View Full Version : New cobra owner in the south hills
Well, I finally found the cobra I was looking for and bought it back in late december... I figure its about time I stopped being shy and introduced myself where I can actually meet the people on the other side of the screen.
I'm a regular on SVTPerformance, so I've had a chance to speak to a couple of the people on this forum before which is how I wound up here.
I'm having a hard time not laughing at myself right now because I feel like I'm writing a classified ad lol! regardless, my name is Bo I'm from the south hills area. Some of you might have caught me driving around during some of the nicer days over the past few months in my torch red 03.
Anywho, here are some pics so you guys can recognize me a little better around the area, but I won't be driving it again until I graduate in mid may, and by then its going to have some new rims on it.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/MBH_427/south%20point%20feb%2008/IMG_8361.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/MBH_427/Cobra%20delivery/IMG_1022.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/MBH_427/rear.jpg
Bo
no1fordgirl
03-15-2008, 10:05 PM
:welcome4: To SCS, Bo!
Beautiful Cobra! :awsome:
INSANELY CRAZY
03-15-2008, 10:06 PM
welcome, sweet lookin ride ya got there
2001GTTT
03-15-2008, 10:08 PM
that thing is gorgeous man :awsome:
Welcome, very nice ride man!!
blizzard
03-15-2008, 10:09 PM
howdy. welcome to SCS. i vote keep the dd bullit ts ;)
Troll
03-15-2008, 10:12 PM
Red is #1 in my book. Welcome. What you doing with those DD Bullitts when you get new wheels? Let me know about them. :pepper:
what's up with the GTO? :rolleyes:
speedracer
03-15-2008, 10:12 PM
Welcome
mineralrob
03-15-2008, 10:20 PM
welcome
wow, you guys are quick!! was the voting reference to my thread on SVTP?
The bullets will be for sale, I have a set of true forged rims on the way already so I can't stop whats set in motion.
The goat is my friend Chris's car. 05, intake, tune, exhaust. Those pictures might be the only time my car has been documented behind his though :goodidea:
I don't know what the forum policy is of posting videos is, so I'll just wait to hear back on that one.
oh, I should probably mention that my car is a stage 4 port with 2.8 upper and 4# lower, bassani X with stingers and an amazon racing tune with a bunch of other stuff I don't care to type out (but will if somebody wants to know). All said and done it made 520rwhp through a bassani catless x, but I have cats on it now.
u1arunit
03-15-2008, 11:11 PM
Welcome Bo, nice Cobra! :awsome:
87notch
03-15-2008, 11:23 PM
Welcome,beautiful car man:pinkthumb:
GOT SVT
03-16-2008, 01:33 AM
welcome
always good to add more terminators
gmkillr
03-16-2008, 01:43 AM
welcome
always good to add more terminators
LOL, thats funny.....:rofl:
Anyway.....
Welcome to the site! And thats a nice MUSTANG
somethingclever
03-16-2008, 05:29 AM
Welcome....nice ride!
03 OW SVT
03-16-2008, 07:47 AM
Welcome Bo, Sweet Termy:awsome:
Hhhhmmmm... Those back tires are looking a little bald
dlaul01
03-16-2008, 07:59 AM
Nice car, it's my fav car in the world
scott5
03-16-2008, 09:35 AM
welcome
molnartr
03-16-2008, 10:51 AM
Nice looking car !
Is that a GTO in the garage in front of the stang?
o4c0b|2a
03-16-2008, 11:09 AM
welcome, nice looking cobra:goodidea:
Dark Shadow
03-16-2008, 12:51 PM
Nice car! ....and a GTO in the garage too I see. Which one is faster? :sticktonge:
Thanks again guys!
That picture was at my friends house, and its his GTO. I was out driving her around after I got my plates and decided that I was comfortable enough with the car to start to give it some throttle, I almost shat my pants the first time I floored her in 2nd. The torque on these cars down low is just insane.
I was being kinda vague about it because I didn't know the forum rules about posting about racing or posting racing videos... but we got a couple easy runs in, and you can guess the rest.
If you can't guess, here is a hint or two :rofl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nXNOLiiyVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0grzqaCsYo
The car has new tires on it now, and yeah they were bald as hell as you can see.
Old 555R's:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/MBH_427/IMG_8259.jpg
New 555RII's:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/MBH_427/IMG_8260.jpg
u1arunit
03-16-2008, 01:49 PM
Nice runs Bo.
I liked the one comment about the GTO only being a button away from the Terminator. lol
Wolfpack Speed
03-16-2008, 01:53 PM
welcome!!!
Nice runs Bo.
I liked the one comment about the GTO only being a button away from the Terminator. lol
lol yeah I just got an email and responded to that. There are some dumb people out there, but bench racers will always have a warm and laughable place in my heart.
welcome!!!
