Just bougth 2003 Cobra Convertible / Good buy??

[Curt]

Hi,

I just bought a 2003 Cobra Convertible Sonic Blue in color. Car is in what appears to be good shape, but the supercharger sounds horrible and needs replacement. The rest of the car seems pretty sound, all stock but dynamax exhaust. I paid 25K for the car, plus it is going to cost me 1400 for the eaton from ford. Did I get an ok price on the car? Is 1400 a ok deal for the blower? Why is the blower bad, was the car beat on?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks

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[svtslowcar]

Hi,

I just bought a 2003 Cobra Convertible Sonic Blue in color. Car is in what appears to be good shape, but the supercharger sounds horrible and needs replacement. The rest of the car seems pretty sound, all stock but dynamax exhaust. I paid 25K for the car, plus it is going to cost me 1400 for the eaton from ford. Did I get an ok price on the car? Is 1400 a ok deal for the blower? Why is the blower bad, was the car beat on?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks

no that is a crappy deal for the blower. my friend is selling his steigemeir stage 4 ported for $700.00. pm if interested. besides that though that is too much, if you want a totally stock eaton supercharger you should be able to find 1 for under $1,000. fair price on the car though, i think. you didnt say how many miles it had on it.

 

[LSX7]

ya buy a ported for sure dont wast your time with a stock blower and for 1400 spend a lil more and get a kenny bell but a good buy on the ported for 700

 

[Mystic Terminator]

$400 if you want a eaton. I have one for sale.

 

[drenath]

I just bought a 2003 Cobra Convertible Sonic Blue in color.

Congrats on the purchase. Best Mustang ever.

supercharger sounds horrible and needs replacement

Are you sure its not just pullied? You could change the oil also.

 

[Curt]

I didnt know the eaton was self contained on the oil......the blower definetley has something wrong with it...sounds like the input shaft is just juggling around in there. Does make boost tho....is it a bad idea to drive it the way it is? Thanks

 

[SonicBlur]

Well, I am selling my 32K mile 470+ hp 2003 Sonic Blue Cobra hardtop with BBS wheels, Level IV T-56 and more for $25K...with no issues at all with the car...take it for what it's worth.

-Mike

 

[nytebyte]

My stock Eaton blower sounds like a can of marbles if you put your ear up against it.

Other than that, it's fine.

Is it making a very loud noise that you can clearly hear?

 

[Unoid]

I paid 26k for my 03 with 15k mi. Stock mostly so it sounds like u got a good deal.

 

[forbanger]

Its a good deal. The supercharger from ford isn't. You can actually get it rebuilt and ported for that price.
How many miles does the car have?

 

[Racerx66]

Unfortunately for you Torch Red is the faster color, but vert's overall are faster LOL

Take Forbangers advice and have yours rebuilt and probably for a lot less than Ford is asking.

Congrats and enjoy.

 

[BlaqSnake]

Unfortunately for you Torch Red is the faster color, but vert's overall are faster LOL

:headbang: :clap:

 

[forbanger]

Here is a link that does rebuild and porting services:

http://www.stiegemeier.com/index.html

 

[Crawlin03Snake]

i will sell you my stock blower. no plenum or throttle body for $250 i will even sell you an intake if youd like

 

[Dana]

It's possible the noise is coming from the snout. There is as drive connector inside that gets worn. It may be somethng as simple as that.
That is easily repaired, requiring only the removal of the snout.

On the other hand, some decent used low mile blowers have been offered here already.

 

[Mystic Terminator]

Curt bought my spare blower/tb/plenum today. The dealer is going to install it for him soon. He negotiated the installation of a replacement with the sale of the car. I would tell dealer to give you the old blower back, then you can sell it or port it later. Even as a worn out blower, it has some value as a core.

 

[FuelSlut]

I would just post up here in the want to buy, you can get one way cheaper. I have one, but its not available at the moment. A lot of people on here still have their stock eatons.

 

[Stangfreak91]

Hi,

I just bought a 2003 Cobra Convertible Sonic Blue in color. Car is in what appears to be good shape, but the supercharger sounds horrible and needs replacement. The rest of the car seems pretty sound, all stock but dynamax exhaust. I paid 25K for the car, plus it is going to cost me 1400 for the eaton from ford. Did I get an ok price on the car? Is 1400 a ok deal for the blower? Why is the blower bad, was the car beat on?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Curt,
Kinda of late to ask that question when you've already bought the car? As long as your happy with it, i'm sure everyone else is happy for you. GL

 

[Unistang]

I bought my 03 redfire vert for 23 with 33k on the clock. Had a similar problem with the blower turned out the snout just needed to be rebuilt. The guy I bought it from was awesome and got it taken care of the week before i bought it. If you have any technical expertise, just pop it off yourself and send it to steggy. It really isn't that difficult. They have an excellent turn around time. And Curt, even if it was beat on, i wouldn't worry with a car that has a shortblock capable of near 1000hp when properly tuned. Worse case scenario you're going to need a clutch. Hell, you're probably going to replace all the parts that you'd have to worry about (if it WAS beat on) anyways should you decide to beef your ride up. If it starts, burns clean, and accelerates smooth... you should be in the clear.

My .02

 

[Stangfreak91]

I bought my 03 redfire vert for 23 with 33k on the clock. Had a similar problem with the blower turned out the snout just needed to be rebuilt. The guy I bought it from was awesome and got it taken care of the week before i bought it. If you have any technical expertise, just pop it off yourself and send it to steggy. It really isn't that difficult. They have an excellent turn around time. And Curt, even if it was beat on, i wouldn't worry with a car that has a shortblock capable of near 1000hp when properly tuned. Worse case scenario you're going to need a clutch. Hell, you're probably going to replace all the parts that you'd have to worry about (if it WAS beat on) anyways should you decide to beef your ride up. If it starts, burns clean, and accelerates smooth... you should be in the clear.

My .02

Congrats....Had you posted that you were looking for one? There is a 2003 Cobra vert redfire with the chrome wheels at spring hill ford with 917 miles on it.
Congrats again on the new ride

 

[Curt]

Cobra Blower Repaired

Ok....Well thanks for all the info. I picked up the car Friday nite and it is running great. Thanks Vince, no problems with the blower. Very happy with the car, also I forgot to mention before but it has 40K miles. I probably should have held out for a better deal, but what can you do. Car is very quick and I am very happy with it. Just gotta sell my 93 cobra now. Thanks everyone for all the help!

 

[jvert]

As far as the car....great buy fast convertible cant beat that!!! Like stated above just upgrade the blower to a Kenne Bell or a Whipple!!! These cars are not cheap to buy parts for. You should of gotten some money taken off the car if you knew the blower wasnt working right. Dont sweat it...your going to love the ride.