Few pictures of the old engine out of the cobra....

idro

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Took the time to take pictures of the old engine... In the process of building the new right now but yea this is what i had before....

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Yea, empty engine bay....

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The mains were so wore out that the balancer was eating through the timing cover... Yea timing cover aisle 7 here i come. :(

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Can't really tell but the sides of the pistons look like ice cream cones and are pitted like mad. The block walls are gapped like mad aswell....


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Head valves were fvcked aswell but im keepin the stockers...Took them to the machine shop and just got them back.

Long story short, the idiot who had this car before me didnt know how to jet nitrous to save his life and you can tell from it in RL but i dunno if you can tell from my shoddy picture taking skillz...

But yea, i got semi big plans for this flaming pile sitting here. :dontknow:
 

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good progress! The furthest i have dug into a car is headgaskets in the mustang, and timing belt in the mazda, so i admire you for doing it yourself.
no better way of learning. :thumbsup:
 

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Its hard to believe that dirty mess of an engine came out of such a clean cobra...lol... Good luck with your project, I should be
doing the same thing soon!
 

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2slo95fiveoh said:
good progress! The furthest i have dug into a car is headgaskets in the mustang, and timing belt in the mazda, so i admire you for doing it yourself.
no better way of learning. :thumbsup:

really is the greatest way to learn

good luck buddy
ive only rebuilt a 4 banger
you have double the work ahead
 
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hehe thx, i got the crank put in the block and the pistons assembled so far and it hasnt been that bad yet...
 
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BlkoutGT said:
Its hard to believe that dirty mess of an engine came out of such a clean cobra...lol... Good luck with your project, I should be
doing the same thing soon!

wait wait? CLean?! lol yea right. I just noticed this hehe. I been repairing wire bundles goin on 2 days now. And i gotta take some rust off the engine bay :( it far from clean but yea the exterior aint too bad.

As far as progress on new motor i just got the crankshaft installed and the pistons assembled. Nothing earth shattering yet. Got the heads back from machine shop though and they look great.
 

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Good progress.

I dont think ive ever seen pics of your car.I would klike to see more pics.
 
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fastgtfairlane said:
what cam is that? i love those wheels, sick car. just needs a hood. also what suspension?

steeda 19, and suspension is steeda sports and bilsteins up front tokico blues out back..
 

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