Is it possible to pass a 96-98 4.6 gt engine off as a cobra somehow?read!

96_4.6 · 11-11-2002, 12:55 AM

My friend took a 98 gt, bought the white face gauges, cobra steering wheel cover, cobra rims and all the badges, i mean if you didnt know it looks badass, but the gt engine remains, i havent talked to him in sometime but i tell people its a gt, people dont believe me, i mean he had the hood up and people were looking at it sayin its not a gt motor but it is!! I havent seen it since he changed all the parts but he even told me its still a gt he just covered it up good, how is this so??????? I mean if it was me which it never will be I'd get the mac cold air intake so it doesnt look stock but he said he didnt change the intake manifold, what the hell, i wanna go check it out but cant get ahold of him, grr anyone have a good idea what could be done??? thanks

The Deuce · 11-11-2002, 02:17 AM

There are two ways to do this.
1. Acutally put Cobra heads on it, since the dohc valve covers WILL NOT FIT.
2. Change the cover on the throttle body from the horse to the snake that was on the 5.0 intake.

The people telling you that it's a cobra motor dont' know what one looks like. Get a picture of the motor.

Dark_5.0 · 11-11-2002, 03:44 AM

What a Poser..............That kind of S H I T pisses me off. If you want a cobra buy one.

To clone my cobra you would have to buy

Cobra wheels
Cobra breaks
Bumper covers
Hood
seats
floormats
steering wheel
emblems
4.6 DOHC 320HP beast

By the time you done all that why didnt you just buy a cobra to begin with.

Posers suck,

GodStang · 11-11-2002, 01:46 PM

I am guessing he also bought the Brakes, the hood, the front and rear bumper? Just some of the things different than the GT. Also The intake on the Cobra looks totally different than the GT. The GT motor should have a horse on it and the Cobra well it has a Cobra on it. So he would have to somehow done what others can not and put a Cobra Intake on a GT. Most likly the person that saw it does not know there engines. I hope this helps.

96_4.6 · 11-12-2002, 01:07 AM

Well yea i was just wondering how the engine could look like a cobra thats really a gt and i dont think the snake intake emblem would fit on the gt throttle body, anyone know?

GodStang · 11-12-2002, 03:22 PM

I got to go with Duece and say that they have no clue what one looks like. You can not pass the engine off unless you totally rebuild it and make it a cobra engine.

wade73 · 11-12-2002, 09:22 PM

its only a cobra if it came that way from the factory. all the money spent buying the gt then adding on the cobra emblems and such might be enough to just have bought a cobra to begin with.

putting cobra stuff on a gt is like putting gt badges on a v6. or slapping v-tech stickers on a garden variety grocery getting civic

Dark_5.0 · 11-12-2002, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wade73
its only a cobra if it came that way from the factory. all the money spent buying the gt then adding on the cobra emblems and such might be enough to just have bought a cobra to begin with.

putting cobra stuff on a gt is like putting gt badges on a v6. or slapping v-tech stickers on a garden variety grocery getting civic

I like the way you think

slow98 · 11-12-2002, 10:48 PM

judging by the pics on ur post i see you run ur cobra at the track dark....just out of curiosity what do you run with it being bone stock?

wade73 · 11-13-2002, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dark_5.0
I like the way you think

thanks, i appreciate that

Dark_5.0 · 11-13-2002, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by slow98
judging by the pics on ur post i see you run ur cobra at the track dark....just out of curiosity what do you run with it being bone stock?

13.69 @102mph @3000ft if I was at sea level I am sure I could get a 13.30.

Later,

98SteedaGT · 11-13-2002, 03:50 PM

If you can't look at an Engine in a Mustang that model, and tell whether it's a DOHC or SOHC, or whether or not it's a Cobra engine, then you don't need to be looking at it in the first place. The intakes are totally different, they sound different when they are on, just check a Chilton's manual, and you can see all the little tell tale signs of a "poser"

96_4.6 · 11-20-2002, 12:42 PM

I talked that guy and he said his cars in the shop right now and hes getting this put on his 96 GT-'96 Mustang Cobra Upper Plenum. Complete with Throttle Body, Stock Components. Excellent Art Piece. Completely functional. Thats what he sent me that hes having done on his 96 GT, THATS NOT POSSIBLE TO PUT ON, am I correct?? thanks

Dark_5.0 · 11-20-2002, 01:33 PM

Its not a cobra unless it was built by SVT......There is a 2 second performance gap between his car and a cobra.

Loser!!!

BennettDMB13 · 11-20-2002, 02:34 PM

Riceboy

GodStang · 11-20-2002, 03:32 PM

He needs to sell his GT and take the money he is uisng to rice it up and BUY A SVT COBRA. Sorry I needed to get that out.

