94 Cobra turbo build

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Here is the hot side without the upper and other stuff in the way.

 

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Tense Moment, but I stabbed the motor and trans together with my son's help. You can see the new poly motor mounts in this picture, but I did away with the filter relocation kit. I think a stubby filter is fine.

 

[ttocs]

looks like its getting ready to be really tight on space in that bay! Got your shoe horn ready?

 

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I have had it all in before, and you aint kidding....there is NO extra room for even a catch can, which I still have to figure out, since I deleted the PCV and the EGR.

 

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Here is a pick of my other ride........

 

[evilcw311]

Here is a pick of my other ride........

Looks good. 7.3?!?


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[97stanger]

pretty cool build, any specific goals?

 

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I want to be able to go 425 to the wheels, turn high ten's and still be able to drive it to the grocery store. That's the plan anyway.

 

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Yep..1999 7.3 with some mild tuning. It's effective at rolling coal but I try not to do that too much anymore.

 

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I went through the whole top end again over the weekend and I found some obvious rookie mistakes.
1. I did not have the manifold tightened to torque specs, and I had a nasty vacuum leak
2. I had a coolant leak at the temp sensor
After fixing these things, I went ahead and put the 42 pound injectors in, and installed the new Pro-Tube maf into the charge pipe. I also drilled and welded a bung into the valve cover so I can install a catch can soon. I will post some pictures as soon as photobucket stops being retarded.

 

[evilcw311]

Stop waisting your time with Photobucket. Get Tapatalk and never look back. You can then load pics straight from your device


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Stop waisting your time with Photobucket. Get Tapatalk and never look back. You can then load pics straight from your device


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Now I have it....tapatalk is brand new to me. Thanks.

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So I installed new 42lb injectors and the Pro-Tube last weekend, trying to fix my issues.




But the same thing happens. LOADING UP. running super lean, no matter what I do I cannot make it idle.

 

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Also installed the new pro-tube with calibrated MAF, installed into the charge pipe.....done away with my attempt to use the Draw Through.

 

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I also have been told that I need to change my valve covers from the factory black cobra covers to allow for some catch can tubes....but I like the factory look, and I can weld...so I decided to use an extra O2 bung, and drill and weld it myself for use with 6 AN fittings.

 

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I also decided to go back to my original plan, of using a Garrett/Holset Hybrid 70mm turbo before I bought the On3 Kit. I had to make an exhaust adapter, since the Vband on the Garrett was 3 1/2" and the On3 was only 3".

 

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Better location now for the MAF...

 

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Alas, I spent a lot of time, and money, and I still have tuning issues. For some reason, even with 125 compression on all 8 cylinders, I have a wet plug on #1 and only hitting on 7 is the reason for all the tuning issues. I replaced all the plugs and wires with new 8.5 MSD super conductors, and Cap and rotor, just to make sure, but still having the same issues. I will have to do a leak down test to make sure, but I bet that I must have made some rookie error when I put the heads back on, or the rockers, and only now is it showing up. So frustrating.

 

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After new everything except the actual distributor....does anyone have any thoughts on why I would have a steady constant misfire on just cylinder 1? Help Please

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