Cobra engine swap
 

Ok guys I know I have talking about this for several months and I am finally making progress he are some pics of the block back from the machine shop :wav:

Here are some of the crank, forged pistons, H beam rods

cool block. how much power are you thinking? please keep us updated

Not sure as we are not going for more power than stock but reliability when forced induction is added. I will also put on 4.10 gears and a bump up timming. I am not sure what else I will have to get maybe headers.

mmm...forged blocks...mmmm Lookin good man, glad its finally coming together. What you doing about the heads and cams and stuff? Stock?

hey there is a roller rocker package with solid lifters that helps out alot!!! I'll research to see where I saw it. It was in a recent issue of MMFF

I am going to keep the heads stock as I am not going all out right now since this will be a street car and not strip. I want about 400-450 at the wheels at stage 2 of the project. I think anything more will be imposible to drive on street tires and I dont see the point of having a 600hp street car if you have traction problems. Of course Im saying that now but you never know. I definitly want a turbo set up as I miss my old SVO stang. I like sound of a v8 with a hint of a turbo. I think I read that article and it made the biggest difference when a power adder was added with the cams. Since I dont want my wife to enroll me in MA (Mustang Anonymous) im going to pass on doing anything extra. Im not doing the engine swap but a local speed shop is doing it for me. So as you can guess its going to be quite a few pennys. On stage 2 I will install the turbo and have it tunned.

so, its gonna be a forged and turbocharged 4v with 4.10's and street tires at stage 2? I hope stage 3 is a new tranny, rear end, tires, maybe a few suspension mods :D. Be cool on the street and be fun to beat people at the track even though your running a 2.5 60' lol Good luck with it, it sounds like a beast in the making

I have not done any major suspension work since the whimpy motor I have now does not have issues with traction. I will be replacing suspension stuff after the new block gets put in.

LOL, yah, good call. That will be a fun as car either way though. Cant wait to see time slips on that car

awesome project, i assume you have checked out the guys at
TurboSN95
Those guys rock (yes, it includes SNKYPETE, lol) he is from NY, i have seen him on the highway, and he is one of the 'heads' of our mustang club (LMMC, late model mustang club of conecticut) very cool car =D