hello,
first id like to say how amazing it has been talking to john and having him build my engine. he is an awesome person to talk to and has great customer service!
This is really the first time ive made a thread about my car. John is almost finished building the engine and he has sent me some pictures which have gotten me excited so i figured i would make a thread with them. and the progress of the car since it should be picking up here quickly. here is a lil rundown.
the engine is built by john tymensky of modular performance. i bought my cobra (this is my second e green cobra) last year in january. about 3 months later i spun a rod bearing at the track. for about 6 months i debated on so many options for the car. i was originaly thinking 324 bb/stroker. then todd and john told me about the 358 john had built and had for sale. it originally was above 13 compression and had aluminum rods and was run with a carb and distributor. i wanted the engine to be a little more long term and street able. so john and i discussed it and decided to run a forged rod forged crank and some 11.1 comression pistons.
GT "supercar" aluminum 5.4 block sleeved to 94mm 358 ci
gt500 forged crank
modmax forged rods
diamond pistons.
all arp hardware
block was machined to accept a wet sump oil pump. melling pump
5.4 sullivan intake port matched to the heads
GT "supercar" heads with oversize valves
custom cams by john tymensky... john knows the specs. when we talked it was gonna be in the relm of a 250ish duration. only he knows the actual specs of the cams.
any how the car the engine is going into is a 99 e green cobra.
i put a built rear in it. 8.8 with 9 inch housing ends. straigtened and welded tubes and tube braces. detroit tru trac diff with 4.56 gears. 31 spline moser axles. low profile diff cover. upr anti roll bar with adjustable uppers and lowers all solid bushings. qa1 double adjustable rear shocks.
the trans for the time being will be a bob hanlon built t56. i plan to run an auto in the future but i would like to enjoy driving my car for the year before i do.
2 weeks from the today is the apointment for the 10 point cage being fabricated by J&E performance in blackwood NJ.
front suspension is a aje k member and coil over kit with 14 175 springs and strange adjustable struts.
the car has been lightened quite a bit and im hoping to see low 10's on the high side.
anyway here are a few pics of the engine that john has sent me.
anyway if anyone has any questions feel free to ask im super excited for this to be finished. im also open to any advice anyone would like to give me based on anything they might see they would do a lil differently in the setup.
i know what john said the engine should do but im not gonna say untill its tuned and running. i will be running this car EFI.
thank you for you time
craig
first id like to say how amazing it has been talking to john and having him build my engine. he is an awesome person to talk to and has great customer service!
This is really the first time ive made a thread about my car. John is almost finished building the engine and he has sent me some pictures which have gotten me excited so i figured i would make a thread with them. and the progress of the car since it should be picking up here quickly. here is a lil rundown.
the engine is built by john tymensky of modular performance. i bought my cobra (this is my second e green cobra) last year in january. about 3 months later i spun a rod bearing at the track. for about 6 months i debated on so many options for the car. i was originaly thinking 324 bb/stroker. then todd and john told me about the 358 john had built and had for sale. it originally was above 13 compression and had aluminum rods and was run with a carb and distributor. i wanted the engine to be a little more long term and street able. so john and i discussed it and decided to run a forged rod forged crank and some 11.1 comression pistons.
GT "supercar" aluminum 5.4 block sleeved to 94mm 358 ci
gt500 forged crank
modmax forged rods
diamond pistons.
all arp hardware
block was machined to accept a wet sump oil pump. melling pump
5.4 sullivan intake port matched to the heads
GT "supercar" heads with oversize valves
custom cams by john tymensky... john knows the specs. when we talked it was gonna be in the relm of a 250ish duration. only he knows the actual specs of the cams.
any how the car the engine is going into is a 99 e green cobra.
i put a built rear in it. 8.8 with 9 inch housing ends. straigtened and welded tubes and tube braces. detroit tru trac diff with 4.56 gears. 31 spline moser axles. low profile diff cover. upr anti roll bar with adjustable uppers and lowers all solid bushings. qa1 double adjustable rear shocks.
the trans for the time being will be a bob hanlon built t56. i plan to run an auto in the future but i would like to enjoy driving my car for the year before i do.
2 weeks from the today is the apointment for the 10 point cage being fabricated by J&E performance in blackwood NJ.
front suspension is a aje k member and coil over kit with 14 175 springs and strange adjustable struts.
the car has been lightened quite a bit and im hoping to see low 10's on the high side.
anyway here are a few pics of the engine that john has sent me.
anyway if anyone has any questions feel free to ask im super excited for this to be finished. im also open to any advice anyone would like to give me based on anything they might see they would do a lil differently in the setup.
i know what john said the engine should do but im not gonna say untill its tuned and running. i will be running this car EFI.
thank you for you time
craig
