WALK NASTY984

Today i test drove a 03 Cobra and i really wasnt that impressed i mean it was bone stock but everyone talks about these cars like they are gods gift to the muscle car world....maybe i just wasnt impressed because my 02 T/A is far from stock 393RWHP 373RWTQ......but it just felt like my Trans am would destroy it and i felt like the cobra is a little overated i could be wrong thou....ive only drove ONE and it was stock anyone else think the same or think im wrong (because i could be)

z28_YOU_HO

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I drove my buddies..pullied full bolt on 470rwhp 490rwtq...I WAS impressed!
I love those cars

Swift_01_z-28

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I don't have any personal experience, but every car feels different. Just cuz one "feels" faster doesn't mean it will cut lower times in a 1/4. I would say stick with the t/a.

TheBlueKnight

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I think that the reason they are so badass is not cause they are killer in stock form, but that you can just throw a few simple mods on like a pulley and exhaust and get these things to be monsters. I'm sure compared to your car it felt inferior, your car has a lot more power.
Can you compare anything else though maybe? I've never test drove one before. How was the clutch? Seating position, quality of the ride and interior?

unit213

What did you expect? It was bone stock. Stock Cobras (and fbodies)
are slow. No surprise there.

ChevyRyda99LS1

I want to test drive one lol

WALK NASTY984

car drove good i liked it alot i guess i just was disappointed because of all the hype i hear about them and PLEASE DONT GET ME WRONG im not cutting the car or the people who own them down.....the only thing i didnt like about it is the clutch will defintelly give ur leg a workout very stiff clutch that may be the reason i dont end up buying it because my wife who is like 90 pounds soaking wet could barely push the clutch down hahaha

01 Trans-Am WS6

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I woulden't call stock Cobras and F-Bodies "slow." Now a Smart car, that is slow, a 17 sec. Honda, that is slow, high 12/low 13 sec cars out of the box are not slow.

unit213

That's your opinion. There is nothing special about high 12/low 13 second cars IMO.

fenix999

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12/13 seconds cars were "quick" or "fast" like 10-15 years ago. In todays world with the technology thats available, a fast car for most guys would be a nice 9-10 second street car or anything above 500-550rwhp. Termi's do drive nice though and the throttle response of their blowers are sweetness. My neighbor has a Kenne Bell 03 Cobra that has around 600rwhp, its fun haha

Sharpe

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I'm not at all a big spelling guy as I can't spell worth crap, but if you're going to put a word in all caps in the title of the thread, you might as well spell it correctly. I mean, that's way off.

Just Josh'n ya.

ChevyRyda99LS1

how many 9-10 second street cars do you just see running around, to most people a stock f-body or cobra is plenty fast we here on ls1 tech are speed deamons so stock fbodys and cobras might seem slow to us. Most of us have cars putting out close too or at least 400 rwhp so the stock stuff seems like nothing.

z28_YOU_HO

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unit213

Hundreds every weekend in the summer.

MonmouthCtyLS7

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Dude your definition of slow and stout are way different from others...a stock civic is slow, a stock terminator Cobra or Ls1 fbody isnt.

01ssreda4

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i would have to agree....they seem to be a pretty good platform to start with.

IZRED

Unit, tell me where you live, that way I know to stay away from there, cause' I would have the slowest car in that city.

ChevyRyda99LS1

you damn right

01 Trans-Am WS6

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I know everyone has a different opinion on whats "fast" or not, however I still don't think stock Cobras and F-Bodies belong in the "slow" category at all. Compared to most other cars produced they are fast...

wowsers

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Ive been looking at picking up a terminator for awhile now and i drove one a few weeks ago. i dont know what your torque numbers look like down low, but i would think an 03/04 cobra would feel faster just because of the instant torque the eaton produces.

either way as soon as i unload my car im picking one up somewhere. ive always loved how they look and i never see many of them my way.