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Svt lol
Guy with an 03 Cobra was trying to race me (didn't have to try hard) we end up taking off around 15mph, it was over from the start Z06 1 Cobra 0
He kept trying to get me to tell him what I really had done to the car.. It's stock besides a K&N filter and LS7 clutch lol
Edit: his was stock besides a pulley change and exhaust and wasn't slow by any means
He kept trying to get me to tell him what I really had done to the car.. It's stock besides a K&N filter and LS7 clutch lol
Edit: his was stock besides a pulley change and exhaust and wasn't slow by any means
Last edited by R1 Rider; Aug 12, 2015 at 07:15 PM.
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I had an '03 Cobra with intake, exhaust (no headers), upper pulley and tune. I made 455/485. Bolt on C5's and C6's were no problems at all. I ran door to door with C6 Z06 up to at least 150.
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do you have any mods??... if all you are racing is forced induction mustangs and you aren't modded then yeah, no big surprise they have an advantage
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Curb Weight for the Coupe Is 3664 according to this: http://www.modernracer.com/fordmustangsvtcobra.html
Compare that to my last weigh in of 3080, with an 80lb Cooler full of beer in the trunk, and you can see why it takes so much more HP for them to Keep up. Throw in the fact that they run some 275's Stock and you can imagine how slow they feel.
I test drove a 2009ish GT500 and the car was slow as hell and felt heavy!
Compare that to my last weigh in of 3080, with an 80lb Cooler full of beer in the trunk, and you can see why it takes so much more HP for them to Keep up. Throw in the fact that they run some 275's Stock and you can imagine how slow they feel.
I test drove a 2009ish GT500 and the car was slow as hell and felt heavy!
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Terminators are overrated. Mustang fanboys are convinced that with a pulley swap and tune that they'll be running with C6 Z06's. Not so. I've had the pleasure of playing with several modded Termi's from a dig and roll, and my lightly modded Z makes quick work of them. They're a decent performance value, but not compared to a C5Z.
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Me and my son have a friend here with a twin turbo GT that likes to play. It makes 800 hp on pump gas (950hp on race gas, but he never runs it like that). From a 30mph roll the Z06 will take him, up to about 120mph and things get real even. Our cars are supercharged running around 10lbs of boost and an Alky Control setup. No cams or underdrive pulleys or anything like that.
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Terminators are overrated. Mustang fanboys are convinced that with a pulley swap and tune that they'll be running with C6 Z06's. Not so. I've had the pleasure of playing with several modded Termi's from a dig and roll, and my lightly modded Z makes quick work of them. They're a decent performance value, but not compared to a C5Z.
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There's a flip side to that coin ya know. Vette guys feel the same way. Intake and exhaust and they're untouchable. I can only speak of my experience with my Cobra and every Vette I raced. I had a roommate with a C6Z that made 450whp and roughly 400-410 tq and every time we raced I hung right next to him. Was I the better driver? Sure, but not by much at all. I think in general you are right but for you to say a "Cobra can't hang with a C6Z unless it has more than 500 hp" is bogus.
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There's a flip side to that coin ya know. Vette guys feel the same way. Intake and exhaust and they're untouchable. I can only speak of my experience with my Cobra and every Vette I raced. I had a roommate with a C6Z that made 450whp and roughly 400-410 tq and every time we raced I hung right next to him. Was I the better driver? Sure, but not by much at all. I think in general you are right but for you to say a "Cobra can't hang with a C6Z unless it has more than 500 hp" is bogus.
Any win over the mighty C6Z is a good win.
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Cobra will have a slight advantage in gearing with a 3.55. I think in most cases weight is a big factor but if you're already rolling, the severe weight disadvantage of the Cobra just isn't much of a factor. Didn't hurt having a HUGE torque advantage in the Cobra.
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Cobras do have stump pulling power, that's for sure.
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