A few ??'s related to 96-98 cobra's.

[VenomInside]

I have forgotten some of the specs on these. Hp/Tq stock? 1/4 mile stock?

What are the best mods for them etc. Just trying to brush up on my sn-95 knowledge.

Thanks in advance.

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[WhtSuperStang]

push rods were 94-95 not 96-98.....which one are u looking for?

 

[Venomblue22]

I have forgotten some of the specs on these. Hp/Tq stock? 1/4 mile stock?

What are the best mods for them etc. Just trying to brush up on my sn-95 pushrod knowledge.

Thanks in advance.

If i remember right, the 94-95 are pushrod, 96-98 are mod motors with 340hp i belive. As far as 1/4 mile im not sure

 

[VenomInside]

push rods were 94-95 not 96-98.....which one are u looking for?

Yea, i forgot. Edited my post.

 

[VenomInside]

push rods were 94-95 not 96-98.....which one are u looking for?

What I posted above for the 96-98 cobra's

 

[WhtSuperStang]

If i remember right, the 94-95 are pushrod, 96-98 are mod motors with 340hp i belive. As far as 1/4 mile im not sure

96-98 were 305 and 99,01 were 320

 

[1MEANGT]

96-98 were 305 and 99,01 were 320

This is correct. And as far as 1/4 mile times I have seen them go around 13.6 about 105mph in totally stock form.

 

[ChromeCobra]

Ford Claims a stock 96-98 Cobra does the 1/4 mile in 13.9, and the HP is 305, IMO the best mods would be Short runner intake, IMRC deletes, 4:30's, MM full length SFC's, full exhaust, JLT intake, steeda pullies, MGW shifter, some good DR's, and a tune. Theres alot more but thats just to name a few.
Mark

 

[Ear Rak]

if i had one, i'd rip the heads off and port them, then get a ported 99-01 intake, shifter, gear, sub frames, dr's and some control arms. oh and a cai

maybe a little shot for fun. from what i've read, the 96-98 motors tend to be stronger than the 99-01's because of the iron block

 

[Mystic544]

96-98 motors tend to be stronger than the 99-01's because of the iron block

They all have Alum blocks.
The 96 has 6bolt mains. Over all the heads flow very good - but the earlier years could use a PnP on the exhaust side. 96/97/98 have runners IMRC in the intake that hold performance back (There are some good mods for that, but $'s) The 99/01 intake flows great - see a lot of guys getting the early blocks and building up with the upper 99/01 parts.

As far as mods - Gears, pullies, headers, o/r X and a good cold air really wake up the engine! Still a heavy car, so the usual suspension work helps a ton too!

 

[WhtSuperStang]

if i had one, i'd rip the heads off and port them, then get a ported 99-01 intake

you cant put a 99,01 intake on a 96-98 heads...different heads than 99,01

They all have Alum blocks.
The 96 has 4bolt mains

we have 6 bolt main caps

 

[ChromeCobra]

you cant put a 99,01 intake on a 96-98 heads...different heads than 99,01

Exactely what I was gonna say

 

[dmint]

Excuse my ignorance but what are IMRC's? Thanks for the answer in advance!

 

[1MEANGT]

Excuse my ignorance but what are IMRC's? Thanks for the answer in advance!

Intake Manifold Runner Control (I think)

They are the butterflies that open and close the secondary intake runners on the 96 - 98 4v motors. They were designed to keep one set of runners closed until around 3500 rpm I believe. Supposed to help with low end torque. Alot of people delete them especially when adding forced induction.

 

[ChromeCobra]

Excuse my ignorance but what are IMRC's? Thanks for the answer in advance!

They are plates with butterfly valves that are between the heads and intake, below 3250 RPMs they stay closed so they so they are blocking one intake valve per a cylinder. Ford installed these only on 96-98 Cobras because they improve low end torque.

 

[ChromeCobra]

Alot of people delete them especially when adding forced induction.

Yeah I deleted mine, I lost some torque down low but gained pretty much HP up top. It was worth it because the IMRC controller usually goes bad and then just causes problems.

 

[Ear Rak]

Exactely what I was gonna say

oops my bad, and i stand corrected on the block

 

[dmint]

Cool thanks for the info! Would they be a good thing to delete on N2O'd 96-98 Cobra's?