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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by RedRocketZ28
OP, no way in hell your car beat a 03-04 Cobra if he was really trying. Some of these kill stories amaze me.
he just said thats what it looked like, my vote it was a cloned GT or an earlier cobra with the termy bumpers/spoiler.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 07:49 PM
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With his mods he shouldn't have much of a problem beating a stock/lightly modded N/A 4v car.

Ask me how I know.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 07:58 PM
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by RedRocketZ28
Terminator slow from the factory? If you call 390 HP slow from the factory then you are a tard. What's done to your car?

OP, no way in hell your car beat a 03-04 Cobra if he was really trying. Some of these kill stories amaze me.
this is a good example of one of those guys who has no respect for ls4 cars what so ever
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by monte_with_a_LS4
this is a good example of one of those guys who has no respect for ls4 cars what so ever
No, it's an example of a person that is in touch with reality.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by LS4SPEED
No, it's an example of a person that is in touch with reality.

True words spoken,LMAO
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by LS4SPEED
No, it's an example of a person that is in touch with reality.
He wouldn't have kept up with a terminator, no. But an N/A 4v Cobra? Yeah. When I had his mods I had my way with many a 4v car.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by AlabamaGuy
He wouldn't have kept up with a terminator, no. But an N/A 4v Cobra? Yeah. When I had his mods I had my way with many a 4v car.
I could possibly believe that, if it was a NA cobra pre 2003. But even then it would have to have been an inexperienced drive mod. While there is no replacement for displacement, front wheel vs rear wheel is no comparison at the same HP rating.
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by LS4SPEED
I could possibly believe that, if it was a NA cobra pre 2003. But even then it would have to have been an inexperienced drive mod. While there is no replacement for displacement, front wheel vs rear wheel is no comparison at the same HP rating.
you mean "front wheel vs rear wheel is no comparison at the same HP rating from a stop", I understand that front wheel drives have shitty traction from a stop but generally front wheel drives have less horsepower loss from the motor to the wheels, thusly more horsepower at the wheels then its rear wheel drive counterpart
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by LS4SPEED
I could possibly believe that, if it was a NA cobra pre 2003. But even then it would have to have been an inexperienced drive mod. While there is no replacement for displacement, front wheel vs rear wheel is no comparison at the same HP rating.
So weight, gearing, and roll speed don't factor into the equation at all? The ~20hp advantage from the factory can easily be overcame by the things I mentioned as well as Dustin's mods and the LS4's torque output. I put ~2 cars on N/A 4v Cobras and Mach 1s from rolls and digs when I was at his power level. Hell, I ran a intake/LTs/Gear Mach 1 with a driver that's been low 9's in his 6-speed 03 Cobra and he put a car-car and a half on me from a dig.

There's absolutely nothing unbelievable about him pulling a stock 4v from an LS4's highway roll (60-65mph).
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Aaron_Provost
you mean "front wheel vs rear wheel is no comparison at the same HP rating from a stop", I understand that front wheel drives have shitty traction from a stop but generally front wheel drives have less horsepower loss from the motor to the wheels, thusly more horsepower at the wheels then its rear wheel drive counterpart
Nobody races dyno numbers here, do they? Real world experience here. 303 hp factory rated may show as much as 245 whp on a dyno. Where as Fords under rated 4V NA motors are rated at 320 hp and 317 ftlbs of trq Now let's look at torque, the OP is running 20" wheels correct!
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 11:50 PM
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Also the Monte SS is roughly 200# heavier if I recall correctly. I don't recall wieght distribution but that plays a huge roll also.

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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by monte_with_a_LS4
this is a good example of one of those guys who has no respect for ls4 cars what so ever
All you have to do is produce real world numbers of YOUR MCSS's 1/4 mile times and then the truth will be told. Until then it's all speculation. And the only ones that will say your car beat a Cobra is you! I do understand that the driver of the "Cobra" may have been taken by your "GF" looks as I may have been myself and forgot to "give it all she's got captain".
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 12:03 AM
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from a quick search:
99' and 01' cobra's weigh in at 3430 and 03'-04' termi's weigh at 3665 and the monte SS weighs in at 3395.
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Hawkins04
from a quick search:
99' and 01' cobra's weigh in at 3430 and 03'-04' termi's weigh at 3665 and the monte SS weighs in at 3395.
You forgot to factor in the extra 70HP the terminator has. Not to mention the tq.And that's factory rating which was about 35-40 hp low.
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 12:12 AM
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i am pretty sure he can take a n/a cobra though
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I still say it's cuz of his tune... advantage right there!


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The proof is in the text, search and you will see. There is know way that a 2006-2007 Monte Carlo SS will out perform a 2003-2004 Terminator Cobra, even if the Monte has Thorley headers and tune, which may add 30 hp, Period. Unless as I stated earlier the driver mod.
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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 12:17 AM
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Lew, keep it real!
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