My Click Click '03 Cobra project

[BADASS03SVT]

Just wanted to share my experiences with adding an auto to an 03 Cobra with you guys. If you are thinking about doing it, here is your warning. You will see some of the problems I ran into in this thread. A couple times I got to the point of thinking I myself, was not going to be able to complete the project. Wiring is my enemy and there is a little bit involved in this project! Anyways, here goes...

First shipment of parts back in February...

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[BADASS03SVT]

Pi Triple Disc converter w/ a 4k stall

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B&M supercooler w/ fan

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TCI Deep tranny pan

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B&M Hammer shifter
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and here is how the car was sitting back in Feb...

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[BADASS03SVT]

first step...remove the a/c! No comments needed about how I will miss it. My car isnt a daily so I will be ok. It's NEVER been turned on anyways and it was empty!!! 30lbs gone

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then install the Ford A/C delete

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[BADASS03SVT]

Some more parts....
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Factory Fords parts needed for the swap

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[BADASS03SVT]

now it's time for the real fun to begin! 2nd week in March I got the tranny from Lentech. Time to see how the shifter fits and if the exhaust fits....:eek:

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yank the interior...AGAIN...for about the 5th time in the 3 years I've had my car..lol

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[BADASS03SVT]

Shifter install

here is how it looks under the console for the manual cars from Ford

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looking closer you can see where Ford "raised" the tranny tunnel over where an auto floor would be...

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and form underneath it is clear...

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[BADASS03SVT]

So a little cutting here and there and osme dilling over there and whala!

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pre fitment the shifter was only about 1/4" lower than the plastic shifter cover. before cutting the shifter was about 1" too high

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[BADASS03SVT]

Shifter in place and set to the correct height...now to deal with the open space around the shifter plate.

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Original plan was to take some sheetmetal and rivet it around the shifter to block up the holes form fumes, water, noise ect. But of course more help is always better and more idea's can come about. We ended up using dynomat which should clear all of those problems up

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[BADASS03SVT]

I'm not even going to get into the wiring...lol. Basically I ended up stripping both my T-56 harness and my new 4r70w harness and traicng all of the wires. Out of 3-4 people I had talked to about doing the wiring, EVERYONE's was setup differently! Lentech actually just recently changed the way they handled the lockup an dover drive functions so I had to do this from scratch...hopefully it works!

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[OneBad93]

wow nice clear photos, keep us updated.

[Julian Moore]

WOW that is a lot of work. Good luck with you project!

[jnoloc23]

Nice pics of all the goodies...cant wait to see the end results... Good Luck !!

[RdRunnr]

That's freakin awesome!!! Nice car and great details in your post!!! That thing is going to fly with that tranny!! Do you still have the IRS in the car or did you put a solid rear in it?

[Mill Creek Mafia]

best thread i've read in a while, very well done.

[BADASS03SVT]

That's freakin awesome!!! Nice car and great details in your post!!! That thing is going to fly with that tranny!! Do you still have the IRS in the car or did you put a solid rear in it?

its a fully built strange rear end...should be picking it up tomorrow or friday. had the solid in it since it was 1 month old!

[BADASS03SVT]

best thread i've read in a while, very well done.

thanks! stay tuned for ALOT more in the next few days!

[Mill Creek Mafia]

you can count on it.

[Turbo331]

Awesome job! That is one badass ride and it looks like you got yourself a killer shop there too!

[BADASS03SVT]

B&M tranny cooler. Got it mounted behind the bumper cover. hsould be able to get some air form the open ducts next to the fo glights.

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[BADASS03SVT]

got the PI converter installed. Make sure it is seated! I learned the hard way. No matter how silly the directions sound...use them!

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Tranny in the car and the deep pan installed!!
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[BADASS03SVT]

Shifter, new switch installed and 99% of the wiring done...

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Cooler fully mounted and braide dlines run

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Spring on my clutch pedal...yes...the clutch pedal is still in. It will be utilized as the Trans brake switch. Th elittle switch under the dash is to kill the power to the pedal in case of accidental touching while on the street

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[Shifty]

Damn, that's a CLEAN install... What's the red button next to the shifter for??? Purge???

