I have gotten mixed input from past owners on what is in the car (forged or not). Short of pulling the motor and tearing it down what the best way to see what's in there? I thought about trying to get a hold of a boroscope but all ill be able to see is the top of the piston. Don't have permanent access to a garage right now so a teardown is not possible but im ready to turn the wick up on this thing and see what it'll do. thanks in advance! :beer:
Best way to see what internals are in 97 cobra
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Drop the oil pan... the crank is forged from the factory, so that's good to go.
For some reason i was thinking on these you couldn't drop the pan without dropping the cross member down. I might be thinking of the 70 nova i had as it had a leaky oil pan and it was easier to pull the motor to replace the gasket, but i've never had to pull the pan on a mustang.
My first thought was to eliminate the rev limiter and loan it to a ricer.
OK, I'm not helping...
OK, I'm not helping...
run a 200shot of nitrous through it repeatedly, if it doesn't blow in a week its probably forged:beer:
ok, im not helping either. Just drop the pan and take a look.
ok, im not helping either. Just drop the pan and take a look.
that would be one hell of a ride with the 13 lbs of boost already going through it! Gonna try and see if i can find somewhere to work on it and pull the pan... no where to do it in my apartment complex.
If you have a bore scope, just go through the oil drain plug in the middle on an oil change.
BINGO!!!:rockon::beer:
Good call! I'll try and get a hold of one since the oil is due for a change anyways :beer:
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