Pedrothecobra
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hello,
this is going to be a 2 part question so bare with me im still trying to educate myself.... a little background, i picked up a 96 cobra a few months back. been working out all the bugs mechanically and electrically. now it looks like i have the car running as good as its going to get but its consuming oil. (im trying some backyard fixes but preparing for the inevitable)
im probably going to end up pulling the motor and opening it up, ive been shopping around and since rebuilding a motor is somewhat new to me ( im pretty mechanically inclined) im looking at a forged internals kit from MMR. the kit includes pistions, rods and rings. obviously this is all depending how the cylinders look and measure once i do pull this motor. im sure there has to be some people in here with experience in doing what im about to do. my question is should i go with a different dome piston? the basic kit im looking at comes with -18cc which will put the compression at 8.5to 1. anyone with experience buying/installing one of MMRs kits? i am eventually planning on going with a forced setup just not sure of the route yet. this kit says its good up to 950HP, now im not looking to get too crazy but we all know how this story goes. im trying to build on a budget per say. not sure what that is yet lol. id like to hit around 600hp but i may be way off the mark with that wish idk (trying to get educated)
my next question is what is the difference in the 96-98 4.6 4v motors compared to 99-04 ? id like to pick something up to throw in my car while im building the motor. ive seen some reasonably priced complete motors. i have a stock 5 speed in the car. will the newer motors bolt right up?
this is going to be a 2 part question so bare with me im still trying to educate myself.... a little background, i picked up a 96 cobra a few months back. been working out all the bugs mechanically and electrically. now it looks like i have the car running as good as its going to get but its consuming oil. (im trying some backyard fixes but preparing for the inevitable)
im probably going to end up pulling the motor and opening it up, ive been shopping around and since rebuilding a motor is somewhat new to me ( im pretty mechanically inclined) im looking at a forged internals kit from MMR. the kit includes pistions, rods and rings. obviously this is all depending how the cylinders look and measure once i do pull this motor. im sure there has to be some people in here with experience in doing what im about to do. my question is should i go with a different dome piston? the basic kit im looking at comes with -18cc which will put the compression at 8.5to 1. anyone with experience buying/installing one of MMRs kits? i am eventually planning on going with a forced setup just not sure of the route yet. this kit says its good up to 950HP, now im not looking to get too crazy but we all know how this story goes. im trying to build on a budget per say. not sure what that is yet lol. id like to hit around 600hp but i may be way off the mark with that wish idk (trying to get educated)
my next question is what is the difference in the 96-98 4.6 4v motors compared to 99-04 ? id like to pick something up to throw in my car while im building the motor. ive seen some reasonably priced complete motors. i have a stock 5 speed in the car. will the newer motors bolt right up?