Thank you! I'll be seeing you when the weather breaks for a FLSFC installation off of Nate's recommendation :thmbsup:
Do you do any transmission work? I have a couple of things that might need a little sorting out. I can list them if you'd like, but I won't be able to do anything about it until may, so its no rush.
Bo
Stangman701
03-16-2008, 02:28 PM
Welcome! I remember seeing you over on SVTP all the time and wondering if you were on here too. Bout time you stopped by :awsome:
PunisherStang
03-16-2008, 02:30 PM
correct me if im wrong but lol this is the highway right by starcity movie theater? im very familiar with this highway lol. im surprised i havent seen u around im always round the south hills area.
u1arunit
03-16-2008, 02:37 PM
correct me if im wrong but lol this is the highway right by starcity movie theater? im very familiar with this highway lol. im surprised i havent seen u around im always round the south hills area.
I'm positive that the vids were recorded on a closed test track and NOT a public highway. :D
somethingclever
03-16-2008, 02:38 PM
Car sounded a little dead on the throttle hit in the second vid....hope you have a good (safe) tune on it.
u1arunit
03-16-2008, 02:39 PM
Yep I heard that too. Spinning the tires on the hit or some wierd stuff going on?
03 OW SVT
03-16-2008, 03:18 PM
Yep I heard that too. Spinning the tires on the hit or some wierd stuff going on?
I guess I need to listen to it again. Maybe a little clutch slippage
gmkillr
03-16-2008, 03:22 PM
What's up with all of the "Terminater" and "Termy" talk?
What is this a "Vette" forum?
somethingclever
03-16-2008, 03:24 PM
Yep I heard that too. Spinning the tires on the hit or some wierd stuff going on?
Rpm's stayed flat/skipped....if he was spinning they would've jumped up.
Could be rich/lean/detonation/belt slip...etc.
I'm positive that the vids were recorded on a closed test track and NOT a public highway. :D
Exactly!! :laughing1:
It was a bumpier section of test track, and the belt gets a bit of slip. I was also worried that if I just mashed it the car would want to get away from me, and thats no way to learn the power of a new car. So its a combination of bald tires/bumpy road/belt slip/easing into throttle rather than just punching it.
The car is supposed to have a safe dyno tune on it from amazon racing, so I have no reason to doubt that.
I have a few things to look into with the transmission though, so I could have some clutch issues down the line, so I wouldn't rule that out either. Hopefully whenever we get together you guys will be able to help me sort out my paranoia from reality though. As much as I thought I knew about this stuff, I'm still a noob when its all said and done :o
What is this a "Vette" forum?
You tryin to tell me that this isn't a forum to talk about our sweet gold chains and track suits? damn it!
somethingclever
03-16-2008, 05:12 PM
The car is supposed to have a safe dyno tune on it from amazon racing, so I have no reason to doubt that.
:o
Did you get a graph? Heck...even if you did...i still would not go WOT until I personally put the car on a dyno and checked the a/f ratio pre cats.
For $75 for a couple pulls with a/f monitoring, it's worth it.
Did you buy that car off SVTP?
Did you get a graph? Heck...even if you did...i still would not go WOT until I personally put the car on a dyno and checked the a/f ratio pre cats.
For $75 for a couple pulls with a/f monitoring, it's worth it.
Did you buy that car off SVTP?
Bought it from Turkish on SVTPerformance. The car has been running the tune since late summer I believe. David gave me the dyno graphs and all of the information and records with the car. Amazon wouldn't tune a timebomb, but I'll get it on a dyno when I get a new bet on it to make sure its still safe. The car pulls smooth and hard. If you're going off of the strange noises on the second run, also it might not seem like it, but the GTO was WOT in both of those videos, so even as I eased into the throttle I was even or better with him, despite belt slip or whatever.
edit: have you ever heard of amazon? I'm not trying to talk back to you, I'm just not sure if you're familiar with them at all? You've got me kinda freaked out.
Rick's qualifications:
* Engineering degree from Loyola University
*Master Electrician
* 35 technical, mechanical, diagnostic, software and programming certifications
*certified instrument calibrator
* member of Society of Automotive Engineers
*30 years experience of mechanics and restoration of Mustangs and Ford vehicles
*Has been racing Mustangs and Fords for 30 years
*Has been tuning performance cars with Autologic, Superchip since 1998 and Diablosport and SCT live tuning software when they became available
*Datalogs over 30 parameters when dyno tuning
uses 2 AF meters
custom programs developed with live tuning software
uses load bearing edy current Mustang Dyno to simulate proper load on vehicle when tuning
*NMRA race circuit as a vendor for 2003, 2004 and 2005
*Amazon Racing was the title sponser for the NMRA 03 Cobra Shootout
*Rick has been featured in numerous national Mustang magazines for products we have developed and his tuning experience and knowledge specializing with the 03 /04 Cobra
Nothing but praise on his work from those who've had him tune their cobra, and thats coming from a bunch of whiney people over on svtp :shrug:
One Sweet Day
03-16-2008, 07:20 PM
welcome:goodidea: nice to see you having some fun with that thing. ;)
somethingclever
03-16-2008, 07:42 PM
edit: have you ever heard of amazon? I'm not trying to talk back to you, I'm just not sure if you're familiar with them at all?
shrug:
Sure have....I've heard only good things about them except that their dyno reads a little on the optimisic side.
