About To Buy an 04 Mustang, Cobra Swapped. What Do I Look For?
04-11-2008, 07:29 AM
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RE: About To Buy an 04 Mustang, Cobra Swapped. What Do I Look For?
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v6 comes with a 7.5 inch rear end, GT and up have an 8.8 inch rear end. cobras have an independant rear suspension (IRS) thats also 8.8 (the gt's and machs just have a single rear axle (SRA)). drag racing wise a SRA is usually better than IRS.
is it the 03/04 cobra motor? if so that motor is forged and will take 6-700rwhp pretty easily.
is the tranny a 5 or 6 speed? if its a 6 speed its probably the t56 from the later cobra as well (viper spec tranny).
take as many pics of the car as you can. underneath front, rear, sides, under te hood, etc...
if i were to take a guess if that thing was 100% swapped he probably had a cobra and like MANY of the newb 03/04 cobra owners totalled it right after he bought it and bought a v6 to swap the parts in (few people on this forum have done that...swapped their cobra to a v6 body)
v6 comes with a 7.5 inch rear end, GT and up have an 8.8 inch rear end. cobras have an independant rear suspension (IRS) thats also 8.8 (the gt's and machs just have a single rear axle (SRA)). drag racing wise a SRA is usually better than IRS.
is it the 03/04 cobra motor? if so that motor is forged and will take 6-700rwhp pretty easily.
is the tranny a 5 or 6 speed? if its a 6 speed its probably the t56 from the later cobra as well (viper spec tranny).
take as many pics of the car as you can. underneath front, rear, sides, under te hood, etc...
if i were to take a guess if that thing was 100% swapped he probably had a cobra and like MANY of the newb 03/04 cobra owners totalled it right after he bought it and bought a v6 to swap the parts in (few people on this forum have done that...swapped their cobra to a v6 body)
04-11-2008, 02:13 PM
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RE: About To Buy an 04 Mustang, Cobra Swapped. What Do I Look For?
its not gonna be the 7.5 v6 axle that thing would have probably broken by now. my guess is the cobras axle. i'm still sticking to my theory that this guy owned a cobra, did something stupid, totalled it, and swapped all the parts over. or he found a cheap donor cobra and bought or had a v6.
there are emissions laws in certain areas where you cant put a bigger motor in the car than what came in it. if you claim it on insurance yes your only paying for v6 (lx i think) mustang insurance, but if you wreck the car then your gonna have problems. the insurance company wont pay to replace anything aftermarket (which all that stuff is considered because its not factory for the v6) if you dont have the aftermarket parts protection. i'd call your insurance company FIRST and get clarification on everything BEFORE you buy it.
there are emissions laws in certain areas where you cant put a bigger motor in the car than what came in it. if you claim it on insurance yes your only paying for v6 (lx i think) mustang insurance, but if you wreck the car then your gonna have problems. the insurance company wont pay to replace anything aftermarket (which all that stuff is considered because its not factory for the v6) if you dont have the aftermarket parts protection. i'd call your insurance company FIRST and get clarification on everything BEFORE you buy it.
04-11-2008, 09:13 PM
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RE: About To Buy an 04 Mustang, Cobra Swapped. What Do I Look For?
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is the tranny a 5 or 6 speed? if its a 6 speed its probably the t56 from the later cobra as well (viper spec tranny).
is the tranny a 5 or 6 speed? if its a 6 speed its probably the t56 from the later cobra as well (viper spec tranny).
Make sure of what everyone else is saying; rear end, trans, engine, and post pics, a lot of pics.
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