98 Cobra Family Cruiser

**Gearhead** · 11-03-2022, 11:18 AM

Looks great James !! Nice work !
Threads like this help to motivate me to work on my stuff !

**5.0calypso93lx** · 11-04-2022, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by Gearhead

Looks great James !! Nice work !
Threads like this help to motivate me to work on my stuff !

Seriously just holler at me if you ever need a hand. At this point I owe you about 100 labor hours

**5.0calypso93lx** · 11-04-2022, 08:49 AM

Got a few small things done yesterday. Replaced the nipple deal behind the water pump to the stock o-ring style nipple to allow the use of the stock hard pipe that goes back to the driver side head. All the heater core hoses / cooling mod hoses are now done.

Ordered up the rest of the fuel fittings and hose I think I'll need. Going to adapt the stock hardlines where they come into the passenger side of the bay to -6 AN PTFE hose up to the rails. Then everything will again be -6 AN to the return. I need to get the intake manifold on and the CAI on so I can figure out where I want to mount the FPR. I don't have any one obvious spot I'm seeing right now. I am really thinking it may just be best to pull the doghouse and route a lot of this factory wiring behind the inner fenders. Not only do I need the room, but I think it'll clean the bay up a lot.

The Moroso coolant reservoir showed up and I got that mocked up. Not really loving the fitment. The hoses from the coolant tank and the power steering reservoir (both Moroso) are running into each other. Nothing is ever easy with aftermarket parts LOL

**5.0calypso93lx** · 11-08-2022, 08:50 AM

Nothing super exciting going on at the moment, but just tying up the tedious odds and ends to get this thing fired up. Working on the fuel system now and adapting the stock hard fuel lines to -6 AN braided PTFE line using Fore rails and FPR. The Mach 1 intake manifold does not work with the stock 98 fuel rail and the 99+ rails don't have a return line so had to go this route unless I wanted to cut up the stock rail.

1/4" for the return and 5/16" feed push lock adapters by Russell:

Adapter plate, upper lid and fuel rails permanently mounted. Going to run the stock 24lb injectors for the time being:

**5.0calypso93lx** · 08-23-2024, 11:25 AM

Forgot about this place until Craig reminded me about it

Car ended up putting down 320rwhp on Lee Blankenships dyno in April of 2023. Got to enjoy the car all year and drove it up until January 2024. Took it out to Jimmys to have the SFC's welded in. Brought it home and started tearing it down after acquiring parts over several months.

Current setup:
-Same motor as above
-Swapped in a 03 Cobra T-56 with a 26 spline input
-Spec twin disc clutch
-On3 Gen 2 turbo kit with a Precision 7675 "LS" turbo and upgraded 38mm turbosmart wastegates out of necessity for clearance issues
-Fore fuel system with Bosch 210's and twin pumps. Primary is a TI 267 and backup is a TI 285 that I've got pinned to one of the Holley inputs to trigger with psi
-Holley Terminator X
-Truforged 18x9 and 18x11 Victories with 335's out back

I'm really close to firing it up. Need to make a wire and start on the ecu firmware updated and getting the startup tune built so I can check for leaks and any mechanical issues.