He's bringing it back to life and using it like mazda intended it to be used, running the **** out of it

 

to each his own man. he put out the dough for it, let him enjoy it.

could be worse, some 16yr old kid could get the same car, and potentially go wrap it around a pole or a tree



just sayin'

 

fair nuff
that picture actually just got posted on the local forum by someone who had actually never seen it before. Can you say "welcome to the internet"?

 

haha say what?! damn i remember seeing this when i was 12 and almost crying because someone did this to such an awesome car.
lol

old photo is old

 

Hood, fenders and skirts on for a test fit of everything... final push to get this thing running...

 

lol yeah, that's what just about everyone said, here's the thread for anyone to laugh at.
http://starcityracing.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=39193

 

this is the car im setting up for next year i got a s13 for this season i cant wait to drive 7 tho

 

cant wait to c this thing at some events soon.

if you take me for a ride ill return the favor

















no homo

 

I bet that car lays down some gangster smoke!

 

302 sounds mean with aftermarket exh mani's

My first car was a '93 gt vert. Still have the motor

 

lol you know you're a rotary owner when you call headers manifolds.

 

im not sure on how well she can smoke them yet its got a monster stiff cable clutch and no p/s wich makes it a huge pain for my small arms to handle

 

someone seriously needs to cobra swap an FC.
if i were to V8 my car, better believe ****'s atleast getting a super charger

it needs to make some sort of mind blowing sound. hahaha

 

i dont think a cobra mod motor would fit in an fc bay. LSx motors are compact v8s, modular fords are damn huge!

 

Ive been thinking about that swap ever since my holmes bought an '03 sonic blue cobra.
Ported eaton and whatever pulley with stock ecu and sct programer 60 lb injectors and MAF and TB
Almost 600 hp and at 2k rpm's.



Those ecu's can handle e85 and can tune up to 1200hp

 

the motors are probably scripts though. i've always like the bulletproof factor of them. i've had friends with cobras, and an old room-mate with a Ford GT, GT500, and a Lighting. pulley, and headers + clutch on the GT500, and it would spin any gear on 295 nto1's...
the GT was mental... it actually had traction, but was sketchy fast.

like dude said, theyre big motors. im sure IF they fit, the car would suck.

 

The non-Cobra SOHC Mod motors physically fit between the strut towers of the FC with a little room to spare, which leads me to believe the DOHC heads will either be ridiculously close or will barely not fit.

I've got a '94 Cobra in storage I can measure the strut tower width on, even though it's got a 5.0 and not a Modular, however the '96-'98 Cobras had the N/A DOHC version and they fit with less than 2" to spare on either side.

The ECUs are definitely tunable to hell as well - all pre-'04 Fords had a J3 service port on the bottom of the ECU that allows the user to flash-tune the ECU with a Moates Quarter-Horse. You can literally change everything ... rev limits, ignition and fuel maps, calibrate for larger MAFs and injectors, knock sensor function, coolant fan trigger, speedo correction ... the list is endless. The software is free/cheap and the QuarterHorse is like $80 new from Moates.

I thought about running a Toyota/Lexus 1UZ on 4.6 Ford sensors/harness/ECU and going mad boost in the Starion. On that same note, Ford's V6s with the EEC-IV ignition [pretty much '94-'04] is the same way - I have been trying to figure out if I can run a Toyota or Nissan inline-6 on Ford stuff, just for the tuneability.

 

we gotttttttttttttttttttt this.
cut/recess the strut towers a little. theres like 4" to spare inside with the coilover at max camber.

seriously though i'm sure these motors are still like $5k if you can find one.

 

might as well go with this

 

4.6 DOHC Modulars in Lincoln Mark-VIIIs are identical, save for cam profiles [mild change] and pistons. I can get them all day long for under $800, spend $800 in pistons, $1k in cams, and toss a blower on [guys swapping to Eatons or Kenne-Bell chargers sell their OEM **** CHEAP] and bam, Cammed Cobra clone for under $4k. That's a very rough overshoot of what I'd imagine it to cost.

 

If your considering a V8 swap LS based engines are the way to go -period.

Best fit and best bang for the buck -the swap is well documented and there are parts readily available.

 

cute turbos breh

 

I have a lt4 in my car was cheap and makes about 450 I would most def do a ls if the wrecked car I bought wasn't 900 bucks

 

 

Why do Rotas and Skyline GTt wheels look so good on an FD.