Peter Slaney's Famous and Fantastic 1979 Mustang Cobra

Chances are,you've either seen this car in one of the major Mustang magazines (it's been featured in two of them in recent years), or posted on any number of Mustang enthusiast websites, and for good reason.  Peter Slaney's spectacular yellow Cobra manages both a factory fresh appearance and well modified muscle in the same package.  What's more is that this high-profile Cobra gets the word out that Fox Mustangs wore the Cobra name well before SVT and 1993.

 

Purchased in February of 2000, the creation of this car was very much a brotherly effort.  Pete gives credit to his brother Paul for being the mechanical mastermind while Pete himself handled the majority of body and interior work.  A little over four years later,  the 79 Cobra was reborn and ready to be noticed. 

 

    

 

 

Engine: 1988 Ford 302 bored .30 over and internally balanced, Keith
Black hyperutectic domed pistons (10:8:1 compression ratio) Elgin
solid lifter camshaft (248/258 @ .050, .536/.560 lift) AFR 185's
(58cc's,) Edelbrock F-28 Dual Quad Intake Manifold and two Edelbrock
500 cfm carburetors. It's also externally balanced with a Fluidamper
harmonic balancer.

Ignition: MSD 6AL ignition, MSD billet distributor, Taylor spark plug wires.

Exhaust: MAC 1-3/4" longtubes, MAC 2-1/2" Off-road H-Pipe, MAC 2-1/2"
cat-back system.

Transmission: Rebuilt Ford T-5 with a steel bearing retainer, B&M
Ripper Shifter, Stock 4-speed shifter boot and Stock 5-speed shifter
handle. Ford Motorsport Aluminum Driveshaft, Centerforce Dual Friction
Clutch, Lakewood Driveshaft Safety Loop.

Rearend: Rebuilt 8.8 with Ford Motorsport 4.30 gears, Superior
31-spline axles, Detroit Locker differential.

Suspension: Competition Engineering 90/10 front struts & 3-way
adjustable rear shocks, Ford Motorsport "B" springs, Air Lift airbags,
Steeda adjustable upper control arms, Southside Machine lower control
arms, PST polyurethane bushings, Energy Suspension polyurethane engine
& transmission mounts, Kenny Brown subframe connectors.

Interior: Grant Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Ford Motorsport 140 mph
speedometer, Autometer 5" Tachometer, Autogage 2" gauge panel, Sony
X-Plod AM/FM/CD player.

Performance: Best E.T. = 12.42 @ 109 while my best MPH = 12.50 @ 111.
It dynoed @ 307 rwhp @ 6,400 rpms and 278 rwt @ 4,400 rpms.

 

     

 

View Pete's photo album here .