Quote Originally Posted by E36slide View Post
This is an opinionated conversation. The factors are to close to call.

Stock evo 8 in 2003 ran a 12.1

Stock cobra ran a 11.9

Meaning this would be a drivers race from the start.

Now which platform is easier to achieve power cheaper and without cracking open the block?

I don't know much about cobras but I don't think you're putting over 600whp on stock internals and same with the evo.

So a 600whp cobra vs a 600whp evo?

Stock suspension vs stock suspension which one would be able to make the best run? I'm still sticking with the evo. If it was able to run a 12.1 with 100 less hp then imagine it with a good suspension setup and 3k-4k dumped into it. Easy low 11's high 10's car.

Again we're all speculating as none of us own a evo or cobra with just 5k in mods and we're no longer in 2003.

I was only arguing that the evo was a better but for 2003. It was 6-8k cheaper and ran close 1/4th times. If I had 40k I'm buying the evo and dumping the rest into the suspension and motor. Hell you would need more then 40k for the cobra just to drop 5k. Evo was around 29-32k, so if its 32k you have 8k left over the. If you handed me 5k and said "go have fun" I now have 13k for modifications. The cobra was around 36k meaning 4k left over plus 5k= 9k overall (hypothetically speaking) for modifications.

Which one was more bang for your buck? Not which one was a better plat form later on to run easy 9's.


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You can do about 700rwhp on stock Cobra internals.

Now, if it was 2003, and I could buy either, and just drive it stock, then I would easily go with the Evo 8, just for the fun factor.