Why are people so scared of Cobra's? - Page 2

bigwhitecobra · 01-23-2001, 12:15 AM

Give me a chance to stop laughing from that Croc-hunter guy, and I might be able to form a complete thought!!!

I love to race. Plain and simple. Wether it's an import 4 banger or an all out strip car, a race is just a race. Most times I just pull out of my driveway( I live on a very long very straight road in the country)and practice, I guess that's the right word, my launches and shifts. I'm not one to jump on anything that comes around, but I won't back down either. Fighting over who's car is the best is just silly. Even if I lose, I want to have a beer and just talk to whoever I raced and shoot the crap. Beer optional. Either way, it's all about fun right?

SMOKE · 01-23-2001, 06:35 AM

Right. Some people take t personal though.

It's all about the attitude and money invested.

stanger8172 · 01-23-2001, 12:25 PM

I think it's the uncertainty too, as well as the respect for the blood, sweat and tears put into our bottomless pit. Imports are especially fun to beat and SPRAY!!(lol)

stanger8172 · 01-23-2001, 12:29 PM

can you believe a turbo'd Volvo tried to take me on? do I need to say who spanked who?!

bigwhitecobra · 01-28-2001, 12:57 AM

Better watch out for those Integra's!! They're pretty mean when they crank up!!
Those Volvo's aren't too nice either!!!

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1989 GT- Vortech blown 306, Anderson 3" power pipe, Vortech S-Trim 14# boost, MSD-6BTM, black wrinkle finish Cobra valve covers(woohoo), world class T-5, 3.55 gears, custom sub-frame connectors, Cobra grille insert and rear valance, Saleen "whale" wing, 4 wheel disc conversion, est 1/4mile time of 10.5+/-
1994 Cobra- MAC cold air fender kit, Motorsport underdrive pulley's, MAC 21/2" off-road H pipe, SVO mufflers, 3.73 gears, E-303 cam, 13.417@101.335mph

bigwhitecobra · 01-30-2001, 02:01 AM

HEH HEH HEH!! I learned a new trick. I'm kinda slow, by the way.

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1989 GT- Vortech blown 306, Anderson 3" power pipe, Vortech S-Trim 14# boost, MSD-6BTM, black wrinkle finish Cobra valve covers(woohoo), world class T-5, 3.55 gears, custom sub-frame connectors, Cobra grille insert and rear valance, Saleen "whale" wing, 4 wheel disc conversion, est 1/4mile time of 10.5+/-
1994 Cobra- MAC cold air fender kit, Motorsport underdrive pulley's, MAC 21/2" off-road H pipe, SVO mufflers, 3.73 gears, E-303 cam, 13.417@101.335mph

97snakedriver · 01-30-2001, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by stanger8172:
can you believe a turbo'd Volvo tried to take me on? do I need to say who spanked who?!

Careful I have a friend who swapped a 302 into a Volvo. Custom duel exhaulst setup to look like a single with duel pipe muffler, along with "turbo deisel" badges.

He has a few other goodies also. That car surprises a few people!

bigwhitecobra · 01-30-2001, 02:29 AM

My father in law is in the process of building a Mercury Zepher/FR500/427 Cobra/Sleeper. If that's possible to imagine. Needless to say, I will not be making fun of him when he's driving it. HEH HEH!! It should be fun to take to the track!!

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1989 GT- Vortech blown 306, Anderson 3" power pipe, Vortech S-Trim 14# boost, MSD-6BTM, black wrinkle finish Cobra valve covers(woohoo), world class T-5, 3.55 gears, custom sub-frame connectors, Cobra grille insert and rear valance, Saleen "whale" wing, 4 wheel disc conversion, 11.1@124
1994 Cobra- MAC cold air fender kit, Motorsport underdrive pulley's, MAC 21/2" off-road H pipe, SVO mufflers, 3.73 gears, E-303 cam, 13.417@101.335mph

Unit 5302 · 01-30-2001, 04:55 AM

My dad has a Zepher. 1979 with the 3.3L inline 6. It's cream yellow with piss yellow interior. I think he drives it because the car gets more looks (albeit strange ones) than a Ferrari.

