I recently purchased a 2003 cobra, Ive come to know it as the terminator. Well my questions are this, Id like to do some serious performance mods and id like to know some easy upgrades to make this thing stand out from the others. ive heard people talk about pulley's and heat exchanger's, anyone familiar with those??? Also when i really give it gas from a stop position im getting really bad wheel hop, if anyone knows what can prevent that id love to learn. But as you can tell this is all new to me, i just sold my 1995 5.0 mustang GT, So this cobra is something new for me. Thanks for all the help i really do appreciate it.

Side note, im really interested in adding more horsepower and just becomming much quicker.... Id like to become an 11 second car... what do i have to do....

 

Is the car stock? If so a 2.8 pulley and tune will be a big kick in the pants. If you go that route go ahead and get an idler to reducebelt slip. As for wheel hop not sure how tostop it, but I hear that isone of the reasons for breaking half shafts. Good luck. Lewis.

 

yes swap pully's, meth injection, any bolt on

 

Well I just bought my 03', and it has a pulley, chip, tune, full exhaust, bigger throttle body, cold air intake...and the car dynoed 470whp/465ft tq. Needless to day, the car pulls like a mad man!

 

With the standard intake, exhaust, pulley, and tune, you can hit at least around mid 11s, but you certainly aren't going to stand out since almost every modded Cobra has all of that done. That'll put you at around 450 RWHP. If you want to step it up a little more without spending a whole lot you can get the supercharger ported and be at 500+ RWHP and probably low 11s (don't know the exact quarter times). Then again, you need to grip to get any of that, so get a set of mild DRs for street use on your car and you'll stick to the road a lot better and reduce your wheel hop. I'm getting a set of 555rs for mine because they are just about perfect for the 450-500 HP range and aren't so soft that they'll be gone in a month.

 

I dont see any pullied and ported cobras runing low 11's with that being the only mod...even high 11's are few and far between

 

Thanks for all the great replies, what is the best size pulley i should look into getting and what is the best type of pulley and idler to get?? from where???
My car is not exactly stock, i have what has been done to it in the bottom of my post.
Does anyone also know if a heat exchanger is necessary?
How do you go about porting a blower?

 

Get a set of Drag Radials to help with the wheel hop. Just do a upper pulley(2.76) CAI and Exhaust with a Dyno tune for starters, that will get you up over 400rwp.. Dont forget to do a IRS brace, it is very........important. Start there. Oh and it wont stop there, it is very addictive.

 

2.2 KB ftw!

 

2.2???
Also 2.76 will be alright, its not to small? Where is the best place to purchase one?