Terminator said:Information given was cut & pasted from the Ford service publication web-site which is regularly updated every month. That does not guaranty 100% accuracy, it's just highly unlikely to be incorrect, IMO. 03 Cobra also has the same P-T-W clearances.
Not everything printed by Ford in a manual or database is golden.
For around 8 mos. in early '01, an assembled forged '01 Cobra shortblock was under $300, months later it was rectified to the normal price of over $1000 per. Back in '97 Ford had the TQ specs for the 96-98 Cobra intake manifold in lb/ft not lb/in as they should've been--also took a substantial time to correct. A misprint in this situation may be unlikely, however, so is the actual installation of a forged piston with such little PtW by a major manufacturer that has a history of dealing with such a design.