I just acquired a brand new Ford Motorsport Cobra intake. It has a new spacer and plenum bolt kit, new top plate, and is new (upper and lower).
NOW, for the dilemma.....I am thinking about installing it on the Sport and selling the Trick Flow piece that is on the Sport now, or, do I sell the Cobra and Keep the Trick Flow intake?
I really haven't had the Trick Flow Street Heat on but for a few short months, but I'm thinking, Maybe I can "go Cobra" and give it a try. Really not sure what I want to do. Swapping the intakes is really no big deal (I do have a lot of practice with them). If I sell the Street heat, it'll go with the 70mm t-body and spacer as well, as well as the upper to lower plenum spacer and bolt kit.
I also have been thinking about de-blinging a little under the hood. This would be a good start.
Honestly, Ive never been a fan of the trick flow intakes. I just dont like the way they look. I would definately go Cobra over it.
I will trade you a Exploder gt40 for the cobra :shakeass::shakeass:
Here's mine....
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I'm thinking about selling it and installing the Cobra.As I stated, I think I am going to de-bling a little, and I have a picture in my head as to what I am going for.
As far as trading for an Explorer intake......Negative. I have one in the garage waiting for a smooth and polish.
i vote cobra.. that TF intake is.. yuck.. lol they flow about the same i believe
put a carb and a shiny air cleaner on it..... lol
Oh no, I can't do that. Lovin' the EFI too much.LOL.
Shadow....It's not "YUK"......I like it a lot, but the new Cobra is really making my mind wonder. I'd have to swap valve covers,too.
Nope......love the EFI...................
I've always hated the look of the TF but I'm willing to bet it outflows the cobra intake regardless if its a china made or usa made unit. Also, it's somewhat custom so it has that going for it as well as it's on the car already. Don't know what you would get for it vs. the cobra intake either.
The only intake you would find on my car if i were to do another 5.0 would be the GT40 tube intake despite not being the best contender performance wise but that's just mho.
Well, the TF piece is over $500.00 from Summit (from what I looked up in about 60 seconds). Mine will come with t-body, spacer, plenum spacer, fresh re-polish on the upper. I think I can get $475.00 for the whole setup. We'll see what happens. I still have some thinking to do. I am leaning towards the Cobra........
The TF just doesnt look "right" to me. Too much flat surface area or something. I still say do the Cobra. Maybe make a custom piece instead of the Cobra plenum cover, like a thunderbird logo or script or something. That would really set it off
I don't like the way the TF looks... I would put the cobra on if it was up to me.....but paint it body color to match the car
Body color would be great if it wasn't for the Blue block and heads. I've thought about a custom plate, but not sure where I'd have one made or who even does that. I could easily cut the aluminum plate, but having it etched correctly. I have drawings from some time ago with ideas for a Cobra intake plate. I may leave it blank until I seek out info on that. It won't hurt to shelve the new Cobra plate until I decide.
I think I have decided to "Go Cobra"...... Hey, that may be my new catch phrase...."Go Cobra !!!"...I can just hear a little puppiesanese kid saying that.
any machine shop should be able to handle something like that.. might be bit costly, unless you throw in an order for a few of them.. i'm sure some other guys on here would c00ch them up pretty quick
Let's see the Cobra intake you bought. I like the Trick Flow, but it's shaved and could use a Ford or Thunderbird logo on it.
I'll post pics as soon as it gets here. It's in route. I also have a 65mm t-body and spacer on the way I got for super cheap....the only way I could've got it. LOL. That way, I can keep the polished 70mm t-body and spacer with the Trick Flow.
I think the Street heat manifold has been renamed to Street Burner now? which is $480 from summit.
but i am kinda interested in what it'd cost to send a manifold to Aus :P
about 4-6 months worth of waiting.. lol i sent alcohol carbs for a CBR600 to a guy in au and it took forever to get there
haha, sea freight is normally a couple of months, air is alright, but pricey depending on the item :)
good windsor parts arn't very common second hand here :)
Even at $480 for a new one , my hopeful price for all one will get is a great deal. Enough of that in this thread topic....GO COBRA !!!
HOLY !!!! I just had a thought. I know a guy here in town that does laser work on plastic (No metals....but maybeeeeeee.......). I'll see if he can do an intake plate for me. I'll have to trace out the shape of the plate, then transfer it to whatever he needs it applied to. More as soon as I can get the intake here and get busy. I'll fine tune my designs and get them ready. I hope this works out. It's got to be different, yet fitting for the sport, and, I have to swap my valve covers, or design a new graphic for them....or leave them alone and make my own version of the FPV logo for the intake...YES, That's It !! My own FPV logo !!!! Go Cobra !!!!
get rid of the ford blue.... go with the body color...trust me
I agree....but repainting that whole engine....holy moly. That would be a major undertaking.I'll have to keep the blue for now, but, don't plan on painting the lower intake on this Cobra blue the way I usually do to my manifolds. I am having some ideas though. More later on that. Maybe I can snap a pic of the drawings and post them.
he's going psycho with this go cobra business lol
Fixed. :rollin:
So..uhh, Vinnie...whatcha gonna do with the Exploder intake you mentioned earlier....?
And which of my kidneys do you prefer? lmao
Sometime after the first of the year I'm gonna get real serious about some engine upgrades..namely in the H/C/I areas.
hahah.. that too! eventually, he's going to run out of intakes to run :giggle:
Once I get a lower for the Explorer upper I have, I'll shelve them until I decide to use it or sell it. I really want to polish it,though and do some visual mods to it. Not sure when that'll happen. After the intake swap, it'll be time to start the bodywork with the funds from the Trick Flow piece.
If I run out of intake choices, I'll just start all over with the Explorer piece and go from there. I wasn't planning on this, but I don't get brand new Cobra intakes with all the new add on pieces every day. Plus, an intake swap isn't really that much work. Takes a little time, but no big deal. One of the Stang guys will probably buy the TF intake and parts for their car, and I'll use some of those funds to give the Sport some extra lovin'.
You could acid etch it. Get a negative vinyl made and apply the acid then rinse off and it can be anything you want. Works for valve covers or intakes. You could put "Vinnie Racing" on it or something.
I have about 8 or 10 ideas drawn up. I'll choose the best one...maybe two, and have the guy at the trophy shop here in town cut me a couple out of plastic (with a brushed metal look to it), and laser the design on to it. I talked to him Friday afternoon about that, and he said it would be no problem. My name will be nowhere on the car. I want a "factory look" about it.