Lets hear it....what did Santa bring ya?

**Poisonous98** · 12-26-2003, 02:22 PM

Santa Brought me a Cobra grille emblem, a leather yellow shift boot, a black and yellow leather steering wheel cover, some gamecube racing games, a Mustang 40th anny calender, and some movies......what did everyone else get? I guess I was a pretty good boy this year.

**Sharppony** · 12-27-2003, 05:35 PM

Sounds like you must have been a good boy!

I got a nice engraved picture frame to show off my pride & joy and a Cobra fender cover. Also got a Meguairs kit!

Rest was the usual shirts and cd's, dvd's. Sounds like you gave Santa a good list!

**PETSNKE** · 12-28-2003, 07:03 AM

I got a FRPP aluminum drive shaft and the "The Road is Our's 100th celebration" DVD.

**vger** · 12-28-2003, 02:21 PM

New stainless 2 chamber flowmasters.
And a remote controlled 2000 Cobra "R".
(Not quite life size) But I can dream. Although there is a brand new one at the dealer by me for sale for $78,000.

Plus some non car stuff.

**SNAKEYE** · 12-29-2003, 09:48 AM

A Steeda 2-core radiator, hoses, 180-degree t-stat, and sparkplugs for 'SNAKEYE'.
A Mustang 40-th anniversary 2004 calendar.
The book '40 Years of Mustang'.
The book '100 Years of Ford'.
The book 'The Dictionary of American Cars'.

Some things to read to pass the long, cold Winter!

**Sharppony** · 12-29-2003, 12:35 PM

Snakeye, what kind of plugs did you get? JDM suggested Denso's to me gapped at .045.

**SNAKEYE** · 12-29-2003, 12:55 PM

I'm not into all of that latest and greatest stuff, like iridium. I went with Autolite double platinums @ about $6 each vs. the iridiums @ $13 each!
I went with 0.045" gap, kind of a happy median between the owner manual's recommendation of 0.052"-0.056" and Vortech's recommendation for "off road use" of 0.035". The original set looked great at 40K miles with 4.10 gears (about 50K miles in engine RPMs as compared to the stock 3.27 gears). The porcelain tips were dark brownish. The Vortech setup runs things a bit on the rich side.

**Sharppony** · 12-30-2003, 04:54 AM

Are you happy with the 4.10 gears? I have a set but haven't put them in yet. Probably will wait until I return from Nashville!

**SNAKEYE** · 12-30-2003, 05:14 AM

Oh, I 'm extremely happy with'em, but then they are all I've known in this car as it came to me with'em. The 4.10s out back and the Vortech S/C up front make for some short duration full throttle blasts! Especially in first and second gear. I literally put in a shiftlight to visually remind me when to shift because the shift points come so quickly. And, you don't have to watch the tach, just concentrate on putting the power down and keeping it going in a straight line.

**Sharppony** · 12-30-2003, 10:15 AM

I feel stupid for asking, how's your fuel mileage?

**SNAKEYE** · 12-30-2003, 11:12 AM

As a 'toy', SNAKEYE is not a daily driver, but I do about 8K miles per year. The best mileage I ever got was the Toy Cruise our local chapter just did. I ran about 30 miles each back country roads and turnpike and got 20 MPG. The weather was cold and the car ran great. For all around driving it gets 15 MPG. I like the power and the gears, so that 15 MPG has a high fun quotient attached to it. If I want mileage, I drive my automatic-trannied 115HP VW or the better-half's automatic-trannied 130HP minivan for a 23 MPG boring ride. Gotta pay to play!

**Sharppony** · 12-30-2003, 11:32 AM

I may have put 2K on my 96 Cobra this year. Most of that was going to Michigan for 100th Celebration. As you can see, it is not my daily driver. I was wondering if I should put the gears in now, before driving to Nashville in April. I'm also thinking of long tubes and full exhaust kit.

**SNAKEYE** · 12-30-2003, 12:05 PM

SNAKEYE's exhaust is stock. Makes enough noise for me.
The Vortech makes much more HP than any exhaust system modification. And the whine of the Vortech isn't covered up by the exhaust note! Together the overall sound under WOT and full boost is a hoot.