Keep up the good work. Bet that was a pita getting out thru the bottom on stands. But I can see why I'd be paranoid about that beautiful paint too.
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It wasnt terrible. We had a hoist aswell so we just picked up the front of the car with that an extra foot or so and it slid right out the passenger side.
I thought the A/C compressor had to be disconnected from the system to pull from the bottom?
We left it attached. One of us had to hold it out of the way for it to clear but there was enough room for it to squeak by.
So I've been pretty busy with the car. After pulling the motor to get the cams degreed, I dropped it off at the shop. Got some unfortunate news.
Turns out the cams were way off.. not exactly sure what caused the issues, but I had some scoring in the journals. They probably could have been repaired, but I elected to go ahead and upgrade to the DC cast heads. Sent the cams out to bullet racing to have them check, and thankfully they were good to go.
Heads were cleaned, valve job, decked, springs lifters cams ect ect checked and used in the new heads.
This came at the cost of selling my TF wheels. I picked up some series 2s in chrome for the time being. (305/35 Street S/S)
Also took this opportunity to do head studs. Went with ARP 2000s for peace of mind. Also a Moroso oil pan and GT500 windage tray were added. I had to dimple the headers to get them to clear.
Powder coated the timing cover, pulley bridge and valve covers wrinkle black. Decided I didn't like the powered by ford cop covers, so I picked up some Powered by SVT.
This is how it looked sitting on the stand.
Head cooling mod.
Turns out the cams were way off.. not exactly sure what caused the issues, but I had some scoring in the journals. They probably could have been repaired, but I elected to go ahead and upgrade to the DC cast heads. Sent the cams out to bullet racing to have them check, and thankfully they were good to go.
Heads were cleaned, valve job, decked, springs lifters cams ect ect checked and used in the new heads.
This came at the cost of selling my TF wheels. I picked up some series 2s in chrome for the time being. (305/35 Street S/S)
Also took this opportunity to do head studs. Went with ARP 2000s for peace of mind. Also a Moroso oil pan and GT500 windage tray were added. I had to dimple the headers to get them to clear.
Powder coated the timing cover, pulley bridge and valve covers wrinkle black. Decided I didn't like the powered by ford cop covers, so I picked up some Powered by SVT.
This is how it looked sitting on the stand.
Head cooling mod.
Also did the 26 spline, RXT and Fidenza flywheel
Kooks long tubes. Stage 8 bolts. Ford facing gaskets and copper RTV
Assembled the blower/lower together. Shout out to my wife for letting me use the kitchen.
Tranny mounted and ready to go in. You can see my set up in this picture. I used the engine hoist and ratchet strap to lift the car up about another foot. Then slid the motor back in from the passenger side.
Motor in!!
This is how it sits now. So close but still a lot of small stuff to do.
Kooks long tubes. Stage 8 bolts. Ford facing gaskets and copper RTV
Assembled the blower/lower together. Shout out to my wife for letting me use the kitchen.
Tranny mounted and ready to go in. You can see my set up in this picture. I used the engine hoist and ratchet strap to lift the car up about another foot. Then slid the motor back in from the passenger side.
Motor in!!
This is how it sits now. So close but still a lot of small stuff to do.
Great job!
Looks great nice work.
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Damn thats a lot of work! Looks great!
Damn, almost a mirror image of what i'm doing to mine except you have a whipple and cams lol I had my valve covers powder coated ford blue as well as the svt letters on the powered by svt coil covers. I'll be painting the timing cover and the rest of the coil cover wrinkle black after i get the motor back.
Question time: Where did you end up picking up the DC heads? Who did the work? Did you go with lethal's TOB sleeve? How difficult was it install it?
Keep it up, man! Looks like you're going have your cobra running before mine haha I'm going to have to live vicariously through you in the meantime
Question time: Where did you end up picking up the DC heads? Who did the work? Did you go with lethal's TOB sleeve? How difficult was it install it?
Keep it up, man! Looks like you're going have your cobra running before mine haha I'm going to have to live vicariously through you in the meantime
Looks good! Nice work.
I found the heads off a guy on NA SVT's Facebook group, they were in great shape and I only paid 550 shipped.
I had the heads gone through at a local shop. Horsepower by Hedrick.
And yes the lethal sleeve was used. New pilot bearing and throw out bearing.
Can't wait to see you up and running aswell!!
Made some more progress today.
Picked up a PSR racing kmember for when I had the sonic blue cobra, I thought about selling it but ended up using it.
Got new steeda ball joints put in the control arms today. All new bushings from energy suspense.
Routed some fuel line in the the passenger side wheel well. I had to order two more fittings to finish up the rear.
Also did a wire tuck awhile ago while I was waiting for the motor to get back. Battery re location and all. Turned out really good. I'll do rod panels eventually, but I'm running out of funds.
I'll post more pictures when I get on the computer.
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It's crazy that it has been a year almost to the date since I picked this car up. I figured I'd like to update this thread to show the end result and also a way to keep track of my progress. I'll post some pictures once its out of the garage and cleaned up bit. (a years of dust is currently on the car)
Tomorrow I will finally get to take it out on the road. So much time, effort and money has gone into this car. I've hit a ton of road blocks but in the end this car will be exactly what I wanted. Below is the FULL mod list. Tune is being worked on by Kevin Dunn.
2004 Mystichrome Cobra
24.5K miles
2.9 Whipple Polished Snout
3.25 Polished Upper
Accufab TB
JLT RAI carbon fiber dipped.
