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So, I found and bought a 98' Mustang Cobra Intake manifold today on the advice of someone from these forums. Unfortunately, as an old 5.0 mustang guy, I think that I severely underestimated the complexity of these "new" DOHC engines. I could have the old intake removed and a new GT40 installed on a 5.0 in less than 2 hours with only hand tools. I didn't really take a good look at how extensive the work will be to perform the same upgrade on my LSC. Obviously it is at the very least an aesthetic upgrade (especially after I polish it) but I wonder if this intake actually accounts for the 15HP that the LSC is down compared to the cobra. I mean, I shold still be able to install the twin 63mm throttle body and 90mm lightning mass air meter upgrades on the stock LSC manifold right? So, my question becomes, performance wise, is it worth the effort to swap ouy the LSC manifold for the cobra piece, or should I just sell it?
So, I found and bought a 98' Mustang Cobra Intake manifold today on the advice of someone from these forums. Unfortunately, as an old 5.0 mustang guy, I think that I severely underestimated the complexity of these "new" DOHC engines. I could have the old intake removed and a new GT40 installed on a 5.0 in less than 2 hours with only hand tools. I didn't really take a good look at how extensive the work will be to perform the same upgrade on my LSC. Obviously it is at the very least an aesthetic upgrade (especially after I polish it) but I wonder if this intake actually accounts for the 15HP that the LSC is down compared to the cobra. I mean, I shold still be able to install the twin 63mm throttle body and 90mm lightning mass air meter upgrades on the stock LSC manifold right? So, my question becomes, performance wise, is it worth the effort to swap ouy the LSC manifold for the cobra piece, or should I just sell it?