I figured I would toss up my project for everyone to see. It should be done after I buy a lund tune/tuner from lethal on the 20th and a VRS ORX here in the coming week. Otherwise it's done.
The car started out your everyday black on black leather 98 cobra. Someone had taken care of it for a long time but it fell into a state of disrepair somewhere in between me and the majority of its life owner. The guy I bought it from did a lot as well but ultimately gave up. I have more tools, time, and patience so I bought it and love it. Anyway, bought it like this
Disliked the hood and the four wheel drive stance. Did the best I could and got it to this.
I was planning on suspension work and more stuff after getting the windows tinted and putting a set of new dunlops on the rear. Car was immediately a ton nicer to drive. But alas all good things must come to an end and it popped both headgaskets. No coolant in the oil but the thing had some massive cooling system pressure. Ultimately found two tunnels that the coolant ran straight into the rear two driver cylinders. So the motor came out.
It was nasty, as you can clearly see. Unattended engine bay leaks and time hadn't played fair with the car. I pressure washed and cleaned the bay. Added new 04 termi control arms, bilstein HD's, MM CC plates, and MM solid rack bushing set.
From there I messed around with multiple projects. I bought an entire MMR shortblock set Manleys and H beams brand new. Ended up deciding against doing that and an eaton swap as it became to expensive to fast.
Eventually I picked up an 01 longblock off corral from a fellow in NC. Pulled it apart, had it rebuilt, threw on a set of 99 heads and cams with low low mileage I've had stowed away, and new timing components. New Ford racing oil pump to go along with it all. I also added an aluminum flywheel and 39# ev6 injectors to prepare for procharger in the future. I took the time to have everything vatted and cleaned. I also went COP swap however I wired the harness into my stock one. It came out very crisp and clean.
Mid way in the project
In the car, majority of it done.
This is semi where I sit now. I went and put all new battery cables on the car, all new wiring etc. I wanted it to be right so I went over all the harnesses. Anywho I'm just waiting on parts to come in but everything is procured pretty much. Start up vids will show up by new years I hope ;-) Let me know what you think and if you have any questions.
The car started out your everyday black on black leather 98 cobra. Someone had taken care of it for a long time but it fell into a state of disrepair somewhere in between me and the majority of its life owner. The guy I bought it from did a lot as well but ultimately gave up. I have more tools, time, and patience so I bought it and love it. Anyway, bought it like this
Disliked the hood and the four wheel drive stance. Did the best I could and got it to this.
I was planning on suspension work and more stuff after getting the windows tinted and putting a set of new dunlops on the rear. Car was immediately a ton nicer to drive. But alas all good things must come to an end and it popped both headgaskets. No coolant in the oil but the thing had some massive cooling system pressure. Ultimately found two tunnels that the coolant ran straight into the rear two driver cylinders. So the motor came out.
It was nasty, as you can clearly see. Unattended engine bay leaks and time hadn't played fair with the car. I pressure washed and cleaned the bay. Added new 04 termi control arms, bilstein HD's, MM CC plates, and MM solid rack bushing set.
From there I messed around with multiple projects. I bought an entire MMR shortblock set Manleys and H beams brand new. Ended up deciding against doing that and an eaton swap as it became to expensive to fast.
Eventually I picked up an 01 longblock off corral from a fellow in NC. Pulled it apart, had it rebuilt, threw on a set of 99 heads and cams with low low mileage I've had stowed away, and new timing components. New Ford racing oil pump to go along with it all. I also added an aluminum flywheel and 39# ev6 injectors to prepare for procharger in the future. I took the time to have everything vatted and cleaned. I also went COP swap however I wired the harness into my stock one. It came out very crisp and clean.
Mid way in the project
In the car, majority of it done.
This is semi where I sit now. I went and put all new battery cables on the car, all new wiring etc. I wanted it to be right so I went over all the harnesses. Anywho I'm just waiting on parts to come in but everything is procured pretty much. Start up vids will show up by new years I hope ;-) Let me know what you think and if you have any questions.