So back in 2008 when I bought my car it had the factory plastic crossover intake, which inevitably broke and spewed coolant everywhere. I replaced it with a Jobber Dorman unit because it was available to me and cheap. Prior to swapping intakes the car was exhaust, intake only and ran 13.9. After swapping intakes it always felt a little low on power to me, and everyone told me this was in my head, and said the two wouldnt make a difference.
Well after swapping intakes, adding 4.10 gears, plenum and tb, and tune, the car wouldnt faster than a 13.9 even under same conditions with same 60ft.
Finally after doing a whack load of other mods the intake situation still bugged me so finally despite being told I am wasting money, I swapped from my Dorman to the Ford Racing PI intake (OEM replacement)
Take a look at the differences:
Dorman on Left vs Ford on Right
Looks different enough to matter to me. And for record the intake from Dorman was the "PI Replacement" intake meant for 99+ mustangs.