98 Cobra or 03 Cobra,....not really a decision BUT....

88LX5.Oh · Apr 12, 2013

I say do minor bolt ons. Things that are easy to revert back to stock with. It's your car, have a good time with it, and then when the time comes, put it back stock and sell it. Then sell the upgrades to some young prick whose mommy and daddy bought him a Terminator.

FordRacing302 · Apr 13, 2013

srtthis said:
with a good tune... 460-480hp... 500hp ported is what we saw out of that combo back in the day

I can't believe we're already saying "back in the day" when it comes to 03-04 cobras...Time's going by too fast.

mikestang63 · Apr 13, 2013

FordRacing302 said:
I can't believe we're already saying "back in the day" when it comes to 03-04 cobras...Time's going by too fast.

Yep in 2 years my stang qualifies for "antique" plates.

srtthis · Apr 13, 2013

FordRacing302 said:
I can't believe we're already saying "back in the day" when it comes to 03-04 cobras...Time's going by too fast.

Kinda hard to see think it was over 10 years ago they came out

CarMichael Angelo · Apr 13, 2013

FordRacing302 said:
I can't believe we're already saying "back in the day" when it comes to 03-04 cobras...Time's going by too fast.

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mikestang63 said:
Yep in 2 years my stang qualifies for "antique" plates.

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srtthis said:
Kinda hard to see think it was over 10 years ago they came out

.............................Uhhh sorry to break up all of the nostalgic wafting,......but aren't all three of you driving 20+ year old cars?...........

Hard to believe all three of them were new "Back in the Day"

5.0Droptop · Apr 13, 2013

I like yellow.

srtthis · Apr 13, 2013

madmike1157 said:
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.............................Uhhh sorry to break up all of the nostalgic wafting,......but aren't all three of you driving 20+ year old cars?...........

Hard to believe all three of them were new "Back in the Day"

hey... stop being a smart ass! lol

Husky44 · Apr 13, 2013

Kinda stumbled in here by accident, but have lurked on Mike's posts before...

YELLOW FTW!

Gotta say that the black wheels don't work for me on yellow (although I do like them on my GB 13)... Yellow just needs shiny wheels. My $.02.

Other than that, wouldn't do much on the engine side, just get the power you have to the ground well, make it turn and stop as good as it accelerates, and discover another one of the great joys of these cars--driving them!

Congrats. Enjoy.

5.0Droptop · Apr 13, 2013

Husky44 Yep shiny wheels on yellow for certain.

CarMichael Angelo · Apr 13, 2013

Time to update those that are wondering why I don't have it yet......

I am waiting on the title to get to Cmax so they can sell it to me....Save for that one major legal obstacle,....it's mine. The car is parked in a space and everybody refer's to it as "Mike's car" but still I wait.

Spoke w/ our biz office last friday,..and they told me that Ford Motor Credit had received the payoff on the 10th, and has 10 additional days to put the title in the mail.

My best case scenario is maybe by end of month.

Has that stopped me from buying what it needs?

Hell no.

Replacement windshield: Ordered.
Spec Stage 1 clutch, and t/o bearing: Bought.
Oil filter adapter gasket: Bought.

It doesn't have Cats,.....I don't like that. It stinks because of it. I am looking at aftermarket add-on cats just to help burn off the hydrocarbons that are moving through the soon to be replaced droaning ass flowmasters. I'll probably replace those junkers w/ something quieter next, but I don't know how much of a quieting effect the add-on cats will give me first.

Anybody have any input there?

srtthis · Apr 13, 2013

spec clutch= chattering mofo!

S&B · Apr 13, 2013

i hate f'ing spec i have had 2 in my life never purchased one but replaced both of them.

nice car hopefully everything works out, i feel your pain with the cats, I'm not a fan anymore of loud and crazy

CarMichael Angelo · Apr 14, 2013

srtthis said:
spec clutch= chattering mofo!

S&B said:
i hate f'ing spec i have had 2 in my life never purchased one but replaced both of them.

Oh Come on!.....What is different from a Spec VS any other brand of clutch?

nice car hopefully everything works out,

i feel your pain with the cats, I'm not a fan anymore of loud and crazy

Glad I'm not the only one that doesn't need to be heard from 3 blocks away

CarMichael Angelo · Apr 14, 2013

Husky44 said:
Kinda stumbled in here by accident, but have lurked on Mike's posts before...

