The tubular gt-40 is the coolest looking intake manifold ford ever made imo

1994 SN Cobra had stock 60(!) mm tb with a 70(!) maf. It had larger inj 24lb vs 19lb for GT. Also larger fuel pump and a special “cobra” ecu program (more timing, etc). Upgrading to a 65 or 70mm tb was the first upgrade along with more timing. I bought it new in 94…miss her😢. Peace

I love my fabricated GT-40 intake. It's definitely the best looking Windsor intake, Back in the day people new in stock form the GT-40 performed a tad better, but the cast Cobra intake allowed for porting or extrude honing.

The ford explorer Is my favorite for the bang for the buck and I have had excellent results ! I put explorer cam in a non ho once and it roared pretty good with the explorer intake ! Also I built a explorer gt40 e 303 in a 90 thunderbird that was excellent!!

Still love my GT40 tubular intake. It is a great street intake. I know there is better flowing intakes but I like the looks of it. Actually when I got this intake 20+ years ago, there was not many aftermarket intake available. Great video. I wish you put a chart up so we could see all the differences at once.

In Australia we had very few cars with the GT40 tubular intake, but 1998-2002 our 5 litres all had the Explorer manifold - but with a straight blanked EGR block (with no EGR). As well as looking neat I think it improved torque a little much like your Kenne Bell elbow.

Love Your drive / effort on making great content !! Thank you!

Thank you Richard, another great video. I'm learning a lot. Be blessed brother

The best gt 40 intakes tests if seen on you tube! Thank you Richard!

Thanks for this video! I have an Explorer GT40 with a KB style elbow adapter on my SN95. I am a budget builder so it is nice to know that I am not losing that power in comparison to the other rarer and more expensive intakes. We may not be too far away from being able to 3D print some new upper intakes. I am looking forward to that 😀

I sure wish you got more views for all the work you do for us!

Man I keep getting surprised by your backlog of excellent sbf demonstrations. You are the man... I'm gona go buy a gt40 upper

Good video sir. I’m running tubular GT 40 w/V1 s trim. I know there is better out there but it looks cool as hell.

Good confirmation that my choice of tubular on my car is the way to go. Good content!

Love this video! For the money.. port a stock explorer intake ( upper and lower) and you'll be way ahead price wise than any of the intakes tested.

Love your work Richard.

I like the 93 Cobra .. the original ran neck n neck w the tubular GT40. Did it right.. right out of the gate. Enjoyed the comparison.. good job.

Great video. I have a 93 cobra upper with a explorer lower ported by tmoss. I would love to have the tubular gt40 but they are going for crazy money. I have always loved the look of that intake.

The gt40 was always my favorite among the factory intake manifolds.

Love it! Taking back 20 years !

Awesome. This guy is working on the two motors I'm building 302sbf and the 3800. 93 Mustang LX and 99&01 GTP. This is a great sign lol

Wow I like the nice elective surgery infomercial music during the engine introduction

Very interesting video, I didn't think there was going to be that much difference between the Explorer intake vs the Cobra intake. I would like to know if both cobra throttle bodies were the same size or not. I want to say think you for all these Videos you do. I show all my customers your videos. Keep up the Awesome work.

Great tech! Thanks for all of your SBF content. I wish we could get you to test the porting work of the two “internet famous” guys. We’d see who’s really on point with their ported EFI GT40 lowers! (Edit for a typo)

I love the comparison videos and my favorite is the GT-40 but I like the cobra intake when it’s extrude honed!!!!

Great video, wished you could have included the regular 5.0 intake.

Great work!

Thank you for the 5.0L tech!

I love these types of videos, as the owner of an 85 GT though I’d really like to see an old carb intake shootout on these engines, like the stock one, the “performer”, performer rpm, air gap, victor jr ect, and stock vs aftermarket heads with the intakes?

I’ve always wanted a tubular GT40 intake, they look pretty cool!

You are living the dream my man!

