pepesucio

whats up everyone, new here, just bought a 2001 cobra vert and had a few questions, im not new to the muscle car scene, i had a 99 trans am that was heavily modded and still have a 2003 harley truck, but i am new to the mustang world so bare with me.

1st Is their a reason that my engine fan is always on? (even when the car is cold)

2nd I already have an x-pipe on the car but want a louder and deeper sound, i have a set of glass packs that were on the harley truck and wanted to know if i put them on the cobra if it will still pass emissions, and how loud will it be?

3rd my convertible top has about a 8inch slash right above the drivers seat and the dealer is having it fixed on wednesday, how much is it for a new top, not anything else just the part thats on the outside of the car. The dealer said that it's gonna cost them about $120 to fix it

4th on my T/A i bought a shorter shifter, not a short throw, just the stick itself for about $20, all it did was make the shifter shorter, does anyone make these for mustangs, and where can can i get one?

Martel

[sm=welcomesign.gif]to the forums. I'll leave your questions to the more experienced members. Post some pics of your car!

Blackvenom01

welcome man...i wouldnt put the glass packs on and they wont pass emisions the glass packs givea higher sound and the cobra already has a higher sound, for a lower sound i would prolly say flowmaster or lm 2's it also depends if ur x pipe is catted...i kno that u can get a smaller *** of course but i havent seen anythine bout just the handle...and i kno that the tops are expensive a buddy of mine got his replaced for 300 for hail damage insurance covered it of course so im not to sure bout that price....is ur fan constantly running at a high speed?....

rawcobra

wut up peps! welcome dude! as for sounds, it's really your preference dude! but i didn't know that glasspacks don't pass emissions! I guess i wouldn't put them on! I would recommend in my opinion Bassani exhaust! Like i said, it's your preference! I used to have a 97 cobra convertible and I had Borla exhaust with a BBK X-pipe! sounded sweet! I replaced my whole top for about $450 installed! I'm not sure how your gash would look after getting it fixed! is the dealer just going to fix the slash part? cause I know if they are, the part that's gonna be fixed, the color is going to be brighter than the original top you have on it now! So I really recommend to replace the whole top! that would just be the tarp. Depends if you have the funds to do it! See I bought the tarp at California Mustang and I took it to an upholestry shop that replaces convertible tops! depending on where you go they will probably charge you in between $150-$200 bucks! but more than $200 bucks is too expensive! that's my suggestion! now as for short shifters on stangs Steeda short throw tri-ax works very well! just go on the website and check it out!

pepesucio

ya the fan is constantly on at kind of a high speed WTF?

Leos06gtLL

maybe it is wired directly or your car has a tune you dont know about that turns your low temp fan at a real low temp correct me if i am wrong just my two cents. please stay away from glass packs there not made for modular motors. here is some exhaust sounds http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...p;search_type=
ps Rawcobra's car sounded really good with a his off road X and borla exhaust I drove it plenty times

Dilireus

The radiator fan is automatically turned on if your A/C (or defrost) is turned on, regardless of engine temperature.

pepesucio

so would straight exhaust be better?

Blackvenom01

better in wut ways

lexy

any exhaust will pass. Both of my cars pass emmissions both have off road H-pipes. the obd 2 computers are awesome. as long as your check engine light isn't on then youll pass emmissions.