My Little Pony Garage - BLKMAGE

[95riosnake]

I think a belt sander would work for getting it leveled out initially, then follow that with hand sanding. Could look pretty damn slick!

[SublimeRT]

Smooth that intake!!  Haha, we're all gonna jump on board with the idea now.  Gauges and everything else look sweet.  And ughh 10 degrees; I'm still in disbelief.  It was 40 in the shop here today and I thought that was chilly, haha. 

[Blackmage]

its supposed to be in the high 20's today! so i may get some wiring done inside and get the gauges more secured.

[95opal]

@95opal and @Steve-Oh jump on this, smooth it out, get it over to me and ill install it. lol

 

http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?1054010-96-98-cobra-upper-intake

 

Will if I had an extra 30+ hours on my hands I would gladly help you out but I just don't have the free time needed to smooth it. If I were in your shoes Id pick that upper up and do it on the side. You can use your current intake while you work on smoothing that one. This way you wont have any down time and you can swap it over in a minute. A grinder will make quick work of the ribs then its all about elbow grease from there.

[Sleeperstang1994]

im against the smoothing of the intake. I think it would just make your engine look like it had a bad black head or pimple. maybe paint it red so it will stand out...

[95opal]

im against the smoothing of the intake. I think it would just make your engine look like it had a bad black head or pimple. maybe paint it red so it will stand out...

 

 

Once its been smoothed it can be polished .. dosent have to stay black

[Blackmage]

Starting to look better, gotta clean up the wiring harness and start putting stuff back in.

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[Sleeperstang1994]

look at those nice strut top nuts! ... actually...

 

 

 

 

wait...

 

 

is that your missing one? ...

 

 

 

....

 

 

 back behind the strut tower! right under the master cylinder! i see it!!!!

[Blackmage]

Haha Nope! Now they're both right here

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[Blackmage]

I'm just doing a cop swap, I'm just doing a cop swap, I'm just doing a cop swap...

Ok and maybe fixing up some dumb stuff I did when I was younger

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[SublimeRT]

Well that looks...... funnn.

Seriously though, fixing and cleaning up wiring sucks, but it is always worth it.

Will you be leaving the inner fenders where the battery and stuff was nice and uncluttered now?

[Blackmage]

Well that looks...... funnn.

Seriously though, fixing and cleaning up wiring sucks, but it is always worth it.

Will you be leaving the inner fenders where the battery and stuff was nice and uncluttered now?

That's the plan! The fuse box will be going under the fender, inside the wheel well. And I've already started moving the battery to the trunk. I'm not sure what I want to do with the engine harness yet, but I'm thinking it might just stay as is for right now.

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[SublimeRT]

Awesome. Gotta love a cleaned up bay with a 4V. Really brings the focus to the engine and those big ole heads. I think it'll be fine leaving the engine harness as is too. They really aren't too noticeable to me if they're wrapped up and routed well.

[Blackmage]

Awesome. Gotta love a cleaned up bay with a 4V. Really brings the focus to the engine and those big ole heads. I think it'll be fine leaving the engine harness as is too. They really aren't too noticeable to me if they're wrapped up and routed well.

Yea it should look nicer than what it has!  Just need to get some new wire loom now.

[Sleeperstang1994]

So the weekend is almost over... Where's the update!

[Blackmage]

So the weekend is almost over... Where's the update![/quote

Man o man always bustin my balls! I was down at our cabin ice fishing this weekend so didn't get anything done. I did get the valve covers ran through our parts washer, and sanded down all the imperfections. So they're just about ready for paint and then they can go on.

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[Sleeperstang1994]

Ahhhhh they look good sitting there! I like it

[Blackmage]

Ahhhhh they look good sitting there! I like it

Thank you good sir! Can't wait to get them buttoned up

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[Tony]

man moving the battery makes a HUUUUGEE difference lol. i am going to do this asap. looks good Willy Will 

[Blackmage]

man moving the battery makes a HUUUUGEE difference lol. i am going to do this asap. looks good Willy Will 

Thanks darlin! Yea it did, and the fuse box too.  I still need to clean that up and maybe get some fresh paint on a couple spots. 

[Tony]

Thanks darlin! Yea it did, and the fuse box too.  I still need to clean that up and maybe get some fresh paint on a couple spots. 

yea good thing about black is you can make it look really good with a rattle can lol. no one would know. 

