03 Cobra mods for $1600?
02-26-2007, 04:39 PM
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RE: 03 Cobra mods for $1600?
ORIGINAL: italia10588
mehhhhhhhh...
those are bullcrap mods for that price to me. No offense, its just like.. everyone gets a cobra and the first thing they post is "I'm gonna throw on pulies and a CAI and a throttlebody and a tuner and and and.."
And its lame. People buy into the misconception that your car suddenly gets a huge boost of power from these simple mods.
In essence (and alot of people will find this controversial if they havent already) the cobras TB and such are fine stock. The only reason people started making aftermarket TBs and such in the first place and marketing them so heavily was for the japanese tuner crowd who start off, with literally, sh-- stock parts.
Now Im not condeming those who have these mods, hell I have a CAI for my cobra, I'm just saying, IF these are the first mods your doing to your car, spend your money somewhere else. Take that 1600 and beef up your engine. These mods are minimal ones you should do AFTER your major ones are already taken care of.
Personally, if you dont have exhaust and headers, I'd get those.. OR buy some new meanass heads for your engine. Theres alot you can do for $1600 besides installing small hp gain bolt ons.
Its your car, and your preference, so who am I to tell you what to do? I'm merely throwing this out there for people to think about before they go bolt on crazy.
Also all those mods are wickid easy to do yourself if your mechanicially inclined. So if you are, save the money.
Again, please dont take offense, I'm not slamming you, or anyone. Merely provoking thought since I see threads like this alot.
mehhhhhhhh...
those are bullcrap mods for that price to me. No offense, its just like.. everyone gets a cobra and the first thing they post is "I'm gonna throw on pulies and a CAI and a throttlebody and a tuner and and and.."
And its lame. People buy into the misconception that your car suddenly gets a huge boost of power from these simple mods.
In essence (and alot of people will find this controversial if they havent already) the cobras TB and such are fine stock. The only reason people started making aftermarket TBs and such in the first place and marketing them so heavily was for the japanese tuner crowd who start off, with literally, sh-- stock parts.
Now Im not condeming those who have these mods, hell I have a CAI for my cobra, I'm just saying, IF these are the first mods your doing to your car, spend your money somewhere else. Take that 1600 and beef up your engine. These mods are minimal ones you should do AFTER your major ones are already taken care of.
Personally, if you dont have exhaust and headers, I'd get those.. OR buy some new meanass heads for your engine. Theres alot you can do for $1600 besides installing small hp gain bolt ons.
Its your car, and your preference, so who am I to tell you what to do? I'm merely throwing this out there for people to think about before they go bolt on crazy.
Also all those mods are wickid easy to do yourself if your mechanicially inclined. So if you are, save the money.
Again, please dont take offense, I'm not slamming you, or anyone. Merely provoking thought since I see threads like this alot.
As for LT's, they aren't exactly needed to make big hp with these motors. It helps, but they aren't worth the bang for your buck considering the other options out there... But from what I can gather you are completely confused about what year Cobra is at hand here.
Next time when you plan on putting so much thought into a post, you should make sure you fully understand what is being talked about. Don't be offended man, just ribbin' ya. [8D]
02-26-2007, 07:48 PM
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RE: 03 Cobra mods for $1600?
oops, thought it was NA. My bad. [:@]
all in good jest dan, thanks for pointing that out. For some reason it just didnt click when I read it.
I still think anyone with an NA should pay attention to that post though.
But yeah, changing airflow with any forced induction is always good.
all in good jest dan, thanks for pointing that out. For some reason it just didnt click when I read it.
I still think anyone with an NA should pay attention to that post though.
But yeah, changing airflow with any forced induction is always good.
02-26-2007, 11:11 PM
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RE: 03 Cobra mods for $1600?
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Yea i disagree withitalia 100%. Thats a good deal for those mods. And you will add about 80rwhp, it will be noticable difference believe me.
Yea i disagree withitalia 100%. Thats a good deal for those mods. And you will add about 80rwhp, it will be noticable difference believe me.
You will add 40-50rwhp with those mods.
02-27-2007, 01:03 PM
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RE: 03 Cobra mods for $1600?
ORIGINAL: JamesTronix
You will add 40-50rwhp with those mods.
ORIGINAL: spray175
Yea i disagree withitalia 100%. Thats a good deal for those mods. And you will add about 80rwhp, it will be noticable difference believe me.
Yea i disagree withitalia 100%. Thats a good deal for those mods. And you will add about 80rwhp, it will be noticable difference believe me.
You will add 40-50rwhp with those mods.
02-27-2007, 01:05 PM
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RE: 03 Cobra mods for $1600?
ORIGINAL: uofipilot
Just out of curiousity, why is dyno time so damn expensive? Just becausethey can charge you out the *** because its something you cant do yourself?
Matt
Just out of curiousity, why is dyno time so damn expensive? Just becausethey can charge you out the *** because its something you cant do yourself?
Matt
02-27-2007, 01:06 PM
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RE: 03 Cobra mods for $1600?
I think it's a little bit on the expensive side. You have about 1200 dollars in mods, including dyno time. But dyno time is the variable that could be the cause for it to be on the expensive side.