Okay my turn to talk REAL slow for you. Take a look at the duration on that cam before babbling about how big it is. The duration is less than a stock HO cam on intake. Not to mention the lift is artificially about 10% higher due to the 1.7:1 roller rockers on the Cobra. IE the stock HO cam would have nearly the same lift as a B cam with the 1.7's.
If you are worried about emissions, you'd be much more concered with a B cams duration. 226 duration .480 lift (.514 with 1.7 roller rockers. That equates to a bunch of overlap, and poor idle quality. Since you stupidly brought up the F cam, let me tell you some stuff about it. .512 lift, big *** 226* duration. Great for superchargers, not so great for emissions. Maybe you'd like to see what happens with 1.7's? .550 lift. Now that's a little huge compared to the Cobra cam isn't it? The E cam, has .498 lift with stock 1.6 roller rockers. If you were to add 1.7's you'd be close to .535 lift, and with a 220 duration. That's also huge compared to a .530 lift 208/216. The duration on the Cobra cam is short, and with a 112 LSA it sacrifices higher rpm performance for better emissions and streetability. That's why the Cobra cam sucks for that car. In case you're wondering the Crane 2040 is the E cam, and the Crane 2020 is the Cobra cam. Go ahead and knock yourselves out looking at the specs.
Appearently I was wrong about the sway bar and lowering suspension. I know the 93 Cobra used 4 banger springs in the back. I'm not sure what suspension changes they made to the 96 Cobra, but it sure does slaughter the GT's in those years for skidpad and slalom performance. I merely assumed that since the 93 Cobra handled better, and the 96+ Cobra's handled better that the SN95's 5.0's should have handled better.
[This message has been edited by Unit 5302 (edited 06-19-2001).]
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