I'm having an AFR 185 headed, 11:1 c/r 347 built this summer, and I was wondering if I would be seriously restricting my power up top if I stuck with the stock intake. Even if I had it port matched to the heads?
I'm having an AFR 185 headed, 11:1 c/r 347 built this summer, and I was wondering if I would be seriously restricting my power up top if I stuck with the stock intake. Even if I had it port matched to the heads?
I would think the best thing to do would be what I did on the other stang. I had the cobra lower and upper fully ported and polished with the upper being cut open runners ported and welded together again.
I believe it's Tmoss who ports intakes for us Stang nuts. As I remember, it's the Cobra lower that is the restriction, not the upper. So port matching the lower to the heads would be your best bet.
I have a stock Cobra intake on my 331 stroker with AFR heads and all the goodies. My tuner said the engine could def have better HP/TQ numbers but the intake is holding it back- acts like sucking air through a straw.
I'd mainly just like to stick with the stock intake because I like the stock look. That, and it would probably be cheaper just to port match the lower to the AFRs. If I don't stick with it I'll probably be going with the Edelbrock Performer RPM II.
I'm having an AFR 185 headed, 11:1 c/r 347 built this summer, and I was wondering if I would be seriously restricting my power up top if I stuck with the stock intake. Even if I had it port matched to the heads?
The answer is definitely yes. You'd have a 210cfm intake on 260cfm heads so you'd be losing a fair chunk of power. Even porting the Cobra won't be enough so I suggest you go for an aftermarket intake.
I'm having an AFR 185 headed, 11:1 c/r 347 built this summer, and I was wondering if I would be seriously restricting my power up top if I stuck with the stock intake. Even if I had it port matched to the heads?