Recent content by bent99

So I bought my Cobra with 8014 miles ( with spun rod bearings) in August of 2008. I rebuilt the engine in my garage and today finally hit 18014 on the clock. I just wanted to get 10k miles on the stock dry rotted tires before I replace them in spring. The car is bone stock except for the Borla...

Snow is hitting the ground at the moment. I am sure glad I drove cobra to work yesterday. I managed to put 8254 miles on it this summer for a total of 16268 miles on the clock. I really enjoy this car.:rockon:

is the big issue with wheel hop just doing burnouts ? Or is it that sloppy feeling if i try and chirp second gear. I dont beat my cobra but it definately feels way different then my old foxbody snagging second. Like I said wheel hop for dummies , so try and be kind. 2001 13502 miles.

I am starting to get thumbs up from the 4x4 clubs in my town and have to do something about my ride height. With 10k on car can I just swap out springs and be good. I am not racing this car at all ,just driving it around and looking good. How far down would be a good height just in case it has...

I bought a used bassani x-pipe part number bx 4699-3 . The website stated it fit 99-04 mustang gt and 99-01 cobras with stock manifolds. I picked it up and started to realize something was different about what I saw and what I remember the stock h-pipe looked like. This x pipe has ball flanges...

I bought a used borla cat back yesterday off craigs list. It came off a 04 cobra and the guy did not like the sound and replaced the Borla with a Flowmaster. So I paid $200 for the exhaust and it is in real nice shape but I am wondering what I actually bought . I heard of Borla stinger but am...

I started my car today and let it idle until cooling fan came on. I put a sunpro manual oilpressure guage on car when I rebuilt engine due to spun rod bearings. When I checked oil pressure back in october it was showing 30 psi at idle with an old Mac oilpressure tester. Engine was hot but not...

Today I went for a ride with my bud in his 1999 mustang gt. I had my scan tool hooked up to his obdII port and was viewing vehicle data live while driving. At the top of second and third gears I monitered his spark advance ,it was between 24 and 26 degrees at wot. So we get back to shop and...

I obviously bought mine with a #8 spun rod bearing and severly worn #s 1,2 and 7 rod bearings. As stated in my sig. My car is up and running now but I just wanted to know what was causing these engines to spin rod bearings. I mean the chevy guys must have a ball on there forums busting on us...

So I have roughly 650 miles on my fully forged 8600 mile 01 cobra. The car seemed like it was down on power so I wanted to check wot ignition timing. If I did this correct the car is seeing anywhere from 11 to 14 degrees advance in third gear at wot. This seems pretty low to me. I called svt...

I put a mac tools oil pressure tester on my cobra on friday and it had 32 psi hot at idle and climbed to 60 psi when reved a little. I put a sunpro oil pressure guage on today and started car and at cold idle it was 90psi and gradually came down to 22 psi at idle hot. Driving the car it is...

Well I installed a new full forged d.s.s rotating assembly over the past couple weeks. Also installed billet oilpump and new oil cooler. I installed engine /trans complete through the top with car sitting on ground (amazingly easy). So anyway I got to drive car last night if only on my dirt road...

So A long story short , I put heads on my 01 cobra last night after putting a new full forged rolling assmbly from d.s.s! I am at the point of putting the timing cover on! When I disassembled engine I set it to tdc and then went 40 degrees past tdc to put all the pistons in the bore and out of...

Does anybody know the torque for the smaller nuts on main caps using a.r.p. fasteners! The bigger ones are 60 ftlbs , I cant believe d.s.s would not send me torque specs for the smaller nuts! Again I switched over hardware to studs ,so the smaller studs torque on the main caps is what I am...

Is this correct ? It just bolts up no gasket! thanx