I know the only way to find this out really is to have it dyno'd. But what do you guys think.
Here goes.
I find my 01 Cobra Vert sitting on the lot at the Ford dealership. I was looking for an 03 but decided what the heck Ill take it for a
spin to check her out. I fire this thing up and holy crap this thing is loud I mean this thing sounds vicious. I out of the dealership and down some side streets and headed towards a nice out of the way straight away. From a dead stop I hammer this thing and
this thing takes off like an 03. Im like holy **** and I hammer it again and I say to myself my god this thing is running 03 power. I hit is again listening for the nice whine from the charger but dont hear anything. I pull over and look under the hood and sure enough no charger or turbo. It was a gimmee with no gauges. I couldnt make up mind this 01 or find an 03. Naturally price difference of about 5-6000. I came back in and drove itagain a few days later after I set it up with the lender. I hammered it again and again this thing is pushing 03 power. ( I have driven some 03's before. My younger brother has one) I take it back and ask the guy if its stock and he says yes. Ok I buy the car. There is a problem with the financing and it takes me a few days to get it squared away. I drive off of the lot and this thing is not quite as loud as it was originally and it doesnt have all of the punch. It has more 330 hp worth of punch but not like what I experienced before.
OK over and done with. That was 1 1/2 years ago.
2 months ago Im doing an oil change and I just then noticed the marker writing under the hood (duh) PCM flashed to OEM defaults and the date. The date was the day for I picked the car up. I called my SVT contact guy and he says yeah it shows it was flashed on that date. Why was it flashed? he says because Ford states the car leaves the lot new or used with OEM PCM settings. I ask him if it shows what was changed and he refers me to the SVT mechanic. I talked to one of the 2 mechanics and he asks me what my car looks like and where I got it. (it belonged to the mgr of the Mitsubishi lot that the dealership owns as well, I already knew that ) he says oh hell yes I remember that powerhouse. He tells me that he had to flash everything back to defaults and make some adjustments for the 30 pounders. I said what 30 pounders. He says there are 30# fuel injectors in it and he readjusted everything to compensate for them timing etc. I asked what all he did to the car and he says the other mechanic was working on it on the side and had one hell of a Really HOT tune on the chip. I asked him what it was pushing HP wise and he tells me 375-380. I ask him what its running now and he says 345-350. I told him I KNEW IT was pushing 03 power. Plus when I hammer this thing on a 1/4 or 1/2 mile run in the country Ill burn between 1/8 and 1/4 tank of 93 octane quick. The guy got rid of the car before he did anything else to it. He wasnt sure if anything was swapped out on the internals ie forged. The guy doesnt work there anymore. I guess they arent supposed to moonlight on these cars.
Is there some truth to this. Im not kidding you. Ride in this car and it is like being in an F-16 on takeoff, there just isnt any loud SC whine.
Is there a way to see if the fuel injectors are 30's and not 24's? Can I have them tune this thing hot again or is this all horse****?
Here goes.
I find my 01 Cobra Vert sitting on the lot at the Ford dealership. I was looking for an 03 but decided what the heck Ill take it for a
spin to check her out. I fire this thing up and holy crap this thing is loud I mean this thing sounds vicious. I out of the dealership and down some side streets and headed towards a nice out of the way straight away. From a dead stop I hammer this thing and
this thing takes off like an 03. Im like holy **** and I hammer it again and I say to myself my god this thing is running 03 power. I hit is again listening for the nice whine from the charger but dont hear anything. I pull over and look under the hood and sure enough no charger or turbo. It was a gimmee with no gauges. I couldnt make up mind this 01 or find an 03. Naturally price difference of about 5-6000. I came back in and drove itagain a few days later after I set it up with the lender. I hammered it again and again this thing is pushing 03 power. ( I have driven some 03's before. My younger brother has one) I take it back and ask the guy if its stock and he says yes. Ok I buy the car. There is a problem with the financing and it takes me a few days to get it squared away. I drive off of the lot and this thing is not quite as loud as it was originally and it doesnt have all of the punch. It has more 330 hp worth of punch but not like what I experienced before.
OK over and done with. That was 1 1/2 years ago.
2 months ago Im doing an oil change and I just then noticed the marker writing under the hood (duh) PCM flashed to OEM defaults and the date. The date was the day for I picked the car up. I called my SVT contact guy and he says yeah it shows it was flashed on that date. Why was it flashed? he says because Ford states the car leaves the lot new or used with OEM PCM settings. I ask him if it shows what was changed and he refers me to the SVT mechanic. I talked to one of the 2 mechanics and he asks me what my car looks like and where I got it. (it belonged to the mgr of the Mitsubishi lot that the dealership owns as well, I already knew that ) he says oh hell yes I remember that powerhouse. He tells me that he had to flash everything back to defaults and make some adjustments for the 30 pounders. I said what 30 pounders. He says there are 30# fuel injectors in it and he readjusted everything to compensate for them timing etc. I asked what all he did to the car and he says the other mechanic was working on it on the side and had one hell of a Really HOT tune on the chip. I asked him what it was pushing HP wise and he tells me 375-380. I ask him what its running now and he says 345-350. I told him I KNEW IT was pushing 03 power. Plus when I hammer this thing on a 1/4 or 1/2 mile run in the country Ill burn between 1/8 and 1/4 tank of 93 octane quick. The guy got rid of the car before he did anything else to it. He wasnt sure if anything was swapped out on the internals ie forged. The guy doesnt work there anymore. I guess they arent supposed to moonlight on these cars.
Is there some truth to this. Im not kidding you. Ride in this car and it is like being in an F-16 on takeoff, there just isnt any loud SC whine.
Is there a way to see if the fuel injectors are 30's and not 24's? Can I have them tune this thing hot again or is this all horse****?
