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02-06-2007, 12:47 PM
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89 LX 5.0LTR 5SPD
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Michigan
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Intake swap?
I have an 89 LX 5 SPD. It has a hot cam, shorty headers, MSD ignition, 70mm thottle with a spacer. All of the smog junk is removed. The heads have been ported, polished, with a 3angle valve job done on them. Will a cobra upper and lower intake add anything over my stock intake? Is there any diffence in porting or flow with the cobra intake? Simply put, is it worth the time?
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02-06-2007, 01:19 PM
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Re: Intake swap?
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With your mods you would pick up quite a bit of power going to a cobra intake. Porting the lower of the cobra intake is a good idea. I put over 300 to the wheels with a cobra intake.
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02-06-2007, 09:17 PM
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Re: Intake swap?
What he said.
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02-07-2007, 08:40 AM
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Location: Saint Louis, MO
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Re: Intake swap?
If your handy with carbide bits and have the equipment, you can get a stock intake to flow 200cfm - my website has instructions on how to do it and many tech articles on the dyno and track results of doing it. For E7 heads (even ported if they flow ~200cfm), the ported stock intake will make more average power over the idle-6,250rpm band than the Cobra, although it is the next best choice. No need to port a Cobra for stock E7 heads, but your heads may benefit from it as they have been ported.
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02-07-2007, 10:09 AM
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89 LX 5.0LTR 5SPD
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Michigan
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Re: Intake swap?
Thanks for all the info guys, I am thinking I might go ahead with a cobra intake set up.......
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02-07-2007, 10:12 AM
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89 LX 5.0LTR 5SPD
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Michigan
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Re: Intake swap?
TMOSS.... I bookmarked your site..... LOTS of good info and specs.... Thanks.
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02-07-2007, 11:30 AM
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Re: Intake swap?
Make sure it's not an ebay knockoff, seen a few of those floating around.
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