A Project We Just Finished Up

MadFlava · April 14th, 2009, 03:34 PM

Hey guys.. first post here. We're just finishing up a project here in the shop I thought might interest some of you. Far as I know, this hasnt been done before or if it has, it's not a very common retrofit.

What we've done is retrofitted a 03 Cobra supercharger to an 04 GT using a manifold originally intended to mount a Magnacharger on the GT. We also used an 03 Cobra heat exchanger and aftercooler core.

Here's the before picture

Here's the after picture

At 12 PSI, the car made 395 horsepower at the wheels and 458 ft/lb of torque. It wants more timing.. its VERY conservative. We don't feel like the stock shortblock can handle much more so we're probably going to de-tune it before we let it go home.

Anyway, this was a one off deal.. we don't plan on making a kit or anything although the guy who owns the car might decide to offer it as a kit at some point. Most likely it would need the lower manifold recast because we had to modify the manifold provided to us pretty extensively and "clearance" the block to get it to fit.

The reason he decided to go this way was because 03 Cobra blowers are pretty plentiful and inexpensive once people take them off to upgrade.

I'll be happy to answer any questions you guys might have about the project. You can post up here or PM me. We're mainly a fabrication/performance shop and don't sell anything so feel free to ask away.

Oh yea, full disclosure.. I actually work for Autoforums, Im just not under my normal admin name I use on all the other forums cuz it was already taken here.. thats why my post count is kind of wonky.. needed to be able to post photos

limited · April 14th, 2009, 03:36 PM

torq tech has a kit to mount the eaton on a 2v,what advantages are there to yours?

Looks good btw,good job!!

99blkcobra · April 14th, 2009, 03:36 PM

how it feel?

MadFlava · April 14th, 2009, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by limited

torq tech has a kit to mount the eaton on a 2v,what advantages are there to yours?

Looks good btw,good job!!

To our knowledge, there wasnt a kit. If there was, I'd love to see it. We just used what the customer dropped off to us and said "Make it work."

Can you give me a link to their kit? Id like to see if there are any differences.

MadFlava · April 14th, 2009, 03:46 PM

Ahhh.. I believe thats the lower we actually started off with but it was made for a Magnacharger instead of an Eaton blower. Odds are that when we started this project, this kit didn't exist. Looks very similar to what we did with a couple of small exceptions. Kinda pricey sans blower but as cheap as the blowers can be had, it's a nice upgrade. It's way more than the stock bottom end can handle, thats for sure.

Lefty · April 14th, 2009, 03:49 PM

TorkTech makes a kit. So go ahead and do this --->

'99-04 GT Supercharger-less Kit Using a '03/04 Cobra Blower

MadFlava · April 14th, 2009, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by Lefty

TorkTech makes a kit. So go ahead and do this --->

'99-04 GT Supercharger-less Kit Using a '03/04 Cobra Blower

Im pretty sure this kit didnt exist when we started this project. Plus we had a lot of the parts laying around the shop so we didnt have to buy anything new really. This is what the customer brought us to work with, not something we said "Gee whiz, lets put an 03 Cobra blower on a GT and see what happens"

ajm · April 14th, 2009, 03:59 PM

"Im pretty sure this kit didnt exist when we started this project."

Just curious when did you start/how long did it take?

97S281 · April 14th, 2009, 04:03 PM

looks pretty sweet. About what was the total cost?

Lefty · April 14th, 2009, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by ajm

"Im pretty sure this kit didnt exist when we started this project."

Just curious when did you start/how long did it take?

MadFlava · April 14th, 2009, 04:33 PM

The stuff was dropped off about a year ago. I dont know how long he had the stuff in his possession. Anyway, we fabbed up some stuff on the manifold and then the project just sort of sat. We sent the manifold to our machinist and he had it for a while taking care of some other machining work that needed to be done. Once we got everything back in our possession, it took us about 8 days to get it all fabbed up.

This is working off the original 1st gen Magnacharger kit. In fact, I believe that the guy who had us do all this stuff is who actually talked Tork Teck into doing the kit for the 03 Cobra blower retrofit.

