If you want to know the difference between the GT and Cobra you have to drive them both first before giving an honest and realistic opinion. I drove the GT and it feels great and even a little more torquey until the Cobra's secondary throttles open up(around 3400RPM) and then you see what 32 valves do compared to 16. It is almost like the GT runs out of breath at around 6000rpm, where the Cobra just keeps pulling right on through the rev band to 7000+.
The GT's are great cars and the Bullet is very cool too. The point is, get in both of these cars rev them to redline and you will see the difference 32 valves make immediately. Yeah, people will say the GT is right with a 96-98 Cobra stock for stock but that is for two reasons. One, the people with Cobras don't know to rev to redline and the GT has a decent torque curve to take advantage of the Cobra's ridiculously wrong rear gear ratio choice from the factory. Now since we all know we don't keep our cars stock, drop in the best gears for each car and now compare. There is no comparison. Once the Cobra has gears, it simply pulls away from the GT even if the GT has gears too. You can't deny that. As you add more or equal modifications to the 4 valve and the GT the margin widens even more.
I won't even get into the exclusivity part since that is purely subjective but if you care about that sort of thing it's there too.
What I want to see is the Mach I make it to production. A car with serious exclusivity, a cheaper price than a Cobra, solid axle and it is rumored to have a 4 valve engine. This car will kick a$$.
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formerly 96cobra89lx306
(96Cobra/softtop-3.73,almdrvsht,fancontrl,steeda sbfrmes+shifter,eibachspgs,KYB's,FR-upper arms,Saleen copy-polished 18's,pulleys,Bassani X pipe(off-road),C&L 80mm,Amsoil etc..
93 Ford Probe Gt(slower but turns)
[This message has been edited by 96SNAKE (edited 07-31-2001).]
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