Car:1999 Cobra
Mods: vortech supercharged T56 and yadda ya
Background: Car was bought earlier this year with light rear quarter damage very cheap. The car itself has 51000 miles on it, but ive done my research on the forums and located the previous owner who told me that at 47k he had a new engine installed.
PROBLEM: Ok heres where it gets kinda ugly, the previous techs who installed the engine must not have tourqued down the secondary tensionor on the drivers side as its bolts have came out , allowing the tensionor itself to come off and inturn break the secondary timing chain. No other damage is visible from just the valve cover being removed.
Questions:
1) OK I really need to know if this is an interference engine will the valves come in contact with the piston?
2) Does anyone have any information on the timing of these engines.
3) Are the specialty tools described in the haynes manaul a nessacity?
4) What tips do you guys have and what do you reccomend that I change as all was refurbished 4000 miles ago.
Any help would really be great as I am a GM Technician, but we dont have any Modular motors to speak of and once it gets past my 2 valve im kinda lost.
1993 lightning cam/heads/headers.....Work truck 9.2s 1/8th
1998 Mustang GT Full PI engine w/3500miles, BBK LTs, Grantelli 80mm MAF/24lbs injectors,adjustable fuel regulator, underdrives, MAC catback, BBK OR Xpipe 4:10s, Steeda tri-ax never raced
1999 Cobra too much to list just blown/t56/solid axle pretty much sums it up
never raced
Mods: vortech supercharged T56 and yadda ya
Background: Car was bought earlier this year with light rear quarter damage very cheap. The car itself has 51000 miles on it, but ive done my research on the forums and located the previous owner who told me that at 47k he had a new engine installed.
PROBLEM: Ok heres where it gets kinda ugly, the previous techs who installed the engine must not have tourqued down the secondary tensionor on the drivers side as its bolts have came out , allowing the tensionor itself to come off and inturn break the secondary timing chain. No other damage is visible from just the valve cover being removed.
Questions:
1) OK I really need to know if this is an interference engine will the valves come in contact with the piston?
2) Does anyone have any information on the timing of these engines.
3) Are the specialty tools described in the haynes manaul a nessacity?
4) What tips do you guys have and what do you reccomend that I change as all was refurbished 4000 miles ago.
Any help would really be great as I am a GM Technician, but we dont have any Modular motors to speak of and once it gets past my 2 valve im kinda lost.
1993 lightning cam/heads/headers.....Work truck 9.2s 1/8th
1998 Mustang GT Full PI engine w/3500miles, BBK LTs, Grantelli 80mm MAF/24lbs injectors,adjustable fuel regulator, underdrives, MAC catback, BBK OR Xpipe 4:10s, Steeda tri-ax never raced
1999 Cobra too much to list just blown/t56/solid axle pretty much sums it up
never raced