Ok firstly a intro is due because i never really gave a intro when i first started posting on the site. My name is jebadiah simmons. I live in the stl area and i drive a truck for schneider national for a living. Ive attended driving school and wyotech in blairsville, pa in which i took there genral auto program and high performance power trains as my elective. Now before and questions start with that i choose not to make a carrer with working on cars simply because its more a hobby then it is anything and i cant bring myself to do it everyday and loose any intrest in the beloved car world. Im also a war vet, i served 15 months in iraq and a total of just under 5 years in the army. I was stationed in ft.lewis washington for the first 4-5 months in 1brigade 25inf div, then my whole unit picked up and moved to germany and reflagged under the unit 2SCR (2nd striker cav). I serverd the rest of my time in germany minus the 15 months in iraq. one thing i will apologize for in advance is grammer. I did attend school, im not dumb and i know how to write in proper english im just lazy so sorry too all you grammer freaks you wont see it in my posts. Another thing is i do reg visit on my phone (everyday) and do posts on said phone.. now my phone is gay and likes too randomly delete and leave out things that i type in so sometimes you will see a post and say wtf? ok enough of me..
Ok so you all know this build/thread will be taking place over the next YEAR. and there may be months without any updates as i aquire the more expensive parts for the build. Now i named it the project walking dead because of the shape i got the car in. Which a understatement would be it was rough. Its a 96 cobra, had a blowen engine when i got it and i replaced it with a mark viii engine from ebay. The car has dents peeling paint scatched up back wheels also 3rd and 4th gear dont work in the trans do too a aggressive friend that i let drive the car, which isnt that big of a deal cause the car was being tore down anyway. the interior is in pretty good shape other then the front seats needing to be rewraped
So every dime i make other then my phone bill and what i need to eat each week is going into the car, i have no bills otherwise and before i look into a house im building a car that i want. I basiclly live in my truck 25 out of 30 days a month sometimes more. and i stay with my friends when i come into town.
Right now i have upr front suspension (kemember kit, cc plates bump steer and strange 10 way struts) in my familys garage waiting to go on the car. The car was supposed to go too bill kohlmanns house for a cage and rear suspension set up over thanksgiving but due too work and getting a shit load leaving, i wasnt able too make time to take the car too him so that will happen over x-mas break. we havent decided what rear set up we are going with yet but ive pretty much settaled for a 10 point cage. MMR has my engine on layaway which i should have paid off in a few months. Specs on what we (mmr and I) decided are as follows
5.0 stroker 8.5:1 cr with a 04 cobra block (1000s shortblock)
brand new 04 cobra heads
stage 3 turbos cams and springs
arp main and head studs
arp side bolts and rod bolts
billet hurricane oil pump
mmr oil pan
and all timing stuff and having them deg the cams.
This will be a TT build using CG fab hot and cold side with precision cea 6262's looking for 650-700 for a street tune and maxing out the shortblock around a 1000 for the track.
trans will be a th400 with a brake and a built 8.8 bringing up the rear. Wheels will be aluma star 2.0s (black) with M/T tires. All in front of bear ss4 brakes up front and i havnt decided out back yet. interior will stay in the car but with rear seat delete and race seats up front.
Aeromotive will take care of fuel with a sumped tank.. still undecided if ill go with fast xfi and a dizzy drive or BS3 with ls1 coils..
Now with all this being said, i will post some pics of the car around x-mas time since i wont be home till then, im currently in columbus OH leaving for NC tomorrow.
lastly, another thing that makes this build possible in the short amout of time (we are talking 35k or so in a year) is Im also getting paid by the military to work for schneider under there military appricaiceship program, and currently waiting on back payments from them (Gov takes there time doing everything) for 5 months worth of pay.. which will be a 6k check.. anyway Stay tuned and i hope you guys enjoy the thread over the next year or so.
Ok so you all know this build/thread will be taking place over the next YEAR. and there may be months without any updates as i aquire the more expensive parts for the build. Now i named it the project walking dead because of the shape i got the car in. Which a understatement would be it was rough. Its a 96 cobra, had a blowen engine when i got it and i replaced it with a mark viii engine from ebay. The car has dents peeling paint scatched up back wheels also 3rd and 4th gear dont work in the trans do too a aggressive friend that i let drive the car, which isnt that big of a deal cause the car was being tore down anyway. the interior is in pretty good shape other then the front seats needing to be rewraped
So every dime i make other then my phone bill and what i need to eat each week is going into the car, i have no bills otherwise and before i look into a house im building a car that i want. I basiclly live in my truck 25 out of 30 days a month sometimes more. and i stay with my friends when i come into town.
Right now i have upr front suspension (kemember kit, cc plates bump steer and strange 10 way struts) in my familys garage waiting to go on the car. The car was supposed to go too bill kohlmanns house for a cage and rear suspension set up over thanksgiving but due too work and getting a shit load leaving, i wasnt able too make time to take the car too him so that will happen over x-mas break. we havent decided what rear set up we are going with yet but ive pretty much settaled for a 10 point cage. MMR has my engine on layaway which i should have paid off in a few months. Specs on what we (mmr and I) decided are as follows
5.0 stroker 8.5:1 cr with a 04 cobra block (1000s shortblock)
brand new 04 cobra heads
stage 3 turbos cams and springs
arp main and head studs
arp side bolts and rod bolts
billet hurricane oil pump
mmr oil pan
and all timing stuff and having them deg the cams.
This will be a TT build using CG fab hot and cold side with precision cea 6262's looking for 650-700 for a street tune and maxing out the shortblock around a 1000 for the track.
trans will be a th400 with a brake and a built 8.8 bringing up the rear. Wheels will be aluma star 2.0s (black) with M/T tires. All in front of bear ss4 brakes up front and i havnt decided out back yet. interior will stay in the car but with rear seat delete and race seats up front.
Aeromotive will take care of fuel with a sumped tank.. still undecided if ill go with fast xfi and a dizzy drive or BS3 with ls1 coils..
Now with all this being said, i will post some pics of the car around x-mas time since i wont be home till then, im currently in columbus OH leaving for NC tomorrow.
lastly, another thing that makes this build possible in the short amout of time (we are talking 35k or so in a year) is Im also getting paid by the military to work for schneider under there military appricaiceship program, and currently waiting on back payments from them (Gov takes there time doing everything) for 5 months worth of pay.. which will be a 6k check.. anyway Stay tuned and i hope you guys enjoy the thread over the next year or so.
