Picked this car up 4ish months ago. Unfortunately for me it's been a bit of nightmare but im slowly making some progress.
I spent a ton of time talking to the seller and had a few people on here that lived or knew the car say is was fantastic so i decided to go for it.
The Story..
The car took 1 month to get here, a pain to say the least. After receiving the car it would not idle or run right at all. The car was also overheating in any type of traffic. There also seemed to be a lot of electrical issue's (clock working on and off and not keeping time, dash lights not coming on and the cluster totally not working). Also the wide band not reading correctly (something i did know about before purchase and was assured it was a minor issue he did not have time to fix) I took to the coolant system first trying to remove any air bubbles and managed to get the temps down that way. While doing this however i found that the lover rad support was damaged and bent down by what i would assume was the motor falling on it. After a few hours with a jack some boards and C clamps i straighted it all out. I then cleaned the MAF and any other electrical components related to the running of the car. Helped a little but not much over all. I then decided that i would spend some time looking at the wideband, what i found was shocking... Merritt's taped on, exposed 12v wire's not covered, butt spices not crimped and MILES of wire just bundled up and shoved into the dash where ever it would fit, wires just twisted together and taped. I found little to no solder in the car at all. During all of this i also realized that the car cover that was suppose to come with the car did not and more importantly the MM Sub frame connectors that were listed in the ad were not installed or in the trunk (i did talk to the owner about compensation but i was so frustarated i decided to just leave it alone)
I set to work on the electrical, i Removed all the old after market Gauges as well as the factory Cluster. I set to work Installing a Full set of Speed Hut Gauges in the car. I had my Tunner (Eric Brooks) disable the Pats for me so the car would run so we could start tunning to see if we could figure out why the car was running so badly. After finishing that (not a small task) i realized that the Alt. was not Charging the car all the time... This was obviously a major issue and more than likley the cause of the car not running right. After removing the alt and having it tested i quickly figured out i may have another electrical issue, once i traced the wires out i found yet another Butt Splice not crimped and lose, once i redid the connection with solder the electrical issue was fixed. I also Removed the clock in favor of putting my Signals, check engine and high beam indicators there instead.
Im now working on the tune with Eric and hope to have the car mostly complete soon. I'll refrain from posting the pictures of the "mess" as it will only just ruin the good feeling im having about finnaly being able to post some pictures.
I know it's not a Real Cobra but i think you'll all forgive me.
Mods list hereWolf Pack Car Club Forum - CND Garage
Thanks for looking
I spent a ton of time talking to the seller and had a few people on here that lived or knew the car say is was fantastic so i decided to go for it.
The Story..
The car took 1 month to get here, a pain to say the least. After receiving the car it would not idle or run right at all. The car was also overheating in any type of traffic. There also seemed to be a lot of electrical issue's (clock working on and off and not keeping time, dash lights not coming on and the cluster totally not working). Also the wide band not reading correctly (something i did know about before purchase and was assured it was a minor issue he did not have time to fix) I took to the coolant system first trying to remove any air bubbles and managed to get the temps down that way. While doing this however i found that the lover rad support was damaged and bent down by what i would assume was the motor falling on it. After a few hours with a jack some boards and C clamps i straighted it all out. I then cleaned the MAF and any other electrical components related to the running of the car. Helped a little but not much over all. I then decided that i would spend some time looking at the wideband, what i found was shocking... Merritt's taped on, exposed 12v wire's not covered, butt spices not crimped and MILES of wire just bundled up and shoved into the dash where ever it would fit, wires just twisted together and taped. I found little to no solder in the car at all. During all of this i also realized that the car cover that was suppose to come with the car did not and more importantly the MM Sub frame connectors that were listed in the ad were not installed or in the trunk (i did talk to the owner about compensation but i was so frustarated i decided to just leave it alone)
I set to work on the electrical, i Removed all the old after market Gauges as well as the factory Cluster. I set to work Installing a Full set of Speed Hut Gauges in the car. I had my Tunner (Eric Brooks) disable the Pats for me so the car would run so we could start tunning to see if we could figure out why the car was running so badly. After finishing that (not a small task) i realized that the Alt. was not Charging the car all the time... This was obviously a major issue and more than likley the cause of the car not running right. After removing the alt and having it tested i quickly figured out i may have another electrical issue, once i traced the wires out i found yet another Butt Splice not crimped and lose, once i redid the connection with solder the electrical issue was fixed. I also Removed the clock in favor of putting my Signals, check engine and high beam indicators there instead.
Im now working on the tune with Eric and hope to have the car mostly complete soon. I'll refrain from posting the pictures of the "mess" as it will only just ruin the good feeling im having about finnaly being able to post some pictures.
I know it's not a Real Cobra but i think you'll all forgive me.
Mods list hereWolf Pack Car Club Forum - CND Garage
Thanks for looking
