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2002 Camaro Z28 vs 2008 Kenny Bell GT500 Cobra

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Old 05-08-2008, 01:11 AM
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Default 2002 Camaro Z28 vs 2008 Kenny Bell GT500 Cobra

Well I have a really bad video of me vs a 2008 Kenny Bell GT500 Cobra. The end result was I ran 11.74 @115mph with a 1.68 60ft. The Cobra ran a 12.38 @ 121mph with a 2.2 60ft. I know it's a bad video but I hope you enjoy none the less.


http://videos.streetfire.net/video/B...ell_160555.htm
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Good run... you ripped pretty good out the hole. That GT500 needs the driver mod fa sho!!
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Ya it felt pretty good but the converter isn't set right and I am running out of gear on the big end. It bounces off the rev limiter the last 80ft. of the track. So now I have to work on getting it right so the car can run what it should run. Somewhere in the low 11's. thanks
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That camera man was struggling. I found myself talking to them like "look up" "hold still" "what are you doing".
Good kill though. Congrats.
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Who the hell took that video MJF? I've seen the gt500's run from 12.4 to 12.9 at the track.
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A buddie of mine took the damn video. I really wish he would have gotten that one better. The pass right before this one he ran a 12.02 @ 122mph with a 2.0 60ft. My buddie said he talked to the guy after the pass right before this one and the guy told him he made a 11.60 pass. So I figured it would be a good run for me. I even let the car that was on side of me run by himself so I could get on side this guy. My friend said that the guy talked the car up alot so I really wanted to run him.
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Originally Posted by odarabla
A buddie of mine took the damn video. I really wish he would have gotten that one better. The pass right before this one he ran a 12.02 @ 122mph with a 2.0 60ft. My buddie said he talked to the guy after the pass right before this one and the guy told him he made a 11.60 pass. So I figured it would be a good run for me. I even let the car that was on side of me run by himself so I could get on side this guy. My friend said that the guy talked the car up alot so I really wanted to run him.

Yah I found out, when ever someone gives you a ET of what there car runs add .5 to it...
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Originally Posted by ta_06374
Yah I found out, when ever someone gives you a ET of what there car runs add .5 to it...
With a 122mph trapspeed, I wouldn't doubt for a second that car's potential to run 11.6s
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Do they come with the KB chargers? Or did he put that on there? Because the 500's ive seen were not traping that high, 115 maybe?
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Yeah, they don't come stock with KBs... with that low of a trapspeed I'm gonna guess it was just a basic small KB with a couple bolt-ons. Cuz 121-122mph is bolt-on/pullied '03-'04 Cobra territory.
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No the Kenny bell was a after market install..
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Originally Posted by Irunelevens
Yeah, they don't come stock with KBs... with that low of a trapspeed I'm gonna guess it was just a basic small KB with a couple bolt-ons. Cuz 121-122mph is bolt-on/pullied '03-'04 Cobra territory.
It was a 2008 Cobra GT500.. I have seen plenty of Cobras make really good power and run good mph but they don't trap what they should.
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I know what it was... and I know what they run stock. 122mph is very strong, but it's not as strong as it should be running I don't think. That blower is rated anywhere from 540rwhp to 800rwhp depending on boost level (540hp is @ 10psi).
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Originally Posted by Irunelevens
I know what it was... and I know what they run stock. 122mph is very strong, but it's not as strong as it should be running I don't think. That blower is rated anywhere from 540rwhp to 800rwhp depending on boost level (540hp is @ 10psi).
Sorry, I thought you miss understood me!! Well there is another guy that has a blue one that said he puts down 680rwhp with his and the best I've ever seen him run was 11.89 @ 128mph. I think that if they had a set of slicks on the car it might have been where it should be. But like I said for some reason they don't ET like they should.
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where was the guy from with the stang? name?
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121 is very low for a KB car...I'd think it'd be ~130mph with a good driver.
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Originally Posted by odarabla
It was a 2008 Cobra GT500.. I have seen plenty of Cobras make really good power and run good mph but they don't trap what they should.
You have that backwards. The trap speeds are there. It's usually
the ET that suffers due to weight.

You ran into a very slow KB GT500. Regardless, nice pass.
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Originally Posted by Irunelevens
That GT500 needs the driver mod fa sho!!
That camera man needs the driver mod fa sho!!
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Originally Posted by 94 guy
where was the guy from with the stang? name?
I have no clue I never talked to the guy. The info I have came from my friend who said he talked to him.
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Originally Posted by unit213
You have that backwards. The trap speeds are there. It's usually
the ET that suffers due to weight.

You ran into a very slow KB GT500. Regardless, nice pass.
Thats what I meant. They usally don't ET what there mph says they should.



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