1996 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra Coupe 2-Door 4.6L

1996 Ford Mustang Description

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1996 Mustang SVT Cobra

104,000 miles

Owned since Oct. 2003, with 80,000 miles

Only put 1,000-3,000 miles per summer, & only in the dry (unless caught by surprise, typically averages 1,500-2,000 miles per year).Climate controlled garage kept when not in use.

Only used Mobil 1 Synthetic since I've owned it, & changed every 3,000 miles or once per year, whatever comes first (usually the calendar).

Many mods, & includes lots of spare & original part, including manuals, SVT certificate, documentation, ceiling banner, etc.Need to bring a truck along to haul everything that goes along with it!

Exterior

Front

- smoked one piece headlight & corner lights

- smoked Cobra fog lights

- Cobra grille emblem (replaced stock Mustang running hose emblem)

Rear

- sequential turnlights, including brake "burst" feature

- smoked side reflectors

Engine

- Long block has never been opened up.

- "New" motoer mounts

- "New" starter harness

- "New" Motorcraft battery

- Street Smart Design cold air induction with simulated carbon fiber look airbox cover

- SCT switch chip with over 500 owner recalibrated parameters (A/F ratio, spark advance, etc.)

- Bosch Platinum +4 sparkplugs installed.Extra set of new Bosch single Platinum spark plugs.

- "New" Motorcraft spaerk plug wires

- "New: Ford Servie IMRC's (orignal ones were intermittent in openning, so I replaced them - no problems since.

Cooling system

- 180 deg. F thermostat

- Reprogrammed fan low & fan high turn on temperatures to coincide with thermostat via SCT

- 2003 Cobra Terminator SC radiator & cooling fan (over 2" larger in diameter to stack fan) to provide improved cooling.

- 1996 was first year of the 4.6L 4V engine in a Mustang & first year of "bottom feeder" cooling, so factory had some cooling issues - no problems since I re-engineered & upgraded system.

Exhaust System

- Ceramic coated thick flange shorty headers.tubes to flanges reinforced.Flange surface finished for improved sealing.

- Premium header gaskets.

- Stage 8 locking header bolt system for improved sealing reliability

- Magnaflow high flow catted X-pipe, with extra O2 sensor bungs added in for wide band sensor during ECU recalibration efforts.Can install sensor for real time monitoring.

- Bosch oxygen sensors

- Magnaflow cat back exhaust

Suspension System

Front

- "New" ball joints

- Ford Racing "C" springs

- Bilstein non-adjustable struts

- Prothane upper strut isolators

- Prothane spring isolators (upper & lower)

- Steeda billet sway bar mount (increased rigidity over factor stamped steel versions. Owner modified to accept Prothane greaseable bushings for reduced friction with improved rigidity.

- PowerGrid adjustable spherical sway bar end links, provides improved rigidity, lower friciton, & allows adjusting corner weights for improved handling.

- Steeda bump steer tie rod ends

- Seals-It rod ends seals at all spherical rod end points (sway bar end links, bump steer ends) for improved protection & wear.

- Polyurethane offset rack bushing for improved suspension geometry with lowered suspension.

- Ford Accessories strut tower "beauty" cover (used on '99-up Mustangs, but not standard on this era.

Rear

- BBK boxed upper control arms, with greaseable polyurethane front (body end) bushings.

-"New" Ford Service rear (@ rear end housing) upper control arm bushings.Combined with upper control arms provides improved handling control with less harshness than full poly.

- SVE ride height adjustable control arms, with spherical end bushings on front (body) mount, & polyurethane bushings at rear (rear end housing brackets).

Rear Axle

- 3.73:1 rear gear.All new bushings & seals.Perfect gear ration combination for all around use (have stock 3.27:1 that goes with sale).

- 30mm H&R Spring hub-centric rear wheel spacers - place wheel in relation to fender identical to fronts (from factory, with Coke bottle rear quarter panels, the rear tires were recessed in & looked odd - now with spacers & lowered stance looks tough!)

Tires & Wheels

- less that 6,000 miles on BFGoodrich KDW tires in stock size (245/45x17)

- original wheels, with "New" center caps

- Chrome aftermarket lug nuts (originals had a stamped dress covering, that would come off).New lugs are 3/4" hex & allows removal of wheel without removing & damaging center caps).

Brakes

- Front PBR "Cobra" lettered calipers powdercoated (black & letters exposed) & calipers rebuilt last year.

- Rotors & pads at all four corners are probable 75-90% wear intact.

- Russell braided steel brake hoses at all four corners.

- Powder coated (silver) front disc brake dust shields

Interior

- Drivers seat belt replaced (original had a week retraction spring)

- Seat belt seat guides replaced with '99-04 style for better positioning/control)

- Drivers seat back retractor replaced

- drivers lumbar bladder replaced (old one leaked down)

- Coin holder removed & aftermarket "SVT"lettered block off plate added

- Fog light switch replaced (original indicator light burned out)

- Drivers side window switch replaced

- Headlight knob replaced (Armor All cleaning wipes removed inked graphics on original knob!)

- HVAC outer vents seals replaced (owner fabricated), as old foam was deteriorated & spitting out)

- HVAC & radio center bezel replaced (due to vent issues).

- Drivers side armrest/door pull pocket replaced, due to wear marks from use.

- Comes with Autometer 3-gauge A-pillar gauge pod (not installed) for additional gauges

-2003-2004 Cobra factory Ford floor mats with embroidered Cobra emblem.

Transmission/Drivetrain

- King Cobra clutch

- Owner rebuilt T45 trans, with upgraded Ford Service shifter forks, additional reworked by owner in a 3-step stress relief process(ground down forging flashing, sanded down, & sandblasted) for improved strength.

- "New" U-joints

- Pro-5.0 billet short throw shifter, with adjustable shift stops.

- 2001 Ford factory Bullitt aluminum shift knob

Other

- Tinted side & rear window by previous owner (was going to remove them, but looked good with black paint & stance).

- Complete set of Ford service manuals

- SVT certificate

- 1 of only 1376 cars made with this color & interior for this model year, of 10.002 total Cobras.

- SVT "Arena" banner

- SVT Recognition Guide book thrown in for reference

- set of gold "C" "O" "B" "R" "A" individual letters to go o the inset "COBRA" on rear valance, that were purchased but never installed.

- Car cover

- Two sets of keys & remote key fob, one with cast SVTOA key chain, & the other with Cobra emblem key chain (similar to grille emblem & fender emblems, only smaller).

- All stock removed parts, plus some aftermarket parts tried, & some NOS parts purchased for future as needed.Including buying new or used parts for those not on car or modified when I bought it, so could return to stock if desired (examples: original airbox housing was modified to create an open element filter, but actually drew in warm air from engine bay! ; cat back exhaust was modified by previous owner, so I bought original mufflers & tail pipes).

Probably much more that I can't remember.Bring a truck to take back everything that goes with the car!

Never planned to sell car, but purchased a new one, so I can't justify keeping both.