I am in the market for a used 2003/2004 Cobra, but I am not as familiar with the performance mods for these cars. The one in question comes with the following:

Mac cold air intake
2.76 billetflow supercharger pulley
100mm billetflow idler pulley
mac catback with magnaflow mufflers
slp x-pipe with cats
H and R sport springs
Caster camber plates
maximum motorsports full length subframe connectors (welded in)
pprv delete
billetflow irs brace
Overlay for the boost gauge
AFCO pro heat exchanger
Pro 5.0 shifter

...and other mods not performance related.

Dyno'd and tuned from a respected shop in my area, and dyno slip says 459 rwhp and 493 tq.

Ideally, I want something stock, but this is a low mileage vert in the color I want. Are these tasteful modifications, and are there any concerns with this much HP on this engine's internal components? Seems to me the big HP gains are coming from the pulley, but I just want to be careful I am not setting myself up for more grief down the road. Thanks for reading!

LW

 

those mods look like the normal mods that most ppl would do to there termi...not really radical changes at all just the basics IMO...it doesnt seem like they were making a car to beat the crap outta which is good and those dyno numbers look bout right too which all depends on how much they advanced the timing and it looks pretty safe...yes the pulley does the biggest part of it but everything else supports it....but it all comes down to how the car is in person and how it drives etc....

 

Agreed, that looks like the 'normal' list of first mods for a Terminator. Intake/catback/pulley is the normal first bolt-ons, which he has done plus more on the exhaust, no real worries there. The IRS brace is another common and important mod, definitely wanted and needed. I'm not an expert by any means, but I don't see anything there really worth worrying about. Half the time, used Cobras that are 'stock' when sold were really modded just like this one and returned to a stock appearance before the sale anyway...

And for comparison, mine which is stock at the moment, just dynoed for 370/353...

 

+1 I don't think these mods are atypical and probably shouldn't cause you any problems. I'd be more worried about the actual condition of the car. Has it been well kept? Have you driven it around?

 

...yet another +1 .... I'd look at it!

 

tim your comment reminded of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF8GhC-T_Mo

 

"he prolly told ya look at this! would you look at this?! LOL funny clip