May Have to Retire.....

[Ken 01-Cobra]

Hey Josh...don't you ever check your email? Drop me an email before you tear the thing apart!

[BadMoFo]

Hey Ken, I still havent been able to get in touch with Josh. I will try calling his shop today, the locator idea worked.

Josh U

[Ken 01-Cobra]

Thanks Josh...

Sheesh, the guy breaks his car and drops out of the world! A true motorhead.

[28 Fangs]

sorry to hear about your car.i'm new to the forums and i just happened to catch your post.anyway,i have a good buddy who happens to think his 85 gt is the greatest car on earth.we go to the dragstrip every so often and he happens to have his ways set on nitrous.on one of his runs,his nitrous messed up and totally screwed up his engine.anyway, i know this has nothing in common with your situation,but he was down in the dumps bad.it took a few of us to finally get him started on fixing his car after about a month of not even lifting the hood on his car and to get him fired back up about getting his car back on the road.anyway,what i'm trying to say is that you obviously love your car and i hope you don't give up on her.i guarantee you like i did my buddy that once you get her on the road,you'll have the biggest grin on the street when you take her out on your first cruise just like you did when you bought her... 96 black on black snake

[BadMoFo]

Originally posted by Ken 01-Cobra
Thanks Josh...

Sheesh, the guy breaks his car and drops out of the world! A true motorhead.

I emailed his gov account with no reply and I also called his shop, he wont be back in until monday so I will try again then. I know I would be depressed. I would be out doing what ever it took to get the cobra back on the streets, anyone want a kidney?

[smashedheadcat]

Sorry, i've been in Charleston SC since last Sunday. I just got back late last night. Now, i'm in Washington DC. I'll be checking this thing periodically i'm sure. I'll toss an email to ya Ken.

[smashedheadcat]

Originally posted by BadMoFo
I emailed his gov account with no reply and I also called his shop, he wont be back in until monday so I will try again then. I know I would be depressed. I would be out doing what ever it took to get the cobra back on the streets, anyone want a kidney?

Hey Josh. If you called my shop...... Where did they say that i was?? I'm in Washington DC now. I took the day off, and drove out to Washington. My shop doesn't know where I am. I always give them the usual "Okakroke Island" answer.

[smashedheadcat]

Originally posted by Ken 01-Cobra
Thanks Josh...

Sheesh, the guy breaks his car and drops out of the world! A true motorhead.

I'm sorry guys. I've been flying and didn't have a chance to get online.

[smashedheadcat]

Originally posted by 28 Fangs
sorry to hear about your car.i'm new to the forums and i just happened to catch your post.anyway,i have a good buddy who happens to think his 85 gt is the greatest car on earth.we go to the dragstrip every so often and he happens to have his ways set on nitrous.on one of his runs,his nitrous messed up and totally screwed up his engine.anyway, i know this has nothing in common with your situation,but he was down in the dumps bad.it took a few of us to finally get him started on fixing his car after about a month of not even lifting the hood on his car and to get him fired back up about getting his car back on the road.anyway,what i'm trying to say is that you obviously love your car and i hope you don't give up on her.i guarantee you like i did my buddy that once you get her on the road,you'll have the biggest grin on the street when you take her out on your first cruise just like you did when you bought her... 96 black on black snake

Hey there. Thanks for posting on here. I'm sorry to hear about your friend's car. There is a difference between your friend's car, and mine. I'll give ya brief bit of history about what happened before, and why i'm so upset now. Here goes. First off, i'm 21 years old, and everything i've got...... i've paid for myself. Okay, i got this cobra in October of 2001. I paid $17,500 for the car. 62,014 miles on it. Triple black. I put $5000 down on the car, and proceeded to buy the following. AFS Cobra R's (10.5's on the back) and tires. Eibach PRO KIT, Vortech V2 SQ w/aftercooler. MSD DIS-4, 80mm C&L MAF, Borla side exit exhaust, 36lb injectors, 255lph intank pump, and a few other things here and there. I took out a loan for the car ($12,500). All those mods listed above came directly out of my pocket. (I was in Japan saving money from Jan '01 til Jan of '02). So, anyway, by the time i got back to america, i had all my parts put on the car. Everything was perfect yada yada yada, except for a slight miss at idle. I drove it to my house (from the Ford Dealer where i had my side skirts painted) to my house, and i could smell a slight bit of burnt oil. When i got home i could see a little bit of oil coming out of my exhaust. I didn't smoke, but you could smell it. So, naturally, after waiting all that time, i got the shaft. The car failed a leak down compression check, and that was that. I did get to feel the boost after deciding it was time for a rebuild. I did get a little mean to the car after the fact just to help ease the pain. Soooo.... I saved a little bit of money, and purchased SHM's forged rotating assembly (crank, bearings, rings, pistons, rods, ARP main studs, ARP headstuds ect) 8 months later...... my car is together, and on the road once more. after a 900 mile trip from indiana to north carolina, i lost the Vortech idler pulley. After i got that fixed, a small branch fell through the back window of my car. Then, i decide that it's time to get my car tuned. I get into a quick run-in with one of my friend's '03 cobras (victorious ). A few hours later, i stop at the stoplight, oil pressure falls off.... Then comes right back up (all reading ares via autometer). Everything seems normal, but i continue to the next light. Coming to a stop the pressure drops again. Shut it off...... and here we are. Oh yeah..... a few months ago. I bought a 2002 Yamaha GP1200 R waverunner. I won't sell that thing, even if it means fixing the cobra. It's the only thing that hasn't upset me yet. So, there's my dilemma. No money, broken car, and a 70mph waverunner to tide me over.

