Venom rebuild

[laz2447]

Nice kicks...

[50Dro]

5/31/11 update. The car moved outta the garage under its own power, but soon after that there was fire underneath. Ugh. Clutch cable? Speedo cable? I guess I have to crawl under it tonight.

Crappy pics but you can see the new kicks. They are black FR500s, 18x9 and 18x10. Thanks to 50DRO for the guidence during the wheel and brake upgrades.

Am just now seeing this thread. You're very welcome! The car looks awesome!! I hope to see it in person soon! i told you they'd squeeze under there!

[venom]

Back from the dead...

My car never seemed right ever since I put the engine back in. I started to tear into a little deeper, and found that #4 cylinder was getting no spark. Swapped ECMs and the car felt great. That was short-lived. Within ten/fifteen minutes the car began DUMPING fuel out of the tailpipes. Few minutes later the car was knocking terribly. Turns out when I pulled out the ECM I must have scraped some insulation off of #8 injector ground wire. Injector was wide open 100% of the time. Ugh.

After complete engine disassembly, #8 rod is bent, crankshaft is damaged, and all of the bearings are wiped out. Fun fun.

Back to the square one.

[PaxtonShelby]

Oh man...sorry to hear about this. I've always loved '93 Cobras, especially the Teal ones. Gorgeous car you have there.

What's your plan?

[Stroked03Cobra]

Sorry to hear x2, non the less gorgeous car!

[TooFast98Cobra]

Sorry to hear buddy. I got a 331 with your name on it

[Martin0660]

Yikes! Not a good way to find the problem

[50Dro]

Ugh...That sucks man! Good luck with the fix! I hope it's even better for you than before this time!

[KeystoneJohnny]

Jared,

Sorry to hear about the Cobra. Good luck and keep us posted.

[venom]

Thanks guys.

The original plan was to put a low milege 302 back in the car, but I didn't want to spend time and money on a block that I didn't have history on.

Ideal plan would have been to buy Bill's R331 block, but I don't make Bill's money. :)

I ended up taking the block to Street Lethal for a 331 build...using the stock block. My plan is to have a little more torque down low, and back off of maximum boost. I'd like the car to be more "usable" on the street.

My stock block held 538 rwhp for 7 years, so what is a couple more years with a better rotating assembly and safer tune!

[TooFast98Cobra]

Thanks guys.

The original plan was to put a low milege 302 back in the car, but I didn't want to spend time and money on a block that I didn't have history on.

Ideal plan would have been to buy Bill's R331 block, but I don't make Bill's money. :)

I ended up taking the block to Street Lethal for a 331 build...using the stock block. My plan is to have a little more torque down low, and back off of maximum boost. I'd like the car to be more "usable" on the street.

My stock block held 538 rwhp for 7 years, so what is a couple more years with a better rotating assembly and safer tune!

You should have, still can call me. I'll let you make payments dude.

[venom]

Small update. Motor is back from Street Lethal, and installed in the car. I sent a few more parts out to AMF for powdercoating. The car should be running within the next few weeks.

[venom]

Another update. No good news. My gremlins have come back to haunt me. Last September I traced down a grounded injector wire to #8, and fixed it. Damage was already done to #8 rod and cylinder wall.

I started the car up over the weekend only to have the same issue of dumping fuel out of the tailpipe. #8 injector is working fine. Maybe some or all of the wiring has been damaged, or the tune is bad, or the MAF is bad, or whatever.

Before risking any damage to the new motor, I'm heading up to Street Lethal this weekend. I'm sure they can trace down whats going faster than me staring at the car.

[cemnt guy]

that sucks dude. ive been down the bad luck road myself

[KBCobra]

Going out on a limb, I had very similar issue after a motor rebuild and ended up being the 02 sensor's were reversed accidently, left was on the right and so on, so fourth. Worth a shot checking.

[venom]

Going out on a limb, I had very similar issue after a motor rebuild and ended up being the 02 sensor's were reversed accidently, left was on the right and so on, so fourth. Worth a shot checking.

Thanks. I actually did check that before I started the car up. Damn gremlins!

[celeste]

Venom, best of luck to you, let me know if I can help with any parts for process of elimination.