96 cobra mod

[mustangrfast88]

ok guys and gals im looking at a 96 cobra that is bone stock and not really sure about modding one. i have always messed around with 302s. so what all is there i can do without have to put a turbo or supercharger or nitrous on it my goal is to get a mid 12 second car before putting a power adder on it

[BuckeyeAlex]

The biggest gains will always be full exhaust and a gear. The n/a 4 valves love spray though!

[2007ShelbyCobra]

full exhaust, 4.30 gear, aluminum drive shaft, cai, tune, possibly ported intake? Works on the Machs, and obvi wheels/tires and pull weight if your willing to go there. Under drive pulleys are good for a few. Honestly, mid 12s shouldnt be too hard, but it wont be a cake walk.

[700hp04mystic]

410 or 430 gears, and spray. no need for a tune if your not gonna spray more then 125. i have had over 20 of those cars and that seems to be the best bang for the buck.

[mustangrfast88]

well i already looked at full exhaust and found a full mac setup, was gonna put 4.10 gears in it and a cai. how hard is tuning these cars or can i just get a programmer. only thing i worry about spraying it is blown the intake off i watch jason do it to his car a few times when he was spraying before he went turbo

[JIMS SVT]

Id look into different headers than mac. They used to be known to eat motors not long after thhe install.

[mustangrfast88]

what do you mean by eat motors and what would you look into i was looking at the long tunbe a h pipe and a cat back system and does anybody know if long tube headers have to come off to do a clutch job

[700hp04mystic]

you can do it with out taking them off but it is ruff. that is with bbk lt headers. as far as the spray i have done it alot without a tune. just used ngk tr6 plugs and 35 thousands grap and rip.

[Gearhead]

what do you mean by eat motors and what would you look into i was looking at the long tunbe a h pipe and a cat back system and does anybody know if long tube headers have to come off to do a clutch job

MACs mod motor headers used to have a bunch of slag in them that would get sucked up through the EGR. Not sure if it's an issue anymore, this was 8-10 years ago...

http://forums.corral.net/forums/svt-dohc/290540-mac-lt-headers-ruin-4v-motor.html

[2Fast4You]

I have read that the biggest upgrade for those 4 valves are heads, just what I read though.

[mustangrfast88]

thanks for that info on the mac headers and i would hope it would still be a issue my goals are cams,full exhaust system,cai,throttle body,a tune,gearsand then nitrous

[BuckeyeAlex]

Cams aren't really worth the money and effort on a 4v.

[Xowner]

Driver mod, Learn how to drive it before throwing tons of mods at it.

[mustangrfast88]

driver mod is already taken care of and i just like the way a cammed 4v sounds

[2007ShelbyCobra]

ive got Macs on my 4v and it loves them. My car also loves the cams in it :) Im not sure how well B head cars respond with cams though. I really think you can get mid 12s without a problem even without a cam swap

[JIMS SVT]

Cams aren't really worth the money and effort on a 4v.

My stock longblock b headed cobra na went 11.31 @ 120.2 Then did a set of cleaned up heads and a set of comp cams and the car went 10.70 @ 127 with the stock shortblock. I beleive the cams was the biggest part of it picking up. Not the heads.

[mustangrfast88]

what was all done to your car jims svt when you went the 11.31

[na svt]

Cams aren't really worth the money and effort on a 4v.

Are you serious? A set of cams that use stock springs will add 40rw. A short runner intake, cams and longtubes will add no less than 60rw at peak. A small diameter damper, water pump and hydraboost pulleys will add another 15-18.

[BuckeyeAlex]

Sorry guys, the only cammed modular I've owned already had them when I bought it and every time I've looked into cams in a modular the gains didn't seem that impressive for the cost and work involved with doing them in a modular motor. Maybe I was mainly seeing the results for 2v cars, or just not the right cam choice or something. In a push rod motor I'd say absolutely throw a cam in it since it's a much easier install.

Disregard what I said, apparently the N/A 4v cars benefit from them much more than I knew or expected.

[na svt]

Disregard what I said, apparently the N/A 4v cars benefit from them much more than I knew or expected.

Jimmy's did alright with cams.

It's not uncommon for shops to say that cams aren't worth the money and I think it's because they don't want to install them.

[mustangrfast88]

i got a guy that will do all the mods to the car for me so that aint a problem