Coyote Holley Sniper Intake— Will it fit?

[Alphamacaroon]

Hey all, curious if anyone has tried putting one of these Holley Sniper air intakes for the Coyote under the hood of the Coupe? https://www.holley.com/products/engine/intake_manifolds/efi_intake_manifolds/fabricated_sheet_metal/parts/839031
Do you think it will fit?

[Fasteddie41458]

I have one to install on my Gen 3 Coupe. It is the same height as the OEM intake. There is a copy of the Holley by another company, it is 1+ inches taller and will not fit under the gen 3 coupe hood. I bought a polished one with fuel rails off Ebay, sold by Holley for about $432 delivered.

[Erik W. Treves]

I have this one -

https://www.topstreetperformance.com/catalog/product/view/id/2119/s/tsp-velocity-coyote/category/68/

[Alphamacaroon]

I have this one -

https://www.topstreetperformance.com/catalog/product/view/id/2119/s/tsp-velocity-coyote/category/68/

Oooo that is nice. Have any pics? Does it work with the stock fuel rails and such?

[Erik W. Treves]

I didn't try - I went with their fuel rails -

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76397&d=1509809065

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=76396&d=1509809055

[nskaats]

I wouldn't go that route unless it's just a show car and you like the look (though a trained eye can spot a chinese sheet metal intake from a mile away). I've had customers repeatedly try these cheap sheet metal intakes on multiple different engine combinations and they kill low end torque bad. Many of them will drop 50-70 lb ft of torque between 2,500-3,000 RPM. The car will feel lazy down low. With as light as these cars as it may not feel as dramatic, but it's really not a well designed piece.

[Alphamacaroon]

I wouldn't go that route unless it's just a show car and you like the look (though a trained eye can spot a chinese sheet metal intake from a mile away). I've had customers repeatedly try these cheap sheet metal intakes on multiple different engine combinations and they kill low end torque bad. Many of them will drop 50-70 lb ft of torque between 2,500-3,000 RPM. The car will feel lazy down low. With as light as these cars as it may not feel as dramatic, but it's really not a well designed piece.

So what would you recommend? Many say avoid the BOSS 302 like the plague. The Cobra Jet doesn't seem to do much better. Is there anything that looks better than the stock thermoplastic intake, but offers similar performance?

[nskaats]

So what would you recommend? Many say avoid the BOSS 302 like the plague. The Cobra Jet doesn't seem to do much better. Is there anything that looks better than the stock thermoplastic intake, but offers similar performance?

The Ford Performance intake manifold offerings are by far the most functional and best performing in most cases. That's why the aftermarket hasn't really done much with intake offerings for these engines. Appearance can be changed with paint or hydrodip if you really want to. But the cheap sheet metal manifolds are pure trash. I sell a TON of Holley products, but will not touch one of those things after all the testing we've done over the years. The ebay and other versions are at least as bad if not worse for performance. They're designed just to look good to people who don't know any better. It's a manifold poorly constructed of sheet metal just to say "I have a sheet metal manifold." There's a lot of math and intentional design that goes into building an intake manifold to perform. If you're buying a fabricated intake manifold that's designed to actually work and built properly, you're not spending less than $2,500 for anything decent.

[nuhale]

I was considering going to one of the Holley aluminum to give the engine a better look. After some conversations this quickly changed as several performance shops (including LUND) told me to avoid for my GEN2 yote as they have seen many issues ranging from seal to air thermal issues. They said the best bang for the buck will be going with the 2018+ intake. I decided to stay put with my stock intake and take a different route for look.

[nskaats]

nuhale that's been my experience as well. The cheap sheet metal intakes are not only designed improperly, but it's rare to have one that doesn't create a vacuum leak or twelve. The real fun part is to watch one at WOT on the dyno and you can actually see the plenum flex. Naturally aspirated cars will collapse the top part of the plenum and boosted cars will flex them outward. I've only seen one split, but we were running 34 psi through it just to see what it would take...and we found the answer lol

[Alphamacaroon]

What about the Edelbrock Victor II 5.0L? Any thoughts on the quality or fit on that one?

[nskaats]

I haven't had a customer try one of those yet, but I can tell you for sure I've never had an issue with fitment or quality on an Edelbrock manifold. They also tend to put a lot more effort into R&D so I would generally expect it to work pretty well.

[Erik W. Treves]

most of these type of intakes are going to be give or take over the stock variable runner intake. The car is ok to give up a little low end torque if you watching the weight - by turbos overcome any intake flow issues :) - you are not going to notice much seat of a pants difference between the intakes detail above - they will all be different in respect to the OEM. They will also require "more" tuning vs staying stock... the tune is based on how many Liters the intake manifold is and the different runner characteristics when the IMRC actuate.

https://www.fordmuscle.com/tech-stories/engine/coyote-intake-manifold-shootout-gt-gt350-boss-302-and-cobra-jet/