On the dragstrip, Jonathan has run the quarter-mile in 12.30 seconds at 109 mph. That's flying for street radials. Since our shoot last summer, he has added a 150 shot of nitrous from Nitrous Express. On drag radials, he upped the e.t. to 11.58 and the mph to 126, but he believes real slicks would put his LX into the high 10s.
| 5.0 Tech Specs |
| ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN | Ignition |
| Block | Stock with '96-'98 coil packs, FRPP |
| Stock '01 Cobra | 9mm plug wires, Motorcraft plugs |
| Displacement | Gauges |
| 281ci | Stock |
| Crank | |
Stock '01 Cobra
| SUSPENSION AND CHASSIS |
| Rods | Front Suspension |
| Stock '01 Cobra | K-member |
| Pistons | AJE K-member |
| Stock '01 Cobra | Control Arms |
| Cylinder Heads | Stock with FRPP Delrin/aluminum |
| Stock '01 Cobra | bushings and Steeda X2 balljoints |
| Cams | Springs |
| Stock '01 Cobra | Maximum Motorsports coilovers |
| Intake Manifold | with Hypercoil 325 in-lb springs |
| Stock '01 Cobra | Struts |
| Throttle Body | Tokico Illumina |
| Stock '01 Cobra | Brakes |
| Mass Air Meter | 94-'04 Cobra front brakes with ASP |
| Pro-M | manual brake conversion, Crown |
| Power Adder | Vic 1-in bore master cylinder |
| Nitrous Express nitrous kit | Wheels |
| Fuel System | 10th Anniversary Cobra wheels |
| Stock '93 fuel lines, slightly | Tires |
| modified, '98 Cobra fuel rails, | 275/40/17 Good Year Eagle F1 |
| Stock '01 Cobra injectors, | Rear Suspension |
| 190-lph fuel pump | Springs |
| Exhaust | Steeda Sport |
| MAC 1 5/8-in long-tubes, modi- | Shocks |
| fied Bassani off-road X-shape | Stock |
| crossover, Bassani after-cat | Control Arms |
| Transmission | FRPP heavy duty upper control |
| T45 five-speed transmission | arms and Maximum Motorsports |
| with a Pro-5.0 shifter and FRPP | lower control arms |
| aluminum driveshaft | Brakes |
| Rearend | '94-'98 Cobra rear brakes |
| 8.8-in with FRPP 4.10 gears, | Wheels |
| FRPP 31-spline axles, FRPP 31 | 10th Anniversary Cobra wheels |
| spline Traction-Lok, TA stud | Tires |
| girdle | 275/40-17 Nitto NT 555 R Drag |
| | Radials |
| ELECTRONICS | Chassis Stiffening |
| Engine Management | Maximum Motorsports six-point |
| Stock '98 GT wiring and processor | rollcage, Kenny Brown subframe |
| with SCT custom tune by Mike Wilson | connectors, HP Motorsports |
| | driveshaft safety loop |