I think I paid $250 for mine about 8 months ago. It took me 3 months to find one at a decent price. It's the American made Ford Racing one but it was powdered coated white and looked like crap so it took some work to make it look good.
I also managed to find the OEM NOS PCV molded hoses and new plaque for it.
I just really like the way the Cobra intake looks and the fact it doesn't require a EGR spacer.
I was thinking the exact same thing, today. I'm seeing them (and true GT40s) listed around me for ~$650. I remember buying one used for $250 long ago. Sold a GT40 intake for $400 about a decade ago used. Never really imagined they'd go up like this, though. Explorer intakes looking more attractive every day.
I kinda wanna get back to a simple setup. I really enjoyed owning that GT40 combo car last year, but I just couldn't bring it with me to this duty-station.
He’s a local guy who uses 3 and 4 names and accounts to buy parts, low balls, gives sob stories and anything he can then lists everything super high. He’s been caught bidding on his own stuff to up the prices. Doing a deal with him once he showed me a box of 50+ maf ecu’s that he sells on eBay for like 500.... I can tell tons of stories... my favorite is him buying a used ram air hood and listing it Local for 100 above cirvinis and saying he’s a dealer, needless to say it’s been for sale for years.
That said, once I pull my polished one
I plan to list it for $500.
Wow,I got an upper and lower intake from a 99 Explorer from local pull a part for $50.00. They had ten V8's there, they were all gone until I got to the last one in last row. Got the heads from it too for $50.00 each.