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Old Jul 14, 2003 | 10:37 PM
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I went to the track a couple of weekends ago and there was an 03 Cobra there. I wanted to see what he ran so I watched in the stands for awhile. He launced and all you could hear was supercharger. I must say it was pretty impressive. He ran a 12.37 - didn't catch the mph. I've heard these run like 12.7 right out of the factory. That's nice... Ford builds quite possibly their fastest Mustang ever and GM quits making their sportscars (unless you can afford a $53,000 Corvette). All he had that I could see was the R/F headlamp out and an aftermarket air intake (possibly exhaust). Just thought I'd share this.
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Old Jul 15, 2003 | 07:41 AM
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Hehe.. local MD guy is running high 10's with basically a "bolt-on" car.
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Old Jul 15, 2003 | 05:49 PM
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Same here WAX, he's spent about $1500 total on the car and is running 11.0's, pulley, tuning, lil juice, exhaust... more boost, harder launches or even jus a lil more spray and easy 10 second car. He's taking car of it though, not going to abuse it too hard
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Old Jul 15, 2003 | 08:39 PM
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Got a guy here in Gainesville that ran 12.7s at 113 stock. He did 4.10 gears, smaller blower pulley, k & n, and dynomax mufflers (no catbacks were available at the time), and has run 11.88 at 116 on et streets with a 1.69 60 foot.

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Old Jul 15, 2003 | 09:10 PM
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03 cobra is one of the first fords ive really liked.....nice to see ls1 guys not bashing it just because that crappy blue oval..
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Old Jul 15, 2003 | 09:28 PM
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anyone seen the yellow 03 Cobra from Stricly Performance?

blazed a 9.54 @ 144
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Old Jul 15, 2003 | 09:36 PM
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hard to bash it but ofcourse some guys will always be diehard ford, chevy, whatever they happen to own fans. if i had the money i would have both.
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 07:43 AM
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Yeah I would have to say that I would drive one too I was looking to get one for the wife You know how that goes... "I bought this car for you HONEST"!!!!
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I still like Mustangs. If the LS1 engine had not come out, I'd still be driving and modifying Mustangs. Never cared for LT1s myself, pain in the *** to work on and not really impressive power for the engine size. 4.6L engines also kinda sucked when I had my 96GT. That thing was a turd!

Nice cars though

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