[silver_pilate]

I agree that you're not going to benefit much from an aftermarket intake unless you're planning on heads in the future. You may pick up some horsepower, but it will be high up in the rpm band...and as others have said, you will probably experience a loss of bottom-end torque. It kinda depends on your future plans. If you plan on a set of good flowing heads later on, get the intake that will best match. If a set of GT40-P heads is in your future, then the Cobra intake will do just dandy.

A 70mm TB *may* be a bit large for your application as well. A 65 will likely make as much power and provide some extra torque and better throttle response on a fairly stock or even modified a motor. I've seen dyno runs that say 70 sucks and that 70 rocks. If you plan on heads in the future, I'd say it's just fine to keep it, especially if you're like me and can't keep throwing money at parts.

As far as the looks of the Trick Flow intake, I wouldn't touch the damned thing with a 10 foot stick. It, along with the Holley intake, are, in my humble opinion, ugly as your step mother's 85 year old grandmother's colostomy bag .

--nathan