Hey guys, got bad news yesterday at work. I will be loosing my job to China, like so many others. Not sure why all these companies keep pulling out of U.S., I know labor is a hell of a lot cheaper over there, but if we arent working,who the hell will buy the shit. Sorry for the rant. Anyways, I...
I was talking to an svt mechanic that only worked on svt cobras, and salleens. The dealership was shut down where he was, so he and a couple of the mechanics opened up there own shop, anyway. I was talking to him about putting on my 2.93 pulley, and he said no problem, but we would like to do a...
I am getting tired of this oil filter situation. When I went to change the oil in the cobra today, I couldn't get the dam filter off. The same thing happened to me when I got my explorer brand new. What the hell do they do at the factory when assembling the engines, why the hell do they crank...
I am thinking about buying a used pulley. Is there any thing I should be concerned about, If its been pressed on and taken off, will the pulley fit the blower shaft, or will the hole on the pulley be bigger, not fit tight on the blower shaft
this type of blower is new to me, I am use to centrifugal which i had on my 95 cobra. I spoke with a svt mechanic, and said they increased boost on a 2000 saleen with the same eaton blower we have, not by pulley, but by working on the waste gate. I am a little confused, were is the waste gate...
wow totally cool, had a piece about the 03 cobras. Pauls ran in the 10s, he said he had a straight axle in there. But dam that is friggin' movin, these cars are awesome. Can't wait until next spring to get to the track.:beer:
when my car is broken in, i want to get a dyno tuned diablo chip, is there any good tuners in the Wisconsin area? I called Rick Anderson, he said he didn't have the software yet
I hear valvetrain noise on both sides of the engine by the valve covers. Is this normal or should they be quiet, only hear it with the hood up, kind of reminds me of my 95 cobra with the 1.72 rockers.
finally got my cat back on this morning, is it normal for smoke to come out of the tail pipes after you shut the car off, was there some protective oil in the pipes? Also, how did the driver side tail pipe fit, did it touch the plastic cutout?
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rain all day yesterday, so i went and bought a k and n drop in, and removed the silencer. went out on the high way, and the boost needle went to the line, not the 10 line, the one right before it. Its also 42 degrees today, pretty sure thats where all the extra umph came from. Man I just love...
I thought other then the first couple produced, the center vents weren't adjustable? Mine are fully adjustable, anyone else with a 2nd run with adjustable center vents?
I noticed the headliner in the car by the back window is hanging down a little, not bad but noticed it while looking in the rear view mirror, anyone else have that problem?
Well got it, no pull, no vibration. Got home and removed silencer, and pulley guard. Holding off with putting on the magna flow catback for now. Love the car, unbelivably smooth. Worth the wait
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car is in ready to go, gonna try and talk my foreman into letting me take vacation friday, or I will have to wait til' saturday. Not sure when I will be putting the magnaflow catback on, its been sitting in my garage for 2 weeks I think, woooooo hooooooooo
when you guys put on your cat backs, was it easier to unbolt the rubber hangers from the car then taking them off of the exhaust, or did you leave the hangers on, and take off exhaust. My car is coming soon i hope, and have the magna flow exhaust from the last group buy sitting in my garage.
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finally saw my first cobra today, waved the guy down and talked to him in the wal mart parking lot. He added a different shifter, cat back fr500, with a different catted h or x pipe, upr cold air intake, boost and fuel pressure gauges, man are these cars sweet, mine was suppose to be here last...
well I got my magnaflow exhaust from the last group purchase, thanks Jon, and Anthony, now all I need is a car to put it on, lol. Hopefully next week according to the salesman. I should I wait to put the exhaust on for break in, or bolt that bad boy on? Peraonnally don't think it would hurt the...