He enjoys street racing with it. Those 18 wheeled gravel trucks are usually fair game, but if they are empty he has problems with them, seriously!

MY91GT · 01-30-2001, 01:01 PM

Im not really scared of cobras...i just cant seem to find any around my house that wanna race me. Ah, what can you do? I'll just whoop up on the SS pieces of crap.

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TW Heads, TW Steet Intake, 65mm TB, 75mm MM, Anderson N-2 cam, melling oil pump, underdrives, paxton regulator, bbk 155 intank, 30lbers, motorsport alum rad, accell 8.8 wire, msd ignition and coil, 3.73 gear, WC t-5z, cobra clutch, K&N, hooker shorties, pacesetter h-pipe, and dynomax cat back, mac upper and lower control arms, no front sway bar. I think that's it. GO ILLINI!!!
12.985 @ 107.43 w/ 1.929 60' time on street tires.

Tom351 · 01-30-2001, 01:08 PM

The people that are scared of Cobras and not scared of GT's are the same people that thought that a 5.0 GT was automatically faster than a LX 5.0 just because of the GT.
Sure cobras do have some factory mods, but those things are standard for any self respecting stanger in a non-cobra.

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67 Fastback - Arctic White Pearl paint
351W ,Trick Flow Aluminum Heads, Edelbrock TorkerII, Comp. Cam, Performance Automatic C-4 Trans, 3.55 gears, Front Disc Brakes, 1-1/8" Fr. 3/4" rear sway bars.

My 351W Fastback

waldoo28 · 01-30-2001, 08:17 PM

Is a stock Cobra much quicker than a stock GT in the 1/4? I was always told that they would run fairly close stock. However, after the same bolt ons or engine mods I heard the Cobra responds a lot better. How would my 96 GT stand up against its Cobra counterparts? What else should I do to make my GT give them hell?

By the way, anyone heard of putting the 99+ GT heads onto an pre-99 GT. How much gain could be expected from such a move.

fastang · 01-30-2001, 08:57 PM

Waldo, A 96 GT hits low 15's and the 96 Cobra hits a low 14. Its a full second faster...quite a lot. I could be wrong and will probably get flamed up the a$$ here but I think the 94-95' 5.0 Cobras were only about 3 tenths quicker than the 94-95 GT.

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95GT B303 cam, 1.7 rockers, 65mm TB, 73mm MAF, milled heads, 355's K&N, off road pipes, pulleys, msd coil, 9mm wires, Tremec 3550, Pro5.0 shifter,10.5 Motorsport clutch, weld in subframe connectors

bigwhitecobra · 01-31-2001, 12:14 AM

Waldo, the 99+ GT heads wiil fit,(Read newest MM&FF)and you can expect a 10-20 hp gain.
Fastang...meanie!! The 94-95 GT's are about .5sec slower than the same year Cobra. I think. Could be wrong, but I don't think so.

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1989 GT- Vortech blown 306, Anderson 3" power pipe, Vortech S-Trim 14# boost, MSD-6BTM, black wrinkle finish Cobra valve covers(woohoo), world class T-5, 3.55 gears, custom sub-frame connectors, Cobra grille insert and rear valance, Saleen "whale" wing, 4 wheel disc conversion, 11.1@124
1994 Cobra- MAC cold air fender kit, Motorsport underdrive pulley's, MAC 21/2" off-road H pipe, SVO mufflers, 3.73 gears, E-303 cam, 13.417@101.335mph

Fostang · 02-03-2001, 04:24 AM

Hey Tom 351 what is your time slips on your fastback I have one too mine is darkmoss green I have never ran it but I have quite a bit of mods to it...edelbrock carb,cam,intake,roller tip rockers, windage tray, power steering and fan removed, aluminum radiator and water pump, 9 inch pumpkin, c4 tranny modified and k&n filter soon to be added edelbrock heads, b&m stall converter and some better gears but I still dont know how high I can go with a C-4 tranny

Tom351 · 02-08-2001, 01:41 PM

13.4 @ 105mph
Should be faster w/traction and some tuning since that run.

