I have read through so many of the posts about the Mazda HP issue, and I also wondered how the '99 Cobra SVT owners got Ford to fix their cars. I did a search on the Internet, and this is what I found....

http://www.blueovalnews.com/lawsuit_ford/

It looks as if Ford wasn't so honest either... And it took Ford being publicly exposed on the internet, secretly working with an ISP to take down the offending website, and a few days in court fighting over free speech issues (and losing) before they announced the recall...just 2 days after they lost the free speech case...

Here is a copy of the letter that was sent to the Cobra Owners...

http://www.fordvschevy.com/ford/svt_letter.html

Ford fixes the Cobras with remanufactured parts?!?

And here is another link detailing the Cobra issues...

http://www.fordvschevy.com/ford/1999cobra_problems.html

Enjoy, for what it's worth...