Well I think it's about time to give a brief update since not much has happened in this thread and probably won't for a while. I'm going to obviously build my new engine and most likely keep with the compound setup.
I need *about* 5000-7500$ to finish the setup how I want. 5000 being if I stayed single and just got a huge single (something bigger then a 88), 7500 if I went twin. That price is not just the reflection of the turbo and engine pieces but also things related to the accident that were never fixed and "supporting mods" that come with stepping up to that power level.
The power level I'd be looking at as a goal would be 1200-1500rwhp. Closer to the 1400hp mark.
If I decided to stay single I could just slap the new motor in and keep the same turbo as before just to have the car drivable, jump the boost up to the mid-high 20s and drive around with it like that. It would still require $2500 or so to do that. That may be a shorter term option though.
Seeing as how I'm working again and making tons of hours as well as trying to maintain the shop and branching out into a new investment I've had to make a choice to continue with the cobra or put it on hold for a while.
I need to dedicate my funds to my other two businesses that are in the starting stages a lot more then drive around a quad digit powered car. There will be plenty of time for that later but it's on the bottom of my priority list right now. It's extremely tempting to sink the money into the car and have a blast doing it. I'm extremely addicted to the speed. A younger me surely would have. But as this point in my life it's just not as important.
In the mean time I'm looking at picking up a 03+ Viper SRT10 or Jaguar S-Type R to drive around. I'll still be around the forums and such every few days or so vs a couple times a day. There also won't be very many cobra updates for a while till some of the things I'm working on take off or at least get to a stable self sufficient point.
I know there is some personal growing stuff in this thread that maybe isn't the normal knowledge that gets shared on a car forum but I feel the growing journey with this car through life has been just as exciting and rewarding as the mechanical aspect. I got the cobra when I was 19 and have learned a ton about non-car related things from having it. Since this thread has turned into my journey with the car as a whole I feel it's just as important to share the full explanation behind things that involve the cobra vs just a picture thread with bolt sizes and hard numbers that everyone tends to put together.
I appreciate anyone who views the thread and learns from it. If 1 person doesn't make the same mistakes because of it or learns something worth while it's 100% worth the write.
I need *about* 5000-7500$ to finish the setup how I want. 5000 being if I stayed single and just got a huge single (something bigger then a 88), 7500 if I went twin. That price is not just the reflection of the turbo and engine pieces but also things related to the accident that were never fixed and "supporting mods" that come with stepping up to that power level.
The power level I'd be looking at as a goal would be 1200-1500rwhp. Closer to the 1400hp mark.
If I decided to stay single I could just slap the new motor in and keep the same turbo as before just to have the car drivable, jump the boost up to the mid-high 20s and drive around with it like that. It would still require $2500 or so to do that. That may be a shorter term option though.
Seeing as how I'm working again and making tons of hours as well as trying to maintain the shop and branching out into a new investment I've had to make a choice to continue with the cobra or put it on hold for a while.
I need to dedicate my funds to my other two businesses that are in the starting stages a lot more then drive around a quad digit powered car. There will be plenty of time for that later but it's on the bottom of my priority list right now. It's extremely tempting to sink the money into the car and have a blast doing it. I'm extremely addicted to the speed. A younger me surely would have. But as this point in my life it's just not as important.
In the mean time I'm looking at picking up a 03+ Viper SRT10 or Jaguar S-Type R to drive around. I'll still be around the forums and such every few days or so vs a couple times a day. There also won't be very many cobra updates for a while till some of the things I'm working on take off or at least get to a stable self sufficient point.
I know there is some personal growing stuff in this thread that maybe isn't the normal knowledge that gets shared on a car forum but I feel the growing journey with this car through life has been just as exciting and rewarding as the mechanical aspect. I got the cobra when I was 19 and have learned a ton about non-car related things from having it. Since this thread has turned into my journey with the car as a whole I feel it's just as important to share the full explanation behind things that involve the cobra vs just a picture thread with bolt sizes and hard numbers that everyone tends to put together.
I appreciate anyone who views the thread and learns from it. If 1 person doesn't make the same mistakes because of it or learns something worth while it's 100% worth the write.
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