LOOOOOOOOOONG overdue post. Car is still not being driven due to my laziness, hectic work schedule, working on everyone elses' stuff when not working, and overall life situations.
1) Bought, cleaned up, and sold a 96 Cobra intake
2) Found a sweet deal on some updated '03 Aviator heads ($75 for the pair, complete with 64K on them) (the reason I sold the 96 Cobra intake!)
3) Picked up a set of nice 96 Cobra cams and 5-position adjustable secondary cam gears
4) Sourced an '03 Mach1 intake
5) Got the wheel centers powdercoated and tires on the wheels
6) Got an Addco 1.25" front bar with grease fittings
7) New Gen1 (Tbird/Cougar) rack
8) 03-04 Cobra long-tubes headers to cut/fit the MKVIII
9) Powdercoated (wrinkle black) valve covers
10) Installed the 96 LSC rear bumper cover
11) Rewiring the car side for Lincoln LS cruise control (as I am using an LS wheel)
12) Temple Performance White Face Gauge kit installed (nice unit by the way)
Awaiting install/arrival/on order:
1) Magnaflow 3"-in-2.5"-out X-resonator
2) LPW '03-'04 Cobra IRS diff cover
3) Cobra rear hubs (awaiting FRPP to ship)
4) 2.5" Trubendz (mandrelexhaust kit) exhaust
5) Energy suspension trans mount
6) Energy suspension diff mounts
7) Energy suspension rear spindle bushings
8) Dynomax mufflers
9) STS-4CH tail light sequencer/wiring harness (modding spare tail panel now)
10) Two-tone interior (Black base with Opel accents)
11) 'Octane Mod' struts and bags
12) LED interior light conversion
13) Jays HID headlight retrofit kit
14) LS radio wiring installed for remote media control
I am sure (as soon as I get home from work) that I will see/remember other things I am doing to the car/the car is getting. As soon as the hubs get here and pressed into the fresh spindles, the 4.10 Trac-Lock 28-spline diff gets installed and the entire car gets swapped to Cobra 13" brakes. Car now needs to be painted and the interior door cards Black Leather stretched/reglued due to Florida heat/sun. The 97-98 exhaust tips will be modified to fit the 2.5" pipes as well.
I will update as I can, and hopefully I will be able to get some pictures of these things (camera has an older XD card for storage and most of the computers I now use have no way to dock any card but a USB port).