Ford Probe Wants To Race Me Lol
 

K first off i kinda have vague details all i knwo its oenm of those newer probes wiht a million valves 4 cyl 5 spd.

I was told it woudl be near a 1/4 mile

I was also told dead stock

I imagine they are lgiht and have decent take off

SUpposedly he raced his bro's cobra and only lsot by half a car length
(that seems really strange doesnt it?)(Makes you wonder if it was more liek a 1/8 mile)

Now I could be wrong but as far as i knwo tose 4 cyl probes are not any match for even stock mustangs


I currently have

WIndsro senior heads
hraland sharpe rockers
3.73
few traction things
hurst shifter
full length bbk headers and exhaust
and alot of little things


Now am i worng but shoudlnt i jsut smoke him very very badly?

I jsut dont get how a cobra can even be near the prbe when they are done...


Oh also when shoudl i shift wiht the stock cam? 5200 maybe?

What kind of Stang do you have?

Not like it matters, as long as it's got an 8 in it, you should be able to waste this guy. The only thing with Probes is they have like 4.30 gears stock, so they can use what little they've got pretty well. I friend of mine had a 5-speed Probe GT with flowmaster and Filter, and I beat him with my stock, automatic 97 GT. They can't be more than a mid 15 car.

You could probably shift at 3000 and whoop him. Probes run high, high 16s stock.

not trying to say that he could beat you, but i took my brother's Probe GT to the prom way back when (94). went down the thruway and had it topped out at 145. took a while to get there, but it got there.

1988 GT weighs 3080 ibs.


I was wondering if that what the deal was and with how light his car is i imagine where we are racing has to be rweally short so he didint get sluaghtered by his bros cobra


I top out at around 145 anyway so his top speed aint gonna mater much .... not to mention we wont be anywhere near that at the end of a 1/4 mile

Watch Out! He might have a turbocharger in there, somewhere.

if he has the older turbo model he could give you challenge in 1st gear and maybe part of 2nd:) i raced a modded turbo probe a few months ago, if i had to guess i would say it was a low 14 sec. car. i pulled roughly a car each gear! but that was the fastest i've seen! most are much slower! I'm sure there is some faster too though! if it's NA your probably wasting your gas:) unless he has noosss :) ha ha.
leon

With your mods, I wouldn't worry about it. My Probe is quick but it isn't a Mustang Killer that's for sure. I have surprised a few stockers with those 4.39 gears and the fact that it revs to 7000 rpms BUT anything with mods would hand it its azz anywhere other than the highway.

I don't know what year that Cobra was he raced or how terrible your friend's bros driving is ;) but I know my Snake would be an easy 8 cars ahead of my Probe at the end of the 1/4. :D