Hello all!
I decided to go for it and attempt the cobra intake swap. Currently, I am in the process of collecting parts. So far I have the intake, cobra throttle body, EGR valve with the upper part of the cobra EGR pipe, IAC valve, and cobra fuel rail.
Parts I'm pretty sure I also need:
-intake tube from a 03/04 cobra
-gaskets for the intake and IMRCs
-fuel lines
-throttle cable bracket
-intake bolt kit
-vac lines etc.
If there's anything I missed let me know
There is one part I just can't seem to find. It is a tube with a little canister that goes from the IAC valve, curves around, goes in front of the intake, then connects to the intake tube. I am having no luck finding out what this is/where to get it/if i need it. If anyone knows what this tube is, I would love for you to let me know. Since I can't post links, a google image search for "mark viii cobra conversion" will show you the part in the first image, the picture that has a blue crossover pipe. It's the length of tube directly in front of the intake.
Even though the intake I bought came with the EGR blocked off, I already bought an EGR valve so I am thinking I'll try to weld up an extension so that I can keep the EGR. Since I only have the upper part of the cobra EGR pipe, I think I'll have to buy a mark viii EGR pipe and weld an extension using that.
I'm not sure what I need to be doing about the intake bolts. I need new bolts since my intake didn't come with them and I've found a website that sells the kits for the intake, but I read on another forum that the rear intake bolts need to be shorter. If anyone can offer some clarification on what bolts this requires (specifically the rear and front bolts I think), please let me know.
The vac lines scare me a bit but if its just a matter of routing to the new port locations, then I don't think it'll be that bad.
Thanks in advance for any advice/feedback you have to offer.
I will definitely take tons of pictures and make a write-up when I do this. I'll be attempting it this summer if I can find all the parts by then.
I decided to go for it and attempt the cobra intake swap. Currently, I am in the process of collecting parts. So far I have the intake, cobra throttle body, EGR valve with the upper part of the cobra EGR pipe, IAC valve, and cobra fuel rail.
Parts I'm pretty sure I also need:
-intake tube from a 03/04 cobra
-gaskets for the intake and IMRCs
-fuel lines
-throttle cable bracket
-intake bolt kit
-vac lines etc.
If there's anything I missed let me know
There is one part I just can't seem to find. It is a tube with a little canister that goes from the IAC valve, curves around, goes in front of the intake, then connects to the intake tube. I am having no luck finding out what this is/where to get it/if i need it. If anyone knows what this tube is, I would love for you to let me know. Since I can't post links, a google image search for "mark viii cobra conversion" will show you the part in the first image, the picture that has a blue crossover pipe. It's the length of tube directly in front of the intake.
Even though the intake I bought came with the EGR blocked off, I already bought an EGR valve so I am thinking I'll try to weld up an extension so that I can keep the EGR. Since I only have the upper part of the cobra EGR pipe, I think I'll have to buy a mark viii EGR pipe and weld an extension using that.
I'm not sure what I need to be doing about the intake bolts. I need new bolts since my intake didn't come with them and I've found a website that sells the kits for the intake, but I read on another forum that the rear intake bolts need to be shorter. If anyone can offer some clarification on what bolts this requires (specifically the rear and front bolts I think), please let me know.
The vac lines scare me a bit but if its just a matter of routing to the new port locations, then I don't think it'll be that bad.
Thanks in advance for any advice/feedback you have to offer.
I will definitely take tons of pictures and make a write-up when I do this. I'll be attempting it this summer if I can find all the parts by then.