Realistic gains for Cobra Intake swap?

Goober89 · Sep 19, 2007

hey bloopbloop, you should definetly see some good HP gain with the intake. i see that you have the TB, MAF, and P/P heads. so your intake is acting as a big restriction and you are not using the heads to full potential. Once you put the intake on you should open up the gates of hell and unleash your beast. Good luck and hope this helps.

FoxRod87 · Sep 19, 2007

Goober89 said:
hey bloopbloop, you should definetly see some good HP gain with the intake. i see that you have the TB, MAF, and P/P heads. so your intake is acting as a big restriction and you are not using the heads to full potential. Once you put the intake on you should open up the gates of hell and unleash your beast. Good luck and hope this helps.

I second that!

wythors · Sep 19, 2007

onefstsnake said:
I think it depends on the condition of the car. I did get Ford to send the bigger baffle but never installed it. 2,000 miles later and I havent had to add any oil.

From what I've been able to pick up in sharing my experience with others, the oil consumption problem appears to occur on cars that have aftermarket heads and cam only. Stock headed cars don't seem to suck the oil into the #4 & #8 cylinders like mine and others that I've run across.

25thmustang said:
One of our cars has an original Cobra intake off a wrecked on, and another has an aftermarket FRPP one (from easily 5-6+ years ago). They are different, but neither has showed any problems.

FRPP didn't start sourcing the Cobra intake from China until about two years ago. The intake you have was the original production run.

rj95svt · Sep 19, 2007

Goober89 said:
hey bloopbloop, you should definetly see some good HP gain with the intake. i see that you have the TB, MAF, and P/P heads. so your intake is acting as a big restriction and you are not using the heads to full potential. Once you put the intake on you should open up the gates of hell and unleash your beast. Good luck and hope this helps.

+1 A stock intake is a restriction on a stock 5.0! much less one with ported heads and other mods.

I saw your looking at getting a trick flow top end kit next year this is just a thought but you could buy a trick flow intake and next year you could order the trickflow kit minus the intake because you will already have it. I've read that the kits could be bought from summit minus the intake but I would call and check to make sure.

onefstsnake · Sep 19, 2007

wythors said:
From what I've been able to pick up in sharing my experience with others, the oil consumption problem appears to occur on cars that have aftermarket heads and cam only. Stock headed cars don't seem to suck the oil into the #4 & #8 cylinders like mine and others that I've run across.

Yeah since the FRPP Cobra Intake uses the baffle at the stock HO intake

leroy93lx · Sep 19, 2007

Did you ever change your gears? Thats the piece of the puzzle that will make you smile!! With the intake and gears you will damn sure Chirp Tires !! LOL!

cenok is family · Sep 19, 2007

leroy93lx said:
Did you ever change your gears? Thats the piece of the puzzle that will make you smile!! With the intake and gears you will damn sure Chirp Tires !! LOL!

yeah i just noticed that too! what gears are you running?

Foxfan88 · Sep 19, 2007

if your going to do a topend kit later i would pass on the intake for now, i dont think it will make that big of a difference to justify changing it.

bloopbloob · Sep 19, 2007

leroy93lx said:
Did you ever change your gears? Thats the piece of the puzzle that will make you smile!! With the intake and gears you will damn sure Chirp Tires !! LOL!

gears are going to be in in less than a week! I can't wait. 2:73's to 3:73

BUT we got some snow today already!!!! not much time left to test em out!!!

ttop88 · Sep 19, 2007

You will gain with the intake, but with the gears installed you may become patiant enough to wait for a top end kit. LOL

Ike83 · Sep 20, 2007

I just had my Cobra intake ported, polished, and installed, but I haven't driven it yet, so I can't WAIT to test it out. Should be a noticeable gain with my other mods.

Goober89 · Sep 20, 2007

I love all the people who keep telling him "not to do the intake cause you wont see much gain" BS!!! he should see a good gain. he already has heads, TB, MAF, Exhaust. you might even want to go with injectors also..dunno bout that though. but definatley do the intake, and some gears would be nice also.

5spd GT · Sep 20, 2007

Goober - The point is, he is about to get an intake within a year that flows a bit better. I just don't know if it is worth the install trouble and price to do it, if he is going to replace the top half of the engine in less than 12 months

Goober89 · Sep 20, 2007

then he should get the trick flow intake like someone else said. regardless of what intake it is, he is goin to see a good gain is the point.

5spd GT · Sep 20, 2007

Then he can't buy the 'kit'.

grey5.0beast · Sep 20, 2007

All he needs is the cobra/explorer intake, afr 165s and a custom cam. Someone on here has that combo and is just over 300 hp with a better curve than almost any other kit I have seen

Goober89 · Sep 21, 2007

well, whatever combo he wants to get is fine, i dont care. he just asked if he would see a good gain with an intake NOW. i think he would is my point.

red95gtconvert · Sep 21, 2007

As mentioned by 20 or so people in this thread get the Cobra intake you won't be sorry. I put an original 94/95 Cobra intake on my 95 stang a few months ago and it woke it up big time. The mid to upper rpm range is MUCH stronger.

87foxstang · Sep 21, 2007

red95gtconvert said:
As mentioned by 20 or so people in this thread get the Cobra intake you won't be sorry. I put an original 94/95 Cobra intake on my 95 stang a few months ago and it woke it up big time. The mid to upper rpm range is MUCH stronger.

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