My Build. Project "Sniper"

[nitmare]

I fully expect this to be the most hated on car to ever come across this board...and I am okay with that.


94 black Cobra. I have done some pretty extensive mods to the car but the most extensive mod is the motor swap that it is undergoing...

-Viper 8 liter V10
-Twin ball bearing T-76 turbo's
-10 point cage built in house
-custom fabbed k-member, and control arms
-custom fabbed trans mounts
-firewall pushed back 10 inches

-Alcon 4 piston brakes with 14" rotors
-Coil over suspension with Tokico Illuma's on all four corners
-Forgeline SSP3 rims, BFG G-force KDW's
....and tons and tons of other mods. Every inch of the car has been built by me in my garage. We have since moved into a shop where the work will be getting completed.

There is literally too much work to the car to list so I will let you guys tune in as I update the build and ask questions if you would like.

Some will hate the build some will love it...I can live with whatever you think about it. I set out to build Mustang that has never been built before and I think this gets that goal accomplished.

I FINALLY got the stuff back from the powder coater ( 3 weeks late ) and thought I would post some pics before it goes in for the final install this weekend. Nothing really flashy about it. I got rid of all the Viper red and went with a textured black. I also had the coolant pipes, throttle linkage, oil pan, k- member, and numerous other odds and ends done in the metallic silver just to add some contrast. The stuff took longer then it should have but everything came out REALLY nice. Not a flaw on any of the parts. I have to go pick up the pulleys and a couple brackets in the A.M....the 2 into 1 charge pipe will also be getting painted on Monday.

You can also see the headers I fabbed up and bolted on now that they're back from Jet Hot...and yes I have to run the header wrap as much as I didn't want to. There will be exhaust heat issues and the back two cylinders sit basically in the passenger compartment.














I just got the paint laid down in the engine bay today after TONS of smoothing and prepping. Also got the k-member just bolted into place. I painted the engine bay with the same House Of Kolors Jet Black that the body is...but instead shot it with a couple coats of their Hot Rod Flat clearcoat....I wanted to keep everything clean and easy to keep looking good since it will be a daily driver. I should get the motor and trans bolted in tomorrow for sure

Nothing too exciting just gives you guys and idea of the size of the recess that had to be made in the firewall. Also you can see the k-member I fabbed up installed. Since I have already been asked that is NOT a modified UPR member. This was the first part I made for the car. It's 1/8" wall Chromoly. Sorry for how ####ty the pics are...dirty lens and the black is dark it's hard to make out detail.








Got the mounts finished up for the radiator. I wanted something clean so there are no brackets or anything, it sits in a lower mount and then I modified the stock upper section so that when it is bolted in there are tabs on the inside that hold it in place. That radiator is substantially bigger then a 5.0 radiator. It's a 2 core aluminum GM Performance Parts unit that is their recommended unit for their 572 crate motor (and the inlets and outlets happened to work out perfectly)...so I hope it can keep a 488 V10 cool. I will be running twin Spal 10" fans on the backside as soon as the I finish up the shroud. The radiator is laid back 15 degrees. This gives it more surface area for the incoming air to make contact with. I want every bit of air coming in the front of the car to be doing something. Either cooling the engine, feeding the brake ducts, cooling the oil cooler, or feeding the engine.

[nitmare]

A couple pics before I got the oil pan powder coated

[nitmare]

OK, I know it's been a few days but I finally got some progress. I got the caster camber plates made which you can see bolted on. They are a pretty simple yet effective design. I had the "flange pieces" cut out of 1/4" steel with my buddies CNC plasma cutter and then I had the cylinders that the struts go through machined to accept the spherical bushings that the struts bolt to...I had planned to have them powder coated but I liked how they looked so much that I hit them with a scuff pad to put some grain in the steel and shot 'em with some clear coat.

Got the master cylinder bolted in and ALL the hardlines plumbed from front to back. I have the hardlines that come off of the Hydroboost system at a buddies shop getting AN fitting brazed on so I can just use standard AN fittings and braided line to mate the Ford system with the Mopar pump lines.

Also I have the motor bolted in as you can see. Sorry the pics are so ####ty but I JUST snapped them quick on my way out so that I would have something to post...I'll take some better ones in the A.M. I at least tried to get a couple so you could see just how tight the clearances are pretty much everywhere.


(P.S. I know the car is filthy, I don't want to hear about it )

[puttputt]

I think the car is going to be badass when you get done with it. Keep up the good work.

