Please HELP!! Cold Air Induction question, I'm puzzled about something...

[97cobracpe]

I had the mac cai, and it gave me nothing but problems. Rough idle, stalling issues, and it tripped the check engine light with engine lean codes (the car ran real rich on the dyno). I have proof. I'd have to dig up the scans though. I put the stock stuff back on and all my problems dissapeared instantly.

The cai kit rotated the mass-air meter slighty (yes rotating it does affect performance) and the bend into the fender for the filter was right in front of the mass-air meter. I think that there was too much air turbulance, throwing off the meter's capabilty to measure air.

It took me a while to figure out where the problem was in my car. Don't make the same mistake I did. I had bought it for looks more than anything. Never again.

I'm not sure on the difference in the intake design between the cobra and the gt (the part before the mass-air meter), because I never really took a close look at the gt's design. Just trying to throw some helpfull advice your way so you don't end up having the same issues I did, because you wanted it to look nice.