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Old Mar 16, 2002 | 11:34 PM
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Old Mar 16, 2002 | 11:36 PM
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Nice...Make it an SE!
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Old Mar 16, 2002 | 11:42 PM
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sweet! now we're talkin'
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Old Mar 16, 2002 | 11:48 PM
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Nice...Make it an SE!
Nah, I used a pic of my car. Gotta keep it 12A
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 12:22 AM
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hell yes,
been waitin for that
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 12:36 AM
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here ya go

these are some old thing that were done when i raced the cobra,i'll posts new stuff below it.


full racing beat street port/road race exhaust
huge weight loss including
-no door panels
-manual windows
-no carpet
-NOTHING in hatch
-no rear storage bins
-no a/c complete system removed
-no smog pump
-modded intake manifold
-modded nikki carb
-carter pump
-purolator fuel reg
-dual msd blaster 2 coils
-dual msd 6a ignition boxes
-full posi welded diff
-ram air setup
-k&n air filter
-functional hood scoop
-street/strip pressure plate
-street/strip hd clutch
-machined flywheel

emm i think thats it,kinda tired right now

new stuff

down grading to rb standard exhaust with custom bent 2.75 ss tub into dtm straight through muffler

msd 6a trailing ,msd 6al leading
dual msd blaster ss coils hooked up in direct fire configuration
old blaster 2 on trailing

installed custom door panels

working on custom hatch,but still keeping it light weight

emm i think thats it for the new stuf,
some stuff is still waiting to be installed
need some nice weather

i gotta go buy the blaster ss coils on monday
will do direct fire on tuesday

everthing i say i have done is done
i dont bs and have a digi camera ready for pics
have alot floating around on here

bought my new header from mike p

have pics of new exhaust system if anyone would like to see?
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 12:44 AM
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Dude that was not a real Cobra or he could not ******* drive. Which was it?
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 12:50 AM
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Dude that was not a real Cobra or he could not ******* drive. Which was it?
LOL!!!!
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 01:07 AM
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anyway braggin bout hp means nothing to me,
i'll have to upload the vid of me spankin a 93-97 mustang cobra
then tell me what i think of hp figures
i shouldnt of stood a chance,
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 01:08 AM
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the part about not standing a chance is the key element there

besides whats a cobra do in the 1/4 anyway?
isnt a cobra just a gt with some flashy parts???
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 01:12 AM
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1995 Ford Mustang Cobra R 5.2 13.8
1996 Ford Mustang Cobra 5.5 14.0
1998 Ford Mustang Cobra SVT 5.4 14.0
1999 Ford Mustang Cobra SVT 5.4 13.9


Far cry from a stockport 12A....
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 01:17 AM
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i posted my 1/4 mile times a while back @ 14.43

somehow im not seeing this as an amazing thing

oh btw my engine is a rebuild with aprox 35,000
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 01:28 AM
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i posted my 1/4 mile times a while back @ 14.43
I wanna see a timeslip of this.

If all you have is a stockport 12A and a Nikki carb with the mods you posted, I don't see how you could have run a time like that. This is in the neighborhood of the kind of time that a bone-stock FD runs. Are you saying your car is as fast as a stock FD?!?

Until you post a timeslip I'm calling....



Oh, and there's no chance a stock 12A can touch a Mustang Cobra.

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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 01:43 AM
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Originally posted by V8kilr
i posted my 1/4 mile times a while back @ 14.43

somehow im not seeing this as an amazing thing

oh btw my engine is a rebuild with aprox 35,000
Your **** ported, or do you spray? My car has more **** on it and it has a snowballs chance in hell of running a low 14.
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 01:53 AM
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the new engine was bought before i bought the car,
it cost the previous owner a pretty penny,
he did say weather it was ported,
if anything id say a mild street port.

the engine always pulled stronger then any of my previous 1st gens,
this is my third.

im trying to find my time slips now.

the wild clutch combo and welded diff allow me to launch @ 3,000 rpm with no prblems,
in fact its the only way i can see possible of getting this thing off the line with hopes of a low et

for the mean time heres a couple more thing i have done to my car

rb rear springs
tokico adjustable shocks

helps put the power to the pavement

and reenforced wheel wells,i noted the old ones started to buckle after the clutch,suspension and diff upgrades.
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 01:53 AM
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Originally posted by Felix Wankel


Your **** ported, or do you spray? My car has more **** on it and it has a snowballs chance in hell of running a low 14.
well whats on your car??
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 08:23 AM
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14.43 secs? what is a stock first gen? Like 17? I find the fact that you shave 3 secs off your et with the mods you have done. Have you had your car weighed? How much is it, that could explain it a little but the stuff you say you removed isn't really that heavey (well maybe the A/C) Obviously you don't like american cars, which is fine everyone is entitled to his opinion, but Muscle cars werre made to drag race so my $$$ would be on the Cobra or my TA. First gen rx7's, unless you do some wild **** under the hood don't really make good draggers, note: I said unless you do some wild **** under the hood, I've seen plenty of first gen draggers that are good but they are always heavily modded.
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 09:34 AM
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Just scan the time slip... Im curious I only ran my car once and its really BAD, It was like 16 secs

My friend just bought a 79 TA in awesome condition for $2000, the motor all chromed, even the bird on the hood it perfect. Id like to had one, im a fan of old cars...

Of course Id like to have a 79 or 80 Rx-7 in perfect condition, but not gonna pay 4 or 5k it

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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 04:11 PM
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right @14.7

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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 04:17 PM
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14.7 is a lot different from 14.4.... Thats more believeable. I still say that engine is ported.
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 04:19 PM
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i have a 14.4 but didnt think i would need to keep it around to prove im not a lier?
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 04:25 PM
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Originally posted by V8kilr
i have a 14.4 but didnt think i would need to keep it around to prove im not a lier?
Why don't you go take some Prozac or something and chill out?
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 05:03 PM
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I'll race yah in my UNported SE
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 05:09 PM
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This is the 2nd time everyone's gotten in an uproar over V8kilr's "street" RX-7. When it happened last time, he listed all the gutting he did to reduce weight,just like he did this time. If a stock '68 FBird race-prepped and gutted can run low 12s when they did 15's in old car tests, then I tend to believe a stockport 12A that normally runs 17s could easily, with the same preparation, could run 14s. Nice work on the Cobra, V8kilr!
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Old Mar 17, 2002 | 05:16 PM
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thanks for coming to the rescue.

people dont understand how restricted a stock seven is,
just unrestricting it,
ie 3 cats
smog pump
other emmisions
a/c pump,
a/c core
etc
there is a lot of power to be gained from "fixing these problems"

i dont have emmisions here so ask me if i care that my car polutes 10 times as much as a mack truck.
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