[Track] Kill Story
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From: Bellevue WA
[Track] Kill Story
This guy at work just bought a brand new Mustang Cobra. So naturally him, me and another guy from work with a 68 Camaro with a 427 went drag racing. The first run I completley decimated the field. Probably 4 car lengths at the end of the 1/8 mile. the camaro came in dead last. Poor guy couldn't stop his car from burning rubber half way down the track.
So we decided to do a second run to make sure it wasnt a fluke. Sure enough same order.
So then just for kicks the cobra guy and i switched cars to make sure it wasn't driver error. And I watched with both pride and sadness cause i was driving this POS cobra as all I could see were the tail lights of the vette and they were getting smaller.
in closing the Vette is a phenomenol car. my vette has 50k miles on it and it still rides nicer than the 390hp cobra, and it totally owned the cobra, and it sure as hell looks better and it would be cheaper to buy right now than a brand new cobra.
I cant even imagine how badly that cobra would get his *** kicked with a z06.
So we decided to do a second run to make sure it wasnt a fluke. Sure enough same order.
So then just for kicks the cobra guy and i switched cars to make sure it wasn't driver error. And I watched with both pride and sadness cause i was driving this POS cobra as all I could see were the tail lights of the vette and they were getting smaller.
in closing the Vette is a phenomenol car. my vette has 50k miles on it and it still rides nicer than the 390hp cobra, and it totally owned the cobra, and it sure as hell looks better and it would be cheaper to buy right now than a brand new cobra.
I cant even imagine how badly that cobra would get his *** kicked with a z06.
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Ahhhh, I can forsee the responses now: "Don't be too conceited, with $50 worth of mods, a Cobra can pump out 500 RWHP and demolish a C5, blah blah blah....."
The truth is, a Cobra, Lightning, or Focus SVT can NOT keep up with us. It's been proven over and over again at the track and on the street. The C6 is just another nail in the coffin of any Ford, short of the GT, which will be matched by the $100,000-less 2005 Z06 fairly soon.
The truth is, a Cobra, Lightning, or Focus SVT can NOT keep up with us. It's been proven over and over again at the track and on the street. The C6 is just another nail in the coffin of any Ford, short of the GT, which will be matched by the $100,000-less 2005 Z06 fairly soon.
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From: Whidbey Island WA
Originally Posted by Dave68
Ahhhh, I can forsee the responses now: "Don't be too conceited, with $50 worth of mods, a Cobra can pump out 500 RWHP and demolish a C5, blah blah blah....."
The truth is, a Cobra, Lightning, or Focus SVT can NOT keep up with us. It's been proven over and over again at the track and on the street. The C6 is just another nail in the coffin of any Ford, short of the GT, which will be matched by the $100,000-less 2005 Z06 fairly soon.
The truth is, a Cobra, Lightning, or Focus SVT can NOT keep up with us. It's been proven over and over again at the track and on the street. The C6 is just another nail in the coffin of any Ford, short of the GT, which will be matched by the $100,000-less 2005 Z06 fairly soon.
You tell em Dave
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From: South Alabama
Originally Posted by Dave68
The truth is, a Cobra....can NOT keep up with us. It's been proven over and over again at the track and on the street.
I easily took out a new SC Cobra last night 
Wasn't on the track though
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Originally Posted by stuart
...nice work...
may not need the christmas list if you keep this up...
may not need the christmas list if you keep this up...
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with only 338 at the wheels I would think it would be closer than you described...JMO....I know there is a weight difference but he should be putting about 350 to the ground..no??
either way
either way
