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So, I've posted on here before that the paint on my 97 was pretty terrible, as most factory paint jobs are now 24 years on. We delivered the car on 09/01 to the painters after waiting over a year for a spot, and we just picked it up yesterday. I have to say, I'm in love with this car all over...

Well, with the paint shop appointment rapidly approaching on Wednesday, I decided to finally bite the bullet and fix the tap at startup, as well as install the MMR IMRC delete plates I've had sitting around for a while. I spent around 6 hours today, and I'm on the home stretch. Every secondary...

I'll be embarking on this journey if I ever get the driver's side floorpan into the '65 so I can roll it out of my garage and make some space. Is anyone interested in me documenting the steps that I go through to complete the job? I've got the special valvespring compressor for the 4v 4.6, and...

Does anyone know if these badges are either still available or if there is a supply of NOS badges? I'm getting the Cobra repainted soon, and I doubt the factory badge will survive being removed.

So I have a decent rattle on startup that goes away as soon as oil pressure builds, and I had the valve covers off recently and noticed the drivers side primary chain was pretty loose. I'll be taking the car to Pro-Dyno to have the work done, but I'm sorting the parts. I'm sure some of you are...

So I'm at a loss as to what I need to do. The car ran perfectly fine before the swap and now all it will do is crank over. I pulled a coil out and put a plug in and it definitely has spark, but I feel like hitting my head against the wall. Anyone have issues after the conversion? I'm about to go...

So the stock wheel had started to fall apart pretty bad, and I've been keeping my eyes on Terminator wheels due to the extra thickness they provide. I bought a Midnight Black wheel knowing it wouldn't truly match the factory black interior, and decided to use SEM products to change the color...

Like the title says, scored a 97 FSM for, in my opinion, dirt cheap. If anyone needs a particular section, just let me know. The amount of info in this thing is staggering.

Just a question for those who have had a gear swap, how were the conditions of the differential gears? I'm dropping the car off on Tuesday for some 3.73s and upgraded clutch packs, and I'm curious as to whether I should have ordered a new set of spiders.

So I finally got around to re-doing the rear suspension on the Cobra. Maximum Motorsports heavy duty lowers, stock replacement uppers, and new differential bushings. All I can say is wow. The car feels so much more planted on the road now, and acceleration is infinitely smoother. If you guys...

With the rise of GDi engines, has anyone tried the new valve cleaning products that all the big companies are pushing out? I know our secondary valves are big carbon collectors, and since my IMRCs are removed I've been wondering how effective those products would be for cleaning the valves and...

So tonight on the way home, the cobra bucked a few times, and then stalled, then started, then stalled again, then started back up, almost like I was cycling the key on and off. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen, because it all happened in the space of about 30 seconds, and I have no idea...

The Cobra has been stalling at idle randomly for about 3 weeks now. I can reproduce the issue if I put alot of load on the PS pump and hold the window switches while the windows are up. The idle drops to about 300 rpm, then it just coughs and dies. Any suggestions as to why this is happening...

High/Fluctuating Idle and Occasional Stalling After Dyno Tune Ever since the car got dyno tuned, the idle has been higher than usual. Before, it used to be around 800 or a little less, but for the past while, it never goes below between 900 and 1000 rpm, and fluctuates in between them. Along...

I took the Cobra to get tuned yesterday, and Dan at Pro-Dyno told me the car wasn't even recognizing the front two sensors every few pulls. I put new sensors in about a week ago, so that leads me to believe that there might be a wiring fault somewhere. I would think wiring would only affect one...

I just spent 8 hours replacing the front left shock and spring on the Cobra, and was wondering, is there any better way to do this? I rented a spring compressor like this http://www.summitracing.com/parts/oes-27035?seid=srese1&gclid=CNK1q_GY9bwCFVLxOgod43IAtQ, and it took forever to finally...

What should an acceptable level of resistance be for the stock wires? I pulled them off the coil and plugs and tested just the driver's side really quick, and got readings ranging from 12.5-13. These wires are factory with 101k miles on them. Am I due for a replacement soon?

I decided to check the codes on the Cobra earlier today, because the lights been on ever since the IMRC delete, and was greeted by 13 codes. P0141 x4 P0155 x4 P1151 x4 And P1519, which would come from the destroyed IMRC controller being in a trash heap somewhere in central NC Any ideas as to...

I'm considering scheduling a tuning session with the guys down at Pro-Dyno. Has anyone on here had any experience with them, or know what kind of numbers my car would lay down? 97 Cobra, custom catted x pipe, SLP weld in LM1s, IMRC delete, fresh NGK plugs, going to be running 93 octane.

I've lurked around the forum for a while now, but never really joined until this point. My fiancée and I bought a '97 Cobra back in May of this year from a small used car lot just outside of Raleigh. It looked pretty good on the ad, and they had just lowered the price to a pretty good steal, so...