So I'll get straight to the point... I've bought a 98 gt in early January with engine knocking bad on the bottom end. Shopped around and found a used 2000 gt engine and dropped it in. Had a few hiccups along the way but have everything straight and running good and enjoy driving it around...
Now my crossroad is where do I go next.. The body is in fair shape but needs some attention cosmetically like front fenders need replacement and need a new hood as the previous owner put some god awful purple paint on the hood, spoiler, and the trim around the brake lights. I sanded all the purple off the hood and rattle canned the hood black. Even though it was spray can it's much better than the purple. But cosmetically speaking it's going to cost more than I'm wanting to spend at the moment to have a true paint job plus needing new fenders and hood and have a little rust above the rear wheel on the driver side making it kind of a forethought at this time
I'm debating getting a tuner though I'm basically stock with just a cai and some flow master mufflers. Or I found some 2001 cobra c heads used with the cobra intake for around the same price but would require pulling the engine again but I would feel would be worth the work. I've heard some modifications would be needed to make those work. Or I've found some nice cobra r's staggered which would make it look much nicer even with the cosmetic issues.
Opinions on which would be the way to go?.....
Now my crossroad is where do I go next.. The body is in fair shape but needs some attention cosmetically like front fenders need replacement and need a new hood as the previous owner put some god awful purple paint on the hood, spoiler, and the trim around the brake lights. I sanded all the purple off the hood and rattle canned the hood black. Even though it was spray can it's much better than the purple. But cosmetically speaking it's going to cost more than I'm wanting to spend at the moment to have a true paint job plus needing new fenders and hood and have a little rust above the rear wheel on the driver side making it kind of a forethought at this time
I'm debating getting a tuner though I'm basically stock with just a cai and some flow master mufflers. Or I found some 2001 cobra c heads used with the cobra intake for around the same price but would require pulling the engine again but I would feel would be worth the work. I've heard some modifications would be needed to make those work. Or I've found some nice cobra r's staggered which would make it look much nicer even with the cosmetic issues.
Opinions on which would be the way to go?.....
