wannabesaleen281

I was looking online about possibly doing an intake manifold swap on my 96 non pi engine and i came across people talking about the frpp svo intake manifold.I have been looking online for one but they seem to be pretty rare.Do anyone here have any experience with on of these or even have alittle more info on them.All i have read about them is how much people love them so i was thinking about possibly trying to track one down.

ChadStang

I didn't know that they ever made one for the 4.6. I like the Bullitt intake the best. I remember reading a mm&ff mag years ago and they had a showdown between a 99 Cobra, 01 Bullitt, and 03 Mach 1. Mach 1 was 1st in all categories but the Bullitt came in 2nd.

wannabesaleen281

From what I have read the bullit intake is based off of the svo intake it is suppost to be like a bullit intake for npi heads.

1low03gt

Agreed, but has some differences with the lower portion under the intake runners.

I noticed a difference once i installed the Bullitt intake on my GT. It pulls threw the rpm a lot smoother, stronger, and doesn't seem to fall on it's face compared to the stock plastic intake. The runners on the SVO, and Bullitt intake are larger in diameter, and shorter in length compared to the plastic intake, which allows higher rpm usage. Some will say it's a waste of money but if you can score one on a steal, it will work great with supporting mods. I would've never done the swap if i didn't get a good deal on my Bullitt intake.

One thing you will need to remember if you do find an SVO intake, some of the stock intake hardware on your GT will not work.
I know with the Bullitt intake i had to get the proper Bullitt fuel rails, throttle cable, cruise cable with bracket, alt. bracket, under the intake metal coolant tube, egr tube, throttle body, plus being a PI, i had to swap to the romeo non PI cam covers with the driver side oil fill cause the passenger side oil fill is in the way of the intake plenum, and inlet tube. I was lucky enough to get the inlet tube, and proper alt. with the intake.


Here is a guy on the Corral.net trying to sell an SVO intake...
For Sale SVO Intake Manifold F/S for 4.6 GT - Ford Mustang Forums : Corral.net Mustang Forum




Here is the Bullitt intake in my GT for comparison....

ChadStang

Interesting, they look very similar. I assume the heads would be a big part of the pi power gain though.

1low03gt

The PI heads would be the bigger gain, but the SVO intake was designed to match with the non PI heads. The intake could be matched to the PI heads with some port work from what i have read.

wannabesaleen281

Actually i was looking at the one on corral thats what gave me the idea.I was thinking if i could find an svo intake at a decent price i could bolt that on for the time being and when i eventually do trickflow heads and a set of cams i could just port match the svo intake.So this way i could have alittle more power now and still use it with my future build.

1low03gt

Well, if you can pull it off, it would be worth it in the long haul of your build.

wannabesaleen281

We'll guys my next question would be is the dual 65mm throttle body alittle too much for what I have at the moment because I am not running boost? I was thinking with the new intake, dual 65mm throttle it would be a good idea for a new Maf and possibly 24# injectors because after the install I would still need a new tune.

1low03gt

It wouldn't hurt you.