My current 03 cobra build thread... Not a part untouched, what will it make for power.

svtnotch

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So i will give you a run down. I have building this car for a couple years now and i feel its approaching dyno day. I purchased this car as a two owner clean title 4,500 mile car that blew the motor and had been sitting for several years.
I didn't want to take it apart every year to upgrade and figured id do it all at once...lol jokes on me, its never done.

My goals with the car is to be a very nice and fast reliable street car with A/C and a stick, go to the track and run low 9's i hope. Not sure what it will make for power but i feel it should make plenty.

Power adder
3.4 whipple with HPP inlet

Engine build specs
Teskid block with billet mains
oliver billet I beam rods with 7/16 ARP 2000 bolts
Factory crank cyro treated and 9/16 ARP stud through snout
Manley platinum coated pistons with upgraded tool steel thick wall pins 9.2 compression
TSS oil pump gears, MMR billet trigger wheel and rear main support plate

Heads are home port/bronze guides.
Comp cams degree'd to card specs
All new OEM ford chains, Shelby mike billet guides and upgraded pins.
Cloyes adjustable gears. Cobra engineering passenger head tensioner

Fuel system
Fore rails with deatschwerks 100lb injectors
Fore regulator and filter
-10 feed -8 return
Fore dual hat with 465 pumps

Alcohol injection systems methanol dual nozzle pre blower (top of inlet)

Nitrous outlet systems spray bars inside lower intake with Jakes old nano nitrous system.

Transmission is a D&D magnum 2.93 first T56 with a McLeod blow proof bell
Spec billet twin disc clutch
Dyno tech chromoly driveshaft

Rear suspension
Team Z 9in with aluminum bolt through 3rd member 3.70 gear
35 spline strange axles
Team Z upper and lower double adjustable control arms
strange double adjustable coil over shocks
Wilwood 4 piston street brakes

Front suspension
Maximum Motorsports K-member and lower control arms
Strange single adjustable coil over struts

Cooling
Mishimoto radiator/ factory fan
Evans waterless coolant
Chiseled 5 gallon trunk tank with 3 1100 pumps
3/4 line to Afco dual pass heat exchanger with dual 8in fans
Cobra engineering intercooler inlet and rear head mod.

Exhaust
1 3/4 KOOKS 3in collectors
3IN stainless x pipe to 3in mufflers and catback

Wheels
Weld rts 15x10 beadlocked with 28x11.50 bais ply and tubed mickey street R
Weld alumstar 17in M&h

Im sure im forgetting a bunch. Any questions let me know.
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Dang man looks sharp. Do you have any idea how much boost you'll see with the current pulley setup or are you shooting for a specific psi?

Running E85? Might have gone with bigger injectors.
 

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not sure where boost will be. i have 3.85, 3.50 and 3.20 pulleys with stock diameter lower. meth is spraying on top of 93 pump and meth will spray on top of unleaded 101 race fuel
 

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Don't want to deal with testing. The smell seeping into lines. And it's not at every station. I don't want to have to plan my route based on gas stations
 

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Don't want to deal with testing. The smell seeping into lines. And it's not at every station. I don't want to have to plan my route based on gas stations

I got the PTFE lines and zero smell. With non PTFE lines you'll probably even get a gas smell in the car.

Testing isn't bad. They switch in Oct and I want to say April. If you tune for 85 you'll just be a tad rich in the winter. I ran like that for a month before having my tune adj.

I get the not at every station, but I don't road trip mine so not an issue. Got two stations within 2 miles of my house.

And you're quite the power junkie! GSXR blown or turbo?
 

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I got the PTFE lines and zero smell. With non PTFE lines you'll probably even get a gas smell in the car.

Testing isn't bad. They switch in Oct and I want to say April. If you tune for 85 you'll just be a tad rich in the winter. I ran like that for a month before having my tune adj.

I get the not at every station, but I don't road trip mine so not an issue. Got two stations within 2 miles of my house.

And you're quite the power junkie! GSXR blown or turbo?


Thanks fellas. And the bike did have nitrous at one time. It is being sold to a co worker and I'll be looking at street glides lol
 

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Subbed! Looks like a sick build! I'm betting on around 800 on low boost and meth and mid to high 900s on 101 and moon boost. I love the IC reservoir being cut through the carpet, any more pics of the install on that? I have a similar setup and would love to clean mine up a bit.
 

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To say that's an impressive build is an understatement. Well done! Yeah, you put a lot of money, time and sweat into it but when you can say "it's done", you're going to really enjoy it. For many years to come!

I love your Lightning, by the way.
 

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