YELLOW FTW!

Gotta say that the black wheels don't work for me on yellow (although I do like them on my GB 13)... Yellow just needs shiny wheels. My $.02.

Other than that, wouldn't do much on the engine side, just get the power you have to the ground well, make it turn and stop as good as it accelerates, and discover another one of the great joys of these cars--driving them!

Congrats. Enjoy.

Thanks,.... No Engine mods planned. I'm gonna either strip, or blast and paint the wheels presently on the car in a Silver paint.
That'll be as shiny as they're gonna get.

Noobz347 · Apr 14, 2013

Mike...

Saw this pic in the classifieds... LOOOOOOVE these wheels:

RacEoHolic330 · Apr 14, 2013

I had a Spec Stage 3 in my setup, and I'll be using it again. I didn't have any chatter issues to speak of, and the Stage 3 clutch has individual pucks, which are much less forgiving than other clutch designs. Maybe the modular clutches are more susceptible to chatter?

When I removed my cats, the car got so loud and droned so much that I had to swap out my 2-chamber flowmasters for 3-chamber ones. I think you'll be surprised how quiet the car gets when you add the cats first.

CarMichael Angelo · Apr 14, 2013

Noobz347 said:
Mike...

Saw this pic in the classifieds... LOOOOOOVE these wheels:

Thanks Noobz,...I like those as well.

The Budget for this car is slim. The focus is to get it as nice as possible, and as DD friendly as quickly as I can. Any extra money beyond that will go to the recently rekindled plan to go back to MW in Myrtle Beach now that I have my yellow prick-mobile.

Maybe I'll seek out the attending members of SVT performance, and go around grunting, pi ssing on tires, and sniffing each others' asses as we ridicule lowly fox bodies, while creating the 2013 top ten fail list of the show.

CarMichael Angelo · Apr 14, 2013

RacEoHolic330 said:
I had a Spec Stage 3 in my setup, and I'll be using it again. I didn't have any chatter issues to speak of, and the Stage 3 clutch has individual pucks, which are much less forgiving than other clutch designs. Maybe the modular clutches are more susceptible to chatter?

When I removed my cats, the car got so loud and droned so much that I had to swap out my 2-chamber flowmasters for 3-chamber ones. I think you'll be surprised how quiet the car gets when you add the cats first.

I'm only putting a Stage 1 in mine. The guy at Spec told me it was rated to 500 ft lb, and that will be just fine for me considering I do not plan to install the 2.8" pulley anytime soon (especially since I may drive the thing to MW in July).
The cats I'm seeing look like they can be had for about 180-200 for the pair. It does have stock exhaust manifolds, so I'm also thinking maybe a JY head pipe off of a 2v GT????
I don't know if it is a correct crossover but since there are 4 cats on the stock pipe......

srtthis · Apr 14, 2013

mike is it an 03 or an 04? they changed the rear sensor location on the 04's they moved it after the 2nd set of cats.

and IIRC the 2v pipe does work

SteedaGT9150 · Apr 14, 2013

madmike1157 said:
I'm only putting a Stage 1 in mine. The guy at Spec told me it was rated to 500 ft lb, and that will be just fine for me considering I do not plan to install the 2.8" pulley anytime soon (especially since I may drive the thing to MW in July).
The cats I'm seeing look like they can be had for about 180-200 for the pair. It does have stock exhaust manifolds, so I'm also thinking maybe a JY head pipe off of a 2v GT????
I don't know if it is a correct crossover but since there are 4 cats on the stock pipe......

Mike, check out the classifieds on svtp for a catted mid pipe. I scored a practically brand new magnaflow catted x for $300. There can be some great deals there

98 Cobra or 03 Cobra,....not really a decision BUT....

88LX5.Oh

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mikestang63

srtthis

the guy doing it does every local racers rear end

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

5.0Droptop

...all those nights we shared, and you're a dude??

srtthis

the guy doing it does every local racers rear end

Husky44

5.0Droptop

...all those nights we shared, and you're a dude??

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

srtthis

the guy doing it does every local racers rear end

S&B

I hate my CT. :(

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

CarMichael Angelo

my rearend will smell so minty fresh,

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CarMichael Angelo

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