With work and alot of getting screwed over, one of my cobras has been neglected for the last 2 years sitting without a heart... 2 years ago i had a friend begin building me the motor in my sig. After about 4 months i was expecting to get it back and be back in business. 4 months roll around and nothing, so i check up and some of the parts are not done... not his fault ok np. 6 months roll around and they are still not done, then 8. So i decided to give the missing parts company a call (head cnc company) Anyways after some bitching he finally finishes them. Good looking work but worst timeline ever. So the motor comes together about 9 months after she blew. Im extremely excited to finally get my car back running, but after the install started having all kinds of issues. Would idle like crap had multiple misfires and just all around pain in the ass. After about 4 more months of getting advice from my buddy and spending tons of cash and time pulling and checking things over and over, he suggested instead of him sending me e-mail tunes trying to fix it that i bring it to him. Sure np, so i take her down to see him and drop it off. He puts the car on the dyno and hes supposed to hook up the meth kit because the car is pullied for around 23 psi. The next weekend i head to pick it up and he says its much better and everything is ok but it only made 580hp... Right then i knew something was up. I take the car home and the next day fire it up and its running like crap again... pull the plugs and find this:
All the plugs shows signs of detonation and most were missing the ground straps... Compression test shows 3 low cylinders. Pull the motor and start to find all kinds of damage.
So pretty much im screwed at this point... Spent the last year or so and probably 7k bucks into this rebuild. So again she sits for 4 months or so while i think it over... Not much i could do since it WAS a friend of mine that did everything. Most of the parts were salvageable, heads, all arp bolts, really everything but the pistons and block. After 3 months i decide to have MMR build a 5.3 stroker for me. I know alot of people dont like mmr or have some complaints but ive never once had a issue. Now @ around 20 months of being down I feel i finally will get what i should have done in the first place. So i was told 2 months or so before completion. NP, and sure enough after 2 months she was done (actually about 2.5 months but i wasn't in a hurry at this point). They ship her out to me and now im very excited, i believe shipping time was a week, so each day of course i get on and check and track it. Sweet its in TX, next its in AL, Next TN... then its 1 day for delivery. Im working that day so i have a family member at my house to wait for it. No calls, no nothing and it never shows up. Now ive had some deliverys come at 7-9pm sometimes so the next day i call up UPS freight. Lady on the phone says she will look into it and call me back within the hour. 3 hours go by i call back.. Get a new guy and he says that they are still checking into it they will call me back... Never get a call. So Saturday, then Sunday they dont answer. Monday comes and i call first thing in the morning. They say UH we dont know where it is, they would have to file paperwork to get people looking for it...Tuesday haven't found it.. Wed i call again and somehow it went from TN back to TX instead of coming to SC. Im at least relieved they found it but pissed its taking 2 weeks to get something. So back on its way I finally get it on Friday.
Cant wait to get get to work so i immediately start to assemble it to at least get it sealed up before i left it for the night.
Today i get up pretty excited and get it buttoned up pretty good and ready to go in
Hopefully within the next week or so ill have the time to stick her back in the car and update. Getting a start up tune from Bob Kurgan this go around. Heard nothing but good things about his work and hes been very helpful to me answering tons of my questions. Been a long drawn out rebuild and i hope this one lasts me a long while. My goal is to make around 800rwhp on e-85 which i dont think will be a problem. Sorry for the long read i just needed to vent a little after almost 2 years of pulling my hair out.
All the plugs shows signs of detonation and most were missing the ground straps... Compression test shows 3 low cylinders. Pull the motor and start to find all kinds of damage.
So pretty much im screwed at this point... Spent the last year or so and probably 7k bucks into this rebuild. So again she sits for 4 months or so while i think it over... Not much i could do since it WAS a friend of mine that did everything. Most of the parts were salvageable, heads, all arp bolts, really everything but the pistons and block. After 3 months i decide to have MMR build a 5.3 stroker for me. I know alot of people dont like mmr or have some complaints but ive never once had a issue. Now @ around 20 months of being down I feel i finally will get what i should have done in the first place. So i was told 2 months or so before completion. NP, and sure enough after 2 months she was done (actually about 2.5 months but i wasn't in a hurry at this point). They ship her out to me and now im very excited, i believe shipping time was a week, so each day of course i get on and check and track it. Sweet its in TX, next its in AL, Next TN... then its 1 day for delivery. Im working that day so i have a family member at my house to wait for it. No calls, no nothing and it never shows up. Now ive had some deliverys come at 7-9pm sometimes so the next day i call up UPS freight. Lady on the phone says she will look into it and call me back within the hour. 3 hours go by i call back.. Get a new guy and he says that they are still checking into it they will call me back... Never get a call. So Saturday, then Sunday they dont answer. Monday comes and i call first thing in the morning. They say UH we dont know where it is, they would have to file paperwork to get people looking for it...Tuesday haven't found it.. Wed i call again and somehow it went from TN back to TX instead of coming to SC. Im at least relieved they found it but pissed its taking 2 weeks to get something. So back on its way I finally get it on Friday.
Cant wait to get get to work so i immediately start to assemble it to at least get it sealed up before i left it for the night.
Today i get up pretty excited and get it buttoned up pretty good and ready to go in
Hopefully within the next week or so ill have the time to stick her back in the car and update. Getting a start up tune from Bob Kurgan this go around. Heard nothing but good things about his work and hes been very helpful to me answering tons of my questions. Been a long drawn out rebuild and i hope this one lasts me a long while. My goal is to make around 800rwhp on e-85 which i dont think will be a problem. Sorry for the long read i just needed to vent a little after almost 2 years of pulling my hair out.
