86 newbie

ok i got a 86 gt wit a cold air intake and 3.73 gears, umm flowmasters and hurst shifter. my buddy is sellin his gt40 upper and lower intake for a 100 bucks, brand new. im also buying his 75mm throttle body. i wanted to know how much more power am i gunna be able to get and is the 100 bucks for the intake a good price?

Venomantidote95

Its a good price but you will loose lowend doing that alone! Itll slowdowm airspeed from the tb to the heads causing a sluggish spot until a certain rpm then it maybe a benefit!

86 newbie

ok lol do you know how much power gain i will have?

g3mustang

wouldnt do it until you do heads

86 newbie

well for gt40 heads dont i have to change the pistons and u might as well do push rods right? i have stock engine. i dont have the money to change all that stuff right now lol.

Gator

Is this from experience?

I put a typhoon intake 70mmTB and Cai on, all at the same time, on a Stock AOD car, had 4.10.s shortys xpipe flows 73mm maf

Took it to the track
No low end power lost here.
gained a little et at the track, not much over a .10th

86 newbie

ok lol does anyone know how much more hp ill get from this???

Venomantidote95

You can gain a 10th from different weather its besides the point its simple fluid dynamics Bernoullis principle.

Your advantage was the supporting mods mainly the gear kept you up in rpms, op there isn't anyone gonna say anything as of numbers gain or loss cause it a minimal factor! Not enough to do it alone as previously stated!

Venomantidote95

Those heads only require gaskets and a mechanic!

Gator

My gains were not from weather that day, it was actually warmer out the day i tested the intake tb cai. but i will agree, that weather can change your et, thats a given.


I just aint buying all the loss of TDL everyone "talks" about, Its just thrown around and talked about with out any proof or experience. All you can do is try the part, take it to the track and see what happens.