Is the amber colored sealant OE or did you apply it as seen on the clean intake photo? When the intake is dirty, you can't see the sealant in the photo.
Oooh! Shiny parts. Looks great.
Thanks. I used aircraft stripper to remove old coating then rustoleum self etching primer and then a high temp wheel paint. It’s holding up great so far and only took a few hours and about $30 total. I’m curious about long term results but I think it will do fine.Damn that looks good. What was the process as I’d love to have my 93 & 97 Cobra intake done this way.
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So I’ve been driving the car around after cleaning the IMRC plates and verifying the controller is working and it just feels like this car is lacking power. I don’t have other cobras in the area to compare to so maybe some can chime in here. Shifting pretty hard from first to second will leave only a chirp and there is really no seat of the pants feel throughout the rpm range. Things I have done in addition to the IMRC is cleaned the maf, new iac, new plugs, rebuilt injectors, and new pcv. Any ideas or am I expecting to much? Thanks.
I really need to check to see what gears it actually has as I was going off info from the prior owner (also said it had long tubes but they are completely stock)!
Verified it does have 4.10 gears and had a buddy drive it who used to own one in stock form and did confirm it is way down on power. It runs good with no hesitation on acceleration so not sure where to start on trying to track this problem down.
Agreed. My 97 had stuck closed IMRC plates when I got it. Once the plates were cleaned and the controller tested fine on the bench, it was put back together with a noticeable power increase.If you're not feeling the kick at 3250-ish, then it's possible the IMRCs are stuck closed...I'd think with 4.10s you'd be spinning a good bit when you power shift into 2nd. Are you throwing any codes?
Here's mine with functional IMRCs and 4.30s...I've since deleted my IMRCs b/c they were stuck closed (still waiting to get a dyno tune tho) :