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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 08:40 PM
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Yea, its a Cobra vid but a really good one. I know a lot of guys on here love Cobras too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z13jfEnRwb8
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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i like how they say the performance level was on a corvette level, WAY past camaro! All marketing.
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Originally Posted by 1cleanbird
i like how they say the performance level was on a corvette level, WAY past camaro! All marketing.
Yea, I know what you mean. I just thought it was a good video. I am trying to find one where they test an SS.
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it's def. a good vid fo sho.
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Ugh... Its just kind of annoying. They admit they couldnt do it N/A... They needed a blower for such "staggering" performance. Ok...so lets get some production vettes or new camaros with a blower and see were the factory FI field stands.

Not dissing stangs of course. I just think its silly to say they are WAY past camaros and rival the vette when its getting help from positive pressure.

However the vid is entertaining. I always liked car and drivers videos and reviews, even if they did blow smoke through most of it. haha.

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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 08:21 AM
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So they did try to do N/A hahahaha wow. still a good vid
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 09:32 AM
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Im sure its much more difficult to produce a different displacement rather than bolt on a little blower on a little engine. It works pretty good though.
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I really want to see the Camaro SS car and driver.....
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I haven't watched that video in a while, and I have it bookmarked on my computer . But it is a good video. I like the brief (but direct) explanation of the "Terminator" name that they show in the video.
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Originally Posted by ghettocruiser
Ugh... Its just kind of annoying. They admit they couldnt do it N/A... They needed a blower for such "staggering" performance. Ok...so lets get some production vettes or new camaros with a blower and see were the factory FI field stands.

Not dissing stangs of course. I just think its silly to say they are WAY past camaros and rival the vette when its getting help from positive pressure.

However the vid is entertaining. I always liked car and drivers videos and reviews, even if they did blow smoke through most of it. haha.

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They couldn't? Seems to me the 32 valve 4.6 Mach 1 runs neck and neck with LS1s stock for stock.

And the 03-04 Cobras sure do run mid 12s with a good driver completely stock...
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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They couldn't? Seems to me the 32 valve 4.6 Mach 1 runs neck and neck with LS1s stock for stock.

And the 03-04 Cobras sure do run mid 12s with a good driver completely stock...
I read they had the car to a 13 flat but decided to go with the s/c anyway. They were making it good enough to outrun Cobra R's in the 1/4. It was a cool article, I never saw it before.
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 12:47 PM
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12.0 second quarter mile? That sounds a bit low for a bone stock Cobra.
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 04:05 PM
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holy smokes im trading my T/A in now to get it!!!
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 06:56 PM
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lol did ford just completely forget that gm was making z06's as well in 03?

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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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whats this i read about a 12 second 1/4 mile @ 111mph? as in 12.0 seconds? ive NEVER seen anyone run a 12.0 with that stock, let alone a 12.8.. cobras are sick but thats gotta be BS? someone help me out here, did i read that correctly?
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 1bdbrd
They couldn't? Seems to me the 32 valve 4.6 Mach 1 runs neck and neck with LS1s stock for stock.

And the 03-04 Cobras sure do run mid 12s with a good driver completely stock...
Mach 1's dyno significantly less than stock LS1's. They run decent times through the quarter due to better gearing and a decent suspension. Up top though stock for stock LS1's are stronger there is no disputing that, hence the 20-30 rwhp dyno differences. As for best stock 03-04 cobra times, Evan smith from MM&FF ran a 12.43 at around 112 in one. He also ran 12.89 at 109 in a stock Z28 as well. Best I have seen him run in a Mach is 13.2 or 13.1 i believe at only 104 or so id have to recheck the issue. Either way My cousin's whippled cobra he recently sold was the baddest car I have ever been in. Until my nitrous kit arrives anyway.

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The Lightning and the Cobra have the same spec supercharger? I didn't know that. I didn't know they tried NA first either...I think its funny they couldn't get the numbers NA.
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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Pipelayaz
The Lightning and the Cobra have the same spec supercharger? I didn't know that. I didn't know they tried NA first either...I think its funny they couldn't get the numbers NA.
They had the car running 13.0s N/A...
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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 02:09 AM
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390 hp is ******* weak for having a blower, and for $35,000 LOL i could go on for pages about that, and infact i did i wrote a 10 page essay over the cobra VS LS1 for one of my college classes a couple years ago
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