If you can afford it & thats what you really want do it! Its about the only Mustang I would have, or maybe a new 5.0.

 

I am Ford guy as you can tell but I would prob take a 03/04 Mach 1 over the Termi.

Reasons-
SRA
Alum Block
Same heads
forged crank in the 5 speeds(easy to swap auto)
retro fitted
light drag suspension stock
cheaper

all you need its rods,pistons, and boost and your set

also stock with the 10.1:1 CR it does like boost like your LSx motors

 

Aluminum block

 

Thanks man I'll keep that in mind, good info to know. So I'm assuming the mach's have an axle instead of IRS ?

Also what is SRA ?

Sorry, haven't owned a Mustang before so don't really catch the lingo. Have just passively admired them (the termi's) kinda thing. I'd consider a mach for a DD, and save the Camaro for the real power/performance

hahaha, pullin your leg there.

 

I don't think i could drive a mustang in the winter here in MI seeing as our winters are as nasty as Oprah's vagina.

 

she dont tell me what to drive and never will. she enjoys my car as much as i do, however i cant justify having 2 hotrods and neither can she.

 

sra= SOLID REAR AXLE.

 

Yup. IIRC it's a WAP (Windsor Alum Plant) block.

Also the 96-99 and some 01 Cobra's are alum blocks called Teskid whick are made in Italy and are strong as ****. 1000plus rwhp blocks. Some other 01 Cobra's were WAP blocks along with the Mach's

 

haha funny

 

Back in 03 I HAD to have a new Cobra so I went down and bought one. At the time we also had a "like new" 01 WS6. On the ride home from picking up the Cobra my and I switched cars. When we got home she got out of the Cobra and said "I dont like it". After driving it for a while I really didnt like alot of things about it either.
It was a fun car because it was fast ,12.6 @113 stock and 11.41 with a pulley,tune,cat back and Nittos but that was about it. I ended up selling it not long after and my wife kept the WS6. To this day my wife and I both say that our WS6 was the best car we have ever owend.

FWIW I just bought my wife another "sunny day" driver and it wasnt a Cobra. we got another LS1 SS.

I say ,keep your car and build a good bottom end and throw some boost at it.

 

Oh ya look at my sig.

 

Ya thats always an option. But do I throw a D1sc at the engine I have or just drop in a 454 LSx haha

 

MMmmm your wisdom inspires me.

< I should have known what SRA stood for lol.

 

I couldn't justify having only 2 either, so I stepped it up to 3.

 

wisdom? not really. ive just been around too long lol.

 

I think RPM has the best logic here.

 

I will openly admit though, that my logic can be dangerous. This "logic" had me owing 5 cars for a while..... that's 5 plates, 5 insurance payments, 5 cars to maintain..... yeah, maybe that logic is better in theory than in pratice.

5 cars is my absolute limit though. I was able to handle that, but any more would have been insane. I've made a pledge to myself that I can't ever surpass that number.

I have a friend that's up to 8 cars now. He's managing, but when you have that many, some of them end up being neglected.

 

Ya, it was a joke. Don't flatter yourself.



(hahha, kidding again of course)

 

Wouldn't you rather have 1 really sick car, maybe a motorcycle, and use the cash surplus of 6 cars to pay for a mortgage... or something?

 

I can say I absolutely love my 00 Firehawk and have zero plans of getting rid of it, unless the price is right of course...but two of my friends have 03 termi's and ive raced one of them an daily drove the other and their definitely absolutely awesome machines. I just couldnt justify spending roughly 20-25k for a car with so many weak points in it, I say weak points strictly from the issues Ive seen an heard from the owners themselves, I give credit where credit is due and Ford def deserves credit for the 03-04's....make friends with a cobra owner an get behind the wheel of one then make your major decision.