Well my school auto and metal shops have been building a kit car of a Shelby Cobra. It started last year when my metal teacher started obsessing over building one of the cars from a local company that does it. This company makes the Replica's to the specs you want using mostly Ford mustang 5.0 parts.
http://www.factoryfive.com/
They sell kits to the public with most of the Cobra replica parts and you can build it from a donor Mustang
This is the kit we bought- The MKIII heh
http://www.factoryfive.com/table/ffrkits/roadster/roadsterkit.html
So the car had been making mostly slow steady progression for the past 5 months. We acquired two Mustangs, an 87 and an 89, both in crap condition but they were free and between the two of them we had mostly everything we needed.
This morning we got the engine in. A 302 rebuilt to 330hp with edelbrock intake, exhaust manifolds, and possibly a S/C if we can raise the money:aigo:
The car only weighs 2,000lbs and if we can shoot for the Supercharger It will be over 400horsepower...
Think of a Lotus Elise, with 400hp.
Here are some pics, sorry they were taken from my camera phone
Last week before we had the engine in I was standing in the engine bay and pushing the chassis across the shop. A friend of mine yells out "I didn't know we were putting a 1JD twin turbo in this?!?" (my initials are JD)
Everyone has either yelled at me or given me dirty looks every time I say we should put an Inline 6 in it:biglaugh:
The project is supposed to be running and finished by June but we'll see how that goes. I'll post of pics and vids when I can.
http://www.factoryfive.com/
They sell kits to the public with most of the Cobra replica parts and you can build it from a donor Mustang
This is the kit we bought- The MKIII heh
http://www.factoryfive.com/table/ffrkits/roadster/roadsterkit.html
So the car had been making mostly slow steady progression for the past 5 months. We acquired two Mustangs, an 87 and an 89, both in crap condition but they were free and between the two of them we had mostly everything we needed.
This morning we got the engine in. A 302 rebuilt to 330hp with edelbrock intake, exhaust manifolds, and possibly a S/C if we can raise the money:aigo:
The car only weighs 2,000lbs and if we can shoot for the Supercharger It will be over 400horsepower...
Think of a Lotus Elise, with 400hp.
Here are some pics, sorry they were taken from my camera phone
Last week before we had the engine in I was standing in the engine bay and pushing the chassis across the shop. A friend of mine yells out "I didn't know we were putting a 1JD twin turbo in this?!?" (my initials are JD)
Everyone has either yelled at me or given me dirty looks every time I say we should put an Inline 6 in it:biglaugh:
The project is supposed to be running and finished by June but we'll see how that goes. I'll post of pics and vids when I can.
