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smashedheadcat · 10-24-2003, 06:29 PM

I'll look into them too. try to get some kind of price comparison and see what I'm looking at.

I got my transmission today. I quit working on it after about an hour and a half. i just got bored working on it. So i'll pick it back up tomarrow and hopefully get her running. It's a 99+ one though, so the speedo won't work. I'll figure something out I'm sure.

Ken 01-Cobra · 10-25-2003, 08:38 AM

That's cool that you got a tranny. I thought yours was mechanical and the 99+ ones were electronic. Without the circuits to read the signal, how are you going to make it work? Sounds like a tech writeup to me.

smashedheadcat · 10-25-2003, 11:19 AM

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Originally posted by Ken 01-Cobra
That's cool that you got a tranny. I thought yours was mechanical and the 99+ ones were electronic. Without the circuits to read the signal, how are you going to make it work? Sounds like a tech writeup to me.

Easy....... With 3.27 gears, the speedo follows the rpms almost exactly in 4th gear. ha ha ha. 2000 rpms with my tires in 5th gear is 66mph.

I will figure this out though, and I will make it work. And, I will write a tech article with pictures when I get it figured out.

Ken 01-Cobra · 10-25-2003, 12:46 PM

Well, it is my understanding that before speedometers there were tachometers!

You can always just drive with the tach I guess.

smashedheadcat · 10-25-2003, 07:13 PM

I'll get it figured out. The car is just gonna see a ton of track duty as my gift for it. I'm going to put the thrashing on it that it deserves. BTW, did more work on it today. Having some serious header problems again. I've got them up in there, but I can't seem to get any of the bolts started. Nothings stripped out, it's just I'm on my back, trying to hold the gasket to the header, and the header to the head, and also, hold the header steady while trying to get a bolt started............and.............. it was raining all over me.

Awesome day if I may say. Trans is in though, so that's good. Just need to bolt the header up, H-pipe, aftercooler, side exhaust, driveshaft, change oil, add trans fluid (junky stuff), put shifter on and hook up the battery, oh and put the starter back on. Also the strut tower brace. Then it's done.

I'll run it for a few minutes and then put the MERCON 5 trans fluid in it. I just want to use some cheap stuff to flush out any moisture or anything that probably made it's way in there.

Ken 01-Cobra · 10-25-2003, 07:49 PM

I guess it is a good thing you DON'T have Tarah there...you wouldn't get all day Saturday to work on your car!

Sounds like progress is being made!

But what is the deal with the headers all of a sudden? You been eating better and putting on weight?

smashedheadcat · 10-26-2003, 01:57 AM

No, lately I've been going back to the Ramen trying to save up some money. Usually it's a big PITA to get the header in there. It's just a game of twisting. I put it in backwards kind of, then, after the second primary clears the block, I turn it 45 degrees and then push it past the third primary, then, rotate it into it's final resting place. If i can't get it to twist, I jack the engine up higher. Well, I got it in there first shot (20 seconds or so, i'm the man), but I couldn't hold it in place and start a bolt. It was a shatty day, so it was kind of hard to see. Raining, kinda dark all day, but still, I should be driving it right now.

10-24-2003, 06:29 PM	#16
smashedheadcat Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Geneva, Switzerland Posts: 1,727	I'll look into them too. try to get some kind of price comparison and see what I'm looking at. I got my transmission today. I quit working on it after about an hour and a half. i just got bored working on it. So i'll pick it back up tomarrow and hopefully get her running. It's a 99+ one though, so the speedo won't work. I'll figure something out I'm sure. __________________ Josh 2003 Oxford White Cobra Coupe Twin Turbo Solid Axle Automatic Return Fuel System 1997 Triple Black Cobra Convertible Forged and Blown. 511rwhp 398 rwtq Sold

10-25-2003, 08:38 AM	#17
Ken 01-Cobra Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Atlanta Posts: 764	That's cool that you got a tranny. I thought yours was mechanical and the 99+ ones were electronic. Without the circuits to read the signal, how are you going to make it work? Sounds like a tech writeup to me. __________________ Ken's Home Page <-- Click to visit!

10-25-2003, 12:46 PM	#19
Ken 01-Cobra Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Atlanta Posts: 764	Well, it is my understanding that before speedometers there were tachometers! You can always just drive with the tach I guess. __________________ Ken's Home Page <-- Click to visit!

10-25-2003, 07:13 PM	#20
smashedheadcat Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Geneva, Switzerland Posts: 1,727	I'll get it figured out. The car is just gonna see a ton of track duty as my gift for it. I'm going to put the thrashing on it that it deserves. BTW, did more work on it today. Having some serious header problems again. I've got them up in there, but I can't seem to get any of the bolts started. Nothings stripped out, it's just I'm on my back, trying to hold the gasket to the header, and the header to the head, and also, hold the header steady while trying to get a bolt started............and.............. it was raining all over me. Awesome day if I may say. Trans is in though, so that's good. Just need to bolt the header up, H-pipe, aftercooler, side exhaust, driveshaft, change oil, add trans fluid (junky stuff), put shifter on and hook up the battery, oh and put the starter back on. Also the strut tower brace. Then it's done. I'll run it for a few minutes and then put the MERCON 5 trans fluid in it. I just want to use some cheap stuff to flush out any moisture or anything that probably made it's way in there. __________________ Josh 2003 Oxford White Cobra Coupe Twin Turbo Solid Axle Automatic Return Fuel System 1997 Triple Black Cobra Convertible Forged and Blown. 511rwhp 398 rwtq Sold

10-25-2003, 07:49 PM	#21
Ken 01-Cobra Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Atlanta Posts: 764	I guess it is a good thing you DON'T have Tarah there...you wouldn't get all day Saturday to work on your car! Sounds like progress is being made! But what is the deal with the headers all of a sudden? You been eating better and putting on weight? __________________ Ken's Home Page <-- Click to visit!

10-26-2003, 01:57 AM	#22
smashedheadcat Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Geneva, Switzerland Posts: 1,727	No, lately I've been going back to the Ramen trying to save up some money. Usually it's a big PITA to get the header in there. It's just a game of twisting. I put it in backwards kind of, then, after the second primary clears the block, I turn it 45 degrees and then push it past the third primary, then, rotate it into it's final resting place. If i can't get it to twist, I jack the engine up higher. Well, I got it in there first shot (20 seconds or so, i'm the man), but I couldn't hold it in place and start a bolt. It was a shatty day, so it was kind of hard to see. Raining, kinda dark all day, but still, I should be driving it right now. __________________ Josh 2003 Oxford White Cobra Coupe Twin Turbo Solid Axle Automatic Return Fuel System 1997 Triple Black Cobra Convertible Forged and Blown. 511rwhp 398 rwtq Sold

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