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281 F-Body I don't know if this has been asked before or done....We have all seen LS1 swaps on Mustangs and in just about any other kind of car. Has anyone ever put an 03/04 Cobra engine on a 98-02 Camaro/Trans Am? Can it be posstible?
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Originally Posted by Magnus LS1
I don't know if this has been asked before or done....We have all seen LS1 swaps on Mustangs and in just about any other kind of car. Has anyone ever put an 03/04 Cobra engine on a 98-02 Camaro/Trans Am? Can it be posstible?
yuo typically join a good motor into a good chassis.
the f-car is not a great chassis, heavier and smaller engine bay, and longer wheelbase compared to a mustang.
I would much rather build a ls1 powered mustang than a mod motor f-car.
Ryan.
the f-car is not a great chassis, heavier and smaller engine bay, and longer wheelbase compared to a mustang.
I would much rather build a ls1 powered mustang than a mod motor f-car.
Ryan.
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Guys don't get me wrong, I am a GM guy too! Its just a question/curiosity I have. Here in the southern part of Texas I have seen a 96 Cobra with an LS1 and a pair of fox body mustangs with carburated big inch-small block chevy engines. I just think that if someone adds an 03/04 Cobra engine (maybe from a wrecked cobra) into a 98-02 F-Body it will certainly be something to look foward too and see how it performs. Ofcourse there is going to be alot of modifications done but who knows maybe someone ($$$$) someday will atleast try it or do it.
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Originally Posted by Magnus LS1
Guys don't get me wrong, I am a GM guy too! Its just a question/curiosity I have. Here in the southern part of Texas I have seen a 96 Cobra with an LS1 and a pair of fox body mustangs with carburated big inch-small block chevy engines. I just think that if someone adds an 03/04 Cobra engine (maybe from a wrecked cobra) into a 98-02 F-Body it will certainly be something to look foward too and see how it performs. Ofcourse there is going to be alot of modifications done but who knows maybe someone ($$$$) someday will atleast try it or do it.
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Originally Posted by Keenov
I don't see why anyone would want to do that. Just buy a supercharger for the LS1.
FYI: A 4-valve Cobra motor is just under 30" wide at its widest point (which is at the front cover). The exhaust manifolds point a little downward, so they are no wider than the heads themselves.
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I would think $$$ for $$$ it would make more sense to build up a big inch LS1 and make +500rwhp vs the ~350rwhp the stock Cobra motor would make. Unless you found a wrecked Cobra that was modified and were able to buy a big HP motor for cheap.
i think anythng can be done wth the right amount of greenz....
i dont think it would be done in an f-body but i woul like to see something like a miata or a rx-7 with a cobra motor....wow!!! nasty power to weight huh?
i dont think it would be done in an f-body but i woul like to see something like a miata or a rx-7 with a cobra motor....wow!!! nasty power to weight huh?
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Originally Posted by obZidian
i dont think it would be done in an f-body but i woul like to see something like a miata or a rx-7 with a cobra motor....wow!!! nasty power to weight huh?
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Originally Posted by Scooter70
FYI: A 4-valve Cobra motor is just under 30" wide at its widest point (which is at the front cover). The exhaust manifolds point a little downward, so they are no wider than the heads themselves.
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Although I think the DOHC Ford 4.6/5.4 is a superb engine in every respect, putting one in an F-body is lunacy. For starters, it's ENORMOUS. It's the widest engine Ford has ever put in a car (a couple of inches wider than a Boss 429). I can't imagine how you'd stuff one in an F-body.
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Although I think the DOHC Ford 4.6/5.4 is a superb engine in every respect, putting one in an F-body is lunacy. For starters, it's ENORMOUS. It's the widest engine Ford has ever put in a car (a couple of inches wider than a Boss 429). I can't imagine how you'd stuff one in an F-body.
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A DOHC 5.4 makes more net horsepower than the Boss 429, and is 99 cubes smaller, runs on 91 octane, and passes emissions. What's not to love about that?
Remember that the legendary motors of the 60s and 70s were all rated at gross HP, which is with no accessories and open exhaust. You should know from experience with the LS1s what the open exhaust alone is worth. The 425 gross HP Boss 429 would have struggled to make 385 net like the Cobra R 5.4 does. It also weighed significantly more than the mod motors do.
Hating on Ford stuff simply because it's Ford and mod motors because you don't understand them is the only thing retarded here.
Remember that the legendary motors of the 60s and 70s were all rated at gross HP, which is with no accessories and open exhaust. You should know from experience with the LS1s what the open exhaust alone is worth. The 425 gross HP Boss 429 would have struggled to make 385 net like the Cobra R 5.4 does. It also weighed significantly more than the mod motors do.
Hating on Ford stuff simply because it's Ford and mod motors because you don't understand them is the only thing retarded here.