intake fit question

[i_love_my_stang]

i've been looking at different intakes for my car, are all the elbows the same? will different throttle bodys cause clearance issues. Also i was looking at the ford racing cobra replica gt40 intake, will that with the elbow fit no problem, i know the actual 93 manifold need a bit of adapting to work will this one fit with just the elbow? thanks

 

[mic_lx]

as far as I know, when I was shopping around for an intake, the 93 Cobra intake will fit with no problems including the elbow, but I came across a 95 Cobra intake and it was even easier to install.
I would suggest you wait a bit more and shop around until you find an intake for a 94-95 Cobra, no elbow needed and it also looks real good... performs really well too!

 

[i_love_my_stang]

i was thinking maybe this manifold, it looks different then regular fox 5.0L intakes

http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts/part_details.asp?PartKeyField=6265

 

[mic_lx]

add to that the price of an elbow adapter and you'll be seing the $700 mark.
I did a quick search in ebay and here's a 94-95 upper & lower intake manifold, no elbow needed, might be worth to take a look  :wink:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ORIGINAL-94-95-5-0L-Cobra-intake-VERY-RARE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a570Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem330302679854QQitemZ330302679854QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

 

[MuscleMustang95]

As far as I know the 93 cobra manifold when using the elbow will hit the strut tower. I picked up a 95 cobra manifold and I love it.

 

[Venom351R]

As far as I know the 93 cobra manifold when using the elbow will hit the strut tower. I picked up a 95 cobra manifold and I love it.

93 or the 94/95 will hit the brace due to the "BUMP" in the intake just before the TB would connect or the adaptor. I would stick w/ trying to find a 94/95 b/c an adaptor will run you about $109 unless you find a hell of a deal on a 93 intake

 

[i_love_my_stang]

well the edelbrock intake and the holley intake both need the elbow as well which is what i was originally thinking about, which i would need a new strut tower brace for anyways, im in no rush to do this im just looking at different options for right now, that manifold is significantly less then a holley or edelbrock, and "is good for up to 350hp" which is all i want my car up to anyways

 

[Venom351R]

if you go w/ one that needs the adaptor then just look for a used intake, you probably be able to get at least $100 off a used intake then you break even.

 

[i_love_my_stang]

ya, just wondering is that a decent intake compared to like edelbrock? or holley

 

[Venom351R]

they are all pretty good

 

[i_love_my_stang]

like i know their would be a noticeable difference between the cobra and a edelbrock, but isnt it the heads that would be the biggest thing?

 

[Venom351R]

pretty much. It goes both ways, a friend of mine had a 92LX w/ the cobra inrtake E303 cam and Trick Flow heads w/ a 76MM HP turbo and was putting down 478 at the wheels. Im not saying the Intake was making a good chunk of the power but it was part of a pretty mild combo putting out really good numbers.


If the Edelbrock is what you really want go with that, don't "scale back" on your original plans b/c then you will end up second guessing yourself later on. Its better to have to save a little longer or hunt a little deeper to get what you really want then to settle for something else.

 

[foss_94gt]

If the Edelbrock is what you really want go with that, don't "scale back" on your original plans b/c then you will end up second guessing yourself later on. Its better to have to save a little longer or hunt a little deeper to get what you really want then to settle for something else.

x2 on that, buy what u really want not what you kinda want, be there down that