[BADASS03SVT]

Damn, that's a CLEAN install... What's the red button next to the shifter for??? Purge???

thanks....thats for OD....n2o controls are in the cupholder covered by the brushed cover...:-D

[DanCobra96]

Very nice job so far, keep the pics coming. I've done it to my Cobra too. I love it.:-D

[BADASS03SVT]

got this the other day...nice piece..hopefully I measured right!!

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nice beefy Mark Williams slip yolk

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[BADASS03SVT]

Ford Racing Explorer brake kit for my 9" ends....thats it for parts!!!! (i hope...) just waiting on my rear end which should be all set in a few days!!

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[DanCobra96]

I like the DS, and the USMC rug. LOL Semper Fi.

[BADASS03SVT]

update...its been a while...I see my post was stickied...THANKS!!!

lots of hard work and tim einto this car. it was pulled out of the garage last month only to find some minor issue's. I think all of the kinks are worked out now as i have about 300 miles on the car.

Its a BLAST to drive!!! as long as you dont mind the 110-115 top speed, its fun as hell!! Scared a few cars this weekend as we were rolling on the street at 35-40mph (I was in 2nd) and the car is pretty tame and the sound is very calm. soon as I stab that throttle though she shoots right up to 4k and it screams!!! Hopefully she still goes at the track! Should be finding out this weekend. I will post some more pics in a day or so of the finished product.

[Neighbors]

Nice work! Let us know how she runs after all is said and done!

Chris

[Mill Creek Mafia]

that is great, good to hear. get some video of that beast.

[Quick88Tbird]

Awesome work on that conversion...looks very nice. What rear gear are you running that your top speed is so limited? Also, don't you need the transbrake switch to engage reverse?...or was that just on the older AOD models?

Either way, good luck with the car man...I love how clean it looks underneath...lol.

[BADASS03SVT]

Awesome work on that conversion...looks very nice. What rear gear are you running that your top speed is so limited? Also, don't you need the transbrake switch to engage reverse?...or was that just on the older AOD models?

Either way, good luck with the car man...I love how clean it looks underneath...lol.

4.10s

just shift into reverse!

[DanCobra96]

Great work!

I use a MLPS on my 4R70W to activate reverse, wired the reverse leads in parallel with the transbrake, you must have a micro switch on the shifter, no?
Just curious why Lentech would use an AOD lever setup instead of a 4R70W.:confused:

I did the pedal swap on mine, it took some time to get used to not having to use the clutch pedal. LOL

And you're right, the auto is a Blast to drive with a high HP car.

I think you should contemplate the pedal swap, it would be a nice finishing touch to the job.:)

[blownstang98]

Very Nice car. Just finish my swap into my GT. Very happy with it.

[BADASS03SVT]

Very Nice car. Just finish my swap into my GT. Very happy with it.

thanks...car is going good. just got my converter back..tightened it up a little to see if I can get a better jump off the line. i think it was blowing through it before especially with the nitrous.

[snipes]

Great info, thanks Jake.

[BADASS03SVT]

Great info, thanks Jake.

anytime!

[sstang]

Is that the hammer shifter for 94-00 Mustangs, PN 81001? I'm deciding what shifter to use for my C4 swap and it seems it might be the easiest one to modify to fit.

[BADASS03SVT]

yes thats the one. only a few out there that you can make fit in the stock location and do it nicely. the resr require you to move it into the console and cut it all up which Im not a fan of.

[sstang]

Yeah I guess thats the one I'm going to order. You drilled the o/d button and put it there yourself correct? I wont have o/d with the C4 so I wont need one at all. Since mine will be a C4 I will have to buy the C4 adapter kit as well.

[BADASS03SVT]

the c4 kit works great!

no, the shifter comes with the button on the right side. you can use it for anything

[sstang]

Guess I will have to fine something else to use it for, already have switches for my nitrous and line lock. I've been looking around for ideas on how people used other shifters in their SN95's, but dont want it all cut up looking.

