Is it worth it? (Manifold Swap)
11-03-2006, 03:57 PM
#21
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RE: Is it worth it? (Manifold Swap)
ORIGINAL: Ecstasy
i never said it would. if your putting it on a 5.0 you have to use teh explorer lower manifold.
i never said it would. if your putting it on a 5.0 you have to use teh explorer lower manifold.
oh, ok, i misread. that upper lighting intake looks f*cking killer though!
11-03-2006, 04:00 PM
#22
RE: Is it worth it? (Manifold Swap)
ORIGINAL: chath_brick
oh, ok, i misread. that upper lighting intake looks f*cking killer though!
ORIGINAL: Ecstasy
i never said it would. if your putting it on a 5.0 you have to use teh explorer lower manifold.
i never said it would. if your putting it on a 5.0 you have to use teh explorer lower manifold.
oh, ok, i misread. that upper lighting intake looks f*cking killer though!
11-03-2006, 04:04 PM
#23
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RE: Is it worth it? (Manifold Swap)
ORIGINAL: Ecstasy
yea it does look killer but theres 1 major thing that bugs me about it, uhh since our intake is on the left side instead of the right, u have to put the intake upside down. then the lightning text is upside down, only flaw, i wonder if you can put the lower 351w bottom on the 302 block. never tried it my lightning gt-40 intake was given to me, had the lightning upper & gt-40 from an explorer lower, so i never got to try.
ORIGINAL: chath_brick
oh, ok, i misread. that upper lighting intake looks f*cking killer though!
ORIGINAL: Ecstasy
i never said it would. if your putting it on a 5.0 you have to use teh explorer lower manifold.
i never said it would. if your putting it on a 5.0 you have to use teh explorer lower manifold.
oh, ok, i misread. that upper lighting intake looks f*cking killer though!
11-03-2006, 04:18 PM
#26
RE: Is it worth it? (Manifold Swap)
i dunno if the 351w bottom will bolt up to the 302, i have the lower intake from a explorer the lower gt-40, the top is the lightning 1 from a 95 gen 1 lightning. it bolts up to the lower gt-40 i have turned upside down.
11-03-2006, 05:05 PM
#29
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RE: Is it worth it? (Manifold Swap)
I LOVE the Lightning manifold (except for the upsidedown thing) but they may be a bit more than I wanted to spend. I was hopnig to keep it under $500 for both the upper and lower. I Figure I'm gonna spend $200 on the Steeda #19 cam, and I'm spending another $100 for 30# injectors. Not sure what I'm spending on heads but those will be expensive too. That's why I was hoping to keep the intake price lower.
11-03-2006, 06:31 PM
#30
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RE: Is it worth it? (Manifold Swap)
The last intake shootout I read put the RPM, Street heat, GT40, and bbk all w/ several hp of each other. I run the street heat and like it.
One big + that I've heard about the tubular GT40 is that it has more power across the entire rpm range, not just peak; especially w/ boost.
One big + that I've heard about the tubular GT40 is that it has more power across the entire rpm range, not just peak; especially w/ boost.