Which intake is better?

SaleenSHO · Dec 15, 2005

I was looking around at intakes and the two I was thinking about are the Cobra (upper/lower) intake kit, or the Typhoon (upper/lower) intake kit. Which one performs better? How much added HP will i get out of it, and finally, how hard is it to install?

bcd · Dec 15, 2005

i'd personally go with the cobra I've known people that haved used the typhoon and it seems like junk to me

IntenseBlue · Dec 15, 2005

What heads are you using?

SaleenSHO · Dec 15, 2005

Unfortunately the stock heads. I was trying to see if it would be worth it to get the intake on the stock heads. I plan on upgrading to GT-40p heads sooner that later. Is it worth the money running it on stock heads? What kind of gains if any will I see?

mrswivlepants · Dec 15, 2005

You probably won't notice much of a difference. I'm going a similar route as you. I made the mistake of putting the intake in before I had the heads ready and I'm going to have to pull all the crap out again and invest in another set of gaskets. IMHO, wait for the heads to do the intake.

88GTtom · Dec 15, 2005

put the heads on first. i did your route once and really dident like the result. i wish i had done the heads first.

2000xp8 · Dec 15, 2005

Intakes need to be matched to the heads, especially the typhoon, i'm told by the head shop (which port matches all heads to intakes) that the typhoon needs some serious milling and matching to get right. Says that what you save buying a knock off is lost in labor matching it up.

Cobras and gt40's are better quality, except if you buy a cobra now, and then add better heads like afr's or TW's the cobra will be undersized. I've been through a few intakes, because of combo changes if you buy and sell used there isn't much loss of money, but it's a PITA.

MatthewP · Dec 15, 2005

I'd think about a Performer RPM myself. I've seen the Typhoon intake whistle pretty bad - not every one I've seen does this, but I have seen more than one do it. If you are really on a budget, you might find an Explorer intake kicking around somewhere.

From your two choices, I would probably take the Cobra.

-Matthew

IntenseBlue · Dec 15, 2005

Have Tmoss port your stock intake.

carbed87 · Dec 15, 2005

yeah typhoons are chineese crap, i don't even know why people woud consider it an option.

timewarped1972 · Dec 15, 2005

i'm in the same boat. i have decided when i buy an intake i'm getting a cobra one, for several reasons.
first, i've read many articles and threads that have said the typhoon, which is a edlebrock performer rpm knock off, can in some instances sacrifice low speed torque......although most articles say it works great abouve 2600 rpm or so.
so if you just have to put a manifold on now to try it, the cobra is better suited.
also, read the threads, magazine articles, etc, that cobra manifold is capable of making some serious power when it's ported, so you can definatly grow with it, and it shares the same lower as the gt-40 intake too.....
plus they are reasonably priced, a little more than the typhoon but, plus i think they look nice on a stang......just my 2 cents.....

DMAN302 · Dec 15, 2005

bcd said:
i'd personally go with the cobra I've known people that haved used the typhoon and it seems like junk to me

Interesting...you are aware the cobra is being made in china as well aren't you? The typhoon is a great intake when used in the same type combinations that would benefit from an Eddy RPM intake. I swaped my RPM to my polished Typhoon and the gain loss was NOTHING..the typhoon just looked the part better for what I have going on under the hood. I also know several people with the typhoon intake...runners were really quite decent and NO fitment issues at all. It's really about you determining what intake suits your powerband the best.

DMAN302 · Dec 15, 2005

carbed87 said:
yeah typhoons are chineese crap, i don't even know why people woud consider it an option.

Son your confused...you need to be carefull when you say things like that cause I may just bring my little girl down there and red face you with my crap intake runnin car..base your comments on fact..not your "thoughts" in the tech section.

2000xp8 · Dec 15, 2005

MatthewP said:
I'd think about a Performer RPM myself. I've seen the Typhoon intake whistle pretty bad - not every one I've seen does this, but I have seen more than one do it. If you are really on a budget, you might find an Explorer intake kicking around somewhere.

From your two choices, I would probably take the Cobra.

-Matthew

It whistles because of head to intake alignment or the head port being smaller than the intake port. This is why i said it needs to be port matched and milled.
It's unlikely that the average individual could see or tell the difference. But as i said, the head shop said to stay away from it, he doesn't care where things come from, what's better quality is better quality.
Their balancers are also worthless, if you prefer your timing to be correct.

Curse · Dec 15, 2005

A lot of the people on this thread are confused. I am not only saying that because I use the typhoon, but because the typhoon has proven to make great power. DMAN is correct pick an intake for you application. I have stock heads and I think I would have been better off with the cobra intake. With the typhoon, I notice a power loss under 2500 rpm, like if the car felt heavy. I went with it because I knew I was going to get better heads eventually, so I did not want to buy a cobra intake then have to get it ported when I got better heads.

JSSuper455 · Dec 15, 2005

Just for comparison sake... how would the TF Street Heat intake stack-up. My understanding is that its on a level playing field with EB Performer and Cobra intakes. Set for low end, idle-5500 RPM gains....

DMAN302 · Dec 16, 2005

Like with all it's all about getting the parts that work together in the same range. For mine the 2000+-6000 rpm is where the heads and cam really come alive so I wanted an intake that could flow enough to feed her throughout that range. The typhoon flows more than enough for most any N/A 302/306 set up, but it's a little large for the stock head/cam engines and may flatten out the bottom end, for a large displacement engine I would look to the Eddy or really porting the typhoon to ensure the max flow is there. Like stated I have run the Eddy and now the typhoon and I find the exact same results...no change in performance. The polished version gets all the attention when the hood goes up though..it was a nice addition to my bay which hosts an extensive number of polished aluminum/stainless pieces.

2000xp8 · Dec 16, 2005

For a mild or unmodified engine, my choice would have to be the real gt40. It's been proven to work in so many situations.

DMAN302 · Dec 16, 2005

2000xp8 said:
For a mild or unmodified engine, my choice would have to be the real gt40. It's been proven to work in so many situations.

That is an intake I've been growing very interested in lately..some really good test results have been noted lately. I would very seriously look at the GT40 if I were to do it again, it really seems to work well across the board.

2000xp8 · Dec 16, 2005

Another good thing about it, is that if you keep it in nice condition, if you sell it later, it's worth about the same as what you buy it for.

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