[BADASS03SVT]

Guess I will have to fine something else to use it for, already have switches for my nitrous and line lock. I've been looking around for ideas on how people used other shifters in their SN95's, but dont want it all cut up looking.

if you do it right its not TOO bad

http://myweb.cableone.net/d-illich/pics/shifter3.jpg

a friend of mine makes aluminum panels for the console if you wanted ot put it in the center, closer to you. looks like this

http://drobnak.com/dave_car/pics/TH400/Console.JPG

[sstang]

Wow that looks pretty nice too. How much does your friend charge for one of those aluminum panels?

[BADASS03SVT]

Wow that looks pretty nice too. How much does your friend charge for one of those aluminum panels?

not too much...very reasonable. all cut out in a cnc. Ill get you his email if you want

[65fastback]

Nice installation.....

[sstang]

Yeah def do I'm interested. I might try to make a shifter fit like in the first pic you posted, but if not I could use one of his plates as a back up plan if it doesnt look good.

[BADASS03SVT]

his email is. his name is Ken...sorry for the delay

turbohorse@hotmail.com

[sstang]

no problem thanks

[jiggen01]

BADASS03SVT ive got a few questions for you, I just did this swap and im having problems on the electrical side, i used to the write up on modular fords because i didnt know this one existed, you said lentech changed there set up for how od and lock up is activated... how so? i noticed the other write up was way before yours and i went off the older one so im thinking maybe i wired it up the old way and the new way is different?

[BADASS03SVT]

BADASS03SVT ive got a few questions for you, I just did this swap and im having problems on the electrical side, i used to the write up on modular fords because i didnt know this one existed, you said lentech changed there set up for how od and lock up is activated... how so? i noticed the other write up was way before yours and i went off the older one so im thinking maybe i wired it up the old way and the new way is different?

Depending how you ordered the trans, it should have 2-3 wires coming out of the case and Lentech should have labeled them.

Trans Brake
Lockup
Overdrive

right?

[jiggen01]

i didnt have any wires hanging out of the case?

[BADASS03SVT]

i didnt have any wires hanging out of the case?

ahh...ok

so what they did was put them all in the factory sensor then. Youll need to find out what pins are what and use those for your wires. I believe the schematic is on the Mod Fords write up. Should be a white connector I think up towards the front

[SilverFox]

using the factory bulk connector on the AODE/4R is how it should be done.
Depending on how it is wired, you probably just supply 12v+ to any of the 3 wires for any of the three events.
The PINS you need to supply power too...well....without them labeled, you will have to ohm out the pins and wires and fine the three you need - not hard, but messy.

[jiggen01]

so basically, the harness needs to come back out and be redone, if only there was a way to pull the harness with the trans in the car....

[BADASS03SVT]

so basically, the harness needs to come back out and be redone, if only there was a way to pull the harness with the trans in the car....

why cant you? undo the rear mount and let it hang, and just reach up there is disconnect it

[jiggen01]

well yea i could do that, is there anyone out there that would do this harness for me? i would definitley pay them....

[TurboautomatiC]

Are there any other ways of lowering the stock shifter in the cobra with trans in place? I see the method used in this sticky but, have been told it is not necessay to cut the entire hump out. I have an '03 TT with a lentec that has been an extened project and this is one of the last things that needs to be worked out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[BADASS03SVT]

Are there any other ways of lowering the stock shifter in the cobra with trans in place? I see the method used in this sticky but, have been told it is not necessay to cut the entire hump out. I have an '03 TT with a lentec that has been an extened project and this is one of the last things that needs to be worked out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Im sure there are ways....you just have to come up with them. This didnt cost anything and is still setup in the car today.

[Dino Brandon Lord]

very nice writeup. will come back to it i'm sure for my swap. starting the swap into my Mach.

one question: what are our shifter options? i see the hammer number listed, what else?

[BADASS03SVT]

very nice writeup. will come back to it i'm sure for my swap. starting the swap into my Mach.

one question: what are our shifter options? i see the hammer number listed, what else?

almost anything will fit...you just have to make it work. My friend has the quarter stick in his