Started intake swap

[red95gtconvert]

Hello everyone, I am currently in the process of swaping out my stock 95 intake for a 94 Cobra intake, so far the teardown hasn't been to bad but the end bolts on the lower intake were very tight so I gave them a few good smacks with a punch and a hammer to shock them a little bit and they came right off. Some of the lower intake bolts were only hand tight . Anyways I wish UPS would hurry up and bring my intake because I have everything completely scraped and cleaned and I ready to go. You guys don't think it will need any type of tuning to run right do you?

http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/mmanns69/?action=view&current=DCP01662.jpg

 

[94-302-vert]

WOW, that looks good... the inside of my motor looked a TON worse than that...

as for the tune question, I didn't and it runs stronger.... I don't think a tune buys much with jsut an intake... I think it is mainly the cam that requires a tune.

FWIW, do youself a favor and check for gas leaks before putting the upper back on.... I didn;t and had to change a cut o-ring after the upper was on and it was a real pita...

 

[red95gtconvert]

Will the EGR tube off of the passenger side header be long enough to reach the EGR on the Cobra upper intake?, to my knowledge the Cobra is 1 1/2" taller than the stock T-bird (94/95 GT) intake.

P.s. I will check everything out real good before I button it back up.

 

[bill302]

the egr tube will line up perfect the cobra upper intake angles down at the throttle body to the same height as the stock intake see pics below ....i added a few extra pics. for fun....lol.

 

[rj95svt]

very nice job you've done so far. Every thing looks nice and clean. You won't need a tune to get it running. I think a tune would be worth some power but not much and until you get heads and/or cam it may not be worth it.

 

[final5-0]

I would advise you to get or make a thread chaser and clean out the lower intake bolt holes and use anti seize on the bolts when going back together.

Grady