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i have heard of tmoss ported gt40 intakes do wonderful things........ and i love my cobra intake too. BUT cross sectional area dictates it will choke the engine...
to play devils advocate- lets not forget the 351 in the lightning ran a gt style intake and made very resonable power.
 

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a91what said:
i have heard of tmoss ported gt40 intakes do wonderful things........ and i love my cobra intake too. BUT cross sectional area dictates it will choke the engine...
to play devils advocate- lets not forget the 351 in the lightning ran a gt style intake and made very resonable power.
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Ummm.... I wouldn't consider 250hp out of a 351 reasonable
 
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revhead347 said:
I thought this was all based on getting a good deal on a used 363. You could always trade that 363 for my 347. I have the hci to take advantage of it. I would love to put a second stage of nitrous on my car too.


Kurt
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Yes the 363 is a brand new '09 363 dart block that has been sitting in a warehouse, so it's not used but has all forged internals etc, little cash/trade tor it. I can also still can add boost later.

So here is another set up, 347ci, AFR 185 and a xe282hr, the cobra is in a ballpark im pretty good with

http://www.mustangandfords.com/how-to/engine/m5lp-0601-mustang-intake-manifold-test/viewall.html
 
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stock cobra/ explorer 220 cfm, tmoss max ported 250 cfm.... thats your baseline to work from...
 

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When I see them do an intake shootout, and they are all within 2hp of eachother, my guess is that there was something else limiting the power potential. Even with that, I am glad I went with the Systemax 2, because it is the clear winner in all these dyno tests.

If you got the 363 bottom end because it was a good deal and you want to run a GT40 intake on it, go for it; see what happens. If it doesn't end up making the power you want, it's only a few hours to swap the intake later anyway. If you were building a 363 from the bottom up and you were picking out a combo, then I would recommend against it.

Kurt
 

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Yes, I can always swap it if it's not enough!! ...and yes the Holley seems to be the really overall champ!!
 

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Edit:forget it
Looking forward to your "why did my 363 DART make 325hp??!"
 

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tannerc91gt said:
Edit:forget it
Looking forward to your "why did my 363 DART make 325hp??!"
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Cobra gets no love
 

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IMO pick a larger cam.... dont cut yourself short with the bumpstick. with the right cam you can prove em wrong
....... Hopefully
 

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Below 4k rpm maybe. That 363 well be huffing enough air that a rpm2 or systemax 2 will have no issues at lower rpms.
 

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what about doing a carb intake drilled for injectors????? i see em on big na builds at car shows in town might be worth looking into
 

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a91what said:
IMO pick a larger cam.... dont cut yourself short with the bumpstick. with the right cam you can prove em wrong

....... Hopefully
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Yes, sent a pm to Buddy Rawls, gonna' look into the custom bump stick for this street machine, ....muhahahhahahhaa!!!!! (in my low creepy voice)
 
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