Finally starting my 4v swap
#1
Finally starting my 4v swap
Well it's finally here.I'm taking my car tomorrow to my mechanic.I bought a 96 cobra 4v to drop in my 98 gt.I had Seth's Racing Engines in Beaver Springs check out the 4v.He gave me the green light and said the cobra engine is in really good shape.I'm letting it stock for now.I did buy BBK lt's and catted x pipe to go with the flowmasters already on my car.I deleted the imrc's.I had to purchase some stock cobra parts from salvage yards such as throttle cable,idle air supply hose,maf,and air inlet tube.I also got CJPP springs and MM cc plates.Then I'm going to DGR for my tuning.Last step will be paint.I'm trying to get it all done before the Carlisle show.I figure I can do more with the 4v in the future.BTW lots of thanks to Keith(Uberstang)for answering all my questions and helping me out with his advice and experience.I have kept my receipts to figure out the total costs, so if someone else wants to do this swap they'll have a ballpark figure to go off of.
#3
Very nice John hoping to see that puppy down Ford Nationals, just remember do not put the longtubes on untill the tranny is bolted to the motor or you'll be doing it twice hehe. Well probably be staying at the super 8 on the carlise pike, also gonna be may 14th and 15th for carlisle performance and style, alot of imports and stuff there but there is usually some nice stangs as well.
#5
Nice I'll be down with the club, we should have my car, a 320whp evo, turbo cobalt, 3 srt-4s, a 260hp mazda protege speed swap, turbo rx-8, and a crap load of bagged/bodydropped minitrucks.
#7
Yeah once I get the swap paid for I'll give Dave a call and set up an appointment for the dyno.My mech told me when I dropped it off he prob can't start it til Thursday.Oh well I waited this long to start it so a few more days won't bo too bad.As long as it goes smooth with no surprises i'll be happy.Uber keeps reassuring me it's an easy swap,since he did his swap I believe him.Should be done by next Wed.Then after the tune I'll see a big difference from my stock 2v.
#8
Yeah once I get the swap paid for I'll give Dave a call and set up an appointment for the dyno.My mech told me when I dropped it off he prob can't start it til Thursday.Oh well I waited this long to start it so a few more days won't bo too bad.As long as it goes smooth with no surprises i'll be happy.Uber keeps reassuring me it's an easy swap,since he did his swap I believe him.Should be done by next Wed.Then after the tune I'll see a big difference from my stock 2v.
#10
My mechanic did not start my swap yet,so I picked up my car for the weekend.His shop is really busy so I'm hoping he can do it this week.Going to drop it off Sunday evening and hope for the best this week.Not happy about it but I can wait another week.