97 Cobra! weird noises! and other stuff

[zo0mistic]

Ok I jus got a car that i bought a 1997 cobra with a vortech vs-1 supercharger. It whines pretty noticeably when I push the throttle. I always thought vortech were suppose to be quieter. Also i noticed on the valve cover next to the supercharger theres a little bit of oil build up, the oil is too high up to be coming from the valve cover or gaskets. I was wondering if the supercharger could possible letting out a little bit of oil? also is the whining sound a hint hat its lacking oil? I jus bought this car from Ebay and the guy i bought it from is in Florida and im in California he didn't tell me about any of these problems. I am somewhat frustrated. I also here a tappety type sound when i hit the throttle fast I was told it might be an exhaust leak Im not sure! Also this car has a weird transmission I think its a tremec 3550 but those dont fit in 4.6's i looked under the driveshaft and maybe it has a spacer it seems like to make it fit? I know its not a normal tranny because my 4 bolt corner steeda tri ax shifter wont fit in it. It has 6 bolts on the tranny shifter mount. I know this is alot of questions for one Post but I jus got the car and im wondering. Any cobra owners please let me know if this sounds familiar! Thanks ALOT.

 

[StangJonGT]

Take the car to a reputable shop, preferably a mustang shop or speed shop. As for your supercharger whine, that is normal. Only the Vortech SQ series is "quiet".


Jon

 

[tontot77]

how much did you pay?

 

[zo0mistic]

I payed 9300 to have it shipped from florida to california. 8500 then 800 shipping. not bad eh? blu books for 11 or so. 77k miles. 3500 vortech kit already installed with it for the 9300 total :]

 

[tontot77]

good deal. I would assume that the oil leak is the SC and that he may have installed a different trans... still, no biggie...