I am glad I don't need to take off the valve covers fully. I did the passenger side a few years back and it sucked. I know driver is worse. I know I need to be very careful not to let the chain tension slip a tooth when swapping the tensioner if I don't have a cam holding tool in place. Not...
Thanks for the feedback. I am the original owner so I know it has never been changed. And from everything I have read and parts books seems they came with those plastic ones and everyone advises to move back to the metal/ratchet ones. Even the FRPP full timing kit comes with the metal ones.
I want to replace the plastic stock junk timing chain tensioners our 03/04 Cobras got and go to the ford metal ones with ratchets. I have 55k miles on the stock engine and I think I am just starting to hear a small rattle at startup. Thinking the seal in one of them is starting to go (which I...
Thanks for the info. I love it when people take the time to build both a crazy fast and a car show winning car. Both of those engine bays are amazing. I am currently building a teksid forged internal setup for my son's Mach 1, so I have been looking around on getting ideas on how to clean...
Quick question. Are your valve covers and coil covers hydro dipped? If so, does that hold up well over time. Thinking that might last better than powder coating if you need to do maintenance in the area (perhaps not chip, etc). Looks awesome.
Thanks for all the replies. The inventory is insanely low for different vendors. No new ford parts seem to exist. I checked everywhere.
So I ended up going with CarQuest Premium since they offer lifetime and ask more than average $$$ (so just going on a hope it is made a bit better than...
Are the valve covers on 96 - 01 Cobra's the same as 03/04 Cobra? Are they interchangeable.
For example, will the oil cap be the same (screw in the same), pcv attach the same, holes are the same sizes and locations? thanks.
Thanks for all the great replies. Me and my son will do it together as I can see why people say it is best with 2 people.
Question, was the original heater core copper? Or Aluminum.
Thanks.
So I need to replace the heater core after it gave up. Looking into it this is a time consuming nightmare to remove the entire dash, etc. So I want to buy a high end one to lower chances of a repeat anytime soon.
Anyone had good luck with a specific vendor/model. Normally I would go OEM if I...
OK great. The 03/04 Cobra head gaskets with 03/04 Cobra heads will work without modification on a teksid block - And clearly they HOLD ON HIGH BOOST! Great to hear.
Thanks much.
So I should be getting my teksid block ready to go from the machine shop in about 1 - 2 weeks. I have been looking to pick up parts with all the savings going on right now. I want to use fel-pro mls head gaskets for the build. But it is hard to know what will work. There are lots of fel-pro...
For the ABS light, have a look at the recent thread on this. It should have the details you need.
How did you determine it is running rich? Was that on the dyno sheet?
On oil weight, I would not go quite that thick unless you know how your engine tolerances were setup when built. But the...
Yeah, LMR (among others) offers this part - abs delete. Here is the video on removing/adding one if you go this route.
I used this to help do the work for my ABS replacement.
How To Remove Factory SN95 Mustang ABS & Install SVE ABS Delete Kit (94-97)
Some of the companies that rebuild them claim they make them better than stock because they know the failure points and address them in an improved way (hopefully resulting in no further failures). In general, if the module is acting up and the light is turning on, your car turns off trying to...
Yeah, that price is simply too high in the 30's. But I do love the value these cars are holding. I actually paid $30,500 out the door in Sept 2003 when I bought mine brand new (but got special partner pricing).
Good info. Regarding why the bore gage, I am going by the rule (written in many books) never trust the machine shop and always double check. Even a good shop might have a miss now and again, don't want it to be me without knowing about it and addressing it.
So my Teksid block is at the machine shop. Got my pistons in. I am planning out all my semi blueprint checks during my build. I need to get several tools, but my concern is how to be accurate enough to feel confident in the build, but do so on a home build budget, not a machine shop budget...
So the Bosch ABS module in our cars have poor solder and what seems to be a high failure rate at 10+ years (perhaps manufacture thinks 10 years is enough for a brake part, who knows). On both my 03 Terminator and 03 Mach 1 the ABS module failed (light slowly stayed on longer and longer until...
Thanks for all the replies. All very good advice and feedback. After talking with Wiseco more about my setup and my machine shop, we are cutting it right at 3.572 which will give a .0035" P to wall gap. Thanks.
So I am getting a deal on a good teksid machined block with torque plates (just needs final hone), but it is a .020" setup, which I am fine with since it allows quick available parts. Don't have time or budget for things more custom.
So I am really looking to see if others have used about the...
So I am checking into a teksid build with a 2618 alloy piston. This will be a .020" over build as it will have off the shelf parts.
Looking for advice on piston to wall gap considering expansion of 2618 alloy with up to 14lbs of boost. I want to give my machine shop the correct final bore size...
So with my Mach 1, I went through this quite a bit on monitor resets. My driving routine was clear codes, warm up and drive 30 miles or so on highway. Then take it on lower speed roads (stop and go). But... turn the car off a few times on the trip with stop and go (say 6-8 times). I would...
So I just had my Terminator Texas state inspection done for 2020, and I noticed on the shop receipt a few days later that it shows for 2019 they had written 153,xxx vs 53,xxx (had driven it only 2K that year). So they added 100k!!! This year I had less than 1k now at 54,xxx miles (they wrote...