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This is my Daily Driver a 1996 Ford Mustang SVT Mystic Cobra. I bought this car in April '05 and it was completely stock. It came factory with the Mystic Color paint which changes colors based on how the light is hitting it. It will change from Purple to Green to Blue to Yellow - Gets a ton of looks goin down the road.
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It staying stock didnt last long, after having it about a week I had Flowmaster mufflers welded in to give it a little bit of sound. That sound jus wasnt loud enough for me so I ordered a Mac O/R H-Pipe - I got that put on and WOW sounded like a completely different car it was amazing!
I added the Chrome "COBRA" bumper inserts!
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After going to a local dragstrip a few times, I decided I needed a Short Throw Shifter so I installed the Steeda Tri-Ax Short Throw Shifter.
After a lot of Cruising at a Car Show in Pigeon Forge, TN I had to get a new Clutch as it was starting to shutter really bad in stop and go traffic. I ordered the Ford Racing "King Cobra Clutch Kit" Also, decided to get a New Aluminum Driveshaft and New Aluminum Flywheel to help the motor Rev a lil bit quicker! Me and My dad installed all of this, which turned out to be a harder than expected job, but it finally got done.
The next thing to do was get some lower gears to help me with the acceleration. So I had some Ford Racing Gears put in. These didnt help me as much as I thought they would, but the car is definately fun to drive on a wet road now!!!
After goin to the drag strip a few times and getting really disappointing times, I got online and started looking around and FINALLY found out what was wrong with my Cobra! About a month ago I got the "Check Engine" light and got the codes ran and it said "Intake Manifold Control Runner Stuck Closed" after some research online I figured out how to do this myself. Well I took everything apart got both of the IMRCs cleaned so they wouldnt have trouble opening put everything back together. Nothing seemed different. Did a little more research and found out that my IMRCs Actuator had gone bad and wasnt even telling the other 8 ports to open up. So I was only running on 8 ports instead of the 16 I was suppose to be running. Got this put on and WOW feels like a completely different car, it pulls so hard after 3250rpm.
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Drag Strip Results (1/8th mile)
All Stock - 10.1 (Spinning like crazy)
Just Flows - 10.0 (Still just spinning startin to make me mad)
Flows + H-Pipe - 9.6 (H-Pipe hurt my low end torque, but really gave me lots more in the higher rpms, so this helped my spinning problem!)
Flows + H-Pipe + Gears - 9.7 (Went to a new track, Elevation is higher and now with the gears I have the spinning problem back!)
Flows + H-Pipe + Gears + IMRC Problem Fixed - 9.3 (Street Tires)
Flows + H-Pipe + Gears + IMRC Problem Fixed + DRs (315/35/ZR17s) - 9.0 (Still can get better was a really hot and humid day + Still learning how to launch with these Drag Radials, got my 60ft down to 2.0)
I Still know I can get better than 9.0 with the above upgrades just have to find the right RPM to launch at and go on a cooler night!!!
Video I made of my '96 Mystic Cobra
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'96 Ford Mustang Mystic Cobra
