Grinding Cobra Intake Mani

mustanggt5pt0

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Ok I searched for the answer first with no luck! I have the cheap chinese cobra intake manifold. I recieved the new baffle a few weeks ago and my next job is to grind off whatever it is that is keeping my distributor something like a tooth or two off? Anyone have pictures of what to grind off / how much to take off?

 

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All you need to do is rotate your distributor two teeth counter-clockwise.

 

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I would if the intake manifold would allow me to. Something on the intake manifold is in the way and I have heard of people gridning off the excess material which is what I hope to get pictures of.

 

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I have never heard of this issue.

Can someone please enlighten me?

Even the chinese made manifolds should clear the dist
I thought there was a lot of room there???

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Just restab the dist a tooth over.

 

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vristang said:

I have never heard of this issue.

Can someone please enlighten me?

Even the chinese made manifolds should clear the dist
I thought there was a lot of room there???

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If you look at the original manifold (or any other one except for the Chinese Cobra copy, I think) the thermostat housing area of the lower has a relief in it that allows clearance for the distributor to rotate. The new Cobras don't have that relief. The housing is a big round lump and the distributor hits it.

The fix is to rotate the distributor two teeth counter-clockwise. It should end up looking something like this:



Note the orientation of the distributor control module.

The problem with this is that now the boss on the bottom half of the distributor cap will be trapped inside of the driver's side fuel rail. The fix for this is to grind off the boss to allow the distributor to rotate past the fuel rail.



If you try to grind down the offending area of the manifold, I see two potential problems. First, it's going to look like complete crap. Second, I doubt there's enough extra material there to do it.

 

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mustanggt5pt0

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Alright thanks I will try that. I am really regretting not spending the extra 75 dollars for a trick flow street heat

 

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mustanggt5pt0 said:

Alright thanks I will try that. I am really regretting not spending the extra 75 dollars for a trick flow street heat

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Yeah, I would have gone with a polished Performer if I'd known then what I know now.

 

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wythors said:

Yeah, I would have gone with a polished Performer if I'd known then what I know now.

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Did you ever get the issue resolved if so what was you solution?

 

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Got it done like whythors and mustang 5L5 said. Now just debate what degrees to go with.