Jeremy95GT Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 (edited) Alright well I have never really had a indepth Build so since this is a new place with cool people, Ill try it out...Bought this car several years ago from portland oregon and it was bone stock and taken well care of with no rust anywhere, with 90k miles except for the lowering springs if i remember correctly. Day i went and picked it up.Since then here are the current "mods"Body-SVO Side Skirts-Cobra front and rear Bumper-Saleen S281 Spoiler-Cobra Smoked headlights Suspension-MM CC Plates-MM Full Length SFC-MM Roll Bar-2" Lowering Springs-SVE Lower and Upper control armsInterior-04 Cobra Seats front and back-Black carpet-Autometer gauge Pod replacement for clock-Steeda Tri Ax Shifter-Cobra 160mph Gauge ClusterUnder The Hood-Nothing currentlyWheels17x9 Cobra wheels with 275's all the way around Edited August 24, 2012 by Jeremy95GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Oddly enough I really like those torque thrust wheels on it, I've always thought about having a set with some sticky tires on them for some road course fun or something.Someone put a roll bar in a bone stock car? Kinda weird but at least they did it for you lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Next thing i did to the car was go pick up some side exhaust side skirts from a dude whos car was burnt up for some fault fuel lines i reckon...After that, i took on a major task of getting my side exhaust right, especially with having full length SFC... Sub frames getting a little love, so the pipes can pass underneathWorking on fabbing up the tips... How the pipes are run... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Oddly enough I really like those torque thrust wheels on it, I've always thought about having a set with some sticky tires on them for some road course fun or something.Someone put a roll bar in a bone stock car? Kinda weird but at least they did it for you lol.haha yea, when i bought it i was pretty excited about it... car was bone stock right down to the factory air box... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 and the finished product... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 During the process I went to MPS autosalvage and snagged up a set of 03/04 cobra seats... They were parchment and obviously im rolling with a saddle and black interior which did not match at all... so i did a little dye job... and decided to change to some black carpet to clean it up a little... sorry for all the pics, but if your like me, you like pics...and finished... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Next thing was the rear end... i had previously before put some 3:55's which i love, because eventually down the line ill have some sort of boost and didnt need anything crazy... so I picked up some control arms and installed them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Next I read on corral about some peoples cars burning up so i decided to add some steel braided fuel lines... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 So after alot of research and realizing im not rich, i wanted to build a motor, something good for the street and maybe if i ever decided to do some racing at the strip, it would be a little better than stock... so i decided to start stock up on parts while being on a budget at the same time. Basically bought everything for the motor brand new, so that "budget" really started to kick in, and i began to realize that i was spending alot of money lolgot these X303 heads of ebay really cheap and they came with the SVO 1.6 rr's all for around 600 bucks...also bought a set of ARP bolts from totally stainless cause i seen paul had them and they were just really nice... and worth the moneythen just random parts here and there, i wanted to keep my stock motor as complete as possible so i could eventually sell it to someone as a complete running motor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 So along with stocking up on all these parts for a few months, i needed to figure out what to do about the bottom end, i called up to ohio and talked with Ron from Fox Lake Power Products and decided to get a little 306 from him, so he built me a conservative 306 and i sent him my trick flow cam and he installed and degreed it for me... It has DSS forged pistons, Scat rods and a new stock crank(cause im broke by then) and also provided me a block and used all ARP hardware...The day it got to my house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 After about a week with it sitting on the stand, one of my buddys came down to help me start putting it together, and just hang out...Here he is pointing to something... not sure why hes pointing... Installed the timing cover and water pumpand heres how it sits now... intake is just on to see what it looks like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 As i make more progress, ill post more pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferocious Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 How do you like those control arms so far? I might be getting some if they're worth the $$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 How do you like those control arms so far? I might be getting some if they're worth the $$$.For the money, they are awesome imo... They are solid as a rock man...Sent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Seems no one cares about the push rod builds, oh well lol, motor is going in on Sunday, pretty excited about itSent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slykin Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 I'd care more if I knew more about building engines lol. Your car looks great though, and hopefully that engine will put out some good numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 There is nothing like a nice clean motor! Do you have a tubular K? You better be up to the challenge of keeping that baby clean!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferocious Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Thats a very colorful block. I bet you can't wait to get that motor in. Make sure you get a start-up vid once its in! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 I'd care more if I knew more about building engines lol. Your car looks great though, and hopefully that engine will put out some good numbers.Lol thanks, while I knew a little bit on how engines work and so forth, this is my first build, I'm kinda just trial and erroring it hahaSent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slykin Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 That's what I figure i'll end up doing lol.. I understand the basic concepts, but actually putting everything together looks very tedious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Actually, putting it together is the easy part, removing/replacing parts isn't hard. The hardest part about working on cars is diagnosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Actually, putting it together is the easy part, removing/replacing parts isn't hard. The hardest part about working on cars is diagnosis.And that's my issue, I have been working on big army trucks, tanks for so long, I can diagnose anything on them, but these are a different animal...Sent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 haha it'll come with time dude! You got the cam degree'd, that was the hard part lol! next trickiest will be adjusting the rockers. Aside from that, nothing is that difficult! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slykin Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Actually, putting it together is the easy part, removing/replacing parts isn't hard. The hardest part about working on cars is diagnosis.My biggest concern is making sure all the tolerances are good etc. I'm very OCD and don't want anything half assed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Good thing I have pedestal mount, should be just tourqe to 19lbs and roll wit it lolSent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Got a lot done today, motor is finally in... Sent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alscobra Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Nice. I like what I'm seeing. Would have went with Ford blue instead of red but very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferocious Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Awesome dude!! What headers are you gonna slap on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Nice. I like what I'm seeing. Would have went with Ford blue instead of red but very nice. Thanks, blue wouldn't be very good with green imo... I like the silver and red, pics don't do it justiceSent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 and the finished product... looks sweet! nice wheels too btw! something different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 looks sweet! nice wheels too btw! something different!They were nice... Gone now, got 03/04 cobrasSent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 They were nice... Gone now, got 03/04 cobrasSent from my EVO 3D using tapatalkdidnt like them? just got tired of em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 I liked them but tires were retarded, I paid 975 just for rear tires... 295 35 19 isn't a very common tire lolSent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Very good build so far man!!! How much did it cost you to build the conservative 306? If the price isn't bad I might end up going that route. I know where a set of SVO heads & trickflow upper/lowers are good a steal. You can PM me prices if you don't wanna list them in the thread.Keep up the great work. Looking forward to seeing it running!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Awesome dude!! What headers are you gonna slap on it?I have a set of Shortie ceramic coated headers, wanted to do long tubes but with my side exhaust set up, it wouldnt have been possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Had a pretty significant setback tonight, broke a header bolt off in the head... Not sure what I'm going to do at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Damn.... can you tap & pull it? (or whatever it's called) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mavisky Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Motor in the car still? May have to pull that head back off to be able to extract the bolt properly. I've got the bolt closest to the firewall crossthreaded on the driver's side on my car and it's just going to have to stay like that until I have to pull that head again. Best of luck getting it resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Yea, I just ordered a new head gasket just to be on the safe side, but yea I'm going to get it extracted, and then have to have that hole re tapped... It's deff a set back, but u live and learn...Yea motor is in the car, it's not comming back out lol, just the head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted July 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Look at this Fucking mess Sent from my EVO 3D using tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