Anyways, with a kit being available, I have to say, its a potent combination. The torque comes on like crazy and the power potential is more than the stock shortblock can handle. It turned out pretty nice.. Its good to know if someone else wants to do it, there is a mostly complete kit out there and you wont have to go through all the headaches we went through making it all fit.

buddyantunez1 · April 14th, 2009, 04:48 PM

nice fabbing work. the kit looks clean! welcome to the forum btw

thepizzle44 · April 14th, 2009, 05:04 PM

damn musta been alot of work.....clean install guys

njstang · April 14th, 2009, 06:25 PM

looks good regaurdless of whether there was a kit or not. seems like this wouldnt be a bad swap if the parts for the intake manafold werent so much $. i know that the eaton m112s can be had pretty cheap, along with the cobra fuel upgrades, all said in done, youll end up with a price of a full procharger kit

SilverStang03 · April 14th, 2009, 06:52 PM

what is the price of the manifold?

Imran · April 14th, 2009, 07:10 PM

is he willing to donate his old T/B and plenum to me for free?

njstang · April 14th, 2009, 07:11 PM

i believe that website said 1900$ for the manifold

gray8188 · April 14th, 2009, 07:18 PM

Now all he has to do is build his motor and drop a nice sized whipple on there..

B0B · April 14th, 2009, 07:36 PM

where did you mount the alternator?

gray8188 · April 14th, 2009, 07:41 PM

Any vids of this thing in action?

April 14th, 2009, 03:34 PM	#1
MadFlava Regular Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 60 iTrader: 0 reviews	A Project We Just Finished Up Hey guys.. first post here. We're just finishing up a project here in the shop I thought might interest some of you. Far as I know, this hasnt been done before or if it has, it's not a very common retrofit. What we've done is retrofitted a 03 Cobra supercharger to an 04 GT using a manifold originally intended to mount a Magnacharger on the GT. We also used an 03 Cobra heat exchanger and aftercooler core. Here's the before picture Here's the after picture At 12 PSI, the car made 395 horsepower at the wheels and 458 ft/lb of torque. It wants more timing.. its VERY conservative. We don't feel like the stock shortblock can handle much more so we're probably going to de-tune it before we let it go home. Anyway, this was a one off deal.. we don't plan on making a kit or anything although the guy who owns the car might decide to offer it as a kit at some point. Most likely it would need the lower manifold recast because we had to modify the manifold provided to us pretty extensively and "clearance" the block to get it to fit. The reason he decided to go this way was because 03 Cobra blowers are pretty plentiful and inexpensive once people take them off to upgrade. I'll be happy to answer any questions you guys might have about the project. You can post up here or PM me. We're mainly a fabrication/performance shop and don't sell anything so feel free to ask away. Oh yea, full disclosure.. I actually work for Autoforums, Im just not under my normal admin name I use on all the other forums cuz it was already taken here.. thats why my post count is kind of wonky.. needed to be able to post photos Last edited by MadFlava; April 14th, 2009 at 03:37 PM.

April 14th, 2009, 03:36 PM	#2
limited Premium Member 99 limited edition vert Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tacoma,Washington Posts: 3,297 iTrader: 0 reviews	torq tech has a kit to mount the eaton on a 2v,what advantages are there to yours? Looks good btw,good job!! __________________ KB'd 446rwhp/451rwtq, Mustang Dyno http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZDpQ0EEm1M Tuned by Joe at http://www.tricktuners.com

April 14th, 2009, 03:36 PM	#3
99blkcobra Hardcore Enthusiast 1999 cobra Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,741 iTrader: 2 reviews	how it feel? __________________ 1999 Mustang Cobra (rebuilding, someday...) 1996 civic dd [/SIZE] MM Cobra Club #3

April 14th, 2009, 03:49 PM	#6
Lefty Resident DJ '01 Cobra Vert. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mechanicsburg, PA Posts: 28,699 iTrader: 12 reviews	TorkTech makes a kit. So go ahead and do this ---> '99-04 GT Supercharger-less Kit Using a '03/04 Cobra Blower __________________ 2008 Acura TL Type-S (the daily) 2006 Yamaha R6 50th Anniversary Edition (the other toy)

April 14th, 2009, 04:03 PM	#9
97S281 Rollin' 18/ pushin' 2 1997 Saleen S281 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The lost highway Posts: 6,673 iTrader: 13 reviews	looks pretty sweet. About what was the total cost? __________________ MODS IN GARAGE NCMM ORIGINAL BLOWN 96-98 CREW MEMBER # 1

April 14th, 2009, 03:46 PM	#5
MadFlava Regular Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 60 iTrader: 0 reviews	Ahhh.. I believe thats the lower we actually started off with but it was made for a Magnacharger instead of an Eaton blower. Odds are that when we started this project, this kit didn't exist. Looks very similar to what we did with a couple of small exceptions. Kinda pricey sans blower but as cheap as the blowers can be had, it's a nice upgrade. It's way more than the stock bottom end can handle, thats for sure.

