my 04 cobra's story- rescue

ttype69

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This sig will be under construction for a while. I am going to start with a short story on how I got my car. also there are youtube videos under the pics othe the rotors. so check those out and subscribe to my thread and youtube account.

Last year I found this car for sale on ebay. I was considering buying it to add to my small corral of cars, which includes an 04 Mach1. I contacted the seller and found that the car was only for sale as a race car due to not having airbags and such. I had asked if the title was clean and clear which it was. Also the car fax was good with only one accident. It was not very bad at all. They did a very good job on the repair and you would be very hard pressed to find the damage. After talking to the seller the trip was planned from Cleveland, Ohio to Virgina. It took about 8 hours. Luckily, I have friends in the DC area and stayed the night. In the morning I made the extra 2 hour drive to pick the car up. When I finally got the car I was pumped but still nervous as hell because it could back fire on me as in a bad buy. Let me tell you I do not regret the buy. I have now had the car for over a year. I am going to stop here for now and put before and after pics of my build and changes. Here you go!! I would love to hear some feedback on the mods + changes. If you would like to follow along just subscribe to my thread and check back once and a while to see the upgrades.

test videos on the bottom
If you could please follow this thread that be great also like and follow me on google and you tube if you can.
Any questions about the car or pics or videos just post up or message me thanks for your support and feedback.

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after i have some more pics to load im working on redoing my gauge right now


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Well everyone wants to know the list of mods so I am going to work on that. Also, I am going to try to load more of my pics to Image Shack. If you guys want you can just click on a pic and see the rest of them on my Image Shack profile, before I even load them to this forum.

__MODS__

- Full Kenny Brown tubular suspension
- Kmember upgraded sway bar billet mounts
- Rear uppers lowers irs
- Solid rear irs bushings in rear with a brace up front of diff
- Bump stear kit
- Coilovers on all 4 corners
- Pretty much everything you can replace and upgrade on suspension is done
- Willwood sl6 font brakes street pad low dust
- Rear brakes are factory
- Steel braded lines
- Has brake cooling ducts but I removed the tubes due to dust
- kenny Brown rear diff cooler. Being removed and sold
- 410 rearend gears .
- Magnaflow catback
- offroad xpipe
- Hooker long tube headers
- rear diff cooler (in process of being removed)
- difftemp, oiltemp , transtemp gauges.
- momo steering wheel pedals and shifter ball
- 4 point cage
- billet door handles and bullit door lock rod knob covers in billet
- diablo tuner
- 2.76 pully no lower stock blower
- motoblue idler tensioner
- kenny brown strut tower brace (removed it was not installed properly)
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--There is alot more but I am going to list all the fixes I have done since I bought the car.

1. Seats bought from shadow installed
2. Rims/tires ill have to get thes sizes for you but its a 315 rear. Stock front deepdish rear.
A deep dish style will not fit front with upgraded brakes.
3. All brakes are new or refeshed new front pads and rotors . Cleaned, painted, and then turned rear rotors with a factory pad.
4. Antivenum mod with a drain and refill of royal purple syncromesh rpo-01512 $17.24 you will need 4 quarts
5. Moroso extended wheel studs part number 46180. You will have to hog the holes a bit. Also, do not forget to put your studs in the freezer to help them shrink.
6. I had to go out and buy new header collector gaskets and clamps and such to fix the exhaust that was 100 bucks. No part numbers but I am using those soft aluminum header collector gaskets.
7. Had to redue the alignment front toe, rear camber and toe. I had to remove the rear toe adjuster and lube them. Front camber and caster was set even so I did not need to fix it but rear toe camber and front camber was way off.
8. 4 new o2 sensors part Bosch 15716.
9. painted the inside of rear deepdish rim barrel to protect agianst brake dust
10. SVT center cap decals purchased from svtperformance in the terminator parts they are great
11. snake emblem in front grill
12. removed kenny brown strut tower brace, (it was not istalled properly)
13. plugs ngk tr6 part num 4177
14. qa1 caster camber plates
15.kenyybell 2.2l blower
16.kennybell boosta pump
17. egr delete.
18. oil separator
19. vacuum rerouting

In progress
kennybell 2.2
redueing header gaskets and cleaning up the exhaust (ie polishing and painting you will see)

my current plans for this winter are reado my gauge pods delete the difff temp gauge and install a wideband.
fix exhaust leaks and clean, paint, polish my exhaust. I Ended up getting a Kenny bell 2.2 for a good deal so I installed that

part numbers
micro guard pcv valve p/n pcv 330 / fram 330 (o riely's)
central pneumatic 1/4" mini air filter x2 had to be modded to use for vacuum.(harbor freight)
Central Pneumatic 3/8" hose barb to 1/4" male hose end x2.(harbor freight)
Edelmann 1/4 X 3/8 90* elbow p/n 831460 x2(o riely's)
Prestone windshield washer/vacuum tubing 5/32 X 6ft p/n wvo532(o riely's)
misc ts and adapters Dorman P/n 47329 (o riely's)





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Brakes-Cleaned, Painted, and Turned




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front 2 peice rotors replacement

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after still need to finish it up ill update the pic later


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starting to polish my exhaust tips

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Check out my dyno pull car made 546 rwhp and 451 ft lb on 19.4. Its got a safe street tune.

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SVT_Troy

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what did you get it for if you dont mind me asking? also what all did you have to put back in it?
 

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Definitely post more pics and tell us more about what you did to it. Gotta love Torch Red :beer:
 

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Very nice! I think I remember this being sold on eBay, right?


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RichM1983

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Agg those stickers looked horrid. Even for a car that may have been a track car it was awful. Looks 10x better.
 

MysticRob

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I'm sure the car thanks you for saving it from the previous owner(s). What exactly did that side decal say anyway? I immediately thought it was some bible psalm or something.
 

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more pics of the rebuild. interior, under, etc.


never understood why ppl sell cars as "race cars" due to something as simple as airbags. maybe other states have laws but here private party can sell whatever they want. buyer beware. dealers....not so easy
 

ttype69

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I just want to say thank you for all the positive comments. It makes all the hard work worth while. Also, I dont have alot of time to update this so I am going to try to update once a week . So please dont forget to subscribe to this thread. Check back for new pics and updates to mods. I will try to keep everthing orginized to my best abilities. If there are any pic requests I will try to get them to you and posted. Also just click on the pic it should take you to image shack and you can see the pics I have uploaded.

Thanks,
Shawn
 
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