Verified Intake and Hood Clearance Combo's

[Soupy]

I couldn't find a thread with my intake and hood combo to verify clearance to close the hood. So I had to wait until I had finished the install to find out if I needed to buy a new hood. I'm pleased to report that I was able to retain my stock 95 Cobra hood with the Edelbrock Victor EFI upper and lower intake.

Please include your successes or disapointments, and save your fellow SN pals the suspense.

 

[Eric94GTvert]

That is a VERY large intake. What is the rest of the combo?

 

[Joes95GT]

That is a VERY large intake. What is the rest of the combo?

Indeed it is.

In my experience, I have never found an intake that could not fit under the stock hood on a 302. All Edelbrock manifolds fit. The Holley fits (barely). The Cobra/Exploder/GT40 manifolds fit. TFS Street Heat and Track Heat fit. I'm fairly certain the R does, too.

Joe

 

[Eric94GTvert]

I was referring large as in, Why does he need an intake that large? Revving to the moon?

 

[Joes95GT]

I was referring large as in, Why does he need an intake that large? Revving to the moon?

I understand that. I agree with you totally. The second part of my post was referring to the question at hand.

Joe

 

[Soupy]

I was referring large as in, Why does he need an intake that large? Revving to the moon?

I need it for driving to the grocery store and church on Sundays, you know everyday type stuff.

 

[Eric94GTvert]

I understand that. I agree with you totally. The second part of my post was referring to the question at hand.

Joe

Cool...

back on topic

The victor intake looks mean as hell sitting on top of the engine. The coolest thing about the victor is you can put the upper on either way. You can put the inlet from the drivers side.
This would be handy if one were to use a vortech and run the piping through the fender through the intercooler and out where the battery was and into the intake.

 

[Eric94GTvert]

I need it for driving to the grocery store and church on Sundays, you know everyday type stuff.

sounds good.

 

[Joes95GT]

I need it for driving to the grocery store and church on Sundays, you know everyday type stuff.

Sacasm or defensive seriousness?

Joe

 

[baglock1]

In my experience, I have never found an intake that could not fit under the stock hood on a 302. All Edelbrock manifolds fit. The Holley fits (barely). The Cobra/Exploder/GT40 manifolds fit. TFS Street Heat and Track Heat fit. I'm fairly certain the R does, too.

Joe

This one doesn't.

 

[Soupy]

Sacasm or defensive seriousness?

Joe

Dude? All kidding aside, I have this posted in one of my other threads too. I changed the intake now just because I could. This already has the S-trim on it and and I've got 42#er's, 70mmBBK, 80mm Pro-m coming in this week. Too much for a stock Cobra motor, maybe so! But, all of this gadgetry will soon be transplated onto a VERY stout 331 with Canfield Stage II heads. So in the mean time, what's a couple of head gaskets in the interest of science? I'll keep you folks posted.

 

[Soupy]

Hey Baglock, I was looking at your setup in another thread today. Pretty slick! I understand the TB is up in the middle there, but how does the air intake get routed? I presume it was all custom?

 

[baglock1]

Hey Baglock, I was looking at your setup in another thread today. Pretty slick! I understand the TB is up in the middle there, but how does the air intake get routed? I presume it was all custom?

If you look at that pic, you'll see a panel type K&N up by the firewall. Originally, Roush designed these to work with cowl induction hoods that sealed to the filter. The hoods are rare (only 20 something made) but another owner of one of these intakes has been working with a fiberglass shop at getting new ones made.

I'm running a Cobra R hood just for clearance. They can be modified to work as a cowl induction but I don't plan on going that route. I'm building a turbo motor and I'm going to route the plumbing up the side and U-turn into the current TB position.

 

[95snoozer]

if it doesnt fit a 96+ cobra hood should have no problem due to the big bump and where the box on that intake sits.

 

[Joes95GT]

This one doesn't.

Smartass!

I have to admit, you got me pretty good.

Joe

 

[iwashmycar]

What about with a 1" spacer. I was wondering if any intakes fit with that???
.....Under a stock hood of course.

 

[95BlackTan50]

I have an Edelbrock Performer intake. I did the Play-doh test this weekend and it looks like I have about 1/2 inch clearance between the front of the intake and the hood. The heat shield is still on the hood, so that might give you a little more room. A 1 inch spacer would not fit with my intake. I am going to get a 3/8 inch spacer to see what kind of valve cover clearance I could get.

 

[baglock1]

Smartass!

 

[WHITE94COBRA]

My ebroc performer barely fits under my stock 94 hood it rubs pretty good on the heat sheild, and with the hood closed I can feel it on the top of my hood, slight vibration on the hood surface. And its about to go through the heat sheild.