Look what I got in the mail today... Very unexpected...

stang8urimport · Sep 5, 2006

Ok, as some of you know, I bought a Saleen intake off of a guy from Craigslist. So I get home from a mini vacation today and go pick it up from FedEx... Get it home... open it... and I'm a little in shock... I take it out of the box... Look at it... Look it over again... I can't believe this... This intake is BRAND NEW. It's never been bolted on a car or used ever... How did I score this??? Just not my luck LOL. I thought it was used, and from the very small picture I saw of it, just thought it was really clean. All the runners have not one sign of fuel or carbon, underside of the lower is so clean you could eat off of it... And the upper looks like it just came out of the factory with not one scratch on the powdercoating. Did I just score huge here? Best part is it came with a 70MM throttle body... Never used. It looks like it came direct from Saleen all assembled and ready to bolt on. Even came with the tstat housing, unused with a brand new Ford 192 degree thermostat in it... (Looks strangely like a Mr. Gasket High Flow). Here are some pics... I'll be throwing it on Ebay tomorrow as a 10 day listing, hoping to get atleast what I paid for it (which was pretty low to begin with).

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poneypower89 · Sep 5, 2006

and how much did you pay for it???

Igofaster13 · Sep 5, 2006

You can thank me for hooking you up with that deal, You should use the intake for yourself.

stang8urimport · Sep 5, 2006

Igofaster13 said:
You can thank me for hooking you up with that deal, You should use the intake for yourself.

Thank you sir I do owe it to you. Now I'm on Craigslist every night scoring smoking deals...

stang8urimport · Sep 5, 2006

poneypower89 said:
and how much did you pay for it???

Much less then it's worth. 550 shipped. Seeing it's basically new old stock, I think I can get quite a bit more for it.

Aaron · Sep 5, 2006

Wow - turned out to be a nice score. I'd keep it if I were you. Imagine what it will be worth in another 10 years.

85_SS_302_Coupe · Sep 5, 2006

Not to rain on your parade, and i'm not saying this is so, but i bought a used Wieand Stealth that was actually painted black and chipped and looked horrible, but i stripped it with aircraft grade stripper, and it looked BRAND NEW, and i mean seriously inside and out it looked like brand new aluminum. Actually that's it in my sig but you can't really see the detail. In your case, probably not so, but just something that i would look for if i were buying an intake that was listed as brand new and not used.

Look in the cardomain link for closer up pics.

stang8urimport · Sep 5, 2006

85_SS_302_Coupe said:
Not to rain on your parade, and i'm not saying this is so, but i bought a used Wieand Stealth that was actually painted black and chipped and looked horrible, but i stripped it with aircraft grade stripper, and it looked BRAND NEW, and i mean seriously inside and out it looked like brand new aluminum. Actually that's it in my sig but you can't really see the detail. In your case, probably not so, but just something that i would look for if i were buying an intake that was listed as brand new and not used.

Look in the cardomain link for closer up pics.

I agree, but I know what I'm looking for. None of the water passages have ever had coolant flow through them... There is no indication it has ever been used. All the nuts, bolts, studs are brand new. Example... The EGR passages on the EGR space and lower intake have no carbon build up of any sort... I have sent things to the sand blaster, and you can alway tell it's been done. There is still little spots it can't get... Things like where the EGR valve attach... New. Gasket areas are new, and milled. Not scraped clean or sanded. This thing is NOS if I've ever seen it.

stang8urimport · Sep 5, 2006

aaron11272 said:
Wow - turned out to be a nice score. I'd keep it if I were you. Imagine what it will be worth in another 10 years.

I agree... But this is how I get my CC debt down. I buy things on it, then sell them for more, then pay the CC back the full amount + whatever I made.

85_SS_302_Coupe · Sep 5, 2006

PoopDawg said:
I agree... But this is how I get my CC debt down. I buy things on it, then sell them for more, then pay the CC back the full amount + whatever I made.

That's pretty crafty....sometimes you might wanna bend the rules though

Foxfan88 · Sep 5, 2006

isnt that based off the truck lower or something?

stang8urimport · Sep 5, 2006

Foxfan88 said:
isnt that based off the truck lower or something?

Yep. But to know if it is a "saleen" lower, you look for the Ford Part number to be ground off, and it is on this one.

Foxfan88 · Sep 5, 2006

so how do those intake flow? they look like they will flow some nice air. they always said the truck intakes flowed more, but was such a hassle to make one work with a stang. the upper is goofy and the TB is in a diff spot.

isnt the holley intake based off the truck intake too??

stang8urimport · Sep 5, 2006

Foxfan88 said:
so how do those intake flow? they look like they will flow some nice air. they always said the truck intakes flowed more, but was such a hassle to make one work with a stang. the upper is goofy and the TB is in a diff spot.

isnt the holley intake based off the truck intake too??

Yep, the Systemax is based off the truck lower... They def flow a lot better... Great for higher RPM or higher displacement motors, or supercharged/turbocharged applications

Tonys96Cobra · Sep 5, 2006

In that condition, I wouldnt accept anything less than 800 for it. Seriously, that thing is worth some bucks!!!!

grey5.0beast · Sep 5, 2006

don't sell it, don't use it, it will eventually be one of only afew in that condition. keep it as a shrine or something.

stang8urimport · Sep 5, 2006

grey5.0beast said:
don't sell it, don't use it, it will eventually be one of only afew in that condition. keep it as a shrine or something.

I wish I could. Just don't have the funds as of right now to hang on to it. Maybe once I'm into a little more money, i can do that... Speaking of which... I found a nice set of Titanium Saleen Fox pedal covers today

caseywan · Sep 5, 2006

That things nice. You can really find some deals on craigslist, I just hate searching it cause the setup of the websit suck donkey balls and is so friggin hard to use.

grey5.0beast · Sep 5, 2006

not really

tunedin302 · Sep 6, 2006

PoopDawg said:
Much less then it's worth. 550 shipped. Seeing it's basically new old stock, I think I can get quite a bit more for it.

I'll give you $325 shipped! not a penny more

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