My 2001 Cobra w/ ~85k on it is smoking once in a while.
I just started to notice it after I changed 2 things:
First thing I changed was going from a BBK shorty catted H to a BKK O/R X.
Second thing was I updated my ECU tune (SCT/BAMA) to the "Performance tune".
It seems to happen after I've warmed the car up, make a somewhat high RPM pass through 3rd gear and then come to a stop. All of a sudden I'll see a cloud of what appears to be blue smoke. It doesn't happen every time.
It also happened after I hadn't even been at WOT just sorta cruising in town and stopped before getting on the freeway. I also smell alot more exhaust smell, but I'm attributing this to switching to the O/R X from the catted H.
If it IS the valve seals, should I hurry up and get them replaced?
Don't know if I should be worried or not. (on a side note, I've always been a 87-93 Fox guy but was away for a few years after wrecking my last Fox
.. I bought this 01 with 83k on it thnking it would give me some more HP out of the gate. I guess I was expecting ~300 RWHP to feel better than the ~280 RWHP out of my last Fox.. this turned out to be a mistake because I'm not used to having to keep the R's up in order to make power.. my 5.0's always moved when I stepped on them.. body/paint have seen better days, it's been SRA converted, the thing has BBK LT's on it and thats caused some headache due to the extra labor/part costs to get stuff worked on.. I am really starting to wonder if I made a mistake buying this thing instead of another Fox body or if picking the snake will pay off when I can afford to put FI on it.. I've started thinking about maybe seeing if someone with a decent Fox might want to trade.. any advice or comfort would be welcome /end-of-rant)
I just started to notice it after I changed 2 things:
First thing I changed was going from a BBK shorty catted H to a BKK O/R X.
Second thing was I updated my ECU tune (SCT/BAMA) to the "Performance tune".
It seems to happen after I've warmed the car up, make a somewhat high RPM pass through 3rd gear and then come to a stop. All of a sudden I'll see a cloud of what appears to be blue smoke. It doesn't happen every time.
It also happened after I hadn't even been at WOT just sorta cruising in town and stopped before getting on the freeway. I also smell alot more exhaust smell, but I'm attributing this to switching to the O/R X from the catted H.
If it IS the valve seals, should I hurry up and get them replaced?
Don't know if I should be worried or not. (on a side note, I've always been a 87-93 Fox guy but was away for a few years after wrecking my last Fox
.. I bought this 01 with 83k on it thnking it would give me some more HP out of the gate. I guess I was expecting ~300 RWHP to feel better than the ~280 RWHP out of my last Fox.. this turned out to be a mistake because I'm not used to having to keep the R's up in order to make power.. my 5.0's always moved when I stepped on them.. body/paint have seen better days, it's been SRA converted, the thing has BBK LT's on it and thats caused some headache due to the extra labor/part costs to get stuff worked on.. I am really starting to wonder if I made a mistake buying this thing instead of another Fox body or if picking the snake will pay off when I can afford to put FI on it.. I've started thinking about maybe seeing if someone with a decent Fox might want to trade.. any advice or comfort would be welcome /end-of-rant)
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