Stock MAF w/ MAFia
Metco Snub and idler pulleys
Metco Lower (2lb)
ARP crank stud
Justin Wheeler 170AMP Alt
Moroso 7qt Oil pan
GT500 Windage tray
Killer Chiller
170* Thermostat
True Forged Intercooler and expansion tank. (Wrinkle Black)
Wrinkle Black Powder coated Valve covers, timing cover, pulley bridge, Powered by SVT COP covers.
DC casting heads
Bullet Racing custom grind cams
PAC Springs and Retainers
Cloyes Adjustable Cam gears
Modified secondary tensiorers
Melling Oil pump and billet oil punp gear
Cobra engineering Head cooling mod
ARP 2000 head studs
Kooks 1 3/4 3inch collect headers
Stage 8 Locking bolts
Kooks off road X pipe
Polished 3inch Bassani Cat back
Fore Hat Dual 465s
-10 Feed, -8 Return (PTFE)
Fore Regulator
F3i Controller With hobbs switch
ID1000
KB fuel rail pressure sensor disk
Mcleod RXT
Fidanza Aluminum Flywheel
26 Spline input shaft
Lethal Sleeve
UPR Quadrant
Steed firewall adjuster
MGW Short Throw Shifter
PSR Tubular Kmember and arms
Energy Suspension Control Arm bushings
UPR Coil over kit
12-175 springs
Stock Blisten struts
MM CC plates
Steeda bumpsteer kit
Steeda X2 Ball joints
FTB full bushing kit
Milled Ford Racing Diff Cover (purple star light)
3.55 gear
Purple Star light Powder coated control arms
Tokio Dspec adjustable shocks
Eibach Springs
3.5 ARP extended studs
SLP Line Lock
Baer Drilled and slotted rotors
Hawk Pads
Powder coated calipers
Teflon coated S/S braided brake line
Wire tuck
UPR Battery relocation.
0 gauge power cable
SVE Series 2
305/35 Mickey Thompson S/S
Speed Of Sound Dual pod
AEM Wideband
Aeroforce Interceptor
99/01 Tails
Bullitt Side scoops
Carbon Fiber Radiator Cover
Flex Fuel badge
E-85 Gas Cap
TERMINATOR Door Sills
MC painted door bezels
MC Double din bezel
Purple Cobra Shift knob
SVT Lighter plug
SVT oil Dip stick
HID Fogs
MRT Hood Struts
Fore hood vents
Tomorrow I will finally get to take it out on the road. So much time, effort and money has gone into this car. I've hit a ton of road blocks but in the end this car will be exactly what I wanted. Below is the FULL mod list. Tune is being worked on by Kevin Dunn.
2004 Mystichrome Cobra
24.5K miles
2.9 Whipple Polished Snout
3.25 Polished Upper
Accufab TB
JLT RAI carbon fiber dipped.
Stock MAF w/ MAFia
Metco Snub and idler pulleys
Metco Lower (2lb)
ARP crank stud
Justin Wheeler 170AMP Alt
Moroso 7qt Oil pan
GT500 Windage tray
Killer Chiller
170* Thermostat
True Forged Intercooler and expansion tank. (Wrinkle Black)
Wrinkle Black Powder coated Valve covers, timing cover, pulley bridge, Powered by SVT COP covers.
DC casting heads
Bullet Racing custom grind cams
PAC Springs and Retainers
Cloyes Adjustable Cam gears
Modified secondary tensiorers
Melling Oil pump and billet oil punp gear
Cobra engineering Head cooling mod
ARP 2000 head studs
Kooks 1 3/4 3inch collect headers
Stage 8 Locking bolts
Kooks off road X pipe
Polished 3inch Bassani Cat back
Fore Hat Dual 465s
-10 Feed, -8 Return (PTFE)
Fore Regulator
F3i Controller With hobbs switch
ID1000
KB fuel rail pressure sensor disk
Mcleod RXT
Fidanza Aluminum Flywheel
26 Spline input shaft
Lethal Sleeve
UPR Quadrant
Steed firewall adjuster
MGW Short Throw Shifter
PSR Tubular Kmember and arms
Energy Suspension Control Arm bushings
UPR Coil over kit
12-175 springs
Stock Blisten struts
MM CC plates
Steeda bumpsteer kit
Steeda X2 Ball joints
FTB full bushing kit
Milled Ford Racing Diff Cover (purple star light)
3.55 gear
Purple Star light Powder coated control arms
Tokio Dspec adjustable shocks
Eibach Springs
3.5 ARP extended studs
SLP Line Lock
Baer Drilled and slotted rotors
Hawk Pads
Powder coated calipers
Teflon coated S/S braided brake line
Wire tuck
UPR Battery relocation.
0 gauge power cable
SVE Series 2
305/35 Mickey Thompson S/S
Speed Of Sound Dual pod
AEM Wideband
Aeroforce Interceptor
99/01 Tails
Bullitt Side scoops
Carbon Fiber Radiator Cover
Flex Fuel badge
E-85 Gas Cap
TERMINATOR Door Sills
MC painted door bezels
MC Double din bezel
Purple Cobra Shift knob
SVT Lighter plug
SVT oil Dip stick
HID Fogs
MRT Hood Struts
Fore hood vents
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That's a nice list of mods. Congrats on finally getting her done and ready to drive. The joy you're going to feel driving her will make it all worth it.
Congrats post some pics.
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Of course it's raining today........
Might have to wait til later tonight or tomorrow lol.
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Might have to wait til later tonight or tomorrow lol.
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