April 14th, 2009, 03:59 PM	#8
ajm Banned Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7,966 iTrader: 4 reviews	"Im pretty sure this kit didnt exist when we started this project." Just curious when did you start/how long did it take?

April 14th, 2009, 04:33 PM	#11
MadFlava Regular Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 60 iTrader: 0 reviews	The stuff was dropped off about a year ago. I dont know how long he had the stuff in his possession. Anyway, we fabbed up some stuff on the manifold and then the project just sort of sat. We sent the manifold to our machinist and he had it for a while taking care of some other machining work that needed to be done. Once we got everything back in our possession, it took us about 8 days to get it all fabbed up. This is working off the original 1st gen Magnacharger kit. In fact, I believe that the guy who had us do all this stuff is who actually talked Tork Teck into doing the kit for the 03 Cobra blower retrofit. Anyways, with a kit being available, I have to say, its a potent combination. The torque comes on like crazy and the power potential is more than the stock shortblock can handle. It turned out pretty nice.. Its good to know if someone else wants to do it, there is a mostly complete kit out there and you wont have to go through all the headaches we went through making it all fit.

April 14th, 2009, 04:48 PM	#12
buddyantunez1 November 08 ROTM 2000 3.8L Mustang 195.9/220.8 hp/tq N/A Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cleveland MS/Stafford VA Posts: 1,370 iTrader: 0 reviews	nice fabbing work. the kit looks clean! welcome to the forum btw __________________ ~Nitrous is like a Hot Girl with STD's, you know you wanna hit it, but your afraid of the consequences~

April 14th, 2009, 05:04 PM	#13
thepizzle44 Hardcore Enthusiast 1999 Plymouth Voyager The BangBus Join Date: May 2008 Location: RI Posts: 1,122 iTrader: 0 reviews	damn musta been alot of work.....clean install guys __________________ 03 GT: Totaled 2000 Ford F-150 Triton V8:F'd in the A 1999 Plymouth Voyager: The BangBus Topless Mustang Club Member

April 14th, 2009, 06:52 PM	#15
SilverStang03 Hardcore Enthusiast 2003 Mustang Gt Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Barrington RI Posts: 1,292 iTrader: 0 reviews	what is the price of the manifold? __________________

April 14th, 2009, 07:10 PM	#16
Imran :) 01 Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 10,795 iTrader: 1 reviews	is he willing to donate his old T/B and plenum to me for free? __________________

April 14th, 2009, 07:18 PM	#18
gray8188 MM Fanatic 2003 mustang gt yr 1965 @ 88mph Join Date: May 2008 Location: between bluefilly's legs. Posts: 3,425 iTrader: 5 reviews	Now all he has to do is build his motor and drop a nice sized whipple on there.. __________________ i'm pretty sure that when i move into my own place i'm gonna mount an anti aircraft gun on my roof with somebody manning it 24 hours a day. why? because it would be fucking AWESOME.[/quote]

April 14th, 2009, 07:36 PM	#19
B0B Boost gets you laid 2001 Mustang GT 12.93@113.7 (on the 18's) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Milton, WA Posts: 2,609 iTrader: 2 reviews	where did you mount the alternator? __________________ '01 GT. Just a couple Bolt-ons. 0rwhp 0rwtq. Epic Turbo build in progress 2003 Rubicon (wheelin rig) 2008 Silverado 4x4 (towin rig/road queen) 2009 KTM 450 XC-W (Brap Brap!)

April 14th, 2009, 07:41 PM	#20
gray8188 MM Fanatic 2003 mustang gt yr 1965 @ 88mph Join Date: May 2008 Location: between bluefilly's legs. Posts: 3,425 iTrader: 5 reviews	Any vids of this thing in action? __________________ i'm pretty sure that when i move into my own place i'm gonna mount an anti aircraft gun on my roof with somebody manning it 24 hours a day. why? because it would be fucking AWESOME.[/quote]

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