Progress Thread 95 2-Top Cobra Build Thread- Never ending

[TOOLOW91]

Amazon is your friend for belts .

Get a gates green .

 

[Essn95]

Amazon is your friend for belts .

Get a gates green .

Ordered three sizes in between 57.5 and 60 on Amazon and will return what doesn’t work. Went with the Gates Green HD, still cheaper than the parts store belts!

 

[Essn95]

Thank you! With a string I got right around 59, ordered a 58.5, 59.0 and 59.4 of a Gates HD belt to try

 

[TOOLOW91]

Thank you! With a string I got right around 59, ordered a 58.5, 59.0 and 59.4 of a Gates HD belt to try

Get the 58.5 on it - espcislly with the style bracket you have you want it as tight as you can get it . They do stretch initially too .

 

[Essn95]

Decided I would list my wheels for sale at a higher price and see what happens as I already had my eyes on a new setup for V2 of the car. Listed them at $800 and one day later they are gone! Back to the stock wheels for now. Loving the look of the OEM

 

[Essn95]

The setup will be Aodhan DS08 18x8.5/9.5
Front tires: 245/40/18 some cheaper all season
Rear tires: Michelin Pilot Sport 4S 285/35/18

 

[Essn95]

$120 later I got a brand new dipstick and vent plug. Absolute highway robbery but really no other option since they were stripped. We are a belt away from a first drive

 

[Essn95]

Rear seat upholstery installed and seats put back into place. Still want to steam out some creases but overall it looks much better having fresh vinyl in the car

 

[bird_dog0347]

Looks sooo much better, nice work!

 

[Essn95]

Amazon messed up 2 out of the three belts I ordered so 59 in was the only one I had but it worked perfectly. Tensioned it up and have her a start, idled beautifully and bled the coolant system. Took her for a quick 10 min drive to get the requested data from Willie. Awaiting the next revision for the next drive. Words cannot describe the happiness and satisfaction I felt finally driving the car after weeks of work and waiting

 

[Essn95]

Willie requested a WOT pull in third from 2k-4800rpm. Running rich at 10:1 for safety, the car built 8lbs of boost and it felt great! Really pushed you back in the seat around 3500, very similar to a turbo car

 

[96pushrod]

Willie requested a WOT pull in third from 2k-4800rpm. Running rich at 10:1 for safety, the car built 8lbs of boost and it felt great! Really pushed you back in the seat around 3500, very similar to a turbo car

Nice! He go through how to make adjustments in fueling?

 

[Essn95]

Nice! He go through how to make adjustments in fueling?

Negative, he’s handling all of the adjustments. Binary editor is unfamiliar to me, only have experience in HP tuners

 

[96pushrod]

Negative, he’s handling all of the adjustments. Binary editor is unfamiliar to me, only have experience in HP tuners

You can make adjustments to the maf transfer to add or pull fuel. Once it drives and behaves well you can just make little tweaks to dial in the fueling.

 

[Essn95]

Willie is now logged in to Binary Editor remotely to make some changes. Hopefully today we can make some good progress on the tune. My wheels and tires were just delivered today so will try and pick those up later today

 

[Essn95]

Wheels and rear tires are here! Getting them ceramic coated right now and booked an appointment to have them mounted/balanced on Thursday

 

[TOOLOW91]

I spy a turbo Buick

 

[General karthief]

I spy a turbo Buick

There was a Corvette hiding in the back too

 

[TOOLOW91]

There was a Corvette hiding in the back too

I see a cts v-1 in the other picture

 

[General karthief]

They have no loyalties but they have a fair amount of fun