This thing is impressive.
No, It hasn't been run hard through a quarter yet. I think 9s on the street should not be too hard. Transbrake and launch control don't engage until 500 miles.
Change of plans on the brakes. I found a set of BBS RK wheels, had them refinished and the upgraded 2000 cobra R brakes wouldn't clear. So the wheels won!
Ended up selling my turbo sonic 2003 cobra and before I sold it went to a Whipple 3.0 setup.
Wonder racing built the engine with Todd Warren specified cams. Manual transmission 10.2 compression, ported heads and these camshafts. I don't have the cam card or cam specs. But pulled the cams to go...
I worked with JC Customs to make a limited run of 12 Stainless steel CNC'd 2003-2004 Cobra honeycomb Hood vents. This is a limited run of these. In an effort to ruin my low mileage stock cobra, I made an agreement with JC to make a short run of these and pay for them all up front.
$350 shipped...
Got the Brakes back and I'm really happy with how they turned out. We used the factory paint code to paint match to the same red as the car. Now I have to find the time to get them on.
I worked with BCForged on the wheels to go to an 18" setup, they were able to Machine the wheels to accept the factory center caps. I wanted to keep the same color scheme as the 10th anniversary wheels. Here's a quick picture I was able to snap of the tires mounted, I'll get the wheels on the...
Maybe making it modern is the wrong terminology to use. Making it more comparable to a modern GT500s performance is more like it. By no means do I anticipate making a better version of a new GT500. Just improve on the platform that the Cobra is. I want a Cobra, I don't want a new GT500.
There...
I do have a stock blower and inlet off of a 5000 mile cobra sitting around. That is what has tempted me about sending it out versus upgrading to the whipple 2.3.
The date on the tires is 2003. So I don't think it's a wide decision to drive around on those much longer. Might as well switch the wheels out at the same time.
I may look at upgrading the brakes in short order as well to the Cobra R brembo brake setup. It's still available through Ford...