I have a 1998 cobra, looking for more power n/a, it currently has Manley h beam rods, higher compression pistons, 4.10s, long tubes with catless h pipe and flowmaster 40s, tuned, short throw shifter, and a cold air intake. What kinda options am I looking at n/a wise, no nitrous or blower?
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a lot of guys like the under drive pullies, but be careful because I hear they put a lot of stress on the pumps. But they supposedly add some nice HP. Kooks headers are nice, and how about some full length subframe connectors for the handling!!??
March 1158 fluid dampner is your best bet for a new dampner. Other than that all you really have left is cams or a shortrunner. If you don't have them already i would recommend sub frame connectors. While they may not add any power they make a huge difference in these cars.
staying n/a, your power options are really either camming your b heads or doing a c head swap. both are expensive and time consuming. I'd lean towards c head swap because it opens up more potential down the road, especially if you p/p and drop some nice cams in them down the road.
Again though, lots of money to play the n/a game. Whats your cr at currently? you could still run a centri on low to moderate boost safely at 10:1 with a good tune.
Again though, lots of money to play the n/a game. Whats your cr at currently? you could still run a centri on low to moderate boost safely at 10:1 with a good tune.
Which ones (Brand) do you recommend?
I have custom ones a local guy did for me but if were to buy them they would be maximum motorsports full length ones hands down.
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Search NASVT the man knows these cars better than the engineers who designed them,he lists the all mods and increases in HP for the B and C head. Chris Scott does a full how too on the C head swap. Cant find NASVT's list but here is the C head swap http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?703051-C-Head-Swap
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I've tried the search function here and have failed to really find what I'm looking for on shortrunners....is it true that doing this mod isn't that beneficial to N/A cars?
At peak I picked up 16rwhp/4rwtq. Under the curve in some spots was 30rwhp gained.
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I've read similar results around the interwebs but they also said they saw that gain only from 6700rpm on up....I'm not sure that really does my car any benefit (street car with full exhaust, rai, 4.30s). Also read it robs low-end which was bad for N/A cars.
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March Fluid Dampner and PS pulley, don't do water pump pulley or alternator pulley. Other than that like one of the other members said, Subframe connectors make a huge difference in feel and handling.
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