explorer intake
 

Are the explorer intakes(GT40) on ebay any good and well they bolt on to my 5.0? I am building a 306 with keith black 10-1 pistons, windage tray, B-cam(maybe), ported and removed air hump ,3 angle valave job , shaved 50 thousands stock heads, roller rockers1.6,ac elim,no smog,h pipe, equal length headers,24 lb inj, 70 mm mass air and throttle body,electric fan, underdrive pulleys with a t5 tranny and 273 gears. Any suggestions on this set up (good or bad) Any help would be appreciated. First 5.0 build. Want it to be very streetable but also want sufficiant power for the stop lights. Thanks

Sorry, just trying to keep my post alive.

Sorry I didnt see your post earlier. Yes the explorer intakes on E-bay are good and offer great performance, the explorer intake is a great naturaly aspirated intake.

I got mine off of e-bay for $200.00 brand new.

You do have to modify it a little bit to get it to work. If you get one PM me and I will walk you through it.

If you do get the explorer intake our set-ups will be nearly identical.

Good luck,

What needs to be modified?

Dude, loose the 2.73's!!! You will be very thankfull when you do. Get a set of 3.73's. Just my suggestion.
Caymon

You have to tapp a hole in the #5 runner of the lower intake for your air charge temperature sensor. 3/8 pipe thread tapp

and if you are still running the coolant lines to your throttle body you have to tapp a hole in your #4 runner. You can bypass this step by not running coolant lines to your throttle body. Thats what I did.

Easy money,

Dark 5.0 and BIG RED
 

What kind of times does that setup produce for you DARK 5.0? If you dont mind letting everyone know, if not please email me so Ill know what to expect. Thanks for your response. Any idea what year explorer intake i need? BIG RED, I may change the gear ratio soon after but its been my experience that they only help just off the line. I know it sounds crazy but after i put 373s on my 73 F100 W/ a 390 my 1/8 mile times went down some. I mean if you go through the 1/4 mile traps in 4th gear w/ 373s and Im just shifting into 3rd then my tranny gears kinda make up that difference. Dont want to give up traction and mpg for only a feeling of going quicker. But hey, thats just my theory and Im sure someone could get me to see it differently. Thanks for your response. I appreciate any and all help.

Get different gears. Go at least 3.27's. It what i have and i like em cuz its a good median between acceleration and gas milage. If you want to, get 3.73's there really popular and i hear stories of people still pulling close to 20mpg with em. but 2.73's will kill your car no matter what set up you have on it.

I pull about 19 mpg city and about 23 hwy with my current combo. I see no difference in mpg. But, to each his own. I like the gears and Joe Schmo might not. Any way it goes, if you are happy with your car, it's a good combo.
Caymon

My 5.0 consist of.....

Ported , polished , and milled E7's
Explorer intake, 3/8 inch phenolic spacer
65mm TB 67mm EGR
under drive pullies
Aeromotive FPR
1 5/8 equal length headers
O/R X-pipe
2 chamber flows dumped
3 .73 gears
Ford racing clutch
sub frame connectors
lower control arms
steeda tri-ax shifter
27X10X16 slicks

Last time I went to the track all I could do was mid 13's @102mph.........That was before my Throttle body and slicks. I fully expect to run a high 12 next time I go the track.

Keep in mind I am at 3000ft of altitude and my car is a convertible.

Later,

Dont get me wrong, I am asking for suggestions on my combo. I may have had just a fluk accurance with my gears cause all my friends disagree with me to. I appreciate your help, any suggestions on my motor mods? Thanks again

Dark 5.0
 

I guess you were posting at the same time as me cause i just now read your post. Sounds good,no power adders? I just want to be in the 12s and still be streetable. Gas milage is not that big of a concern, i know hot rodding and gas milage dont go hand and hand but I want something better than my 390 F100 cause it only getting 9 mile to the gallon on the highway. Thanks again.

Oh yeah any idea what years for the explorer intake?

Dark 5.0: can you run the spacer in the explorer intake w/ a stock hood or do you have a cowl hood?

Think Junk yard or used intake
 

When I got my explorer intake off ebay I shopped around for weeks and finally found a "used" one with extras. The junk yard shipped it with 65mm TB, 1997 model 19lbs injectors, and it had the EGR built-in ( which is great to find!!!)

If you get one of the "new" ones on ebay it will probably not have EGR and no extra's.

My seller was actually a GREANLEAF salvage yard.

Junk yard
 

Thats why I was asking for year models. I plan on giving my local junk yards a call. The year probaly doesnt matter but thought Id ask just in case. 65mm TB? What is it on a stock 5.0 HO?

TB and intake
 

I think stock 5.0 TB is 50 or 55MM. The explorer TB is noticable bigger.

The early 5.0 explorers 1996-1997 have the EGR passages even though they are not used. You can tell when you take the upper off. Look for the little black hole in the middle.

Also you can get some good GT-40P or GT40 heads off those engines.

58mm is the stock throttle body

Thanks alot. Ill look into the intake deal. Would it be benificial for me to invest in the heads? I mean i already have my E7s shaved,3 angle valve job,removed air hump, polished. Dont want to waste money. Especially now, got a temp lay off today. All this time but not enough money to do much. Thanks again to everyone

the e7's are crap no matter what you do to em. With all that done to em, i guess there nto to bad, but a set of heads would be the best thing you could get for your car. you can get a brand new set of gt40p heads for under 500 bucks. They'll go real nice w/ that new explorer intake of yours.