Thanks for doing this video , its good stuff ! I did a topend kit on my 94 cobra trickflow 170 fast as cast, 75mm throttle body and port matched for larger opening , 4.0" power pipe cold air , pro-m 80mm maf , 1" phenolic spacer between upper and lower ,custom anderson ford motor sports B-31 Cam 270/280 , 218/228 , .544", full exhaust syst. Had lower intake ported , stock it flows 205-210cfm ,ported flows 250cfm. Was done by TMOSS PORTING , car has excellant throttle response with 3.73 gear ! would like to see the results for the ported lower intake , larger throttle body and port match the upper intake at throttle opening. Thanks for all you do for us motor heads we love it , it saves use a lot of money and time , keep up the good work !!!

Picking up a 302 with a .520 lift cam (unknown brand), 93 Cobra intake, 65mm throttle body, and a 70mm mass air for $800. I think it's a pretty fair deal. Can't wait to get my fox moving again.

Great video

Interesting, as yet again my factory Aussie XR8 220kw (295hp), combo has what looks like a stock Explorer manifold, BUT it also has a bigger Tickford Straight-on 70mm throttle body !!

I'd be very interested in seeing an intake shootout of early SBF intakes: OEM Cast iron 4bbl, Shelby high rise 4bbl, Edelbrock F4B, performer, performer airgap. It would be great to see how far intake design has progressed.

Great info. You can buy a whole explorer for the price of the tubular GT40 intake.

Thank you for making this video. I saw an old magazine article that had the GT40, Cobra, and Explorer and they were all around the same hp. Do you have a baseline with the stock h.o. intake? Richard, I bought your book "5.0L Ford Dyno Tests." I'm sure the royalty check is on its way.

I enjoy all of these tests. Just FYI the lightning GT40 upper is slightly different than the Ford racing GT40 upper. I have a Ford racing GT40 upper and the lightning top cap will not fit on it it is slightly shorter in the cap that came on it.

Impressive how well the Exploder manifold performed

Tried n true tubular GT40 is still sexist and most powerful!! I miss mine!! The optional cover with the horse was a sweet touch!!

Thank you very interesting! Very useful information I needed for my foxbody build. I am Not sure if you saw these videos and I assure you it’s not a joke and I would love to hear your input. There’s a few videos where people are installing ls heads on ford engines. One was ls heads on a 351 Windsor, and theirs some on a ford inline 6! You should check it out it’s very intriguing. Very interested in the ls heads on the ford inline 6 that should have great results.

Rich, any idea of what those heads flow and their valve size. Maybe ballpark compression ratio? Great test. The elbow question is finally put to bed.

Love to see 351 truck intake vs carb vs any other intake manifold.

Just can't beat the look of those GT40 uppers! There are also industrial GT40 uppers out there, which are iron and which lack the EGR passage. But if I ever get ahold of one, I'll figure out a way to make it work on my Mustang.

I’d love to see a video on intercooler piping size testing. I’m curious under boost how the piping size has an effect. Does bigger piping help an engine that makes 700-800 hp? Is 2.5” too small for that kind of power level?

Man I miss the thunderbird man it brought back memories of that!!

Brings memories my 85 mustang GT .. fastest and most fuel efficient car I've owned. With all the mods

That's a rare Explorer intake without the cast in tab for the cable stay. I've only seen two in the boneyards.

Good video.

Good, more sbf content

Ah lastly back then a new cobra w/o leather was $22,600 with leather 23700. I traded in a “demo” 93 Lightning (HORRIBLE gas mileage even for a car guy). Bought the demo Lightning with 5500 miles for $18000. Dang

Can you test the truck intakes vs the gt40 and maybe the edlebrock truck intake? I have one for my 86 f150 and am super curious if i should try and sell it and swap to a car intake!

Could you do comparison of intakes after a extrude honing on each =)

SBF content! 👍

Would be cool to one day see a test of the power difference between a ported lower vs stock on a gt40 intake.

