Cobra or GT?
11-28-2006, 11:08 PM
#22
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RE: Cobra or GT?
Don't get me wrong, I love my GT to death, but if I had the opportunity to pick up an 03/04 Cobra I'd do it in a heartbeat. They are incredible and have room to improve and be competitive with next-generation sports cars.
11-28-2006, 11:22 PM
#23
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RE: Cobra or GT?
yes, cobras are just amazing, just looking around at svt performance website makes me want a cobra so bad, i mean just getting the blower ported to a stage 4 adds 70hp and it only costs 500ish to get it machined and a few pullies and you have like 500 rwhp. Its rediculously awesome. eventually i will have one some day, id jump on it if you have the money, just dont get a white one[:'(]
11-28-2006, 11:54 PM
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RE: Cobra or GT?
ORIGINAL: 1BadSonicBlue02GT
what do u mean its cheaper in the long run to mod the gt i dont understand. think about how much money it'll take to get a 550 hp gt that is reliable/streetable then think about a cobra.
what do u mean its cheaper in the long run to mod the gt i dont understand. think about how much money it'll take to get a 550 hp gt that is reliable/streetable then think about a cobra.
for 6k you can a forged and p/p GT supercharged and in some places turbod puting 600+ to the wheels... cant compete with that for the money... and those internals are good for 1000 and raise your rpm limit to 7k... throw in 2 or 3k for tranny.. and then 1k in suspension /brakes you got 1 bad mamajama...
so case in point
04 Gt coupe (30k miles) - i know not the best deal but a good one - 14k
03 cobra coupe (40k miles)- what you all pay for them - (22k+) stock cobra add 2-3k in mods 500-600 rwhp w/ nos (which I dont want)
so ten grand in the GT... price 24K... hp 500-800 and good to go
11-28-2006, 11:58 PM
#26
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RE: Cobra or GT?
ORIGINAL: bransdaman78
the point is for the money you spend on the cobra - (esp if you buy a GT coupe vx cobra coupe) - you can mod your GT to better and faster than the cobra.
for 6k you can a forged and p/p GT supercharged and in some places turbod puting 600+ to the wheels... cant compete with that for the money... and those internals are good for 1000 and raise your rpm limit to 7k... throw in 2 or 3k for tranny.. and then 1k in suspension /brakes you got 1 bad mamajama...
so case in point
04 Gt coupe (30k miles) - i know not the best deal but a good one - 14k
03 cobra coupe (40k miles)- what you all pay for them - (22k+) stock cobra add 2-3k in mods 500-600 rwhp w/ nos (which I dont want)
so ten grand in the GT... price 24K... hp 500-800 and good to go
ORIGINAL: 1BadSonicBlue02GT
what do u mean its cheaper in the long run to mod the gt i dont understand. think about how much money it'll take to get a 550 hp gt that is reliable/streetable then think about a cobra.
what do u mean its cheaper in the long run to mod the gt i dont understand. think about how much money it'll take to get a 550 hp gt that is reliable/streetable then think about a cobra.
for 6k you can a forged and p/p GT supercharged and in some places turbod puting 600+ to the wheels... cant compete with that for the money... and those internals are good for 1000 and raise your rpm limit to 7k... throw in 2 or 3k for tranny.. and then 1k in suspension /brakes you got 1 bad mamajama...
so case in point
04 Gt coupe (30k miles) - i know not the best deal but a good one - 14k
03 cobra coupe (40k miles)- what you all pay for them - (22k+) stock cobra add 2-3k in mods 500-600 rwhp w/ nos (which I dont want)
so ten grand in the GT... price 24K... hp 500-800 and good to go
Sounds like what I keep telling people..... *Rolls Eyes* lol
11-29-2006, 12:34 AM
#27
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RE: Cobra or GT?
If its supposedly cheaper... then why dont more people do it? I see many guys instead of trying to mod up the GT to get it 500+, sell and get the Cobra. I know a few do it for the cool factor. I done it for that and it just seemed easier to do. Not including nitrous in this, it just seems to me your gonna max out your GT quicker than the Cobra. With the cobra, you can do a pulley, intake, midpipe, catback, tune, port the eaton along with a couple of cooling mods and a couple of suspension parts... and you get get over 500 easily on a good safe tune.
11-29-2006, 12:44 AM
#28
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RE: Cobra or GT?
Well Its more of a personal prefrance to me. I can go on and on for hours of why I (me, myself) prefered to go with "SOUPING UP" my GT rather then buying a Cobra. One of them was for the suprise factor or what one may call the "sleeper" look. And with the right combos a 2v GT can get up to 800rwhp. Modular Power House I think managed to get one close or if not slightly into the 900rwhp range while maintaining just a 2v motor..... Ok yes a 4v Cobra motor and go WAY WAY WAY more then a 2v motor but I asked myself.......
500rwhp with the right set of supension, tires, and pratice combos, I can easily see low 12s if not 11s. The moment I hit Mid 11s even if its by accident..... There is one thing I will NOT put on my fun car, A ROLL CAGE!!!!! And a new race seat with 5 point harness..... blah blah blah..... I tend to wanna do things right..... So what if you got 1000 or so rwhp...... What am "I" gonna do with all the power? Unless she is STRICKLY my Track Warrior and nothing else, then fine. But I take my car on the streets about 3 times a week. I need to maintain the a quality almost looking straight out the factory ride, with a little more beefiness then your regular GT so to speak.
My Goal is by the end of 2007 to complete Project Bumboclaat with a set of Stage III heads and VT blower cams to complement the supercharger and add another 100 shot of Giggle Juice to bring me around the high 600s range. This is the LIMIT as far as the experts are telling me, to my stock tranny before I gotta go with something else.
500rwhp with the right set of supension, tires, and pratice combos, I can easily see low 12s if not 11s. The moment I hit Mid 11s even if its by accident..... There is one thing I will NOT put on my fun car, A ROLL CAGE!!!!! And a new race seat with 5 point harness..... blah blah blah..... I tend to wanna do things right..... So what if you got 1000 or so rwhp...... What am "I" gonna do with all the power? Unless she is STRICKLY my Track Warrior and nothing else, then fine. But I take my car on the streets about 3 times a week. I need to maintain the a quality almost looking straight out the factory ride, with a little more beefiness then your regular GT so to speak.
My Goal is by the end of 2007 to complete Project Bumboclaat with a set of Stage III heads and VT blower cams to complement the supercharger and add another 100 shot of Giggle Juice to bring me around the high 600s range. This is the LIMIT as far as the experts are telling me, to my stock tranny before I gotta go with something else.
11-29-2006, 01:19 AM
#29
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RE: Cobra or GT?
Yea... I guess it depends on what you want. Personally for me, I would like to get around 550-575 and leave it there. Should be good for track use and street use. Any more than that, then its just too much and not needed. If your just going for strictly the track... the sky is the limit on what your looking for.
