‘Mustang Forums’ Member Shows Off Triple Black SVT Cobra

We just can’t get enough of all the clean SN95s our members post to the Mustang Forums.

We’ve been noticing a trend here at Mustang Forums. It seems that our members keep coming out of the woodwork with great-looking SN95s, and we can’t get enough of ’em. We’re like a kid who just discovered the soft-serve machine at the buffet. Keep ’em coming, people.

Today’s entry comes to us from Mustang Forums member Poco, who hails from Colorado. Poco’s got himself a gorgeous triple black 1997 Mustang SVT Cobra convertible.

With 305 horsepower on tap from the all-aluminum, four-valve 4.6 liter Modular V8, power isn’t a concern right away for new SN95 Cobra owners. A big concern, however, is ride height. Ford’s Special Team put some seriously beefy springs up front from the factory.

As a result, these cars handle surprisingly well in stock form, but they sit like 4x4s. Seriously. We’ve seen egg-shaped mommy-mobile crossovers with less ground clearance than a stock SN95 Cobra.

Snake Handler

Poco got the party started with a lowering kit from Eibach, which brought the car back down to Earth where it belongs. It’s a Mustang, not a Mercedes-Benz — there’s no need to stick its nose up in the air at passing traffic.

Poco didn’t stop the handling upgrades there, however — he also added beefier sway bars, and upgraded shocks and struts. Like we said, SN95 Cobras handle pretty well from the factory, but a lowering kit and a little more suspension work makes a big difference.

If we could make a few suggestions for Poco, it would be a panhard bar and subframe connectors. A panhard bar solves a major problem with solid axle cars — excess lateral movement. Similarly, the subframe connectors drastically reduce chassis flex — a real concern on all SN95s, but especially convertibles.

Coupled with his existing suspension upgrades, these two mods would transform his Cobra from a solid street machine into a road course terror. of course, street driving would be improved considerably as well.

Poco shared two sets of photos of his Cobra — one with staggered five spokes, the other with 10th Anniversary SVT wheels from the 2003 SVT Cobra. We aren’t sure which we like best — both look great on his gorgeous Cobra convertible. If you’ve got an opinion on the matter, you should go respond to his thread and let him know!

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Cameron Vanderhorst

Cam VanDerHorst has been a contributor to Internet Brands' Auto Group sites for over three years, with his byline appearing on Ford Truck Enthusiasts, Corvette Forum, JK Forum, and Harley-Davidson Forums, among others. In that time, he's also contributed to Autoweek, The Drive, and Scale Auto Magazine.
He bought his first car at age 14 -- a 1978 Ford Mustang II -- and since then he’s amassed an impressive and diverse collection of cars, trucks, and motorcycles, including a 1996 Ford Mustang SVT Mystic Cobra (#683) and a classic air-cooled Porsche 911.
In addition to writing about cars and wrenching on them in his spare time, he enjoys playing music (drums and ukulele), building model cars, and tending to his chickens.
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