[BadMoFo]

Originally posted by smashedheadcat
Hey Josh. If you called my shop...... Where did they say that i was?? I'm in Washington DC now. I took the day off, and drove out to Washington. My shop doesn't know where I am. I always give them the usual "Okakroke Island" answer.

They just said you had the day off and you were going to be back monday but flying all week. So whats the status of ths stang? Did you talk to Ken?

[smashedheadcat]

Originally posted by BadMoFo
They just said you had the day off and you were going to be back monday but flying all week. So whats the status of ths stang? Did you talk to Ken?

Sorry it's taken so long to get back on here. I just got back from Charleston SC again. Okay, an update. I called True Blue around 5pm monday. I talked to Dan, btw. He said, to keep prices down, they're asking that I pull the motor. Sooooo.... I'm gonna pull the motor, and then bring it up there. I'm gonna get a lot of work done this weekend since the weather looks bad out right now. They also said that they're gonna dig into this motor (true blue) from the bottom first. Do an inspection on the parts and find out what went wrong, and what we need to do so this doesn't happen again. So that's where i stand. I may turn the first wrench tonight. But, i may wait til tomarrow. I did take a good long look at what kinda task is ahead of me though. And here's what i came up with. So far, it looks like these long tubes are gonna make this difficult. **True Blue suggests removing motors with longtubes from the bottom** So, i'm gonna have to get my car up really high. That could be a show stopper right there. Or, i's thinking maybe i can squeeze my skinny hands up in there and get them disconnected, and bring the motor out throught the top (seems more practical if you ask me) Also, i don't have a cherry picker here, so that may set me back. Also, my work space is a 10' x 20' storage unit, so i'm gonna have my work cut out for me. But, it's definately doable i guess.

[Ken 01-Cobra]

Hey Josh...don't they have a car lift work area on base? I thought this was pretty standard these days? (but then, it is probably only standard on AF bases! )

I sent ya an email, so keep me informed with the progress.

[smashedheadcat]

Hey Ken,

Yeah, they do have an Auto Hobby Shop here, but they charge by the hour, and it's hard to get in there for a long term project. Also, when my motor is out, my car would have to sit outside. Which isn't a huge deal to me normally, but i have that back window busted out. (i've got my new one btw)

[Ken 01-Cobra]

Originally posted by smashedheadcat
Hey Ken,

Yeah, they do have an Auto Hobby Shop here, but they charge by the hour, and it's hard to get in there for a long term project. Also, when my motor is out, my car would have to sit outside. Which isn't a huge deal to me normally, but i have that back window busted out. (i've got my new one btw)

Ah, I see. I figured you could drop the engine, then trailer your car back to storage. (or put a cover over it) Since they have lifts and supposedly all the tools, it would make the job a bit easier I would think, but it is up to you to do what you need to do.

[smashedheadcat]

Ahh.......... I started tearing out this pig of a motor a few days ago. Thus far, i've managed to figure out the hard way that Long tube headers are definately a PITA to work with/around. But, all is not lost. I've got pretty much everything disconnected and moved outta the way. Starter, A/C, water box, Aftercooler, S/C, and tons of other stuff. It's looking pretty naked under the hood now. I took a few pictures after my first days work. I'll develop them shortly and post a few. One more problem i've ran into is removing the drive shaft. It appears that the bolt on the aft end of it are torque sealed or something. I can't get them off. And that's definately holding me back as of right now. I can't move that transmission or anything. I did on the other hand, remove the H-pipe and fired it up "open header". Pheww!!! talk about loud. ha ha ha ha. I set the idle down so it sounded like it had a big cam in it. ha ha ha. I know i shouldn't have fired it up, but i just had to hear it one final time before i tore into it. Just for the record, everything sounded and looked completely normal. (ie oil pressure etc.)