[Blackmage]

@95opal @Sleeperstang1994  @SublimeRT @95riosnake

 

[95riosnake]

Ooh I like it!

[Blackmage]

Ooh I like it!

I think everything else would have to be really clean and chrome for me to like it.  looks too clean for a stockish engine compartment.  but i came across the picture and had to share it with you guys!

[Tony]

hmmmmm...idk man i think it tales on a strange blob type of shape like that lol. just my .02 

[Sleeperstang1994]

I think you should add the nitrous. not the intake

[SublimeRT]

I like it a lot. Reminds me of some kind of one off prototype intake.

[Tabres]

How did you go about routing the alternator cable to the fuse box?  Looks great, man!

[Steve-Oh]

I like the smoothed intake hat!!

[Blackmage]

How did you go about routing the alternator cable to the fuse box?  Looks great, man!

Its actually not ran right now, but it will be ran under the intake to the back of the motor, then across the firewall into the fender where the fuse box will be.  Plenty of room under there, thats where the coolant sensor lines and cam sensor lines are ran. 

[Blackmage]

Got some work done over the past couple days. Coming together quick now.

Getting the VC's ready for paint

Then time to get the gaskets on and the vc installed

Before i installed the covers I picked up some new bolts for the cop covers, and after putting it all back together, I noticed the rest of the bolts on the intake are all the same thread, so I think I may separate them all out with these now

One final thing, I need to figure out how to route these vacuum lines now. The tube coming off the backside of the intake tube needs to attach to the valve cover grommet right up front, and then the front hole on the intake tube needs to run across to the drivers side of the intake manifold... Stuff is kinda close together, so how the hell do I do this without using breathers :-/

Found a picture of the old 2v before I pulled it too haha so ugly now!

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[Psychorugby]

What a difference those COPs make!

[SublimeRT]

Looking real good man. I'm not sure what to do about the lines off the intake short of using a different one. Could you use a stock one off a C-head car? Or maybe just aftermarket. Maybe someone will chime in with some other ideas.

[Sleeperstang1994]

the cars with c heads have a slightly different throttle body set up so that intake pipe wont work. would it help to cut the nipple down on the intake to give your self some extra room? maybe a trip to the plumbing section at your local hardware store is in order

 

looks awesome BTW I feel like this is all my fault

[Blackmage]

 

What a difference those COPs make!

 

Big time! im loving the look! 

 

Looking real good man. I'm not sure what to do about the lines off the intake short of using a different one. Could you use a stock one off a C-head car? Or maybe just aftermarket. Maybe someone will chime in with some other ideas.

 

Thanks!  yea im not 100% on what im going to do yet. I did some searching and most people went with breathers on both covers, not my style..   I did see someone just use a 90 elbow out of the grommet and ran a long hose to the back of the intake and with everything tightened up the cross tube seemed to fit just fine.   hmm, not the picture i was looking for, but you get the idea here:

 

The c head intakes are a touch different too, the throttle body comes off the motor at a 90* angle, where the 96-98's come off at like a 45*. So they dont match up very well :-/ 

 

in my searches this morning also, i did find a complete C&L cold air intake for $90 shipped on corral, so Im going to pick that up and see how it does.   I also need to get an oil catch can for the drivers side.

 

 

the cars with c heads have a slightly different throttle body set up so that intake pipe wont work. would it help to cut the nipple down on the intake to give your self some extra room? maybe a trip to the plumbing section at your local hardware store is in order 

 

looks awesome BTW I feel like this is all my fault 

 

yea this is what the 99/01 cobra looks like, CLOSE! but not close enough. 

 

C&L intake hopefully might save me some headaches, or may cause more, who knws!

 

and it is all your fault, if you wouldnt have said anthing about COPs i would NEVER have started any of this lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank god for copy and paste, i would have lost this post!  Always save your work before submitting children! haha

[SublimeRT]

@Sleeperstang1994 @Blackmage Oh okay I see. Thanks for the pics and info. I'm not the sharpest guy around with the mod motors. Well we'll see about the C&L then. They do look nice.

[95riosnake]

Definitely don't change all the bolts to Allen bolts, I hate allen bolts.

 

[Tabres]

I'd just cap the intake and run some breathers if it were me, or to a catch-can.

[Sleeperstang1994]

I've got to say... that's one clean looking engine I must say!

[Prokiller]

I've got to say... that's one clean looking engine I must say!