SVTstang96
Well-Known Member
OK a few of you know whats been done to my car from my thread over at Modded Mustangs, but for all of you who don't here is a quick run down of what has happened to this Cobra. I purchased a 95 V6 auto back in April of 08. I stuck over $1200 in parts into the Mustang to make it run how it should. Shortly after this I came across a 96 Cobra that was crashed. I purchased the car for around $2000. The car was a total loss and had no title so the plan was to swap everything over. I took every part I could off the Cobra and swapped it over to the V6 (Engine, Transmission, Rear End, Wiring, Suspension, Exhaust, Radio, Fuel Tank/Lines, Rims/Tires, etc.) and sold the rest. I was going to swap the interior over also but because the Cobra was a convertible and the other car a coupe a lot of the parts did not swap over. I drove the car for about a year and left it like it was.
http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/4v-svt/135907-1995-mustang-engine-swap.html
Then this past winter I was hit by another car. The car was badly damaged on the passenger side and needed a new door and fender. The insurance company sent me $2000 for the damages. I was able to pick up a used door and fender for $150 and when I went to pick it up also picked up a black leather interior minus airbags for $300. When i got back to town i was able to find a set of airbags for $200 and finish off the interior. I sold what I had left of the old interior and misc. parts from the other door and made a couple hundred bucks. Then I called up a friend to get the door and fender painted which led me to having him paint the entire car and me getting a cobra front bumper for it also.
http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/4v-svt/135907-1995-mustang-engine-swap.htmlhttp://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/4v-svt/198989-96-mustang-interior-swap.html
Since then the car has not changed much. About a month ago the car started to act up, I began to leak oil and power steering fluid and began hearing weird noises from the transmission. After a little while the 5th gear syncro became worn and would have a hard time going into 5th gear. Then all of a sudden the clutch pedal became really stiff and the car would randomly shut off. After doing some research and looking inside the bell housing i found out that the car was upgraded at one time to a Center force clutch kit. The one thing the owner before forgot to do was order the specific throw out bearing for this clutch kit. This bearing didnt last long and basicly exploded after 4k miles of use.
After finding out about this I decided to save up some money and put the car under the knife once again. I ordered a new throw out bearing, shocks, struts, quad shocks, rack/pinion rebuild kit, power steering pump rebuild kit, all 3 power steering lines, sychros, sway bar bushings, oil cooller o-rings, lowering springs, motor mounts, and a faceplate for the radio from the cobra.
I have also been thinking about straight piping the cat back, rear wheel spacers, having the rims refinished, having the engine bay painted when i remove the engine, doing a a/c delete, emissions delete, abs delete, hiding some wires, moving the battery to the trunk, moving the coil packs to the back of the engine, moving the radiator forward more and moving the coolant overflow tank, removing the wiper fluid tank, and a few other misc. things.
Today I began tearing into the Cobra once again! I was able to get the Bumper, Fenders, Inner Fenders, Headlights, Header Panel, Intake, Battery, Battery Box, Wiper Fluid Tank, and some other misc. items removed. I was also able to get the radio from the cobra installed but i am still waiting on the faceplate to arrive from California.
32v Cobra Engine!
Car as of 11/15/2011
http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/4v-svt/135907-1995-mustang-engine-swap.html
Then this past winter I was hit by another car. The car was badly damaged on the passenger side and needed a new door and fender. The insurance company sent me $2000 for the damages. I was able to pick up a used door and fender for $150 and when I went to pick it up also picked up a black leather interior minus airbags for $300. When i got back to town i was able to find a set of airbags for $200 and finish off the interior. I sold what I had left of the old interior and misc. parts from the other door and made a couple hundred bucks. Then I called up a friend to get the door and fender painted which led me to having him paint the entire car and me getting a cobra front bumper for it also.
http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/4v-svt/135907-1995-mustang-engine-swap.htmlhttp://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/4v-svt/198989-96-mustang-interior-swap.html
Since then the car has not changed much. About a month ago the car started to act up, I began to leak oil and power steering fluid and began hearing weird noises from the transmission. After a little while the 5th gear syncro became worn and would have a hard time going into 5th gear. Then all of a sudden the clutch pedal became really stiff and the car would randomly shut off. After doing some research and looking inside the bell housing i found out that the car was upgraded at one time to a Center force clutch kit. The one thing the owner before forgot to do was order the specific throw out bearing for this clutch kit. This bearing didnt last long and basicly exploded after 4k miles of use.
After finding out about this I decided to save up some money and put the car under the knife once again. I ordered a new throw out bearing, shocks, struts, quad shocks, rack/pinion rebuild kit, power steering pump rebuild kit, all 3 power steering lines, sychros, sway bar bushings, oil cooller o-rings, lowering springs, motor mounts, and a faceplate for the radio from the cobra.
I have also been thinking about straight piping the cat back, rear wheel spacers, having the rims refinished, having the engine bay painted when i remove the engine, doing a a/c delete, emissions delete, abs delete, hiding some wires, moving the battery to the trunk, moving the coil packs to the back of the engine, moving the radiator forward more and moving the coolant overflow tank, removing the wiper fluid tank, and a few other misc. things.
Today I began tearing into the Cobra once again! I was able to get the Bumper, Fenders, Inner Fenders, Headlights, Header Panel, Intake, Battery, Battery Box, Wiper Fluid Tank, and some other misc. items removed. I was also able to get the radio from the cobra installed but i am still waiting on the faceplate to arrive from California.
32v Cobra Engine!
Car as of 11/15/2011
