Whats the Difference between Cobras

[jknelms]

If your stock and it blows your doors off

you know, there what like a motivational poster or something that talked about the differences of cobras to f-body owners. for 99-01 the picture showed the front of a cobra, and for the 03-04 it showed the tail end of a cobra.

[blackmetal]

If your stock and it blows your doors off

Actually I have a friend who claims to have raced a Supercharged Cobra in his 00 T/A, he said he got him off the line and was actually ahead of him until the Supercharger kicked in and left him, now he says he's getting a supercharger.

[Cayenne97]

Actually I have a friend who claims to have raced a Supercharged Cobra in his 00 T/A, he said he got him off the line and was actually ahead of him until the Supercharger kicked in and left him, now he says he's getting a supercharger.

Or your buddy can take the easy route, and build a forged/"topped off" nitrous motor like I did to get the job done.

[DIRTY JERZY]

Superchargers dont take long to kick in its more like instant torque

[LS4U2NV]

i race cobras all the time. i figure if they have an adder like superchargers than i add to. NITROUS lol lol they dont beat me

[blk_jaws]

fbodies will always be better a more powerful than mustangs. Stock for stock fbodies are faster than mustangs, so they throw a supercharger on em and make them faster. Well if you throw a supercharger on a fbody it makes it faster. If you do the same thing to your car that they do to a mustang you will usually be quicker

[blk_jaws]

I thought this thread was about the difference in cobra's to start with not which car is better

[shady milkman]

fbodies will always be better a more powerful than mustangs. Stock for stock fbodies are faster than mustangs, so they throw a supercharger on em and make them faster. Well if you throw a supercharger on a fbody it makes it faster. If you do the same thing to your car that they do to a mustang you will usually be quicker

could be one of the stupidest posts i have ever herd..stick to streetfire ok

[Cayenne97]

could be one of the stupidest posts i have ever herd..stick to streetfire ok

Ehh, actually the guy has a point. Ever heard of cubic inches?

Yeah those 'things' make a difference.

[RedVertTA]

It's actually quite easy to distinguish the two. Basically everything on the '03/04 is different. Hood, front fascia, taillights, rear bumper, wing just to name a few. It's really more difficult to distinguish a '99/01 Cobra from a base V6 Mustang with the spoiler and chrome wheel option. Ford gave the Cobra very bland styling until the '03 came along.

As for comparing LS1 vs. blown four-valve powerplants I don't think you can honestly do that. I just don't see comparing a forced induction V8 to a naturally aspirated V8 logical. A clear advantage for the Cobra yes, but not a sensible comparison. Besides, the F-bodies were out of production by 2003 anyways so they were never technically in competition with one another.

Yeah but the GTO was out in 04 and it had an ls1 so maybe comparing an ls1 to modular ford is a decent comparison.

[RedVertTA]

Ehh, actually the guy has a point. Ever heard of cubic inches?

Yeah those 'things' make a difference.

You guys are right about cubic inches, but remember the Cobra has the advantage of 4v, so a direct cubic inch to cubic inch comparison will not be valid.

[Cayenne97]

You guys are right about cubic inches, but remember the Cobra has the advantage of 4v, so a direct cubic inch to cubic inch comparison will not be valid.

Yes the four-valve layout is significant, but to a certain extent. It evens the playing field somewhat but displacement will eventually be the deciding factor. Remember you can only bore/stroke a 281 so much, where as an LS-series engine can reach outrageous displacement. Torque on the LS will be leagues higher than a Cobra at similar power levels. The advantage will go to the larger displacement engine.

[blk_jaws]

could be one of the stupidest posts i have ever herd..stick to streetfire ok

whats stupid about it, I think it makes a lot of sense

[maroca]

the differences in the n/a cobras and the supercharged ones is... amber in the tails, the back bumper is more boxy and less like a gt bumper that says cobra,front bumper is is longer fog light location is different, the headlights are more smokey colored, and it makes a weird whistling noise lol

[shady milkman]

whats stupid about it, I think it makes a lot of sense

they didn't just throw a s/c on it. 4v forged internals ..plus a supercharger..not to mention even the stock GTs with the 2v are running low compression..those engines are/made to run boost..period. so the cobra isnt some GT with a s/c ....its a 4v with forged internals with a supercharger that really should have been standard even on the GTs....its almost like comparing the c6 and the c6 z06...completely different engine ..give props where props are due...i dont see to many ls1s able to handle 700+ on the bottom ends

[blk_jaws]

they didn't just throw a s/c on it. 4v forged internals ..plus a supercharger..not to mention even the stock GTs with the 2v are running low compression..those engines are/made to run boost..period. so the cobra isnt some GT with a s/c ....its a 4v with forged internals with a supercharger that really should have been standard even on the GTs....its almost like comparing the c6 and the c6 z06...completely different engine ..give props where props are due...i dont see to many ls1s able to handle 700+ on the bottom ends

yea i guess your right, but it sounds to me like you should be driving a mustang instead of a TA

[shady milkman]

yea i guess your right, but it sounds to me like you should be driving a mustang instead of a TA

nah i am a gm guy..but i wouldnt mind having a term, and or a ford GT in the garage i give props where props are due..all three of the big three have put out at some time a very good/powerful car

[blk_jaws]

Yea your right, if I had to pick a mustang I think I would go with the Mach 1

[Y2KArcticSS]

nah i am a gm guy..but i wouldnt mind having a term, and or a ford GT in the garage i give props where props are due..all three of the big three have put out at some time a very good/powerful car

Soooo Shady.... how many threads like this have there been since you've been a member? I personally have seen way too many. Very surprised our Cobra members haven't come in here to "throw them bows" yet..... we're waaaaaiting.

[shady milkman]

Soooo Shady.... how many threads like this have there been since you've been a member? I personally have seen way too many. Very surprised our Cobra members haven't come in here to "throw them bows" yet..... we're waaaaaiting.

well over 10.