Ford Racing hard at work...

[rocknrolla]

2013 Cobra Jet bodies are currently on the paint line at AAI, in Flat Rock, Michigan. Cars are mixed in between the Mustang and Mazda 6 in the paint line. Enjoy the photos.


Cobra Jet bodies going into the AAI "dunk tank" for etching to prep for paint.


Cobra Jet bodies coming out of the AAI "dunk tank" etched and ready to roll into bake oven.


Cobra Jet body ready for primer stage. Door jams, roll cage and select areas are shot with a manual gun. Rest of car is shot with a robotic gun.


Cobra Jet body in final top coat and clear coat area of paint line before going into the oven for a final bake. 40 cars run through each paint line per hour. The robots are pretty impressive, they even lift and close the hood.

[Damn Yankee]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

I see NMCA (?) has a new 5.0 Coyote class for all 1954 and newer Ford vehicles. They will use sealed from Ford engines.
I have this outrageously fun '03 Focus SVT. There's a bolt in V-8 kit made by somebody and it will even accommodate the Ford modular engines. Now a 420+ HP Coyote in a Focus could be a lot of fun...hmmmm

Hey Jeff here's the link to the NMRA's Coyote Stock class. Sorry but no FWD conversions, I too was looking at a 97 Ford Probe and then read no FWD conversions. Also specifically for guy's like you and I, no Long Style or Adjustable type clutches. Diaphragm only !!! It still looks like it could be a mid to low 10 second class eventually

http://www.nmradigital.com/cat/class...012/COYOTE.pdf

[CBS]

How did you get those shots in the plant.....?

Awesome....

Too bad we can't get the P-500 to paint the bottom too.....

[rocknrolla]

CBS, I know a guy.... that knows a guy. LOL...Enjoy the photos! I plan to post more. The men and women at the Mustang plant take a lot of pride in all the past and present Cobra Jets.

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by rocknrolla

2013 Cobra Jet bodies are currently on the paint line at AAI, in Flat Rock, Michigan. Cars are mixed in between the Mustang and Mazda 6 in the paint line. Enjoy the photos.


Cobra Jet bodies going into the AAI "dunk tank" for etching to prep for paint.


Cobra Jet bodies coming out of the AAI "dunk tank" etched and ready to roll into bake oven.


Cobra Jet body ready for primer stage. Door jams, roll cage and select areas are shot with a manual gun. Rest of car is shot with a robotic gun.


Cobra Jet body in final top coat and clear coat area of paint line before going into the oven for a final bake. 40 cars run through each paint line per hour. The robots are pretty impressive, they even lift and close the hood.

Great shots...maybe ask your 'friends' to snap a couple of close up photos of that paperwork hanging off the car...it might be valuable information when any discussions are started about what it says on it in the future.

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[H Hoover]

No kidding those pictures are great. Time to microwave some popcorn and watch. I can't wait to see how this ends....

[rocknrolla]

I did save an image of the paper tag on the front bumper beam. Only thing i can tell from this image is the UA paint code is Black and Jet Kit signals its a Cobra Jet.

[CBS]

Pretty neat....ask and you receive.....

How about some assembly pictures......

[Hemi Moose]

[Jesse Kershaw]

I thought this thread might like to see one of our development engine dyno pulls. This is the 5.0L naturally aspirated engine.



We went over 100hours of dyno time between development and durability on this engine. Then roughly another eighty 1/4 mile runs for each engine combination before we sign off on the finished product.

For added reading if you are interested Evan Smith wrote a nice piece on Cobra Jet track testing in the February 24th, 2012 National Dragstern and 5.0 magazine did a spread on the Cobra Jet engine in new July 2012 issue.