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Old 08-25-2007, 12:23 PM
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Ok i just got done doing all the mods to my car........02 Trans am, Pacesetter LT's, TSP ORY, and Torquer V.3 cam......i dynoed out at 383RWHP and 363Torque......trying to git this car to hang with the supercharged cobra's......can it with the current mods or will i need more and if i do need more what would u recommend i do......i would prefer to stay away from nitrous
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Nope, it MIGHT be close depending on drivers.
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You could take a stock one but there aren't too many of them floating around.
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Old 08-25-2007, 12:51 PM
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You'd be even with a stock one, but a pulley and CAI would take you by atleast 4-5cars. That's without the ported blower too...
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Everyone that drives those Cobra's suck complete *** at driving them anyway. I wouldn't be worried. Once in a blue moon do you find one with a good driver. Thats why they always want to go from a roll.....
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It would be a good race if the '04 Cobra was stock, but how many performance-oriented cars are left stock.
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you will kill a stock one....lots of people have hung with or beaten stock ones with just boltons. However most of them aren't stock so it would really depend on what mods the cobra has
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It's all about the driver's skills =) Back when the 03's first came out i had my 98 Z-28 running in mid to high 12's, buddy of mine picked up one of those 03 Cobra's I walked him about 2-3 cars in a quater mile run, then he put a catback on it, i still beat him by about 1-2cars, then he finally put a K/N CAI on it, when he did this i would get him by a fender if not stay right beside him.

Anyways, you see my point.
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Originally Posted by 02 T/A 984
Ok i just got done doing all the mods to my car........02 Trans am, Pacesetter LT's, TSP ORY, and Torquer V.3 cam......i dynoed out at 383RWHP and 363Torque......trying to git this car to hang with the supercharged cobra's......can it with the current mods or will i need more and if i do need more what would u recommend i do......i would prefer to stay away from nitrous
Perhaps but you'll need to race it..
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Originally Posted by 02 T/A 984
Ok i just got done doing all the mods to my car........02 Trans am, Pacesetter LT's, TSP ORY, and Torquer V.3 cam......i dynoed out at 383RWHP and 363Torque......trying to git this car to hang with the supercharged cobra's......can it with the current mods or will i need more and if i do need more what would u recommend i do......i would prefer to stay away from nitrous

Just curious why do you want to stay away from nitrous? You could run a 150 shot on top of that all day on pump gas and be very reliable still. This would also allow you to destroy a lot of cobras. And other fast cars with out spending a million dollars
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Originally Posted by Splitz
Nope, it MIGHT be close depending on drivers.

your a joke. you would pull that cobra good if it were stock. I beat a bolton cobra with 340rwhp. the rule of thumb is that a 350rwhp fbody will be even with a 400rwhp cobra.

now as far as a pullied cobra? .... probally not
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Originally Posted by chemicalstylez
Everyone that drives those Cobra's suck complete *** at driving them anyway. I wouldn't be worried. Once in a blue moon do you find one with a good driver. Thats why they always want to go from a roll.....
I guess them being IRS has nothing to do with it...

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Originally Posted by emerica4601
your a joke. you would pull that cobra good if it were stock. I beat a bolton cobra with 340rwhp. the rule of thumb is that a 350rwhp fbody will be even with a 400rwhp cobra.

now as far as a pullied cobra? .... probally not
Just so you know, the terminators were greatly under-rated hp wise. Most put down around 370-380whp to the wheels completely stock. If you met up with a bolt-on cobra that only made 340whp, most likely you were dealing with an NA one. There is no way in hell that a proper running bolt-on terminator made only 340whp...
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Originally Posted by The Black Mamba
Just so you know, the terminators were greatly under-rated hp wise. Most put down around 370-380whp to the wheels completely stock. If you met up with a bolt-on cobra that only made 340whp, most likely you were dealing with an NA one. There is no way in hell that a proper running bolt-on terminator made only 340whp...
i think he is saying that he had 340whp not the cobra...they are fast cars when modded but honestly stock they aren't that much faster then an ls1. I think people forget that they weigh quite a bit more then an f-body too.
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Originally Posted by emerica4601
your a joke. you would pull that cobra good if it were stock. I beat a bolton cobra with 340rwhp. the rule of thumb is that a 350rwhp fbody will be even with a 400rwhp cobra.

now as far as a pullied cobra? .... probally not
Like it was said above, there aren't many stock 03/04 Cobra's left. They are inexpenseive to modify so all it would take is a CAI and pullies and that's it.

I'm an objective person, I don't think my car is the "be all and end all" when it comes to racing and beating OTHER cars. Give the car it's due.

And by the way, when it comes to racing, either at the track, from a roll on the freeway or even from a stop sign/stop light, the DRIVER MOD will make the difference. Even with two cars of equal "dyno numbers" there is an human factor/human error when driving.

So, I'm not a JOKE as you put it, just a bit more objective and can play devils advocate.
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hell even a smaller shot of spray would do you could go with a 75 shot if your just looking to take on stock terminators but they respond very well to minor mods so be carefull......
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it also appears the camaro has the slp loudmouth exhaust not listed unders mods i guess because it came on it factory
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these posts are so stupid....
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You can murder a stock termi, you have more hp at the wheels, weigh 300-500lbs less, and your car is more aerodynamic. What makes you think you would get beat? Stock S/C cobras are slow and get beat by bolt-on ls1s all day long. The 03-04 cobras arent the supercars everyone makes them out to be, in all honesty they are waayyy too heavy and non-aero dynamic to hang with similar powered f-bods. Good luck finding a stock one though, unless its a girls car and maybe not even then.
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