Hi everyone, im new to the SVT performance forums, but have been around the 99-04 section on modded mustangs for a while(i have a 99 GT with 212k miles soon to be procharged). This is a cross posted thread as i figured some of you guys might find this interesting. Anyways I recently picked up a cheap 1997 cobra that needs some loving. ... its got some issues lol but i don't plan on keeping the car i plan to fix it over the next few months, driving it for a bit and sell it come spring/summer time. sorry for the long first post, Anyways here is the rundown
the good
- 1997 Pacific Green Cobra
- Clean title
- Cheap
- 138,617 miles
- Seemingly rust free
- BBk intake, Jet MAF, BBK 65mm TB, BBK long tube headers, MSD plug wires, catted midpipe (cant remember if its a H or X), and flowmaster cat back (with some ugly tips)
- Found a steering wheel cover, motorcraft oil filter, 4qts motorcraft sythetic blend oil and two jugs of coolant in the trunk! (These could be warnings of possible issues i guess)
The bad
- Needs driver side head light (lens is cracked)
- Need to remove all the stickers lol
- Needs rear quarter fixed
- Needs clutch
- Needs steering column (will go more into that later on)
- Needs PA state inspection & Emission
- Find & fix exhaust leak
- Front and rear bumpers could use a respary
- Small hole in driver side seat
- Hood latch sticks horribly
- Hood is lose and zip tied on...
- Weak, yet new battery
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Haven't gotten around to getting started on this project much yet, but I was poking around it the other day trying to narrow down where the exhaust leak is coming from and well.. I found it alright. Not really sure what im going to do about this, the metal looks to brittle to try and weld a patch in along with it being in a bad spot for a patch, these are BBK long tubes i dont know it they were chrome or ceramic coated but either way the finish is looonnnggg gone. My father suggested finding a new collector for it and cutting the rotted section off and welding a new one in, then I'd have to weld a flange on. or worst case scenario which i really don't want to do.. new long tubes Anyway, the other thing I found odd about this car was there isn't a VIN sticker in the door jam, like at all? either the sticker fell off or someone removed it? there is a sticker up much higher that says something about some sort of Ford calibration? a google search brought up something about a PCM/ECM not sure though. Besides that I have put on a spare from my 1999 GT until i get a chance to plug the nail in the one rear tire, it one ghetto looking cobra at the moment
tinkered with the cobra today. I wanted to inspect the air filter to see if it needed a cleaning or replacement, because i have heard these BBK intakes can rust from the inside. It's a good thing i did check it out, filter was pretty much rusted and not worth cleaning. and the inside intake tube has some surface rust that ill clean off. Also discovered what looks to be the production date of the intake of 8/30/06 and the filter looks to be about that old. The best part of this was i discovered that one of the previous owners put one of those "tornado" fuel saver things inside the intake tube right behind the MAF
Decided to tackle the odometer/trip meter issues that plague these SN95 cars, I wasn't sure if it was or wasn't working because i havent driven it more then a few feet. So i figured id spend the $10 and buy the gear replacement kit off of amazon and just replace them. It was a good thing that i did because once i got the cluster out and flipped it around the gear drive was so brittle that that gears had just fallen off and the nubs on each side to hold it in place were broken off. It was pretty straightforward install, i followed the video from LMR and it took me a little less then an hour from start to finish. also figured id write on an inconspicuous spot when and at what mileage it was changed for the next owner who might not know if it was done. I did not replace the worm gear as that gear was perfectly fine, so if anyone needs just a worm gear message me. Now i just need to get it down to the shop, throw it on the lift and get to work on it!
the good
- 1997 Pacific Green Cobra
- Clean title
- Cheap
- 138,617 miles
- Seemingly rust free
- BBk intake, Jet MAF, BBK 65mm TB, BBK long tube headers, MSD plug wires, catted midpipe (cant remember if its a H or X), and flowmaster cat back (with some ugly tips)
- Found a steering wheel cover, motorcraft oil filter, 4qts motorcraft sythetic blend oil and two jugs of coolant in the trunk! (These could be warnings of possible issues i guess)
The bad
- Needs driver side head light (lens is cracked)
- Need to remove all the stickers lol
- Needs rear quarter fixed
- Needs clutch
- Needs steering column (will go more into that later on)
- Needs PA state inspection & Emission
- Find & fix exhaust leak
- Front and rear bumpers could use a respary
- Small hole in driver side seat
- Hood latch sticks horribly
- Hood is lose and zip tied on...
- Weak, yet new battery
Haven't gotten around to getting started on this project much yet, but I was poking around it the other day trying to narrow down where the exhaust leak is coming from and well.. I found it alright. Not really sure what im going to do about this, the metal looks to brittle to try and weld a patch in along with it being in a bad spot for a patch, these are BBK long tubes i dont know it they were chrome or ceramic coated but either way the finish is looonnnggg gone. My father suggested finding a new collector for it and cutting the rotted section off and welding a new one in, then I'd have to weld a flange on. or worst case scenario which i really don't want to do.. new long tubes Anyway, the other thing I found odd about this car was there isn't a VIN sticker in the door jam, like at all? either the sticker fell off or someone removed it? there is a sticker up much higher that says something about some sort of Ford calibration? a google search brought up something about a PCM/ECM not sure though. Besides that I have put on a spare from my 1999 GT until i get a chance to plug the nail in the one rear tire, it one ghetto looking cobra at the moment
tinkered with the cobra today. I wanted to inspect the air filter to see if it needed a cleaning or replacement, because i have heard these BBK intakes can rust from the inside. It's a good thing i did check it out, filter was pretty much rusted and not worth cleaning. and the inside intake tube has some surface rust that ill clean off. Also discovered what looks to be the production date of the intake of 8/30/06 and the filter looks to be about that old. The best part of this was i discovered that one of the previous owners put one of those "tornado" fuel saver things inside the intake tube right behind the MAF
Decided to tackle the odometer/trip meter issues that plague these SN95 cars, I wasn't sure if it was or wasn't working because i havent driven it more then a few feet. So i figured id spend the $10 and buy the gear replacement kit off of amazon and just replace them. It was a good thing that i did because once i got the cluster out and flipped it around the gear drive was so brittle that that gears had just fallen off and the nubs on each side to hold it in place were broken off. It was pretty straightforward install, i followed the video from LMR and it took me a little less then an hour from start to finish. also figured id write on an inconspicuous spot when and at what mileage it was changed for the next owner who might not know if it was done. I did not replace the worm gear as that gear was perfectly fine, so if anyone needs just a worm gear message me. Now i just need to get it down to the shop, throw it on the lift and get to work on it!
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