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About to buy a polished cobra intake for 88 5.0...few questions

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Old 10-22-2006, 07:39 PM
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Default About to buy a polished cobra intake for 88 5.0...few questions

If i buy the intake what other things should i get. I hope to add a supercharger this coming summer but what should i get to go along with it and if this is the right intake. I want to have 300-350 hp at the rear wheels when all said and down. Any help would be great thanks
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First off, I just installed one on my 93 and experienced a major oil consumption problem. FRPP supplied a new baffle and gasket kit to alleviate this, but I haven't reinstalled the manifold to verify that it fixed the problem. Also, the thermostat housing area is shaped differently than the stock manifold and requires that the distributor be rotated a tooth counter clockwise. This results in the distributor being interfered with by the driver's side fuel rail. Modification to the lower distributor housing is required. If I had it to do over again, I would have gone with an Edelbrock Performer.

As to what you should do or will need, you're going to want to get a 65 or 70mm throttle body. If you can afford it, you'll get much more out of your engine with heads and a cam at this time, rather than just the manifold.

edit: Having just re-read that you have an 88, a mass air conversion (if you don't have it already) should be the very first thing you should do. That is the base that you're going to need to have any hope of making 300 rwhp.
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