That's a huge jump.
This has me scratching my head thinking I might be wasting money because I've never had an alignment done after new tires, rims, and I have no idea what other work has been done.
Good luck with the cobra, sounds like it has no problem hauling the mail.
Dyno'd the Cobra yesterday
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Re: Dyno'd the Cobra yesterday
WOW!! would have never guessed that would have been your problem.MalcolmV8 wrote:Well that was it. Instead of 180 miles to a tank I just got 240 before the fuel light came on. What a massive difference. This last tank was a little over 18 mpg. That's 4.5 mpg increase just from getting a wheel alignment. That's huge. I would have never guessed but really glad that's all it was.
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Ported GT-40 heads
Duel plane air gap intake with 750cfm Holly
Paxton SN93 Supercharger with 3 1/2" pulley.
8 to 9psi of boost??
T-5 trans
Large tube shorty headers
Stock posi rear end
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Re: Dyno'd the Cobra yesterday
Yeah that's unreal. I'm still amazed at how much drag a bad wheel alignment can create. I'm sure it's magnified by the large wide tires but still.
As soon as I left the alignment shop I could tell immediately how much nicer it drove so clearly my alignment was out quite a bit.
As soon as I left the alignment shop I could tell immediately how much nicer it drove so clearly my alignment was out quite a bit.
92 302 Ranger - sold
94 302 Ranger AWD - sold
07 BMW 335xi - tuned, boost turned up, E85 - sold
04 911 TT - to many mods to list. Over 600 All Wheel HP on pump gas - sold
2015 Coyote - daily driver
03 Cobra - 2.3 TVS on a built 12:1 CR motor with ported heads, cams, long tubes etc.
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94 302 Ranger AWD - sold
07 BMW 335xi - tuned, boost turned up, E85 - sold
04 911 TT - to many mods to list. Over 600 All Wheel HP on pump gas - sold
2015 Coyote - daily driver
03 Cobra - 2.3 TVS on a built 12:1 CR motor with ported heads, cams, long tubes etc.
MD Racing Lean Protection Module
E85
Tuned by MD Racing
https://www.youtube.com/c/MalcolmV8