Intake Manifold Q's

[95GTV8]

I have a few Q's about intake manifolds, im brand new here, and as you can tell by my name i have a 95 GT, i have been searching on ebay and i see alot of Cobra intake manifolds for 87-93 5.0's and some say that they will work on 94/95 w/ an elbow adapter for the TB. Im wondering if that info is accurate, about the 94/95 and im also wondering if this is a good intake manifold, and how many hrs it would take a mechanic to install if any of you know. Thank you in advance for the help.

 

[Joes95GT]

That information is correct. Also, 5.0 Exploder manifolds, which are the EXACT same as the Cobra, will work, and are much cheaper.

If I did my swap again, I could have it out in 1 hour and back together in 1.5. A mechanic will probably charge 2.5 each way - 5 hours total.

Joe

 

[95GTV8]

ok, thank you is it really hard to change the manifold my dad is decent with cars he can do all the normal maintence for them so maybe he and i could figure it out, also did you have any problems hooking it up to the throttle body?

 

[Joes95GT]

Nope. It fit like a glove.

With the Explorer manifold, some of the vacuum lines needed to be re-routed and connected in different spots than the other intake manifold. In some EFI cars, the location in which you connect different vacuum sources makes a difference - in our cars it does not. It kinda messes with your head at first when you see that the vac. lines don't hook up in the exact same locations, but it's really no big deal.

The hardest part(s) of the install are...

1) Being very careful not to bust any of the O-rings on the injectors when trying to swap them from the stock lower to the new lower manifold that you are putting on.

2) Stabbing the distributor back in at it's correct location.

If your old man can do both of those with ease, the install should be cake.

Joe

 

[94opalgt]

the information is not correct.you cannot use elbow adapter on a 93 cobra intake,the egr is built into the 93 cobra intake which is why you cannot use the elbow.to use that intake you must cinvert your car to fox body style setup throttle body.sorry joes95gt but you could not be more wrong on this,the 93 cobra and the explorer intake are not exactly the same.the explorer intake you can use a elbow but to me they dont look very good.you can use the elbow on every other intake for your car but the 93 cobra.thrust me i just blew 450 on that intake.now im trying to get rid of it because i dont want to do the conversion.i ended up getting a trick flow track heat with elbow.as far as the o rings on the injectors,wd-40 works wonders as far as getting them out without damaging the rings.good luck

 

[wytstang]

From the reports coming in the real 93-older cobra intakes are not direct bolt on. The explorer cobra style intake is, it has to do with the real cobra intake having the egr built in to it. More info http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=566548

 

[Joes95GT]

the information is not correct.you cannot use elbow adapter on a 93 cobra intake,the egr is built into the 93 cobra intake which is why you cannot use the elbow.to use that intake you must cinvert your car to fox body style setup throttle body.sorry joes95gt but you could not be more wrong on this,the 93 cobra and the explorer intake are not exactly the same.the explorer intake you can use a elbow but to me they dont look very good.you can use the elbow on every other intake for your car but the 93 cobra.thrust me i just blew 450 on that intake.now im trying to get rid of it because i dont want to do the conversion.i ended up getting a trick flow track heat with elbow.as far as the o rings on the injectors,wd-40 works wonders as far as getting them out without damaging the rings.good luck

You're right. I overlooked the ONLY exception in the GT40 family - the 93 Cobra.

Joe

 

[94opalgt]

i just dont want this guy buying this intake,and then going WTF?you know what i mean joe?i wasnt trying to be an a$$ joe i just didnt want this guy buying it and being as pi$$ed off as i was when i got mine home from ffw at norwalk,ohio.i had to spend extra loot for an intake just to get my car back on the road in a timely manner.oh one more thing if youre going to buy an elbow dont not buy the ford motorsport one,it does not have the vacuum port behind the egr,trick flow and edelbrock ones do,not sure about the professional products piece.

 

[94GTLaserRC]

<marquee>WELCOME TO STANGNET!!!</marquee>

The Cobra is a NICE Manifold...it looks REALLY when polished too!!!

GOOD LUCK!!

RC

 

[95GTV8]

o dear, now im majorly confused could somebody give me a list of intake manifolds (high quality ones) that will more or less directly bolt on to my 95GT?

 

[wytstang]

94/95 cobra intake is the direct replacement NOTHING changes (well except the upper bolts they're longer).

 

[wytstang]

Oh yeah all aftermarket intakes will work with very minor changes. It's only the real 93 cobra intake that is a hassle to make work.

 

[95GTV8]

ok, so with a 87-92 cobra intake im fine?

 

[wytstang]

No such thing as a 87-92 cobra intake just the 93 cobra intake and of coure our 94/95 cobra intake

 

[a50sn95]

It's actually pretty simple. Any 86-93 EFI manifold that uses an EGR spacer can be used with an elbow to put the throttle body in the same location as our cars. The '93 Cobra has an integral EGR spacer, and when you put the elbow on, it is 3-4 inches off.
Good ones that CAN be used.
TFS EFI intakes
Edelbrock
Holley Systemax
Ford GT-40
Ford 94-95 Cobra (has the elbow as part of the upper, so no elbow needed.)

The 5.0 Explorer Manifold (Same layout as the GT-40, but cast like the Cobra.
Professional Products (Chinese Edelbrock Copy)

Elbow
I'd get the Trick Flow Brand Elbow. (Actually, I already did). It's already opened up to 75mm.....


Won't Work:
93 Cobra.
Maybe the BBK


That should get you going.

 

[95GTV8]

thanks very much for all of the help.

 

[94GTLaserRC]

thanks very much for all of the help.

You should ALWAYS have your current mods listed when asking for help, so we can see what has already been done. You can check out the FAQ section at the top of our forum for more info on the intakes.

Just as a side note, for really nice power gains when working with air intake, it is usually a good idea to replace from the front mass air meter to the intake, usually the meter/filter, TB and Intake in one shot. These are relatively easy bolt ons that dont require tuning or other major issues.

RC

 

[RFMustangGT]

95GTV8: the 93 cobra intake swap CAN be done. I've done it. just check out the link that wytstang put in one of his post. I just put up some more stuff on it plus it has a link to my car domain site.

 

[RFMustangGT]

.you cannot use elbow adapter on a 93 cobra intake,the egr is built into the 93 cobra intake which is why you cannot use the elbow.to use that intake you must cinvert your car to fox body style setup throttle body.sorry joes95gt but you could not be more wrong on this,the 93 cobra and the explorer intake are not exactly the same.

hey, lookie what I did then! all ya got to do is buy a 93 egr and move it to where it needs to be.