96_4.6 · 11-20-2002, 04:58 PM

Yea but i was sayin its not possible to put this on a 96GT engine- '96 Mustang Cobra Upper Plenum. Complete with Throttle Body, Stock Components, Completely functional, i know you cant, right??? thanks

bottlebaby91 · 11-24-2002, 08:30 PM

yes it is possible if he gets the matching lower.

The Deuce · 11-24-2002, 09:50 PM

The heads will still be a dead giveaway. I don't know why anyone would bother with the new intake on the old heads.

96_4.6 · 11-24-2002, 10:15 PM

Wait wait wait, so he can buy the whole upper part, like the cobra manifold and all that and put it on a gt engine, i am lost like no other that doesnt make sense. Gt motors have the little horse, if he gets the Cobra Upper Plenum. Complete with Throttle Body, Stock Components and buy the lower manifold he could have like the snake emblem like on the picture i post above???

11-11-2002, 12:55 AM	#1
96_4.6 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 417	Is it possible to pass a 96-98 4.6 gt engine off as a cobra somehow?read! My friend took a 98 gt, bought the white face gauges, cobra steering wheel cover, cobra rims and all the badges, i mean if you didnt know it looks badass, but the gt engine remains, i havent talked to him in sometime but i tell people its a gt, people dont believe me, i mean he had the hood up and people were looking at it sayin its not a gt motor but it is!! I havent seen it since he changed all the parts but he even told me its still a gt he just covered it up good, how is this so??????? I mean if it was me which it never will be I'd get the mac cold air intake so it doesnt look stock but he said he didnt change the intake manifold, what the hell, i wanna go check it out but cant get ahold of him, grr anyone have a good idea what could be done??? thanks __________________ 1996 Mustang GT, AODE -Trickflow Upper Plenum -BBK 70mm Throttlebody -02 PI Lower Intake -March Pulleys -BBK H-Pipe -2 Chamber Flowmaster mufflers -3000 RPM Stall -JLT CAI with special K&N -MSD Supercondutor wires -180 stat -FRPP 4:10's *FOR SALE C&L TRUE FLOW INLET PIPE WITH K&N* My Stang

11-11-2002, 02:17 AM	#2
The Deuce Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,325	There are two ways to do this. 1. Acutally put Cobra heads on it, since the dohc valve covers WILL NOT FIT. 2. Change the cover on the throttle body from the horse to the snake that was on the 5.0 intake. The people telling you that it's a cobra motor dont' know what one looks like. Get a picture of the motor. __________________ 1997 Mustang GT "The Freak" - 13.80 @ 101.70, 2.07 60' 1995 Honda VFR750 - not much @ really fast (actual data pending.) 1964.5 Mustang 289 Rice Haters Club Member #13

11-11-2002, 03:44 AM	#3
Dark_5.0 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Staging lane Posts: 4,337	What a Poser..............That kind of S H I T pisses me off. If you want a cobra buy one. To clone my cobra you would have to buy Cobra wheels Cobra breaks Bumper covers Hood seats floormats steering wheel emblems 4.6 DOHC 320HP beast By the time you done all that why didnt you just buy a cobra to begin with. Posers suck, __________________ 92' LX-Big brakes, Lots and lots of suspension, GT40X heads, Ported cobra intake, stock cam, Vortech SC trim. 00' Lightning-Stock 88'CRX-13 second ego killer

11-11-2002, 01:46 PM	#4
GodStang College Stanger Join Date: May 1999 Location: Aiken,south carolina, usa Posts: 1,097	I am guessing he also bought the Brakes, the hood, the front and rear bumper? Just some of the things different than the GT. Also The intake on the Cobra looks totally different than the GT. The GT motor should have a horse on it and the Cobra well it has a Cobra on it. So he would have to somehow done what others can not and put a Cobra Intake on a GT. Most likly the person that saw it does not know there engines. I hope this helps. __________________ 2003 Sonic Blue Cobra

11-12-2002, 01:07 AM	#5
96_4.6 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 417	Well yea i was just wondering how the engine could look like a cobra thats really a gt and i dont think the snake intake emblem would fit on the gt throttle body, anyone know? __________________ 1996 Mustang GT, AODE -Trickflow Upper Plenum -BBK 70mm Throttlebody -02 PI Lower Intake -March Pulleys -BBK H-Pipe -2 Chamber Flowmaster mufflers -3000 RPM Stall -JLT CAI with special K&N -MSD Supercondutor wires -180 stat -FRPP 4:10's *FOR SALE C&L TRUE FLOW INLET PIPE WITH K&N* My Stang

11-12-2002, 03:22 PM	#6
GodStang College Stanger Join Date: May 1999 Location: Aiken,south carolina, usa Posts: 1,097	I got to go with Duece and say that they have no clue what one looks like. You can not pass the engine off unless you totally rebuild it and make it a cobra engine. __________________ 2003 Sonic Blue Cobra

