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Old Sep 7, 2006 | 10:37 PM
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can u drive or i guse i should say race a gt like u do a cobra cus i just curently bought a 98 cobra and i was beside a 03 gt on the highway going like 60 and we both got on it he stayed in over drive and i shifted down to 4 then he slowly started pulling away from me. And im wondering if you have to be more agressive with cobras than with gt and drop to like 2nd the cobra i got has 400hp and the guy i bought it from was mechanic and worked on it and said u can drive a gt like u drive that cobra cus if u do than ur not going to get anywhere when racing unless u have the rpm jcked up high is this correct ?
Old Sep 7, 2006 | 10:55 PM
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Can you drive a GT like a Cobra... No... Gts start to redline at 6k RPMs... Cobras redline at 7k RPMs... You can run a Cobra to a higher RPM than a 2V GT...

The real question is did that GT have more mods then you? Just because you have a Cobra doesn't mean you can beat all 2Vs... A 2V can be moded to beat a stock Cobra.. A Cobra can also be moded to beat a 2V...

Depends on a car to car basis..
Old Sep 7, 2006 | 11:00 PM
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ok Thanks for the info.
Old Sep 8, 2006 | 12:29 AM
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He's right. I had an 02 GT with intake, catback, superchips tuner, and plenum and would beat stock 96-98 cobras pretty often.
Old Sep 8, 2006 | 08:02 PM
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can u drive or i guse i should say race a gt like u do a cobra cus i just curently bought a 98 cobra and i was beside a 03 gt on the highway going like 60 and we both got on it he stayed in over drive and i shifted down to 4 then he slowly started pulling away from me. And im wondering if you have to be more agressive with cobras than with gt and drop to like 2nd the cobra i got has 400hp and the guy i bought it from was mechanic and worked on it and said u can drive a gt like u drive that cobra cus if u do than ur not going to get anywhere when racing unless u have the rpm jcked up high is this correct ?
N/A Cobras don't start doing anything until about 3500-4000 rpms,stock their peak hp is at 6k with peak torque at just under 5k.Rev them to the moon,they love it!!!!
Old Sep 11, 2006 | 01:32 AM
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just like everybody else has been saying, the cobras have to higher rev limiter for a reason use it. they don't make much power untill the higher rpm's.
Old Sep 11, 2006 | 02:27 PM
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+1 i just bought my cobra about 2 weeks ago and i pull on anything on the highway cuz of its high rev. Like he said, let it roar
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