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67 Fastback - Arctic White Pearl paint
351W ,Trick Flow Aluminum Heads, Edelbrock TorkerII, Comp. Cam, Performance Automatic C-4 Trans, 3.55 gears, Front Disc Brakes, 1-1/8" Fr. 3/4" rear sway bars.

My 351W Fastback

02-24-2001, 12:24 PM

I've noticed, the pasted couple of days, that the general public thinks that a cobra is automatically a cobra r. People have seen my car and say "You got a cobra r?! SWEET!". This has happen twice in the past 2 days! Umm.. this car is a convertible. Most people, is seems, don't know the difference between a cobra r and a hole in the ground! LOL

dinomite · 02-24-2001, 01:59 PM

I will race anyone who is up for it. I only rev at cars that look like they might race (camaros, corvettes, porsches etc). I really think that a race is a race, its all fun, of cours I also drive a stock 90 convert AOD so my car isn't that fast....but even though I know I will lose a lot of races, its fun.

02-28-2001, 01:30 AM

Hey unit,

You're right about giving those gravel trucks a run for their money...when i had my zephyr (3.3L) i showed them my taillights. I raced a guy at my work who had a 19.5 sec civic and i almost beat him with the "zeph". Cool car (yes, i'm weird) but not too fast. I was going to put a 351 in it, but then i realized that it was a zephyr....needed to buy a mustang.

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01-23-2001, 12:15 AM	#21
bigwhitecobra Huh? Whatcha said? Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 1,073	Give me a chance to stop laughing from that Croc-hunter guy, and I might be able to form a complete thought!!! I love to race. Plain and simple. Wether it's an import 4 banger or an all out strip car, a race is just a race. Most times I just pull out of my driveway( I live on a very long very straight road in the country)and practice, I guess that's the right word, my launches and shifts. I'm not one to jump on anything that comes around, but I won't back down either. Fighting over who's car is the best is just silly. Even if I lose, I want to have a beer and just talk to whoever I raced and shoot the crap. Beer optional. Either way, it's all about fun right?

01-23-2001, 06:35 AM	#22
SMOKE Old School ROUSH Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Stockbridge, GA Posts: 531	Right. Some people take t personal though. It's all about the attitude and money invested.

01-23-2001, 12:25 PM	#23
stanger8172 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Milwaukee,Wisconsin Posts: 380	I think it's the uncertainty too, as well as the respect for the blood, sweat and tears put into our bottomless pit. Imports are especially fun to beat and SPRAY!!(lol)

01-23-2001, 12:29 PM	#24
stanger8172 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Milwaukee,Wisconsin Posts: 380	can you believe a turbo'd Volvo tried to take me on? do I need to say who spanked who?!

01-28-2001, 12:57 AM	#25
bigwhitecobra Huh? Whatcha said? Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 1,073	Better watch out for those Integra's!! They're pretty mean when they crank up!! Those Volvo's aren't too nice either!!! ------------------ 1989 GT- Vortech blown 306, Anderson 3" power pipe, Vortech S-Trim 14# boost, MSD-6BTM, black wrinkle finish Cobra valve covers(woohoo), world class T-5, 3.55 gears, custom sub-frame connectors, Cobra grille insert and rear valance, Saleen "whale" wing, 4 wheel disc conversion, est 1/4mile time of 10.5+/- 1994 Cobra- MAC cold air fender kit, Motorsport underdrive pulley's, MAC 21/2" off-road H pipe, SVO mufflers, 3.73 gears, E-303 cam, 13.417@101.335mph

