96-98 GT owners (Must Read)...25rwhp for $100

91LX2Bfast · 01-30-2004, 01:24 PM

While the PI intake bolts on, it isn't "optimal." What I mean by that is there is "some" power left on the table, but for the money spent/power increase ratio, its acceptable to most people with street cars.
Would I put an on a track car..no. A bolt on street car...absolutly.
The kit by Livernois would be a much better option for forced induction or wet nitrous kit cars, or just someone who wants a complete, no hassle bolt on kit leaving nothing on the table. It saves you from having to pull and port match your heads, or modifing the intake. Also, they milled the intake to fit with the adapters under the stock hood. Designing those adapters and getting it all to fit under the stock hood was no small task. And remember, the ports actually line up. I personally think its a great option as compared to an SVO intake.
As for the PI intake prices: I've seen them picked up for as low as $50. I personally bought a complete (upper and lower) PI intake for $90 when I had my old '97 T-bird and was gonna do the PI swap. Check the classifieds on the net, Ebay, or check local junkyards. It's not a part that will wear out from use, so a used piece is as good as a new one.
As far as the bullitt intake: I think the whole appeal to bolting on the unmodified PI intake is the power gained vs. money spent ratio. If you spend $1200 for all the Bullitt hardware, then it kind of defeats the purpose. At that point, you'd want it to match the ports on the heads because you have quite a bit of $ invested in the setup.
The whole idea is that using factory parts, 96-98 guys can bolt on GOOD power for little cash outlay: Take these used parts for example: PI cams $100-175, PI intake under $100, '02 GT 80mm MAF under $100, Misc costs for gaskets, new heater line(under intake) and the such, and dyno tune to up get everything sorted out and up the timing. You can see 30+ peak rwhp and much more then that over 5000 rpm, ot to mention and nice increase in torque through the whole powerband. All for what, $800+ bucks.

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01-30-2004, 01:24 PM	#1
91LX2Bfast Registered Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Warrington, PA Posts: 694	While the PI intake bolts on, it isn't "optimal." What I mean by that is there is "some" power left on the table, but for the money spent/power increase ratio, its acceptable to most people with street cars. Would I put an on a track car..no. A bolt on street car...absolutly. The kit by Livernois would be a much better option for forced induction or wet nitrous kit cars, or just someone who wants a complete, no hassle bolt on kit leaving nothing on the table. It saves you from having to pull and port match your heads, or modifing the intake. Also, they milled the intake to fit with the adapters under the stock hood. Designing those adapters and getting it all to fit under the stock hood was no small task. And remember, the ports actually line up. I personally think its a great option as compared to an SVO intake. As for the PI intake prices: I've seen them picked up for as low as $50. I personally bought a complete (upper and lower) PI intake for $90 when I had my old '97 T-bird and was gonna do the PI swap. Check the classifieds on the net, Ebay, or check local junkyards. It's not a part that will wear out from use, so a used piece is as good as a new one. As far as the bullitt intake: I think the whole appeal to bolting on the unmodified PI intake is the power gained vs. money spent ratio. If you spend $1200 for all the Bullitt hardware, then it kind of defeats the purpose. At that point, you'd want it to match the ports on the heads because you have quite a bit of $ invested in the setup. The whole idea is that using factory parts, 96-98 guys can bolt on GOOD power for little cash outlay: Take these used parts for example: PI cams $100-175, PI intake under $100, '02 GT 80mm MAF under $100, Misc costs for gaskets, new heater line(under intake) and the such, and dyno tune to up get everything sorted out and up the timing. You can see 30+ peak rwhp and much more then that over 5000 rpm, ot to mention and nice increase in torque through the whole powerband. All for what, $800+ bucks.