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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Venom351R" data-source="post: 1480160" data-attributes="member: 10407">No kidding. If I spent all that time and money into building an 03/04 Cobra I could have bought one when the prices bottomed out on them years ago. Not looking like that is ever going to happen again at the rate the prices are going now. While this engine is not the pinnacle of efficiency and performance compared to new engines now it's still light years ahead of the dinosaur pushrod. I put on a smaller pulley, exhaust and an intake and picked up over 100 RWHP over stock, it's just dumb.Got the brembo's removed and completely torn down. Was going to split the calipers for powder coating but for one it's not really needed plus I did not want to risk snapping the bolts that hold them together. Took them over to a friends and we applied A LOT of torque onto one of the bolts and it would not break loose. Was either going to snap the bolt, strip the threads or some other outcome that would have given me a huge headache so overall was just not worth it. Will be getting them powder coated red. The rebuild kit will consist of new 36mm and 40mm pistons new seal kit and new hardware. Replacing the pistons because I'm about 150% positive that my 40mm pistons were stuck and what was leading to my less than impressive breaking for having 4 piston brembos. The 40mm pistons DID NOT want to come out of the caliper even with air. They were stuck in there really bad  [ATTACH=full]8868[/ATTACH]</blockquote>