Satan's Cobra

[Corbic]

Lots happened in the last few years. Got married, changed jobs, moved 2,500 miles, sold a house, bought a house, had an apartment, yikes. Oh, amd 2020.

Finally settled in so nows the time to pull this pile of crap apart and fix it once and prolly not for long.

Things to fix :

Rear Pinion Seal
Runs Rich at WOT- professional opinion is shitty 20 year old injectors : remove and clean
New Tires for the Chrome Wheels
Exhaust leak on the passenger side

SC is free but weights a hundred damn pounds. Gonna use the crane to hoist it up this weekend.

I have Bassani Mid Length Headers, do I use there gaskets or will an OEM Ford one work?

 

[gimmie11s]

I thought youd have sold this thing by now.

 

[DSG2003Mach1]

It familiar with the bassani having inserts like that but all the longtube guys say to stay OE

 

[ZYBORG]

Damn bro, looking at that car gave me covid...

Good luck!

 

[Corbic]

I thought youd have sold this thing by now.

Where is the fun in that.

 

[Corbic]

Damn bro, looking at that car gave me covid...

Good luck!

Well good luck with that 99.998% recovery rate.

 

[Canuck03SVT]

It's criminal how neglected that car is, but sometimes life gets in the way. Glad you finally have time to work in it.

Is that a 2.2KB?

 

[Corbic]

It's criminal how neglected that car is, but sometimes life gets in the way. Glad you finally have time to work in it.

Is that a 2.2KB?

Yes.
Polished Gen 1 KB 2.2
Metco Lower
Metco Tensioner Brace
Half Metco / Half Lightning Performance Pulleys
10-Rib Belt
60# Injectors
Fuel Rails
Fore Filter (replaced a mesh one)
Monster AN Fuel line
Head Cooling Mod
KB Boost a Pump
SCT3 tuner
SCT MAF
Aluminum Overflows
Bassani MID Lengths
Bassani X with Cats and all o2s
No EGR
Borla Stingers
SRA swap, 3.27 Ford Gears, Eaton Locker, 31 spline Yukons, GT Brakes, extended lugs
Bilstien HDs
SR Lower Springs
Proforge Ball Joints
2pc Rotors
Stoptech Pads
ABS + Traction work
23 spline Built T56 that whines
New McLeod RXT Twin Disk
Steada cable and quadrant
5.0 Shifter with Bob's isolators
B&M Handle
Global K-Member
Global Subframe Connectors
Mach Sound System with the 6 amps and two giant subs.

Half the injectors

The better days :

 

[olympic]

Most people recommend OEM style multi layer steel (MLS) gaskets for headers, all the rest will blow out eventually. Not sure how much the Ford gaskets are but I bought Mahle MLS gaskets on Rock Auto for cheap. They look just like OEM.

 

[01yellercobra]

You can't use OEM gaskets with Bassanis. You need the gaskets you listed. There are reliefs cut into the header that the gaskets set into. Use some orange RTV with the gaskets and you'll be fine.

 

[Corbic]

You can't use OEM gaskets with Bassanis. You need the gaskets you listed. There are reliefs cut into the header that the gaskets set into. Use some orange RTV with the gaskets and you'll be fine.

Rtv both sides or just the header side?

 

[Tifosi2003GT]

You can't use OEM gaskets with Bassanis. You need the gaskets you listed. There are reliefs cut into the header that the gaskets set into. Use some orange RTV with the gaskets and you'll be fine.

I used remflex gaskets with orange rtv..

 

[CobraBob]

Looking at those "better days" photos, I hope the paint is better than it looks in your garage photo. Keep us posted on your BIG project to bring it back to a normal life.

 

[01yellercobra]

Rtv both sides or just the header side?

I did both sides. Mostly to hold the gasket in place while putting things together. You could probably get away with between the header and engine.

 

[Corbic]

Where's that guy talking about wanting to install a KB 2.2?

Don't do it, it's a trap!!!

Had to pull it complete and the half way separate the top and bottom to get that last ****ing injector.

Truly the work of Satan.

Let me know if anything jumps out

 

[Corbic]

Quick. Peak at the valves
Edit: can't see shit.

 

[Corbic]

Slow week, still need to send the injectors out for clean and test. I have some stereo harness stuff on order, decided to those in my JDM Mini-Disk player.

Changing up the pcv system since I had a quart of oil in the blower, lower intake and cooler.
Just going to run the two valve covers to a catch can with filter on top.

 

[98 svt]

A mini disk player? Why?

 

[boost88]

A mini disk player? Why?

Must have some cool 90s jams he wants to re live

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[98 svt]

Must have some cool 90s jams he wants to re live

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They have even more compression than a normal CD.
He'd be better off with a cassette deck.