01-30-2001, 02:01 AM	#26
bigwhitecobra Huh? Whatcha said? Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 1,073	HEH HEH HEH!! I learned a new trick. I'm kinda slow, by the way. ------------------ 1989 GT- Vortech blown 306, Anderson 3" power pipe, Vortech S-Trim 14# boost, MSD-6BTM, black wrinkle finish Cobra valve covers(woohoo), world class T-5, 3.55 gears, custom sub-frame connectors, Cobra grille insert and rear valance, Saleen "whale" wing, 4 wheel disc conversion, est 1/4mile time of 10.5+/- 1994 Cobra- MAC cold air fender kit, Motorsport underdrive pulley's, MAC 21/2" off-road H pipe, SVO mufflers, 3.73 gears, E-303 cam, 13.417@101.335mph

01-30-2001, 02:29 AM	#28
bigwhitecobra Huh? Whatcha said? Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 1,073	My father in law is in the process of building a Mercury Zepher/FR500/427 Cobra/Sleeper. If that's possible to imagine. Needless to say, I will not be making fun of him when he's driving it. HEH HEH!! It should be fun to take to the track!! ------------------ 1989 GT- Vortech blown 306, Anderson 3" power pipe, Vortech S-Trim 14# boost, MSD-6BTM, black wrinkle finish Cobra valve covers(woohoo), world class T-5, 3.55 gears, custom sub-frame connectors, Cobra grille insert and rear valance, Saleen "whale" wing, 4 wheel disc conversion, 11.1@124 1994 Cobra- MAC cold air fender kit, Motorsport underdrive pulley's, MAC 21/2" off-road H pipe, SVO mufflers, 3.73 gears, E-303 cam, 13.417@101.335mph

01-30-2001, 04:55 AM	#29
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	My dad has a Zepher. 1979 with the 3.3L inline 6. It's cream yellow with piss yellow interior. I think he drives it because the car gets more looks (albeit strange ones) than a Ferrari. He enjoys street racing with it. Those 18 wheeled gravel trucks are usually fair game, but if they are empty he has problems with them, seriously!

01-30-2001, 01:01 PM	#30
MY91GT Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Posts: 370	Im not really scared of cobras...i just cant seem to find any around my house that wanna race me. Ah, what can you do? I'll just whoop up on the SS pieces of crap. ------------------ TW Heads, TW Steet Intake, 65mm TB, 75mm MM, Anderson N-2 cam, melling oil pump, underdrives, paxton regulator, bbk 155 intank, 30lbers, motorsport alum rad, accell 8.8 wire, msd ignition and coil, 3.73 gear, WC t-5z, cobra clutch, K&N, hooker shorties, pacesetter h-pipe, and dynomax cat back, mac upper and lower control arms, no front sway bar. I think that's it. GO ILLINI!!! 12.985 @ 107.43 w/ 1.929 60' time on street tires.

01-30-2001, 01:08 PM	#31
Tom351 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Atlanta,GA,USA Posts: 278	The people that are scared of Cobras and not scared of GT's are the same people that thought that a 5.0 GT was automatically faster than a LX 5.0 just because of the GT. Sure cobras do have some factory mods, but those things are standard for any self respecting stanger in a non-cobra. ------------------ 67 Fastback - Arctic White Pearl paint 351W ,Trick Flow Aluminum Heads, Edelbrock TorkerII, Comp. Cam, Performance Automatic C-4 Trans, 3.55 gears, Front Disc Brakes, 1-1/8" Fr. 3/4" rear sway bars. My 351W Fastback

01-30-2001, 08:17 PM	#32
waldoo28 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: virginia beach Posts: 43	Is a stock Cobra much quicker than a stock GT in the 1/4? I was always told that they would run fairly close stock. However, after the same bolt ons or engine mods I heard the Cobra responds a lot better. How would my 96 GT stand up against its Cobra counterparts? What else should I do to make my GT give them hell? By the way, anyone heard of putting the 99+ GT heads onto an pre-99 GT. How much gain could be expected from such a move.

