Lightning GT40 upper intake?
09-15-2007, 11:23 PM
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Lightning GT40 upper intake?
Guys I need to know ASAP if the Lightning GT40 Upper intake will fit a explorer 5.0 lower intake?
09-16-2007, 11:55 PM
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I'd doubt it, The GT-40 intake has large round ports.
09-17-2007, 08:12 AM
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Well.. the Explorer intake is a solid casting copy of the Lightinng/GT-40 intake.. internally they are identical. I believe the Explorer upper is squashed a little for hood clearance compared to the Lightning. The pics I have say it's a direct bolt-on, but the only thing to be gained here is looks, the tubular GT-40 upper is pretty sexy!!
09-18-2007, 01:11 AM
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Ok, I may be wrong on this, I thought they were more like the older car intakes.
09-18-2007, 09:21 AM
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Lightning Intake
Explorer Intakes
97-01 Explorer lower, Lightning lower, 96-97 Explorer lower
They look the same height to me.
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09-18-2007, 08:07 PM
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Great comparison photos 51 Dueller. They are worth thousands of words!
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see if they take the same gasket..........
09-18-2007, 08:42 PM
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great pics look like it would work......
09-19-2007, 08:13 PM
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One difference is that the explorer uses external EGR, but if I remember correctly, Jrock, you're not running EGR at all, are you?
09-19-2007, 11:10 PM
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96 to early 97 still had an internal EGR. The late 97 to 2001 were the ones with the external EGR. Here's a pic from my 96 Explorer intake.
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09-20-2007, 04:38 AM
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Thanks for that info! I could have sworn that my friend's 96 5.0 explorer had an external EGR, though.
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