I've just read about too many horror stories about people trusting mail order tunes (i don't think amazon does them) and getting poor results.
I guess I just like to be as close to 100% sure as possible as to how the car is running...even if I bought one with a a/f graph.
To me, the risk isn't worth the reward. Not trying to give you a hard time...just a heads up. :yes:
u1arunit
03-16-2008, 08:01 PM
John is giving good advice. Rick's tune should be fine if he did it on his load bearing(Mustang type) dyno. If it is a mail order tune it should be okay but like he said it's always good to check it.
I personally always use and reccomend a wide band O2 sensor to be installed in plain view and once installed compare your data with another accurate wide band meter like one at a dyno that has been calibrated and verified to be correct. I did this when I dyno'd last year. We had three wide bands installed during the pulls and they were all within .1 of each other throughout.
This is real good advice, like he said we aren't trying to scare ya. :)
u1arunit
03-16-2008, 08:06 PM
What's up with all of the "Terminater" and "Termy" talk?
What is this a "Vette" forum?
Maybe you did not know:
2003 Cobra Terminator
The 2002 Cobra Special was unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show in February 2002 as the 2003 Cobra. It was formerly referred to as the Cobra Terminator, but the Special Vehicle Team decided to drop it because it sounded too violent, and they didn't want to pay royalties to the movie franchise. Ford might use the "Terminator" moniker for the production version of the 2002 SuperCharged Cobra, but a Team Mustang source also noted that the "KR" for "King of the Road" name was proposed as well.
gmkillr
03-16-2008, 09:36 PM
I was aware of the nickname that the workers at ford gave it.
I'll just leave it at that.
've heard only good things about them except that their dyno reads a little on the optimisic side.
I've believed that the number was a little inflated all along, it still runs pretty strong though. Previous owner's best trap was claimed 128mph, but I don't have the slips to prove or disprove that, plus he was a pretty mean shifter... the transmission needs a bit of massaging right now.:o
The tune was a dyno tune, but I'll get a run in on another dyno at some point to verify the numbers and make sure everything is sitting pretty :twothumbsup:
I appreciate you guys looking out for me though, I'd rather have you give me a hard time before something goes wrong than after everytime!!
I forgot to post what really sold me on this car.....
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/MBH_427/underhood.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/MBH_427/enginebay5.jpg
I've never seen an owner that took "detail day" to this type of extreme. regularly detailed the engine bay and paint, but even got under the car and detailed the underbody, the wheel wells, literally everything.
Sonic03snake
03-16-2008, 10:28 PM
What's up with all of the "Terminater" and "Termy" talk?
What is this a "Vette" forum?
Thats how this site was started, I had the idea of the Steel City Terminators club and PJ (Got Svt ) and I got the forum started over on Modular Fords and it evolved into me starting this site. :awsome:
Sonic03snake
03-16-2008, 10:33 PM
Looks pretty fimiluar, LOL.
I forgot to post what really sold me on this car.....
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/MBH_427/underhood.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/MBH_427/enginebay5.jpg
I've never seen an owner that took "detail day" to this type of extreme. regularly detailed the engine bay and paint, but even got under the car and detailed the underbody, the wheel wells, literally everything.
LOL what are the odds! :thmbsup:
Wolfpack Speed
03-16-2008, 11:01 PM
lol yeah I just got an email and responded to that. There are some dumb people out there, but bench racers will always have a warm and laughable place in my heart.
Thank you! I'll be seeing you when the weather breaks for a FLSFC installation off of Nate's recommendation :thmbsup:
Do you do any transmission work? I have a couple of things that might need a little sorting out. I can list them if you'd like, but I won't be able to do anything about it until may, so its no rush.
Bo
sounds great Bo! your best bet is to email or pm with any questions and we'll go from there! i look forward to hearing from you!
mike
sounds great Bo! your best bet is to email or pm with any questions and we'll go from there! i look forward to hearing from you!
mike
Sounds great Mike, I'll shoot you a PM about it around may and we'll go from there
u1arunit
03-17-2008, 10:07 AM
I was aware of the nickname that the workers at ford gave it.
I'll just leave it at that.
I am curious about the problem you seem to have with the name. Can you please send me a PM about why though? Thanks! :awsome:
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