Debating if i should get another Ls1 car

[Lunatikgixxer]

Since i sold my Ws6 in feb. i havent really missed it much, but now im starting to miss it more and really a lot since today i seen a super clean pewter SS. Ive also been excited about it too because a few months ago i got a new job and make pretty much double of what i use to make at my old job. And i could really mod this one out Ive been debating either an SS or an 03-04 cobra. I really love the cobras, not out of my price range but out of the range of what id like to spend. Thats why i was thinking maybe an SS and PC it. Anybody with some S/Ced LS1s chime in? Another reason im thinking another LS1 is because i basically know the whole ins and outs of these cars, and the cobras, id have to learn everything over again.

[Zinergy]

Don't do it, ls1s are horrible engines

[TLS_Addict]

Since i sold my Ws6 in feb. i havent really missed it much, but now im starting to miss it more and really a lot since today i seen a super clean pewter SS. Ive also been excited about it too because a few months ago i got a new job and make pretty much double of what i use to make at my old job. And i could really mod this one out Ive been debating either an SS or an 03-04 cobra. I really love the cobras, not out of my price range but out of the range of what id like to spend. Thats why i was thinking maybe an SS and PC it. Anybody with some S/Ced LS1s chime in? Another reason im thinking another LS1 is because i basically know the whole ins and outs of these cars, and the cobras, id have to learn everything over again.

01-04 Z06 or GTFO. If you are going for an LS1 though get a C5 coupe or an FRC unless you cant find a Z06.

The price for a good example isnt that much and about on par with a Cobra....unless you get a beat to piss example.

[Lunatikgixxer]

01-04 Z06 or GTFO. If you are going for an LS1 though get a C5 coupe or an FRC unless you cant find a Z06.

The price for a good example isnt that much and about on par with a Cobra....unless you get a beat to piss example.

If i was going to spend 18k on a car it wouldnt be a c5 vette, id much rather have a cobra for that price. Honestly id love the c5 z06s but theyre too much money and i just dont see them comparing to a cobra mod vs mod
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[blackSS01]

Cobra > Z06 Mod vs Mod......for that matter, Cobra > almost anything Mod vs Mod.

C5 Z06's are WAY OVERPRICED for what they are now a days and that is yesterdays technology. Bad ass cars and I love them but compared to the C6 platform they are way off base. I'd go with a clean SS or WS6 and mod the shit out of it or spend the extra coin and get the Cobra and mod it a little and still run comparable times

[silverWS6]

Get a cobra and drop a LS3 with a maggie.....


In all seriousness though, it depends if you wanna get a WS6/SS and go through the process of doing H/C/I or get a 03/04 Cobra and do the easier exhaust/pulley/tune

[Zinergy]

Cobra > Z06 Mod vs Mod......for that matter, Cobra > almost anything Mod vs Mod.

C5 Z06's are WAY OVERPRICED for what they are now a days and that is yesterdays technology. Bad ass cars and I love them but compared to the C6 platform they are way off base. I'd go with a clean SS or WS6 and mod the shit out of it or spend the extra coin and get the Cobra and mod it a little and still run comparable times

Depends what kind of car you want. Sure termis can make power more easily because of FI but the z06 trumps the termi in pretty much everything else.

[blackSS01]

Depends what kind of car you want. Sure termis can make power more easily because of FI but the z06 trumps the termi in pretty much everything else.

Just going off the assumption that this is a straight line racer. How many actually autocross and if the OP did, the Z06 would have been right up in the car question.

[allbaugh_04]

Don't do it, ls1s are horrible engines

Not to mention unreliable.

[allbaugh_04]

Cobra > Z06 Mod vs Mod......for that matter, Cobra > almost anything Mod vs Mod.

C5 Z06's are WAY OVERPRICED for what they are now a days and that is yesterdays technology. Bad ass cars and I love them but compared to the C6 platform they are way off base. I'd go with a clean SS or WS6 and mod the shit out of it or spend the extra coin and get the Cobra and mod it a little and still run comparable times

I disagree, c5 z06s are an amazing machine. And not as refined as c6, which makes them more badass, jmo though.

Also more nimble than a Cobra. Mod for mod the Z06 is in another league, no matter which league you put it in.

[Lunatikgixxer]

I dont mind doing the H/C/I on ls1 cars. Honestly if i got a z06 i would do H/I and just supercharge it. Like blackSS said theyre way overpriced for yesterdays technology. Its more a DD car raced every so often. The thing that bugged the shit out of me about my WS6 was everything BUT the motor fell apart on it. There is some serious design failures like the whole entire door assembly that the window motor sits on. The head lights are junk along with the water leaking tail lights. The T tops are junk. The thing really just started falling apart. It will be my DD and i really dont want to go through what i did with my old WS6 with replacing shit every other weekend. I think im going to try out a cobra. Plus they hold their value very well like the c5 vettes. Id seriously take a c5 z06 over a cobra but i just dont see me spending 23k for a stock ls1 vette that is old news.

[SMWS6TA]

Depends what kind of car you want. Sure termis can make power more easily because of FI but the z06 trumps the termi in pretty much everything else.

+1


If I was only restricted to a Ford, then I would favor the Boss 302 vs Cobra. Get almost just as much and in some areas more.

[Zinergy]

I dont mind doing the H/C/I on ls1 cars. Honestly if i got a z06 i would do H/I and just supercharge it. Like blackSS said theyre way overpriced for yesterdays technology. Its more a DD car raced every so often. The thing that bugged the shit out of me about my WS6 was everything BUT the motor fell apart on it. There is some serious design failures like the whole entire door assembly that the window motor sits on. The head lights are junk along with the water leaking tail lights. The T tops are junk. The thing really just started falling apart. It will be my DD and i really dont want to go through what i did with my old WS6 with replacing shit every other weekend. I think im going to try out a cobra. Plus they hold their value very well like the c5 vettes. Id seriously take a c5 z06 over a cobra but i just dont see me spending 23k for a stock ls1 vette that is old news.

As a DD I wouldnt want any of the cars but that is just me. The quality of parts and fit and finish used in the 03 cobra really arent any better than a f-body or vette. All the black plastic looks like reused milk jugs and pretty much the whole interior of all three feels cheap when sitting in any 20k+ car from 2012.

[Lunatikgixxer]

As a DD I wouldnt want any of the cars but that is just me. The quality of parts and fit and finish used in the 03 cobra really arent any better than a f-body or vette. All the black plastic looks like reused milk jugs and pretty much the whole interior of all three feels cheap when sitting in any 20k+ car from 2012.

haha yeah i agree 100%

[allbaugh_04]

I don't know many cars that aren't using plastic interior.

[Zinergy]

I don't know many cars that aren't using plastic interior.

Thing is there are many many different kinds of plastics, different ways to assemble them and different processes to make the pieces. F-bodys and Vettes while I do love them look like they were put together by Helen Keller when compared to some cars with really nice interiors.

[Zinergy]

haha yeah i agree 100%

I can tell you though after two f-bodys and now a vette the vette is better put together and designed. The interior quality is still lacking though but they are fun to drive, no doubt.

[Lunatikgixxer]

I can tell you though after two f-bodys and now a vette the vette is better put together and designed. The interior quality is still lacking though but they are fun to drive, no doubt.

yeah i think its either going to be a cobra or a vette.. ill have to do some thinking for sure

[BadBlueBird*]

i have been debating this for awhile, and just today bought a 99 Camaro SS with 106k miles for $5300

[allbaugh_04]

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