Hello everyone, I guess it's time to start my upcoming build thread !

Cunningham Transport called today and my kit is scheduled to be here in the November 5-7th range.


Kit order details

Mk5 complete kit
IRS
Front and rear swaybars
Power steering
power boost brakes
Wilwoods in red
302 engine mounts
302 headers
Uncoated steel side pipes (planning to coat them and pipe guards black)
Gray diamond stitch leather seats and door cards
Dual roll bars black
18 Inch Halibrands (planning on powder coating them black with a red pinstripe and polished spinner.
Mk5 body with cutouts
Leather steering wheel ( probably an aftermarket MPI wheel)
Carbon fiber dash
Custom Speedhut gauges
2 inch seat belts
ABS hood scoop

Engine Blueprint 347 with Sniper 2 fuel injection
Transmission TKX with mid shift and 0.68 overdrive

Paint and bodywork I'll leave to the experts
Current thinking on colors Ford Leadfoot Gray with black stripes and a small red center stripe (Ford GT Carbon Edition had a paint scheme like this and I like the look)

That's my starting point and I'm sure I'll be adding a few parts and accessories from the vendors here.

I was originally set on a Coyote but after studying (overthinking) things many times I decided to go with the looks and sound of the SBF.

I attended the build school in August, I figured it would be a good overview of the project.
I'm fairly good at mechanical stuff having raced motorcycles and done lots of track days for many years.
Local track closed so I decided I really didn't want to travel 5 hours to do track days instead of an hour to Heartland Park Topeka.
My dad used to race sprint cars for many years and I ran micros and mini sprints too.

I'm retired and I needed another outlet and building a Cobra replica was very appealing, they almost seem like a 4 wheeled equivalent of a motorcycle.
Nothing there that doesn't need to be unless it enhances performance.

I've got to thank my local forum members for showing me their builds and being generous enough to give a ride in their cars.
GBranham, invited me over early on in his build just from messaging him when I joined the forum and giving me a ride in his 427 powered beast.
JMD, also graciously took me for a ride in his Blueprint 302 powered beauty.
Kirby who has a nice Coyote powered car and is local too.
I decided the 347 would be just about right power wise and then between us we'll have most normal engine choices except the LS !

I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions and probably some screw ups along the way.
I'm open to suggestions, tips and criticisms from you guys who have been there and done that many times over on your builds.

I see all of these quality builds here and excellent craftsmanship so I know I've got my work cut out for me to do a quality build myself !



Greg Bilhimer
Shawnee, KS