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Technical => Engine Tech => Topic started by: 1WLD BRD on November 17, 2007, 09:20:37 PM

Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: 1WLD BRD on November 17, 2007, 09:20:37 PM
I installed a polished cobra intake today, turned out good but there is one problem with it, the thermostat housing ishiznitting the distributor and I cant adjust the timming.....  What gives?  anybody have this problem?:mad:

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Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87 on November 17, 2007, 09:22:31 PM
looks like you need to put the dizzy back a few teeth so you can have some advance adjustment.
Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: 1WLD BRD on November 17, 2007, 11:12:21 PM
Yeah, I will be triing that tomorrow.
Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: dominator on November 18, 2007, 12:54:31 AM
Agreed.
Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: King_V on November 18, 2007, 01:41:16 AM
Meh, my bone-stock SO has a similar problem - distributor is installed such that there's almost no room between the module and the tstat housing to advance the timing (well, not AS bad, I think I've got a degree or three to work with, but that's it).

Ugh...
Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: Carpimp1987 on November 18, 2007, 02:24:44 AM
i got a wire loom kit now i need to find where it went before i swap my 306 for a 331. looks very nice sorry to hear about the timing probelm that sucks.
Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: 5.0willgo on November 18, 2007, 08:32:42 AM
Dang, all you need now are the matching Cobra valve covers and your engine bay would be a near match to mine :giggle:

I've mastered installing and removing the lower without pulling or loosening the distributor btw ;)
Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: vinnietbird on November 18, 2007, 09:51:32 AM
X2.I just leave the distrubtor alone.Nice intake,looking good.Are you doing the Mass Air conversion?I agree about the valve covers.Those black ones need to go.I polished up a set of Cobras and installed on mine.really set it off.That Cobra intake was what I wanted as well untill I designed my own.What size throttle body are you using?I'm selling a 65 with a smoothed and polished inside,and ready to bolt on (hint hint).
Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: 1WLD BRD on November 18, 2007, 11:41:20 AM
Quote from: 5.0willgo;188340
Dang, all you need now are the matching Cobra valve covers and your engine bay would be a near match to mine :giggle:

I've mastered installing and removing the lower without pulling or loosening the distributor btw ;)

Give me time, X-mas shopping has to happen first now, LOL.
and yeah I can swap out intakes without removing the dissy, too.  Just easier to remove it.

Quote from: vinnietbird;188343
X2.I just leave the distrubtor alone.Nice intake,looking good.Are you doing the Mass Air conversion?I agree about the valve covers.Those black ones need to go.I polished up a set of Cobras and installed on mine.really set it off.That Cobra intake was what I wanted as well untill I designed my own.What size throttle body are you using?I'm selling a 65 with a smoothed and polished inside,and ready to bolt on (hint hint).


Once I swap in the HO I will be going Mass air, as there is a power adder in the future of this car, And I have a 70MM polished PP TB onit right now, thanks anyways.;)
Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: thunderjet302 on November 19, 2007, 02:04:22 PM
Quote from: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87;188302
looks like you need to put the dizzy back a few teeth so you can have some advance adjustment.


Quote from: 1WLD BRD;188311
Yeah, I will be triing that tomorrow.


So did you get it to work?
Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: 1WLD BRD on November 20, 2007, 09:41:37 AM
no, it was a pain in the ass!  I couldn't get the teeth to engage just one off.  Everytime I tried it wouldn'work.  must have tried 20 times.  got sick of pulling the distributor and trying to find a spot for the oip pump drive to line up with it.  might try again this weekend, although I really am not too worried about it now if it is sold.
Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: thunderjet302 on November 20, 2007, 03:54:35 PM
You know I think only the Ford Racing repops have this problem. I swear that I heard that the stock ones don't have this problem.....
Title: Cobra intake is installed!
Post by: Jim_Miller on November 20, 2007, 05:23:42 PM
Quote from: 1WLD BRD;188722
no, it was a pain in the ass! I couldn't get the teeth to engage just one off. Everytime I tried it wouldn'work. must have tried 20 times. got sick of pulling the distributor and trying to find a spot for the oip pump drive to line up with it. might try again this weekend, although I really am not too worried about it now if it is sold.
It’s been a while but if I recall correctly it’s nothing to engage the teeth of the dizzy where you want it to end up , Then the dizzy will drop in part way, then turn the engine by hand (ratchet on the dampener bolt) until the shaft lines up with the pump, and it falls the rest of the way in. They don’t HAVE to go together all at once.
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