I figured I'd start a build thread even though it'll be years before its finished I found it hiding in a snow pile on 12-30-12

 

Bought it 12-31-12

 

1-5-13 gave it a bath and bought some goof off to remove the tint from the headlights

 

I thought I got lucky with finding a cobra since it said mustang on the rear cover



Powered by svt by the brake booster



And even had white face gauges with a svt on the tach



So I ordered the svt badge kit. Unfortunately I don't have the all mighty "D" in the vin. Oh well Clone it is

 

1-19-13. Emblems are in and installed

 

2-2-13. Decided to fix the odometer. Cleaned and replaced the gears, swapped lights for blue LEDs . Reinstalled in the car, now the speedo don't work. :::bang head:::::

 

Ticked off and keeping with the cobra theme, I found a 94-95 cobra cluster and bought it. Installed 2-9-13 with the blue LEDs

 

2-19-13. I bought a set of 96-97 cobra wheels. I like the bark inserts vs the 94-95 silver inserts



What a miserable couple days till I got them out of my truck

 

2-22-13. Put the new wheels on the car

 

Those wheels really lightened it up. Do you have exhaust?

 

Everything on the car is stock. Trying to decide on what to do Bbk long tube or shorties, x or h pipe cat delete (I'm leaning toward x because I'm thinking electric cut outs) Flowmasters or slp loudmouths with 3 inch tips

 

Car looks great. Love the wheels and wing.

As for the exhaust, I like the h-pipes because of the deeper tone you get and the SLPs would get my vote over the flows. As for headers, are you planning any more mods in the future? The reason I ask is longtubes don't tend to live up to their potential until you get some more hp. Shorties will do just fine.

 

If you're considering shorties, don't. They really don't make a difference in flow volume or velocity. Ford did really well with the factory manifolds.

 

Yeah. End goal for mods is a 331 blown (or turbo. Undecided) stroker. I like the simpleness of the supercharger

 

In that case, wait on the long tubes until you build your motor (unless you need to have them now). Like BackPressure said, the stock manifolds are very good so just stick with them until your motor is built.

 

It sounds like I have a slight exhaust leak on the passenger side. Maybe it's just gaskets

 

Probably. Its probably right at the collector.

 

I am having problems starting and the car shutting off going down the road Just called summit racing, since I'm not going to make it there before they close, and ordered a summit pro billet dizzy and ford racing 9mm plug wires. What plugs do you recommend? Regular auto lites or ngks?

 

Horizontals + S281 spoiler =

 

94 and 95 cobra rear bumpers said mustang rather than cobra like the 96+