[88blk5.0]

OMFG amazing
Very orig man keep up the good work and post vids when you get her up and running!!!

[streetfalcon]

good times man, I don't necessarily like the motor (cam limitations with installed height) but it definitely is hot rodding.

Should be a killer ride and it already looks exceptional.

[88GT50droptop]

Damn thats a sick project....

[black4Vcobra]

As much as I dislike Dodges as a whole the Viper has always been one of my favorite cars since it is so over the top. Good luck on the project, what do you expect to put to the wheels, 700, 800 hp?

It will definitely be a unique, one of a kind vehicle.

[Vegas702]

Really nice. Where are the turbo's going?

[Hmmm1369]

whoa, that is frigin insane.

[nitmare]

Thanks guys, I will try answer all questions thus far

street falcon Not sure what cam limitations and installed height you are talking about exactly. Thanks for the props though

black 4v cobraI agree, I am not a dodge fan but these motors are undeniably monsters...and perhaps have more potential then any other domestic motor ever made. I am shooting for no less then 900 rwhp on the pump gas street tune

Vegas702 The turbo's will be mounted on either side of the motor tucked underneath the frame rails. I REALLY wanted them to sit up in the engine bay but there is simply no way to route the down pipes then.

[Cobra195]

If anyone hates it, they are lame. Nice to see something different being done.

[BradleyRJ]

Very very cool project. I will be following this build. ONE thing though. PLEASE take the "Viper" off of the valve covers. For some reason to me a car looses all cool points when you open the hood of what ever and see "Corvette" or "Viper" covers on a non Vette or Viper car. Know what I mean?

[nitmare]

I do know what you mean...and I forgot that I only covered that on the ViperAlley.com build....I am having some Aluminum panels made that will bolt to the valve cover with countersunk stainless allen head bolts. The cover will have "SNIPER" CNC'd into it and then will be powder coated black leaving the CNC'd section raw aluminum.

[Nova72]

looks pretty damn good so far.

[nitmare]

10 pounds of #### in a 5 pound bag pretty much sums it up...

Some better pics as promised...starting to look like something now

[slo94gts]

Holy #####!

Beast,

[jrhaden]

Damn

[riverviewnative]

Good Job man keep it up

[88GT50droptop]

what is the dash gonna look like and all the interior since the firewall is pushed back?

[My2GT's]

I like it! Beats another Mustang with the Flowmaster drone riding through my neighborhood in first gear.

[j_lutter31]

this may be a stupid question but why is there a gauge in the engine bay??

[nitmare]

88GT50droptop - The stock dash fits in perfectly. A lot of reconstructing had to be done to the back side but you will never know the firewall has been modded from the inside

j_lutter31 - That's a fuel pressure gauge. I always mount one in the firewall on cars I work on so I can see the fuel pressure when I'm adjusting the regulator.

[lowon06]

holy #### i cant want too see that when its done

[notlekdyob]

Originally Posted by lowon06

holy #### i cant want too see that when its done

+1

[white88]

Thats badass, I'd rather see that then a chevy engine

[88junklx]

the only reason y its going to be hated by me is cuz its not mine. lol wow is all i can say, that would be an ultimate pro touring car.

[eighty8gtfiveo]

thats absolutely sick man! great job on the build so far!

[nitmare]

Thanks a lot guys. Glad you like it

[streetfalcon]

Originally Posted by nitmare

street falcon Not sure what cam limitations and installed height you are talking about exactly. Thanks for the props though

The installed height on the valve springs is somewhere around 1.6 or something like that. They obviously can make longer duration cams, but the absolute max lift you can go without major machine work is around .540-.550"

It won't matter with turbos but at the shop I used to work for, a guy came in to build a viper motor n/a to put in a mustang as a road race car. Even with sinking the seats and custom ordering plus installed height retainers, the max lift still was around .570"

[nitmare]

Oh I see

[88mustanggt]

first off bad a$$ cant wait to see it done and everywhere in between license plate should be 2snakes

[tripleblackvert]

thats awesome,except for the cheesy looking oil dipstick

[nitmare]

^^^^^^

haha, that's an inside joke for a local forum. That's my stock Cobra dipstick. I'm actually running a Lokar unit

[89cobranotch]

ive been watching the build of your project on svtp but its easier to see what ur doing on here cuz its not 15pages long full of bull #### of people criticizing you haha how do u keep up with updating it on so many sites! LOL

anyway, i think the project is sick! just curious, what do you do as far as a job, metal fabriactor?