Dude that’s a beautiful looking cobra and engine bay! I also have a 96 cobra I just got done doing full bolt ons, I’m just waiting to finish my street tune after I fix my over heating issue. How hard was it to do a c-head swap? I also plan on doing a c-head swap, I already have some 01 cobra heads I will be sending to get ported polished and built with all new stiffer springs, valves, and some cams meant for higher rpm and boost
The C head’s aren’t too difficult, but I probably wouldn’t have done them if they weren’t already on the built motor I bought. You really want the DB or DC casting heads if you’re going to do all the work to swap them. Those are the 04+. It all depends on how you want to do coolant crossover, intake mani and fuel rails
@@jfisher99999 what’s the difference between 01 cobra heads and 04 cobra heads? The only difference I know of is the 4 threaded spark plug inserts vs the 9 threaded spark plug inserts and I know that can be fixed with new 9 threaded inserts
@@petrolhead8851 that is the main difference, but I've also read where the internal coolant passages were revised also: "Some '99-'01 Cobra owners reported a "ticking/pinging" noise coming from the driver-side head of their cars. This was due to insufficient cooling around the number 6, 7, and 8 cylinders that allowed the valves to overheat and therefore seat improperly. Ford remedied the situation by issuing a TSB to remove and replace the affected heads with a version that featured altered coolant flow." I think as long as you're running a head cooling mod you should be fine with the earlier heads.
@@jfisher99999 ok I see! I do remember reading about that as well, I had forgot that they revised the coolant passages on the 04 cobras, 05 Marauders, and 05 aviators, but I was also going to say that as well, using a head cooling mod should keep the back of the heads happy
Dude that’s a beautiful looking cobra and engine bay! I also have a 96 cobra I just got done doing full bolt ons, I’m just waiting to finish my street tune after I fix my over heating issue. How hard was it to do a c-head swap? I also plan on doing a c-head swap, I already have some 01 cobra heads I will be sending to get ported polished and built with all new stiffer springs, valves, and some cams meant for higher rpm and boost
The C head’s aren’t too difficult, but I probably wouldn’t have done them if they weren’t already on the built motor I bought. You really want the DB or DC casting heads if you’re going to do all the work to swap them. Those are the 04+. It all depends on how you want to do coolant crossover, intake mani and fuel rails
@@jfisher99999 what’s the difference between 01 cobra heads and 04 cobra heads? The only difference I know of is the 4 threaded spark plug inserts vs the 9 threaded spark plug inserts and I know that can be fixed with new 9 threaded inserts
@@petrolhead8851 that is the main difference, but I've also read where the internal coolant passages were revised also: "Some '99-'01 Cobra owners reported a "ticking/pinging" noise coming from the driver-side head of their cars. This was due to insufficient cooling around the number 6, 7, and 8 cylinders that allowed the valves to overheat and therefore seat improperly. Ford remedied the situation by issuing a TSB to remove and replace the affected heads with a version that featured altered coolant flow." I think as long as you're running a head cooling mod you should be fine with the earlier heads.
@@jfisher99999 ok I see! I do remember reading about that as well, I had forgot that they revised the coolant passages on the 04 cobras, 05 Marauders, and 05 aviators, but I was also going to say that as well, using a head cooling mod should keep the back of the heads happy