Is it worth it?

[dark98cobra]

Hi everybody, needed some help on making a decision. I have a 98 cobra with your basic bolts on. I have a buddy that is selling some heads with valve covers and coils, and intake off a 01 cobra for $700. I was wondering if it was worth the time and money to put on my 98? Thanks any help will be appreciated

 

[Prototype007]

That's not a bad price. They are a better cylinder head and will open you up to twin screw options!

 

[Martin6107]

What do you want to do down the road?

 

[wvragtop]

im debateing the same sort of thing.thinking about just adding a blower to my b heads but not sure witch one .can you still buy the 2.1 kenne bell ? for the b heads ? the vortech kit sounds good too .

 

[crazycarlo]

Depends on what you wanna use the car for. Ill be honest man I have a 98 with a eaton swap and I wish everyday I had of kept the S trim I had. It was simple and reliable and still pretty quick.

 

[ImThatGuy]

That seems like a good deal if you want a really nice innercooled kenne bell or whipple. I say keep the B heads and twin turbo the dog shit out of it!

 

[Balt21]

im debateing the same sort of thing.thinking about just adding a blower to my b heads but not sure witch one .can you still buy the 2.1 kenne bell ? for the b heads ? the vortech kit sounds good too .

Yeah, they still sell the non intercooled 2.1

 

[dark98cobra]

Well mainly im looking to stay n/a, trying to get the most hp out of the car and maybe later down the road go fi. So im not to sure if to do or not since I thought it was a good price for everything. Thanks everybody

 

[1BD9D7]

The price sounds about right to me for his parts. If you are planning to build an engine in the fairly near future it might make a bit more sense to do all the changing to c heads and intake at that time. Right now NA you would be spending a fair amount of money and time to make a pretty small performance gain.
If you want 400-450 or so rwhp, a Vortech on your current engine should be a great option and its not worth changing to the c heads etc IMO.

also think of c head specific items like cc and throttle cables, alt bracket, coolant crossover, getting harness for the coil on plugs to work. Plus gaskets and timing components that you want to/ might have to replace while swapping the parts. Nothing wrong with changing to c heads but it will likely end up being more expensive than you anticipate.