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    Best gear Ratio 3.73s or 4.10s

    No Internet forum is perfect--this one is far from it as evidenced by this thread. Hotrodman... Your name is indicative of your writing style and your claims are meaningless due to their impossibility. I raced my Cobra with IRS for two seasons and I know your numbers are impossible. I'm...
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    Best gear Ratio 3.73s or 4.10s

    Um, yeah... Well, I have never heard of an IRS-equipped Cobra "standing up" on launch. And, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to simply call BS on this one. You are either lying about your numbers or have never actually raced the car. Anyone else who knows anything about the 1/4 chime in...
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    99 cobra with 4.10s not pleased?

    The car won't go much past 150 (as in, you aren't gonna be beating out any Vettes at top speed...) no matter what the rear gearing is.
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    99 cobra with 4.10s not pleased?

    You can't go too high with the stock tranny or you'll be shifting into 5th... Not recommended...
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    Best gear Ratio 3.73s or 4.10s

    Uh, ok... With 298 rwhp, there is no way you ran in the 11s with the IRS regardless of the tires. And that 60' is impossible with what you say you have. Plus, 298 rwhp in one of our pigs does not equal 117 mph in the 1/4... ever. Please, please make some sense in your response...
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    Best gear Ratio 3.73s or 4.10s

    OK, I wasn't challenging you or insulting you (I think). Those are nice times. But with the gears I think you say you have, that wasn't NA. The person who posed the question originally is someone who uses his Cobra as a daily driver. I'm giving him advice from the perspective of someone who...
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    Best gear Ratio 3.73s or 4.10s

    I'm trying to understand what you've said, but it is incredibly difficult... If I am reading you right, you are recommending 3.73s because 4.30s made you spin too much? Well, I can go around spinning everywhere with 3.27s, too, it's all about self-discipline. I don't spin when I drive around...
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    people who got screwed with mac longtubes

    If you are losing oil now, relpacing the headers alone probably won't fix the problem. Why not try deleting your EGR? And they are obviously lying to you. Any change in air pressure that close to your heads could cause some blow-by. And I don't think I've heard many cases of MAC lts causing...
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    Best gear Ratio 3.73s or 4.10s

    No question: get 4.30s. I still get better than 22 mpg on the highway and you actually save a lot of gas in town when driving conservatively. And you still can have fun with them. I had my car up to 140 in 4th (TKO with standard gearing, not 3650). And if you ever go to the track you will...
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    maclongtubeheader question ehat do you think

    Do a search on this subject. It has been exhaustively discussed and argued. Most would agree that buying MAC lts is a bad idea... I don't wanna scare you, just go search this subject.
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    99 cobra with 4.10s not pleased?

    I have 4.30s and my mpg on the highway is still excellent. The rpms aren't that bad for 80 in all honesty...
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    Engine cuts out @ 3,500 rpm - Help Again ASAP Please - buying this weekend

    Well, the cutoff could be a basic problem. I had the same thing happen to me at the track. The elbow from my Densecharger was closing off at speed under load thereby killing throttle, obviously. And, as for the O2 sensors, as was said, you do not need a chip. You just need to extend the...
  13. 103

    2001 Cobra Common Problems?

    All 2001 Cobra were built with TR3650s. Only the 2001 GT has either a T45 or a TR3650.
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    T-45 Tranny in my '97 Cobra w/46k miles is already a mess!

    I'd just buy a new one or upgrade to a stronger tranny. You can get a hold of a T-45 for cheaper than that rebuild.
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    2001 Cobra Common Problems?

    I have no idea. I just keep pushing it down until it pops back up again. Heh, once I watched it pop up while I was on the 1/4 and missed a shift. I was sooo ticked off...
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    2001 Cobra Common Problems?

    COBRyan, you had unusual problems not characteristic of most 01s. I had more tranny problems than most had, also. For the most part, the 01s were great cars. If I had it to do all over again, I would still have bought the Laser Red 01 I fell in love with at Mike Shad Ford.
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    Newest Spy Photos

    oogtdude, you made a comment with just as much fact behind it as did anyone stating that the V6 could come with duals, a wing, and fogs. The current V6 is offered with a wing, fogs, and my hood. Add a bracket and GT exhaust pretty much bolts up. And so many V6 people do it now as well as...
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    2001 Cobra Common Problems?

    Matt, you aren't the only one. And I forgot about all those little problems early on... (April 01, also) Bad paint apps, random things that just seemed to not fit (the plastic vent on the dash for the defrost pops off a lot still...). It is a bunch of little things that are pretty easy to...
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    Cobra vs WRX again

    Hey, there's nothing wrong with one's father buying one's car! :-)
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    99 Cobra VS 2001 Cobra

    ok, look. I can only base it upon my experience. Ford accidentally put a T-45 in as a replacement for my first dead 3650. It took them six months to find a replacement. In that time I knew I had a tranny I could BEAT TO DEATH. I put maybe 100+ runs on that tranny running as hard as I could...
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