I'm going from an explorer intake with a ported lower and no elbow to a edelbrock performer rpm2 intake. hoping the edelbrock is a good piece cause I was very happy with the explorer intake.

Always wondered why no one ever reproduced these intakes with plastic. Cost efficient, cooler AITs, could sell high volumes .. Could anyone provide an explanation? Also with the 2000 cobra r intakes. Or even utilize 5.0 HO style intakes of tried and true design re-engineered to work on 4.6 SOHC and DOHC designs?

Sweet video. Mine is the first and last intake. Did u use the fel pro 1250 intake gaskets? Also be cool to do a test with a truck intake

Would have been interesting to see what a standard stock 5.0 GT/LX Fi intake would have done.

I used the 5.0 stock tb spacer with the get disabled and water out. This on an exploder intake. I think the additional plenum volume could make some difference. Hence your good elbow result.

I'm guessing a performer air gap and carb would have put out better numbers

what about the 5.8 truck manifolds?

Richard, I think I’ve watched all of your Ford 5.0 intake and cylinder head comparison videos and I’d love to see or even your valuable opinion regarding the the stock intake manifolds and the Edelbrock Pro Flo 4 intake manifold. I believe my car has some ECU issues and I’m thinking about an upgrade to the Edelbrock Pro Flo 4 EFI. Thank you for your technical videos.

🔔😎 Would have liked to see an overlay of the tubular and Explorer no elbow. THIS seems to be most likely comparison into a Fox. Curious of the TBird/SN95 HO upper. 🤔🤔 Thanks for sharing👍👍👍😎

So I’m planning on building a fox body with a 408w. I have a trickflow R with the 90mm tb opening. It’s NOT the box one. Will this intake work well with a 408? It’s a street/strip car. I will be using TW 11R heads, and that 236 cam for strokers. I can always swap to the box R, but I’m scared it won’t fit under a 2.5 cowl hood!

What's your best guess of using a edelbrock performer intake and a holley 600 cfm carb. I have a 95 5.0 ,.030, with an E303 cam and GT40p heads with upgraded springs and 1.6 roller rockers . For me anything in the mid- 300s would be awesome in my 55 F100. All things being equal could I add about 30hp to your test sample?

I was wondering if you can do an episode that continues this comparison with the new Holley 351W HI-Ram EFI Manifold with a 95mm and a 102mm?

I would like to see what kind of numbers that engine would produce with the Holley high ram and Holley EFI

how do these do vs a truck manifold? no one ever mentions much about the truck manifolds

I have a 331 with the E cam, Trick Flow Twisted Wedge heads, 75mm throttle body, Explorer intake, long tube headers. The compression ratio works out to be 9.6 to 1. But it only makes 240 horsepower at the rear wheels

A good added feature could be a list of the parts showing the HP differences at the end Tubular: 364.8hp/377.5tq SN95: 356hp/366tq Foxbody: 361hp/376.7tq Explorer 90°: 348hp/373tq No elbow: 354hp/375tq KB elbow: 361hp/375tq

We need to see a cast 93 cobra intake with the 1” added to the plenum (not phenolic spacer ) . I have cut a few apart to weld in the spacer to add volume and aid in upper rpm performance

Thanks to the Coyote, as much as I love sbf, they have become a thing of the past. For the money I will spend rebuilding a 8.2 deck or a 351, I can have a 1000hp factory sealed reliable daily driven Coyote.

Richard, have you ever done a direct comparison between the Holley Systemax II and the Edelbrock Performer RPM II on a normally aspirated 302? Thank you!

I'm looking for a vid or info on a base line 5.0L mustang with a 225 hp and doing a GT40 heads and intake swap. What are the relative gains and is it worth the money? My son has an 87' convertible we would like to add a little kick to it.

Gotta have techno when watching your timelasps hope all is good Richard the live streams are still my favorite videos 👍👍

Man I wish you could do a 351w truck intake, stock ported & edelbrock with some heads & cam for us truck guys

Man for $600 you can't go wrong with the explorer engine!!!!!

