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For starters. The basics. I'm the lead technician at a local diesel shop in my area. A LOT of people know me for my love of automobiles, and my abilities both in automotive and diesel. I'm turning 28 this year to put age to it. Paid 32/hr + 401k with 5% match, paid health insurance, $3k/year...

So if anyone here has seen my name pop up in some threads, or threads posted by me, you'd know I like taking absolute piles of garbage and making them into less of a pile of garbage. That being said... I've got the opportunity to pick up a gen 1 lightning. It's OK, nothing to write home about...

As the title states, I'm saving an 03 zinc yellow car from the crusher. Backstory. This story goes back to February of this year. I had picked up a Laser Red 01 cobra with 56k and a rod knock to fix and flip. I slap an 05 aviator long block in it and try selling it. No hits at my price, which...

So, I'm a glutton for punishment. Nearing the end of my wife's 99 cobra rebuild, and I decided I needed another project to dump unnecessary amounts of money into... Well, enter this lackluster 97! Long story short, guy was going to 5.0 coyote swap it, and fell short of time/money. Never got...

Buddy of mine messaged me out of the blue a few weeks back asking if I was interested in another project. Told me he had a 99 cobra he picked up. A friend of his was looking to Ls swap a cobra, came across this one and couldn't do it, as the car is stupid clean. Long story short my buddy ended...

Picked up a set of export mirrors for my cobra. Sadly they're white and my car is black. Looking to disassemble them and have the base painted black, and the shell possibly dipped in carbon fiber pattern. I havent found a how to on how to safely disassemble them without damaging them. Does...

Currently have a t56 out of an 03 cobra swapped into my 97, but honestly, I'm quite disappointed in it. I swapped it in around March and have been running it all summer. Upon doing some reading the t56 needs some upgrades to handle 6-700 horse, and even then it's a time bomb if its driven...

So, I may be doing a writeup on a navi swap into an 03 f150. Dads farm truck swallowed the stock 2v 5.4 at 203k. He and I have decided we needed to have some fun and do some modding. We built a custom 4.0 swapped 85 B2 5 years ago, so we're not newbs. Tag along for a bumpy ride. Sent from my...

Came across a post on a Facebook group, guy had a photo of window sticker and I ran the vin through Ford to see what it was. Dont know if it's one of you guys' cars, figure youd like to see what it looked like the day it rolled off the truck! Enjoy! _Lariat Sent from my SM-G955U using the...

Like posted, doing a c head swap on my cobra. Car is a 97. I've seen mixed reviews on my question. I've heard they wont throw a CEL, I've also heard that it can retard the timing quite a bit. I've got a Diablo tuner on the car, and will try adjusting the knock sensor input to 0%. But can I just...

What's the part # for this hose? It has a restrictor in it. Comes out of the back of passenger head to heater core. Sent from my SM-G955U using the svtperformance.com mobile app

So, I'm going about a c head swap on my 97 cobra. I believe I have all the parts I need to do it. Heads, intake, lid adapter, ect. 1. for the fuel rails, who has done what to mount the factory rails? Photos of what you did? I dont really care to drop much more money on aftermarket rails at the...

As title suggests, I'm looking for a set of adjustable timing gears for my 97 cobra. Doing a C head swap, and would like to install and advance my cobra cams in my heads. Didn't know if anyone had a set in an engine they were parting out or not. TIA! Sent from my SM-G955U using the...

Converting my 97 cobra to C heads. Seen some old posts of the adapter. Dont know if there is a batch that has one that hasn't been spoken for, or if they're even still being produced. If anyone has the ability to contact the guy for me, let me know, or get his contact info for me. Thanks! Sent...

Hey all, picked up a set of heads off an 05 Aviator the other day. Now I know these had the updated cooling passages. My question is, will the head cooling mod be ok to do, or would it disrupt the updated coolant flow path and possibly cause issues? I already have the components to do the mod...

Well, after pestering you guys with some questions over the past few days, I figured it was time to post up a build thread. Little backstory on me, I grew up working on cars, trucks, and tractors. Pretty much anything with an engine. The past few years have been occupied with 70-71 Torinos...

Got a few questions on the head removal procedure on these cars. Along with a few other questions. 1. Is is required to remove the engine to pull the heads? I read in the ford workshop manual that the engine needs to be pulled to do this. 2. Once I have the heads off, I'll be sending them to...

Hey all, new to the 4v world and have a few questions. The car in question is a 97 cobra. IMRC delete, EGR delete, COP swap, and more that I'm probably missing. Now, I bought this car a little over a week ago, and ran into an overheating issue driving it home on the interstate messing around...