Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Originally posted by Millertime78:
With the svt upper and lower rebuild will you need to get a intake for an svt? Is there a difference between svt and non-svt aftermarket intakes? Right now I have a intake for a non-svt.



No need to go 'SVT' specific since anything that works for the SVT will work well with the non SVT. The rebuild is just for cleaning up the intake tract and making sure there are no air leaks in the system. Even my lowly Mystique benefits well from a good intake cleaning & overhaul.

BeyondloadedSE has a great deal of experience & is completely correct to recommend the K&N RU-3530 and a GOOD maf adapter. This system is used, proven, and loved by both SVT and non-SVT owners. I can't recall a single argument against it except for heatsoak in the summer, but you'll get that with ANY short RAM intake system.

Most of the EBAY intake systems are junk. Right off the bat you can throw out the filter of the vast majority of them or use it only for show, 'cause it ain't worth a crap for flow. The MAF adapter on many of them is crap too because it may have only a rectangular or square window cut into a backing plate, then piece of pipe welded on. The reduced flow area hurts performance badly - especially at top end of the rpm range. The MAF adapter should have the entire circular opening available for air flow.




personally,i wouldnt go that in depth with it,trust me i've had just about every n/a bolt on done to my non svt duratec engine..from both svt upper and lim,svt tb,svt injectors, kkm intake,BAT pipe,customcougars.com true cold air intake,chip,pulleys,three different exhausts,two y pipes,msds headers...etc.....and now all of that on a swapped in svt engine...in the end its just not worth it,if i could do it again,i would've went with a intake and exhaust and rims..than left it,i liked the way my se rode before it had eibachs and dif sway bars and strut braces. just stick with those two fairley cheap mods,and enjoy the music the duratec sings...if you cant find a svt exhaust,pick up a monza from BAT,pretty cheap,ceg has given it a bad rep,we have a cougar who's been running it for over three years around here without a problem

"Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but STUPID lasts forever."-Aristophanes. --93 pgt,headers,intake,borla=14.9 1/4mile