11-12-2002, 09:22 PM	#7
wade73 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Mobile, Al Posts: 108	its only a cobra if it came that way from the factory. all the money spent buying the gt then adding on the cobra emblems and such might be enough to just have bought a cobra to begin with. putting cobra stuff on a gt is like putting gt badges on a v6. or slapping v-tech stickers on a garden variety grocery getting civic __________________ 98 GT - Usual "Get in, sit down, shut up and HANG ON"

11-12-2002, 10:48 PM	#9
slow98 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: draper,va,us Posts: 206	track judging by the pics on ur post i see you run ur cobra at the track dark....just out of curiosity what do you run with it being bone stock? __________________ 1998 mustang gt/manual..373s,bbk offroad h pipe,flowmaster cat back,c&l 80 mm maf,steeda triax,eibach springs,steeda ud pulleys,upr timing adjuster,screamon demos coil packs,motorsports 9mm plug wires,steea aluminum lca's,steeda heavy duty uca's and just over 100 k on the clock

11-13-2002, 03:50 PM	#12
98SteedaGT Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 330	If you can't look at an Engine in a Mustang that model, and tell whether it's a DOHC or SOHC, or whether or not it's a Cobra engine, then you don't need to be looking at it in the first place. The intakes are totally different, they sound different when they are on, just check a Chilton's manual, and you can see all the little tell tale signs of a "poser" __________________ // 1998 GT-Steeda Conversion \\ -- Sold // Now own 2001 F-150 SuperCrew 5.4L \\

11-20-2002, 12:42 PM	#13
96_4.6 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 417	I talked that guy and he said his cars in the shop right now and hes getting this put on his 96 GT-'96 Mustang Cobra Upper Plenum. Complete with Throttle Body, Stock Components. Excellent Art Piece. Completely functional. Thats what he sent me that hes having done on his 96 GT, THATS NOT POSSIBLE TO PUT ON, am I correct?? thanks __________________ 1996 Mustang GT, AODE -Trickflow Upper Plenum -BBK 70mm Throttlebody -02 PI Lower Intake -March Pulleys -BBK H-Pipe -2 Chamber Flowmaster mufflers -3000 RPM Stall -JLT CAI with special K&N -MSD Supercondutor wires -180 stat -FRPP 4:10's *FOR SALE C&L TRUE FLOW INLET PIPE WITH K&N* My Stang

11-20-2002, 01:33 PM	#14
Dark_5.0 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Staging lane Posts: 4,337	Its not a cobra unless it was built by SVT......There is a 2 second performance gap between his car and a cobra. Loser!!! __________________ 92' LX-Big brakes, Lots and lots of suspension, GT40X heads, Ported cobra intake, stock cam, Vortech SC trim. 00' Lightning-Stock 88'CRX-13 second ego killer

11-20-2002, 02:34 PM	#15
BennettDMB13 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Richmond KY Posts: 26	Riceboy __________________ 1996 Mustang GT 'Vert -Flowmaster 2 chambers -K&N -More to come by spring 1991 Ford Explorer 4x4 -Eddie Bauer edition -166,000 miles and still running stong

11-20-2002, 03:32 PM	#16
GodStang College Stanger Join Date: May 1999 Location: Aiken,south carolina, usa Posts: 1,097	He needs to sell his GT and take the money he is uisng to rice it up and BUY A SVT COBRA. Sorry I needed to get that out. __________________ 2003 Sonic Blue Cobra

11-20-2002, 04:58 PM	#17
96_4.6 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 417	Yea but i was sayin its not possible to put this on a 96GT engine- '96 Mustang Cobra Upper Plenum. Complete with Throttle Body, Stock Components, Completely functional, i know you cant, right??? thanks __________________ 1996 Mustang GT, AODE -Trickflow Upper Plenum -BBK 70mm Throttlebody -02 PI Lower Intake -March Pulleys -BBK H-Pipe -2 Chamber Flowmaster mufflers -3000 RPM Stall -JLT CAI with special K&N -MSD Supercondutor wires -180 stat -FRPP 4:10's *FOR SALE C&L TRUE FLOW INLET PIPE WITH K&N* My Stang

11-24-2002, 08:30 PM	#18
bottlebaby91 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 141	yes it is possible if he gets the matching lower.

11-24-2002, 09:50 PM	#19
The Deuce Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,325	The heads will still be a dead giveaway. I don't know why anyone would bother with the new intake on the old heads. __________________ 1997 Mustang GT "The Freak" - 13.80 @ 101.70, 2.07 60' 1995 Honda VFR750 - not much @ really fast (actual data pending.) 1964.5 Mustang 289 Rice Haters Club Member #13

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