Run a test on one of bigdogs performance stage 3 gt40 or modded f150 intakes.

Was the throttle body off a 94 -95 cobra? I believe there a 60 mm and the GT was 56 mm. So that would explain why it drop off over the whole RPM range vs an 65 mm.

Actually surprised to see the 90° elbow isn't all that restrictive.

I don't know about you, but I have always had to run a spacer on my upper intake. Also, the inlet tube has a 90 on it between the TB & the MAF. Isn't that pretty much standard on all Fox Stangs?

I'm just now starting to build my 94 mustang and I have a few questions. Do you have a recommended street build list?

The tbird I ran the gt 40 cast iron man for a man on a budget that's the way to go

It would’ve been interesting to see what spacers between the upper and lower intakes do.

I have question is more efficient to running a good size turbo or running two small twin turbos on a v6 or v8 engines

I watch all off these tests, and think it's great. I've never commented on anything, but I have to ask about the torque curve dip early in the run? Obviously it doesn't have to do with the upper intake. Is it heads or lower intake? Just curious.

Maybe I'm spit balling but this motor could benefit from a larger throttle body, period. Your previous talks with head flow and cam lift and duration with the given engine displacement makes me think the 65mm throttle is getting to the point of being small.

A lower port job on a GT-40 tube manifold was worth 30hp at the wheels. An unported Systemmax was worth 10 over that.

Had a question... I know you have some good experience for a while now! A couple of months ago I put a 94 cobra upper intake and gt40 lower from a 90's explore on.... It has a small baffle and its sucking oil in the catchcan with my old intake i didn't have this issues Can you to tell me by switching to the lower with a big baffle will prevent oil suction through PCV??? Currently have a new 333 stroker with 7000 miles on it now in my 94 GT AODE with stock heads Any help is much appreciated

checking in 😆 🤣 😂 lol

GT40, Eddelbrock & Trick Flow are the GO TO pushrod 5.0 intakes. Never was a fan of the explorer intake.

How would the cobra R intake compare to a decent carb and dual plane setup?

I had really good power with the GT40 intake, but I got even more power with the Edelbrock and the Edelbrock made the most power for me. The Edelbrock beat every other intake I tried. I used a 70mm throttle body. The GT40 intake just about as good as most of the other aftermarket intakes. Magic 5.0 camshaft I use is Crower 15511, which makes more power than the next larger Crower camshaft and equals the Ford 220/.498"/110 camshaft for power. Two Crower cam sizes up for a 331 stroker though. For me the GT40 intake was about as good as the Trick Flow intake, but the Edelbrock beat all of them. The Trick Flow valve springs are good, as is the Trick Flow stage two camshaft, if changing pistons. Both the Crower and Ford cams beat the Trick Flow stage one cam, but the stage two camshaft beat all of them, but requires piston clearance.

The stock SN95 throttle body which was used is 60mm

The non ho was a set point 19 lbs injectors a mustang lx computer speed density explorer cam that exceeds the max 444 lift and gt 40 explorer intake upgraded fuel pump stock e6 heads wide open exhaust ripped good but had a high idle? 88 crown vic with a 87 nose what a shame some a hole poured diesel in my tank and screwed me I was pissed!

Honestly it would have just been nice to have seen the factory throttle body from the Ford explorer which is a 70 mm instead of a 60 or 65 mm!! The 70 mm makes a big difference of horsepower and the air to fuel mixture ratio!! Not really hardly much of a comparison when the explorer comes factory with the 70 mm throttle body!? 👌🤷🤯😮‍💨

Why not test the Holley High Ram intake? It may not be cheap, but it would be nice to see how much HP it's worth to just have it on there... Thanks for the video Richard! Friggin awesome! 5.0 is not dead yet lol

Can anyone describe to me how the tb can get opened fully before the ramp?