Originally Posted by ThackerSS
LOL... by a couple hundred
The cobra is still the best bang for the buck... new or used
How many cars can you name that will run 10's with less than 25K invested... Obviously I am not talking about taking a shell and throwing a motor in it
Best bang for your buck for what? Because its definitely not drag racing... and last time I checked throwing a cobra around a road course was like watching a brick slide across ice.LOL... by a couple hundred
The cobra is still the best bang for the buck... new or used
How many cars can you name that will run 10's with less than 25K invested... Obviously I am not talking about taking a shell and throwing a motor in it
Ford did two things right with those cars. Forged botton end, and a super charger.
Now, here are the things that are wrong.
Weak input shaft on the tremec t56
Infamous head problems. tick tick tick.
Weak ass glass like IRS.
WEIGHT.
Lack of cubic inches.
Interior. They share the exact same design, seating position, cheap ass materials as a v6 Mustang.
V6 Mustang.
Cobra
If you are judging how good a car is and "bang for the buck" simply by its straight line performance than a Cobra gets beat in that regard also.
How many cars will run 10's with less than 25k invested? TONS.
My camaro will run that with 8k invested over the purchase price.
Any of the LS motors are 10 second capable with bolt ons and a 150 shot and tires. That is about $3000 if they pay for all the labor and the tune.
The ONLY thing a cobra has going for it is the fact that you can throw a pulley on it, and make about 90 more RWHP than stock.Even then you are only looking at 117-120 traps at the track at mid 11's best to low 12's. Not really impressive IMO for 450ish RWHP. Other then that you are looking at an expensive blower port job, aftermarket blower etc. Once you get into that the Cobra's playing field evens out with any other car that was around its price range.
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