Bone stock 2002 4.6 Cobra need performance upgrades

kgraves779 · Feb 6, 2022

I have a stock 2002 4.6 Cobra. Wondering if and intake spacer would help much at all or a larger than stock throttle body (70 or 72 or 75 or 77...) would add much...or both?

Should I look toward a different than stock intake manifold?

Reprogrammed chip or programmable chip or ECU?

Headers?

Any other suggestions?

Comments on any of these would be welcomed.

General karthief · Feb 6, 2022

I moved this, you likely will get a response here then in the 'wagon'
Welcome to stangnet.

kgraves779 · Feb 6, 2022

LOL. TY!

Dark04GT · Feb 8, 2022

kgraves779 said:
I have a stock 2002 4.6 Cobra. Wondering if and intake spacer would help much at all or a larger than stock throttle body (70 or 72 or 75 or 77...) would add much...or both?

Should I look toward a different than stock intake manifold?

Reprogrammed chip or programmable chip or ECU?

Headers?

Any other suggestions?

Comments on any of these would be welcomed.

I’d avoid the spacer.

Boltons only add a couple horse power. They are easy to do but the cost adds up.

What are your goals and budget for the car? That should drive what you want to do with it.

Potomus Pete · Feb 8, 2022

I would avoid the intake for now, and concentrate on rear gears.

kgraves779 · Feb 8, 2022

Dark04GT said:
I’d avoid the spacer.

Boltons only add a couple horse power. They are easy to do but the cost adds up.

What are your goals and budget for the car? That should drive what you want to do with it.

I have thought about up to $7500ish and just throwing a supercharger or turbo unit on it. But also have wondered about less than that and what bang I might get for my buck.

kgraves779 · Feb 8, 2022

Potomus Pete said:
I would avoid the intake for now, and concentrate on rear gears.

Rear gears are pretty cheap and a lot of bang for the buck for sure. No tuning, just "plug & play" and get it done for well under a grand. Great suggestion!

Akumu No Dara Ra · Feb 8, 2022

2002 Cobra? is that a carryover car? There's no 02 cobra that i've ever heard of.

Is it an 01 that was incorrectly titled as an 02? Post vin and I can check it

kgraves779 · Feb 8, 2022

Akumu No Dara Ra said:
2002 Cobra? is that a carryover car? There's no 02 cobra that i've ever heard of.

Is it an 01 that was incorrectly titled as an 02? Post vin and I can check it

It is actually a 2002 Panoz Esperante.

Mustang5L5 · Feb 8, 2022

kgraves779 said:
It is actually a 2002 Panoz Esperante.

Thats actually cooler than a 2002 Cobra (which was only made in Austrailia)

Akumu No Dara Ra · Feb 9, 2022

I feel lied to, but in a good way. lol.

General karthief · Feb 9, 2022

Pics??

General karthief · Feb 9, 2022

kgraves779 said:
It is actually a 2002 Panoz Esperante.

I call BS

Akumu No Dara Ra · Feb 9, 2022

General karthief said:
I call BS

If it is, LS swap it. You already have a panoz, put the LS7 in it. Done.

General karthief · Feb 9, 2022

2002 Panoz Esperante Convertible at Kissimmee 2018 as T283 - Mecum Auctions

2002 Panoz Esperante Convertible crossing the auction block at Kissimmee 2018 as T283.

www.mecum.com

Right, LS swap one of these?

Akumu No Dara Ra · Feb 9, 2022

General karthief said:
2002 Panoz Esperante Convertible at Kissimmee 2018 as T283 - Mecum Auctions

2002 Panoz Esperante Convertible crossing the auction block at Kissimmee 2018 as T283.

www.mecum.com

Right, LS swap one of these?

why not? OP already said he wants to mod.

If you can afford a panoz, you can afford another. They're like ferraris.

General karthief · Feb 9, 2022

My point was is it a 02 cobra or a panoz?
I wouldn't put an LS in either one.

Akumu No Dara Ra · Feb 9, 2022

General karthief said:
My point was is it a 02 cobra or a panoz?
I wouldn't put an LS in either one.

I garauntee you it's not an 02 cobra. There are 100 of those and none of them are in the states, all of them were right hand drive, and left america partially assembled to be completed by an australlian ford group.

AvalancheSVT · Feb 12, 2022

I got a recipe for ya:
JBA headers
JLT intake
2.5" pipes with h pipe from there
4.10 gears
dyno tune

320 rwhp a little bit more torque. doesn't sound like much but look at the area under these lines. i got power EVERYWHERE.

my engine is stock except for a slight bump in compression (flat top pistons) and 99 cams.

its fun as hell to drive. a lot of dudes are real happy with 4.36's so maybe check those out, too.
if you make fun your goal instead of some arbitrary number you're gonna get more of it.

COramprat · Feb 12, 2022

Need pics of car or I call BS. And buh bye.

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