01-30-2001, 08:57 PM	#33
fastang Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: santa ana ca Posts: 1,349	Waldo, A 96 GT hits low 15's and the 96 Cobra hits a low 14. Its a full second faster...quite a lot. I could be wrong and will probably get flamed up the a$$ here but I think the 94-95' 5.0 Cobras were only about 3 tenths quicker than the 94-95 GT. ------------------ 95GT B303 cam, 1.7 rockers, 65mm TB, 73mm MAF, milled heads, 355's K&N, off road pipes, pulleys, msd coil, 9mm wires, Tremec 3550, Pro5.0 shifter,10.5 Motorsport clutch, weld in subframe connectors

01-31-2001, 12:14 AM	#34
bigwhitecobra Huh? Whatcha said? Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 1,073	Waldo, the 99+ GT heads wiil fit,(Read newest MM&FF)and you can expect a 10-20 hp gain. Fastang...meanie!! The 94-95 GT's are about .5sec slower than the same year Cobra. I think. Could be wrong, but I don't think so. ------------------ 1989 GT- Vortech blown 306, Anderson 3" power pipe, Vortech S-Trim 14# boost, MSD-6BTM, black wrinkle finish Cobra valve covers(woohoo), world class T-5, 3.55 gears, custom sub-frame connectors, Cobra grille insert and rear valance, Saleen "whale" wing, 4 wheel disc conversion, 11.1@124 1994 Cobra- MAC cold air fender kit, Motorsport underdrive pulley's, MAC 21/2" off-road H pipe, SVO mufflers, 3.73 gears, E-303 cam, 13.417@101.335mph

02-03-2001, 04:24 AM	#35
Fostang Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Stockton, Ca Posts: 599	Hey Tom 351 what is your time slips on your fastback I have one too mine is darkmoss green I have never ran it but I have quite a bit of mods to it...edelbrock carb,cam,intake,roller tip rockers, windage tray, power steering and fan removed, aluminum radiator and water pump, 9 inch pumpkin, c4 tranny modified and k&n filter soon to be added edelbrock heads, b&m stall converter and some better gears but I still dont know how high I can go with a C-4 tranny

02-08-2001, 01:41 PM	#36
Tom351 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Atlanta,GA,USA Posts: 278	13.4 @ 105mph Should be faster w/traction and some tuning since that run. ------------------ 67 Fastback - Arctic White Pearl paint 351W ,Trick Flow Aluminum Heads, Edelbrock TorkerII, Comp. Cam, Performance Automatic C-4 Trans, 3.55 gears, Front Disc Brakes, 1-1/8" Fr. 3/4" rear sway bars. My 351W Fastback

02-24-2001, 12:24 PM	#37
rbatson Guest Posts: n/a	I've noticed, the pasted couple of days, that the general public thinks that a cobra is automatically a cobra r. People have seen my car and say "You got a cobra r?! SWEET!". This has happen twice in the past 2 days! Umm.. this car is a convertible. Most people, is seems, don't know the difference between a cobra r and a hole in the ground! LOL

02-24-2001, 01:59 PM	#38
dinomite The Dude Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,262	I will race anyone who is up for it. I only rev at cars that look like they might race (camaros, corvettes, porsches etc). I really think that a race is a race, its all fun, of cours I also drive a stock 90 convert AOD so my car isn't that fast....but even though I know I will lose a lot of races, its fun.

02-28-2001, 01:30 AM	#39
84stang83zephyr Guest Posts: n/a	Hey unit, You're right about giving those gravel trucks a run for their money...when i had my zephyr (3.3L) i showed them my taillights. I raced a guy at my work who had a 19.5 sec civic and i almost beat him with the "zeph". Cool car (yes, i'm weird) but not too fast. I was going to put a 351 in it, but then i realized that it was a zephyr....needed to buy a mustang.