Factory Options               Modifications                Misc Improvements                Dyno Info          Drag Strip Info

  

This is John's 1994 (#2281 of 6,009) Cobra, black on black leather, with all the goodies.  It sports a 5.0 Cobra engine with full race exhaust, Vortech S-Trim (8 lbs of boost), 17 x 9 Cobra R's, lowered, and many other upgrades.  The dyno numbers are in and listed at the bottom of this page. The car has the full 95 Cobra R look with the Cobra R hood and rims.

Some serious work has been done to the interior to ensure the S-Trim is working properly.  You can see the full racing tach with shift light where the factory clock used to be (John created a custom bracket).  Also the pod of 3 gauges on the pillar which include air/fuel ratio, engine temp, and boost.  Also a Steeda Tri-Axe shifter with aluminum shifter handle sits atop the transmission.

THE BEFORE:  Here is a picture of the Vortech in progress.

THE AFTER:  A polished Vortech S-Trim sits in there snug.  Look at the short inlet tube length to the 94-95 Cobra intake.  No real room for an aftercooler here.

And here is the man himself.  John's taking the snapshort from outside his car.  Dark tint provides the reflection.

His modified 86 GT with T-Tops.  Very clean car with the standard mods.  Sold this for the Cobra.

Here was project number one (ground zero).  This car was sold several years back and was the start of his addiction to Mustangs.  This is a highly modified 1971 Mustang coupe.  It included a 302 (5.0) with C4 from the factory (later modified to include a toploader 4 speed).   By the time things were said and done it held a highly modified 306, full race exhaust, comp cam, roller rockers, Victor Jr. intake, Holley 650 double pumper, and 3.75:1 Ford 9" rearend.  The polished Centerlines with BF Goodrich T/A's supplied the traction.  The nose included a 1971 Mach I Ram Air hood painted a beautiful candy red.

Factory Options

Mechanical :

    * 5.0 V8 302ci Cobra (245 bhp advertised)
    * 5 speed trans (5th OD)
    * A/C
    * Power Steering
    * 4 wheel disc with 4 wheel ABS

    ** 1994 Factory Cobra Specs (SCOA Info)

Exterior :

    * 1994 Triple black

Interior:

    * All black leather interior
    * AM/FM Stereo  Cassette w/ Compact Disc player (Mach 1 sound system)
    * Driver and Passenger side air bags
    * Power locks
    * Power windows
    * Power mirrors
    * Power Driver Seat

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Modifications

Engine Mods :

    * Vortech S-trim (6-14 lbs.) polished supercharger  (currently getting 8 lbs. of boost)
    * Smog pump eliminator pulley
    * Vortech SMFU
    * K&N air filter
    * Anderson Power Pipe
    * Pro-M 80mm mass air meter
    * BBK 70mm Throttlebody
    * MSD Blaster coil
    * Fluidyne Radiator
    * K&N Breather cap
    * 9mm MSD Red ignition wires

    *Future Mods:
        - Motorsport X heads or AFR's heads
        - Custom grind cam, more boost, 331 or 347 block
        - Strong Tremec transmission!!!

Exhaust Mods :

    * BBK equal length shorty headers (ceramic coated)
    * Basani 2 1/2" off-road X pipe
    * Flowmaster 2 1/2" 2 chamber catback with chrome tips (In pictures, but now cutoff at axle with dumps)

Transmission Mods:

    * Standard 94 Cobra transmission
    * Centerforce dual friction clutch
    * Steeda adjustable clutch quadrant and cable
    * Steeda TriAxe shifter plus aluminum machined shifter handle
    * Ford Motorsport Aluminum Driveshaft

Rearend Mods:

    * Ford Motorsport 3.55:1 gears

Body/Tire Mods:

    * Cobra emblem in grill
    * 96 Cobra honeycomb grill insert
    * Cervinis 95 Cobra R hood (includes center lift)
    * Ford 1995 Cobra R rims (17 x 9) powder coated
    * P265/40/ZR17 Firestone Falkens Front, Nitto Extremes P275/40/ZR17 rear

Brake Mods:

    * Standard 94 Cobra brakes

Frame/Suspension Mods :

    * Saleen Racecraft lowering springs (down 1")
    * BBK caster camber plates
    * Steeda strut tower brace
    * Saleen upper and lower rear control arms

Interior Mods :

    * Full pillar AutoMeter guages (Fuel, Boost, Air Fuel)
    * AutoMeter 5" Tach with shifter light
    * Tinted windows

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Misc Improvements/Repairs

Improvements :

    * Wired fog lights to turn on anytime

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Dyno Info

Dyno Test Trip # 1  :

          Details:                   1994 Cobra (5.0L) with Vortech S-Trim (8 lbs. of boost) 40K miles
                                        Dyno Chart #1 

          RWHP:                  356.6
          RWTQ:                  382.9
          Calculated BHP:     434.8         (Standard 18% parasitic drag ratio)
          Calculated BTQ:     466.9

          Note:  Here is the Calculation for BHP based on 18% parasitic drag (RWHP / .82) :

                     356.6 / .82  =  434.8

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Drag Strip Info

Drag Speedway (5,000+ ft. Altitude and first trip to the track!!!):
   60ft Time:                      ?.??
    1/4 Mile Time:              13.??        (Pre Vortech S-Trim)
    Speed:                          10?.??

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 Last Updated:  07/15/2001