Cobra Owner At 19

decided to go 347 and maybe a shot of nitrous down the line, but i wanna focus on makin it flow better. Ive been told that the cobra intake is to restrictive for a 347 engine and that i should go with a trick flow or edlebrock intake. yet not to long ago i remember hearing that if you port and polish the cobra intake, it flows better then any after market intake. so im a bit confused on that. also with a cobra intake and gt40 heads and the other mods i have (in sig i think) what do you think my hp standing could (note that word) be? thank you

JD1969

I think you might have been a little harsh there buddy, the guy asked a simple, honest question. No need to call the kid an idiot. You must have been born with absolute knowlage of all things car related and therefor were never a newb at modding

95whitecobra

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I think you might have been a little harsh there buddy, the guy asked a simple, honest question. [/quote]

I agree with you 100%. In fact I am also doing a 347 build up and have asked several forums a similar question. Basically what we are asking is will we get good enough results porting the Cobra intake versus buying a new unported intake from any of the aftermarket vendors? The main point is cost. Approximately $100-150 to port the Cobra lower versus $400-$600 for a new intake. And I've been told that a ported Cobra intake can flow 250 cfm's versus 198-200 cfm's stock. Does any unported aftermaket intake make those kind of numbers or close to it? If the ported intake is a good choice than the savings can obviously be spent elsewhere on other mods.

vfast

that post is gone..we don't need it..anyway ..you can look to a used piece as well..... you can get that corba intake exturd honed and potch match it to your heads

Cobra Owner At 19

my money situation sucks. i was gonna build a turbo kit but then i realized for what it costs to build a turbo kit myself, i can get myself a nice short block 347, and to fund for that short block im gonna sell my bottom end im building now with the forged pistons and better camshaft. sucks that im gonna be bottlenecking with the gt40s but i dont mind to much, just another mod to save up for. i dont see why you had to be unplesent about it, thank you to who ever delted the post. if i port and polish my stock intake and the heads, that will help just A LITTLE right? not lookin for a way round gettin better heads, just wondering that

95whitecobra

Absolutely! Look at the below sight that's where I am sending my cobra lower to. They state only the lower needs porting and the fee is roughly $110.00.


http://www.tmossporting.com/

vfast

did you know if you had done some research a truck lower when extrude hone is the **** and these intake can be had for 25.00 and just find a edelbrck upper all for about 325.00..a little less than a new cobra intake......

the cobra intake needs work on number 5 hole something terrible