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Old 05-19-2009   #1 (permalink)
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Default so i took my snake into the shop.

they said i had for sure tossed a rod and need to overhaul my engine. this noise that im hearing sounds way to faint to be a rod. im saying timing chains or the timing chain guides. if you go to youtube there is a video of a cobra making the same noise. not the the convertible with the unpainted rear bumber, the other video where he says he only hears it at 1100 rpm. any ideas?

i have a feeling that shop was just trying to take me for my money.
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most likely the rod bearing. The bearings are sh!t and the rods are crap. 96-98 cobra motors are not the durable. If you plan on racing the car do a forged bottom end build if not buy fords service block they are around $4200 and give you a 3 year warranty
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if this is the case, do you think it would be cheaper to pull the motor myself and then bring it into them to replace the broken or messed up parts vs them pulling it? i agree it would be the bearing not a rod.
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Thats not how it works. You dont pull a motor with a spun rod bearing and fix that one problem. You do the whole thing. No good shop is gonna get involved in that mess. Its toast. Fix one thing and they will see you back at their shop in a week with another spun bearing. You can do it your self, or buy another motor used, buy a rebuilt block or have yours rebuilt.
As far as labor there is a number of hours to remove and install. They look it up in a book and the number of hours x what they charge hourly. I would say $1200 give or take. At that point you would need to look at a few things. If you want headers now is the time , its a pain in the A$$ putting headers on a mod motor. You have to lift the block off the motor mounts. A new clutch or at least a throw out bearing a good idea. If you have time and the money I would have the engine rebuilt by a good builder. It will cost more money and time but will be a better motor in the long run. The ford service block is a driver car way of looking at it.
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if you want to save on some money, i would def pull it out and give to them but def have them replace all bearing and anything else that might be questionable. When i did my 95 GT i know they were going to charge 500 to pull and install, but that was 11 yrs ago and i went a different route.
I hate that book that they look at for pricing. The hours on somethings are way to much, like they throw in lunch and coffee breaks.
+1 on it being a good time to add things while the engine is out.
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