'99 Cobra

blue00gt · 08-28-2002, 12:24 PM

A friend of mine just picked up a used '99 Cobra recently. He came over to my place last night and of course car talk led to runnin' 'em. He just has a homemade ram air and K&N. He had it dyno'd the other day and it put 283hp to the rollers. At the track he has been averaging about 13.7@102 on street tires with a best of 13.3@104.
We each had a passenger with us and we rolled out to the local highway here because there are a couple of stoplights that you can catch with with miles of straightaway and no crossroads. We were never able to catch the light just right, so we went from a roll a couple of times.
First time we went from about the middle of 2nd gear at 35mph or so. I got the jump on him slightly and heard him grind into 3rd, but it went into gear still. He dropped back by a car or so on the shift and I held him there until I shifted 4th. He started to creep on me at this point and finally passed me slowly at the top of 4th. I shifted into 5th but started to drop back fast so I shut it down right away because it doesn't pull much in 5th and I figured with his redline at 6500 he wouldn't have shift out of 4th.
The next run we went from about a 55mph roll. The jump was pretty even and I stayed right with him until the top of 3rd where he had his rear bumper at my nose. He started to pull a little more in 4th and had about 2-3 carlengths by 135mph. We shut it down and went to lay low after that.
I was pretty shocked that I hung that well with him racing from a roll. I think if I launch hard on him and get him out of the hole I could give him a good run for his money at the track.

StoplightWarrior · 08-28-2002, 12:39 PM

Good stuff. 99 Cobra's are not slow!

I dont think my GT could handle yours.

The Deuce · 08-28-2002, 01:08 PM

Nice runs. Dang you guys run fast up there, I don't know any roads down south I would even cosider running through 4th on.

08-28-2002, 12:24 PM	#1
blue00gt Mustang Addict Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: McKinney, TX Posts: 1,294	'99 Cobra A friend of mine just picked up a used '99 Cobra recently. He came over to my place last night and of course car talk led to runnin' 'em. He just has a homemade ram air and K&N. He had it dyno'd the other day and it put 283hp to the rollers. At the track he has been averaging about 13.7@102 on street tires with a best of 13.3@104. We each had a passenger with us and we rolled out to the local highway here because there are a couple of stoplights that you can catch with with miles of straightaway and no crossroads. We were never able to catch the light just right, so we went from a roll a couple of times. First time we went from about the middle of 2nd gear at 35mph or so. I got the jump on him slightly and heard him grind into 3rd, but it went into gear still. He dropped back by a car or so on the shift and I held him there until I shifted 4th. He started to creep on me at this point and finally passed me slowly at the top of 4th. I shifted into 5th but started to drop back fast so I shut it down right away because it doesn't pull much in 5th and I figured with his redline at 6500 he wouldn't have shift out of 4th. The next run we went from about a 55mph roll. The jump was pretty even and I stayed right with him until the top of 3rd where he had his rear bumper at my nose. He started to pull a little more in 4th and had about 2-3 carlengths by 135mph. We shut it down and went to lay low after that. I was pretty shocked that I hung that well with him racing from a roll. I think if I launch hard on him and get him out of the hole I could give him a good run for his money at the track. __________________ Strike down the unroadworthy! 2000 GT Atl. Blue: '03 Cobra motor - 465rwhp/473rwtq, T-56 6-speed, full MM TA/PH & tubular K-member suspension, Saleen body, 17" Torq-Thrust II's, M/T ET Street radials, and lots more '94 Rio Red Cobra: All the bolt-ons, 3.73s

08-28-2002, 12:39 PM	#2
StoplightWarrior Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Nor-Cal Posts: 1,311	Good stuff. 99 Cobra's are not slow! I dont think my GT could handle yours. __________________ Black 2000 GT Auto V2-SQ, Full Steeda G-trac Suspension, Baer Brakes, Saleen Body Kit, Corbeau CR1s, Chrome Cobra R's, etc, etc... 341rwhp, 338 torque 1994 Cobra #4343 Bolt on's only... Cofounder of Raccoon Racing

08-28-2002, 01:08 PM	#3
The Deuce Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,325	Nice runs. Dang you guys run fast up there, I don't know any roads down south I would even cosider running through 4th on. __________________ 1997 Mustang GT "The Freak" - 13.80 @ 101.70, 2.07 60' 1995 Honda VFR750 - not much @ really fast (actual data pending.) 1964.5 Mustang 289 Rice Haters Club Member #13

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