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hello all my car is a 93 cobra , everything on the car is stock but the 5 star wheels and a K&N air filter . I would like to know what mods would be worth doing that for now are not major . I'm able to do most things myself but never worked on the newer engines yet my main project now is a 76 show truck with a major suspension and engine work and now im looking to do some small stuff to the car so what info can you offer me .



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what are your goals? What is your budget?

 

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HardmanGT said:

what are your goals? What is your budget?

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If you're on a pretty tight budget:
subframe connectors
port heads
change cam
port intake

 

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well my goals are to get some more power out of the motor, better shifts (some type of short throw shifter . you know stuff like that

 

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i think he was trying to get at how much money do you want to spend. That will determine a lot of things.

 

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mricci said:

i think he was trying to get at how much money do you want to spend. That will determine a lot of things.

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money is no prob i just want to start small though for now

 

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C & L kit , exhaust , pulleys

 

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..def exhaust..pulleys...pro 5.0 short shifter

AND GEARS!!

 

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legalize420gt95 said:

C & L kit , exhaust , pulleys

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i got a dumb ? what is C & L kit ?



and anymore ideas ?

 

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You already have a decent MAF, air filter, intake, throttle body, heads, RR's as well as some other goodies. Don't butcher the Cobra.

If you want better shifting and such get:
A better shifter: Steeda Tri-ax and Pro-50 are probally the best. Others are good but it seems most are happiest with those two.
Quadrant/Cable kits: Most overlooked, the stock linkage sucks, esp. when it gets some wear and age, causes a lot of issues.

Otherwise:

Subframes would stiffen the chassis a great bit and help restore the integrity of the car.
Determine the gear, 3.55's are decent, but any lower I would get a 3.73 or if your feeling really hairy, 4.10's. Traction-loc rebuild is recomended at this time.
The stock cam is a real setback for the 93 Cobra, it is actually worse than a stock HO cam. A custom cam or even a better mild cam would make a decent difference.
Those heads outflow stock, but can really flow a lot better with some porting. If you do this, maby the intake would be good to port at that time, but wouldn't be a bottleneck if you didn't.
O/R mid pipe and exaust, maby headers. Your motor just can't breathe that good through 4 converters.

 

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its a c&l MAF, c&l true flow inlet pipe and a big ass k&n filter

 

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90mustangGT said:

Determine the gear, 3.55's are decent, but any lower I would get a 3.73 or if your feeling really hairy, 4.10's. Traction-loc rebuild is recomended at this time.

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93 cobras came with 355's, i would just leave them in there, no use spending $600+ to lower the gear ratio by a very small amount

 

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93 Cobra's came with 3.08's from factory FYI, so a gear swap would be your biggest bang for the buck. Cobra's also came with "factory underdrives" so I wouldn't bother with pullies. I wouldn't butcher up a Cobra so I'm going with the idea of upgrading the cam and doing port work on the factory parts.

 

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93tealstang said:

93 Cobra's came with 3.08's from factory FYI, so a gear swap would be your biggest bang for the buck. Cobra's also came with "factory underdrives" so I wouldn't bother with pullies. I wouldn't butcher up a Cobra so I'm going with the idea of upgrading the cam and doing port work on the factory parts.

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355's must only be standard on the newer ones

 

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ok thanks for all the ideas i liked all them and will be starting them in the next few weeks . Oh btw i am not going to chop it all up that is why i want to do some minor mods now and maybe a super charger in the next year . THANKS again for all the ideas and if anybody has anymore let me hear them . oh btw what size cam and injectors would be a good idea to be compatable with the super charger down the road



THANKS TO ALL THAT DONT DRIVE RICERS

 

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ok thanks for all the ideas i liked all them and will be starting them in the next few weeks . Oh btw i am not going to chop it all up that is why i want to do some minor mods now and maybe a super charger in the next year . THANKS again for all the ideas and if anybody has anymore let me hear them . oh btw what size cam and injectors would be a good idea to be compatable with the super charger down the road



THANKS TO ALL THAT DONT DRIVE RICERS

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with a supercharger you're gonna want either 36 or 42# injectors (depending on boost and many other factors), while n/a stay with 24#'s....or possibly 30's if you have a pretty stout n/a combo

get a custom cam

 

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Cobras came with 3.55's...

Btw you sure you have a authentic cobra? You said it has the stock "5 star wheels" which would be pony wheels, the cobras came with fan blade wheels like the thunderbirds.

Authentic cobras with really low miles can sell for as much as $20,000.

 

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And $20,000 for a car with GT-40 CRAP is a huge joke..

 

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Aliate X said:

Cobras came with 3.55's...

Btw you sure you have a authentic cobra? You said it has the stock "5 star wheels" which would be pony wheels, the cobras came with fan blade wheels like the thunderbirds.

Authentic cobras with really low miles can sell for as much as $20,000.

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yes it is a real cobra i said or meant that everything is stock but the 5 star wheels and K & N filter the car only had 39000 miles on when i got it now it has 51000. And i know my car came with 3.08 gears i have the orininal window sticker and build tag .


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