You see the article in Hot Rod of grabbing 1000hp out of an 03/04 Cobra? Seemed rather easy.

Ah, shit. Do I buy a car already modded, or mod myself with so little time. WTF?

NEVER buy someone else's headache.

Regrettably what I have found is that everyone cuts some corner you wouldn't and in the long run it will cost you more. Time of course is the one thing that you can't put a value on though.

you have had better experience than me, almost every modded car i've seen involves the dreaded "lets cut wires then see if electrical tape will hold them together"

i fucking hate morons that cut wires.

I bought an SHO once that for some reason the serpentine belt didn't fit right when I replaced it. Finally realized after playing for a couple hours that some retard put a standard 3.0l Taurus harmonic balancer on it and of course the associated belt. Way too many idiots. Of course if you have full documentation then it is perhaps another story.

I had my umbilical cord wrapped around my neck and was a bit blue from being squashed.

Same, hehehe

You see the article in Hot Rod of grabbing 1000hp out of an 03/04 Cobra? Seemed rather easy.

I don't read Hot Rod. Too much Brand X.

I'm not surprised though. A few months after they hit the roads people had them hitting 800RWHP and still getting 20+MPG on the highway.

What are you looking at?

That 95 Vert I posted last week. It's pretty much all done, and it's done right. Very reputable tuner did all the installation on the car, and it's priced right.

Today I found another one I'd like that's bone stock and priced right, but I'd have to dump about $8K into it to make it how I'd want. Money is not the issue, but time is pretty much nothing here.

You see the article in Hot Rod of grabbing 1000hp out of an 03/04 Cobra? Seemed rather easy.

I don't read Hot Rod. Too much Brand X.

I'm not surprised though. A few months after they hit the roads people had them hitting 800RWHP and still getting 20+MPG on the highway.

If I didn't fly to shitty airports I wouldn't read it either. $5k for 1k streetable HP is pretty sick though.

What are you looking at?

That 95 Vert I posted last week. It's pretty much all done, and it's done right. Very reputable tuner did all the installation on the car, and it's priced right.

Today I found another one I'd like that's bone stock and priced right, but I'd have to dump about $8K into it to make it how I'd want. Money is not the issue, but time is pretty much nothing here.

Depends a lot on the previous owner then. Still a scary prospect, but I understand the rewards. My "big" SHO was pretty much done when I bought it, but Vadim built it and I personally spoke to him which made me feel pretty good about it. It did like to drink oil though and it wasn't a ring problem, just the nature of the beast.

*obviously not the same one with the balancer problem

free beers at the hotel ftw

I've had signatures and avatars turned off so long (probably 8 months) that I forgot what other people had in theirs, and forgot what was in mine. Decided to update.

Sean wasn't that picture Ryan1's avatar for a while?

Sean wasn't that picture Ryan1's avatar for a while?

The one in mine??? I doubt it, unless he was using it. Not sure as mine are turned off as well.

Such a good picture of her I should turn it on again

Lots of people in here that aren't posting.

In my tour of the Ihop'ers I think I have only left off the East Coast guys. Too bad I never seem to travel that wya

I've had signatures and avatars turned off so long (probably 8 months) that I forgot what other people had in theirs, and forgot what was in mine. Decided to update.

Sean wasn't that picture Ryan1's avatar for a while?

Nope, The one before Stacy Dash was Melyssa Ford.

Such a good picture of her I should turn it on again

So it really is your wife Sean? Gorgeous lady.

I've had signatures and avatars turned off so long (probably 8 months) that I forgot what other people had in theirs, and forgot what was in mine. Decided to update.

Sean wasn't that picture Ryan1's avatar for a while?

Nope, The one before Stacy Dash was Melyssa Ford.

Hmm I could have sworn I've seen that picture before, not in his signature. Oh well.

My eyes are droopy. Need stimulation.

I had my umbilical cord wrapped around my neck and was a bit blue from being squashed.

Same, hehehe

Wow, we have something in common

Well, if this guy accepts my offer, I'm running up to Detroit this weekend.

well, enough procrastination, off to learn about 20 different drugs and their mechanisms of action

hehe i'm headed to the ucsb girls club volleyball fundraiser with one of the ladies, should be fun

You see the article in Hot Rod of grabbing 1000hp out of an 03/04 Cobra? Seemed rather easy.

I don't think twin turbos are ever that easy

In my tour of the Ihop'ers I think I have only left off the East Coast guys. Too bad I never seem to travel that wya

you coming back to AZ anytime? we need to hit up a bar now that I'm actually old enough

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