, jsut go on a recon trip to your local parts store and start asing how much each gasket it. I did the Fox TB conversion but it does get pricey if you don't go to junkyards and Ebay like I did. If you don't want to do the Fox conversion PM me, I've got an SVO adapter elbow that I don't need.
Tim

What else?

Say if you had a 93 cobra intake and a 70mm TB from a foxbody (which I do). What else would I need to do for my 94? I am thinking of a crate motor for my high mile (185,000) motor for the LX so I wouldnt need the intake or TB anymore.

AdamFogle said:

Say if you had a 93 cobra intake and a 70mm TB from a foxbody (which I do). What else would I need to do for my 94? I am thinking of a crate motor for my high mile (185,000) motor for the LX so I wouldnt need the intake or TB anymore.

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What do you mean what else do you have to do? Do you mean to use the 93 intake and throttle body or what other mods should you do to maximize their performance?

I was reading for someone's earlier reply that to use the 93 cobra intake, you needed to get a foxbody TB or the elbow. I am in the market for an intake and will probably not need my intake or TB off of my 90 LX. I was wondering if I could use them on my 94, and if I did, what else would I need to do get this application to work? Would I need just these two items, or would I need to do other stuff as well to make it fit on the 94?

The 94-95 forum has a SN-Fox intake thread in it as of yesterday - goes through everything you need to do.

you best bet would be the explorer intkae with the elbow adapter and stock tb. that will be the cheapest. if you want to pay a little more go with the 94-95 cobra itake. the 93 cobra intake is not a direct bolt on for the sn95. it requires some fabrication. if you plan on doing a fox tb set up the 93 cobra will be fine.

AdamFogle said:

I was reading for someone's earlier reply that to use the 93 cobra intake, you needed to get a foxbody TB or the elbow. I am in the market for an intake and will probably not need my intake or TB off of my 90 LX. I was wondering if I could use them on my 94, and if I did, what else would I need to do get this application to work? Would I need just these two items, or would I need to do other stuff as well to make it fit on the 94?

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Here's what I used, I hope it helps:
I bought 90% of my items from people parting out their cars or doing a Carb conversion, the other 10% I bought on ebay. You'll need the following items:
Fox TB
Fox TB IAC (you can use the SN IAC but it looks Fugly and you may have clearance problems)
Fox Throttle cable
Fox Cruise control cable
Fox throttle cable bracket
Fox Fuel injector wiring harness side of the TPS sensor
Fox EGR valve (and a 5\8" cap to block off the EGR port on your header)
Fox EGR spacer if not using a '93 Cobra intake or EGR delete plate to mount throttle bracket
Fox Vacuum tree (available at 50resto.com like most of these parts)
Tubing to run from the VC filler neck to the TB PCV tube connection if not using SN95 port
Vacuum caps if you need to block any connections off if you've deleted EGR etc.
a 3\8" pipe plug to block off the Fox ACT sensor port behind the #5 runner in the lower intake if you are running a Fox lower intake or aftermarked intake (or simply use the Fox ACT sensor as a plug for the hole)
You'll have to modify your SN CAI or modify a Fox CAI, or make your own. I have pictures that I can email you.
Here is the TPS wiring splice directions:
TPS wiring...
SN95........TO...........FOX

RED/GRAY..............BLACK
GRAY/WHITE..........GREEN
BROWN/WHITE........ORANGE

Vacuum tubing to extend your vacuum hoses

I'm isntallaing the explorer intake. Gasket set is less tha $25. The elbows can be bought used for less than $50. In fact, I ended up with two elbows, so one of them will be for sell soon.