What are things you wish you knew when you first bought your Terminator?

[2003RedfireVert]

what I know now, 19 years ago, I would have bought a regular GT, put a 5.4 4v, TH400, twin turbo. Its hard to part with the car and start over.

Not too late to build a V6 chassis. I have a teksid block, ported 2V heads with cams, etc sitting in my basement….waiting for some money and to find the right chassis to put it in.

 

[44shelby]

I thought that was half the point of a full return system? Keep pressure equalized and also continually cycles cool fuel from the tank?

Hopefully that's not an issue with E85.

It depends on where you put your regulator at mostly. There are some do's and dont's Running a high base pressure can cause it to heat up as well.

 

[TerminatoRS]

Not to derail too much, but I've seen the airfoils mentioned a few times and it got me thinking. What are the other "holy grail" highly sought-after parts?

 

[ccq8le]

Good condition OEM Shift knobs are starting to be sought after quite a bit.

New in box OEM Driver's seat skins I would think would qualify as holy grail. Especially Mystichrome or 10th anniversary.

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[2003RedfireVert]

Does anyone know how to tell OEM 10th anniversary seats/covers vs TMI or another aftermarket?

 

[ccq8le]

Does anyone know how to tell OEM 10th anniversary seats/covers vs TMI or another aftermarket?

The snake embroidery is a bit different as far as the upper portion of the front seats for the TMI versioMs. It's not as thick and a bit different of a color.

Here is a photo of stock vs the TMI. The stock is much more visible (as far as for the charcoal seats when I did mine).

Hope this at least gives some clarity.

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[2003RedfireVert]

The snake embroidery is a bit different as far as the upper portion of the front seats for the TMI versioMs. It's not as thick and a bit different of a color.

Here is a photo of stock vs the TMI. The stock is much more visible (as far as for the charcoal seats when I did mine).

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This helps a ton. Mine are TMI/aftermarket as I expected.

 

[03' White Snake]

Not to derail too much, but I've seen the airfoils mentioned a few times and it got me thinking. What are the other "holy grail" highly sought-after parts?

Floor mats, hood liners, wipers, side skirts, spoiler, mirrors, rear bumper, shift boot are all cobra specific and hard to find parts.

 

[wckdvnm]

Not to derail too much, but I've seen the airfoils mentioned a few times and it got me thinking. What are the other "holy grail" highly sought-after parts?

I am not sure if they pre date the 03-04 cars but the M-55 and M-58 cat backs are worth big money

 

[cj428mach]

Has anyone put a 2V oil filter adapter on their cobras to replace their oil cooler?

A local guy I ran into did it. It required getting the neck cut off, reclocked and welded back on. He uses a universal flex radiator hose for it.

 

[cj428mach]

Floor mats, hood liners, wipers, side skirts, spoiler, mirrors, rear bumper, shift boot are all cobra specific and hard to find parts.

I really kick myself for not buying a new hood liner when American muscle has them for $150 and free shipping.

 

[SVTdreamin04]

How much parts for these cars would increase in value. For example, the chin spoiler and the 3rd brake light. I would've bought more of them.


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