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...
I bought one and downloaded it from payloadz.com and it is an incomplete program so that did not work! I would pay in a second if I could find one that actually works !
So after much use of the search button, I am guessing that I can drop my engine in through the top ! Can I leave the stock exhaust manifolds on when dropping in? I will install tranny after engine is in ,due to the fact I dont have the room in front of my car for the engine hoist on my little...
I ordered my forged rotating assm. from D.S.S and was wondering if I made right choice! I mentioned sean hyland on here and was told to do a search and that would tell all, I took that as they had some problems! I paid $2195 for a complete assembly ,balanced with arp 2000 rod bolts! The parts...
So I called sean hyland today to get my totals for my engine parts! I am planning on forged crank ,rods,pistons 10:1 comes with bearings and rings! $1995 for that! The nice salesman advised me of a oil pump upgrade with billet gears for $350! Also a billet trigger ring for $85! These prices seem...
Well a little back info first , I bought this 01 cobra from a guy who bought the car from our dealership back in july of 04! He paid $25000 for car and added 5000 miles to the original 3207 for a grand total of 8014 miles that are on odometer now! Well I bought car for 8500 2 weeks ago with a...
I am trying to get my pass side valve cover off, Do i have to go under dash and loosen or remove the hydroboost pump ?? I tryed to lower k beam with no luck , would loosening the engine mount and raising the engine help at all? Damn these four valves are serious! thanx :shrug::shrug:
Hi there I scored a 2001 cobra with a mere 8014 miles! The engine has a knock on start up like a dry start or something! Is it possible to remove engine and leave tranny in car ,the reason I ask this is I am gonna pull engine on my body shop lift (you know 3 feet off the ground lift)! It would...