Thought this might me a good idea to start for people, such as myself, to add their ideas and opinions to build ideas. Asking questions whether building a car a certain way is a good idea or not, pros and cons to builds, and actual results of a build. Let's try to make this a thing, might be a cool way to see build ideas in one thread and to keep up with them. I myself have an idea and was wondering what you all think of it. So here it goes.
I have a 96 Cobra that I would like to make a fun/semi fast street car. I do go to the strip 5 times a year or So. So far it has 4.30 gears, stock manifolds, Mac h pipe, flowmasters, mgw shifter, mm starter suspension kit, jlt true cai, j&m tubular upper and lower rca's. Built 8.8, Moser 31 spline axles, new posi unit, Moser diff cover, arp studs on the caps and welded tubes. Car made 270 rwhp at cinci speed about 3-4 years ago.
My build plan:
Shortblock
- stock forged crank that it has
- Manley h beam forged rods
- forged pistons 10.8:1 - 11:1 compression (stock is 9.85:1) don't know what brand to really go with
- arp head studs and main studs
- other necessary stuff such as rings and bearings
Cylinder heads:
- either stock b heads or change to 99-01 c heads, unworked either way
- stock valvesprings if I can
- shm stage 2 reground cams
Intake:
- short runner intake for either head I go with, b or c. Will use b upper to c lower adapter if I go with c's.
Exhaust:
- longtubes, x pipe, borlas or magnaflows
Transmission:
- built t45, billet shift forks, carbon syncros, and new bearings and seals. Basically completely gone through.
I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff but that's it for the big stuff, what do you guys think? In this kinda set up, how much would c heads help over b heads?
Let's get this thread going, i would like to hear opinions and see others build plans and builds also.
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I have a 96 Cobra that I would like to make a fun/semi fast street car. I do go to the strip 5 times a year or So. So far it has 4.30 gears, stock manifolds, Mac h pipe, flowmasters, mgw shifter, mm starter suspension kit, jlt true cai, j&m tubular upper and lower rca's. Built 8.8, Moser 31 spline axles, new posi unit, Moser diff cover, arp studs on the caps and welded tubes. Car made 270 rwhp at cinci speed about 3-4 years ago.
My build plan:
Shortblock
- stock forged crank that it has
- Manley h beam forged rods
- forged pistons 10.8:1 - 11:1 compression (stock is 9.85:1) don't know what brand to really go with
- arp head studs and main studs
- other necessary stuff such as rings and bearings
Cylinder heads:
- either stock b heads or change to 99-01 c heads, unworked either way
- stock valvesprings if I can
- shm stage 2 reground cams
Intake:
- short runner intake for either head I go with, b or c. Will use b upper to c lower adapter if I go with c's.
Exhaust:
- longtubes, x pipe, borlas or magnaflows
Transmission:
- built t45, billet shift forks, carbon syncros, and new bearings and seals. Basically completely gone through.
I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff but that's it for the big stuff, what do you guys think? In this kinda set up, how much would c heads help over b heads?
Let's get this thread going, i would like to hear opinions and see others build plans and builds also.
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