This is your wife's car?
Well that will do it.
And this is piston #1 huh?
When O2 sensors fail, they throw low voltages, which the computer interprets as a lean condition, so it throws fuel at it trying to make it rich. Upshot: O2 sensor failures cause the engine to go rich. That there looks like lean damage. I'd look into your fuel delivery system.
+2 on lean damage. Lots of melted aluminum means the fuel system didn't deliver for whatever reason. Very impressive melting I might add. Almost like a plasma torch torched right through.
Oh yeah, a big reliability mod is removing the forced induction and going naturally aspirated. Not that I listen to my own advice... its just way more expensive and time consuming to manage any kind of boost on a track and not just heat related elements.
Oh yeah, a big reliability mod is removing the forced induction and going naturally aspirated. Not that I listen to my own advice... its just way more expensive and time consuming to manage any kind of boost on a track and not just heat related elements.
Most of the 03/04 cobra's don't have any problems on track other then cooling in which some of us have already addressed.
Most of the problems Maynor is taking about is aftermarket blower kits. I believe he had countless problems.
It looks like you got the car really hot and the piston couldn't expand anymore and scored the cylinder walls. My first engine looked similar, slightly scored walls and piston damage.
The hoods will be the 2 huge openings.
She's out there too, running as hard as I am. She runs in the advance group with SVTOA and PCA.
I just happened to be driving it when it blew up.
My contact sold his part in the business. For anyone local it's going to cost more then i am willing to spend to get the molds done (1800.00 +) plus the actual cost of time and materials to get the hoods fabricated. So for now it's one hood at a time.