2003 Cobra vs 1979 Firebird
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2003 Cobra vs 1979 Firebird
Not exactly LS related but I figured I would share anyways. Raced a friend who recently put a 2.8 pulley and a tune on his 2003 Cobra. He wanted to see how he would do against me now because when he just had cat back on his car I put about 3 cars on him. Regardless I knew what the outcome would be this time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRnq...e_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRnq...e_gdata_player
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Those 2.73's are killing you. Very strong running car just the same. Good to see a good old fashioned carb small block keeping up nowadays. I think with the gears the cobra wont be able to pull you anymore. Should be dead even. More vids when you get gears/bottle.
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For those of you who haven't seen it this is my race a 1999 trans am/ms3/ported heads/ls6 intake/4000 stall
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Love seeing the old school Firebird, holding it's own i have an 81 Firebird.. Is the car a 3spd or 4spd tranny? If you have a 3spd with 373's it will hurt you on the higher rolls, i have a turbo 350 tranny in my car with 373's, higher speeds the car is revving to high.. What kind of heads do you have?
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Thanks everyone, I'll get the rear end built eventually then it will be dig time!
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Love seeing the old school Firebird, holding it's own i have an 81 Firebird.. Is the car a 3spd or 4spd tranny? If you have a 3spd with 373's it will hurt you on the higher rolls, i have a turbo 350 tranny in my car with 373's, higher speeds the car is revving to high.. What kind of heads do you have?
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Nice runs, strong running car!
It really bugged me that in both videos you couldn't seem to line up evenly and get a good even jump off the 3 honk lol.
It really bugged me that in both videos you couldn't seem to line up evenly and get a good even jump off the 3 honk lol.
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It seems to run pretty ok. Feels slow to me but that's the way it goes. The engines around that time put out such an unbelievably small amount horsepower. It's almost funny. 350 ci = 185 hp. Thanks, that's the plan. 4 inch vfn hood and what ever bigs and littles I can find that.
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Dude... I know you were outgunned and took a loss... But I too am impressed by your car, specifically because I ran a 76 Camaro with a similar build and it was a roach. I'd actually like to know specifics on your h/c setup.
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Swapping the passenger and the heatsoak really evened out the match with the Cobra....
... the good old days..... HEI's, stuck float bowls, and 3 gears....
Swapping the passenger and the heatsoak really evened out the match with the Cobra....
... the good old days..... HEI's, stuck float bowls, and 3 gears....