98 cobra carbed?

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a friend of a friend is selling what he says to be a 98 cobra motor which is carberated now i have never seen this before so it sounds pretty cool the price is right so i just might pick it up, anyone ever see/have one of these if so whats it run like and what will i need to get it running thanks for any help you can give me. also is there any way i can check if it is indeed a cobra motor marking of id #s on it?

 

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Get a picture of it. I can just about guarantee it's not a 98 cobra motor. Unless someone took some serious time and made some custom stuff, there's no way it's a carbed 98 cobra motor.

The most obvious give away would be the heads. And the engraved plaque on the heads, I believe.

 

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BLUE03GT said:

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And why would anyone want a carbed Cobra?

 

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Yeah, I'm betting it's a 5.0

 

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I think you can buy carbed intakes for cobra's and 5.4L 2v's I can't remember off the top of my head who makes them. As far as why you would do it? Some guys just don't want to mess with the computer stuff. I think it is mostly useful when putting that engine in other cars.

 

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He doesn't know what he's talking about. 98 cobra motors are DOHC and fuel injected. Any mustang motor since the 80s has been fuel injected...

 

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WHAT THE HELL! <BS> Is that possible?

 

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i saw an auction on ebay where the guy was selling a intake manifold with fuel injectors and carburetor. i emailed him and said that i think he meant the throttle body and he emailed me back saying that all cars have carburetors. i didnt pursue it because it was a 98 gt manifold.

 

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Call him out that is maddd bull****. 98 Cobras where fuel injected.

 

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Call him out that is maddd bull****. 98 Cobras were fuel injected.

 

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Can it be a after-market carb???

 

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If the guy took a perfectly running 98 cobra motor and stuck a carb on it, someone needs to slap that guy or get a damned good explanation. If he just has the cobra long block, minus the induction and computer then I can see it. I didn't know there were carb manifolds for the 4.6 DOHC yet though

 

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Ford Motorsport will be releasing a carbed option for the new 4.6 based modular 5.0 crate motor. But to convert a 4.6 over to carb now you will need a distributor, carb and a few other things. Frd motorsport has not yet released the kit. I doubt seriously that it is a 4.6.

One look at the engine should tell you wether or not it is. The valve covers between a windsor based engine and a modular engine are huge.

 

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new22003 said:

Ford Motorsport will be releasing a carbed option for the new 4.6 based modular 5.0 crate motor. But to convert a 4.6 over to carb now you will need a distributor, carb and a few other things. Frd motorsport has not yet released the kit. I doubt seriously that it is a 4.6.

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There is a company called Sullivan Performace that is about to release a carb intake for the 4.6 DOHC. They already sell one for the 5.4 DOHC Lincoln engine. You won't need a distributor in the classic sense of the device. You actually need a stand alone distributor-less ignition such as the one that MSD has, or another company whose name escapes me at the moment.

 

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well i have not got a chance to take a look at it yet but i will be goin one day this week the story i got was he crashed the car and had plans to put the motor in a boat he has but some personal problems are forcing him to sell. so there is a plate on the head, anything else i should look for? thanks for the help. and reading some of the posts i know it did not come factory with a carb

 

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I'll run with the color guard on this one....it would be possible i guess...but why would you do it? In the 1million-1 chance that it is carbed i bet it isnt worth the money

 

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i think it would be pretty cool if it is carbed just for the fact of it being different then what others have, also i am lookin for a side project just to play around with and for a couple hundred bucks i cant go wrong with pickin this up if it is indeed what he says it is, well there is no harm in me goin to take a look i will keep everyone updated on it, thanks again.