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5.0 Mustang Street/Strip Intake Manifold Test - Close Call


 Mustang Intake Manifold Test

Pricing and Other Practicalities

Here is a sampling of mail-order prices for the manifolds in our test. We gathered these prices from ads in this magazine, and retail prices will vary. The BBK intake includes fuel rails, which are required to fit its intake. They are higher volume than stock, so they are a good bargain.

All of these intakes include top-to-bottom gaskets, hardware, and installation manuals. The Edelbrock, FRPP, Holley, and Trick Flow intakes are conventional designs and have no "hidden" bolts under or inside the top casting, so they are easy to install. The BBK is also easy to install, but is a bit specialized, so it features more bolts, stand-offs for the fuel rails, and it requires mounting the fuel regulator.

BBK SSI$549.99 ($699.99 w/70mm TB)
Edelbrock Performer RPM II$599.95
FRPP GT-40$599.95
Holley SysteMAX II$569.88
Trick Flow Track Heat$450.00


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Dyno Results

RPMBBK SSIEdelbrock
Performer RPM II
FRPP GT-40
TorquePowerTorquePowerTorquePower
3,100241.8409.6230.8391235.5412.2
3,200248.8408.4238.3391.1242.6411.1
3,300256.7408.5248.1394.9249.7409.9
3,400264.5408.6257.4397.5258.4411.3
3,500272.4408.7265.9398.9267.1412.6
3,600281.1410.1273.5399277.6416.5
3,700289410.2281.2399.2288.2420.4
3,800296.9410.3289.8400.5298423.1
3,900305.7411.7300.3404.4305.3421.9
4,000313.6411.8311408.4310.6418.3
4,100322.6413.2323.8414.8316.7415.8
4,200332.6415.9335.8419.9323.7414.7
4,300343.7419.8349.1426.4334.7418.6
4,400353.9422.5359.4429348425
4,500361421.3367.7429.1358.3427.7
4,600370.2422.7374.8428367.6429
4,700382.9427.9383427.9377430.4
4,800395.8433.1392.4429.3387.5433.1
4,900404.1433.1401.8430.7397434.4
5,000408.8429.5410.1430.8405.4434.5
5,100412.2424.5419.6432.1411.4432.1
5,200414.1418.3426.7431414.8427.2
5,300417.1413.3432.5428.6416.8421
5,400419.9408.4438.2426.2418.5414.8
5,500422.5403.4442.5422.5420.1408.6
5,600423.5397.2445.3417.6418.7399.8
5,700424.3391447.9412.7415.6389.8
5,800424.9384.8448.9406.5409.5377.3
5,900423.8377.3449.7400.3407368.5
6,000423.9371.1450.2394.1402.8358.5

RPMHolley SysteMAX IITrick Flow Track Heat
TorquePowerTorquePower
3,100233.1394.9233.9396.3
3,200240.6394.9241.5396.4
3,300249396.3250.7399
3,400257.4397.6258.4399.1
3,500265.1397.7265.2397.9
3,600273.6399.1272.8398.1
3,700282.1400.5282.3400.7
3,800291.7403.1291.8403.4
3,900302.2407302.4407.3
4,000314.8413.4313.2411.2
4,100328.7421325.1416.4
4,200339.8424.9336.1420.3
4,300350.1427.6347.4424.3
4,400359.4429357.7426.9
4,500368.7430.3367428.3
4,600379.2432.9375.3428.5
4,700387.5433.1384.6429.8
4,800395.8433.1392.9430
4,900405.3434.5402.4431.3
5,000414.9435.8413.2434
5,100422.1434.7421.5434.1
5,200428432.3428.7433
5,300432.5428.6434.5430.5
5,400436.9424.9438.9426.9
5,500439.8420443.2423.2
5,600442.6415.1446418.3
5,700445.2410.2447.2412.1
5,800446.1404446.8404.6
5,900445.4396.5444.7395.8
6,000444.5389.1443.6388.3


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