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12-20-2014, 04:01 PM #1
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03 cobra vs 87GN, Which car was more feared in it's era?
Muscle car discussion at work...........which car was more feared/dominant in it's era?
Your thoughts?
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12-20-2014, 05:40 PM #2
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GN will still lay the smack down...and that includes going up against modern boost cars so I'd say the GN should be feared more.
The cobra's can be nasty but those GN's were straight line rocket ships.2000 Black TA M6 - LT's, ORY, UMI Short Stick, TT2's, Drilled/Slotted Rotors, Braided Lines, and Tuned by Vengeance SCCA and Car Show Approved
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12-21-2014, 08:41 AM #3
I think the GN was bigger news in it's time because it was so far ahead of everything else that US makers were putting out. By the time the Cobra rolled around there were other contenders that were close enough that it wasn't as big. The other thing about the GN was that it was much more of an everyman's car. Lots of people who wouldn't buy a hopped up mustang could afford and justify the GN to themselves. After all it had an actual usable back seat.
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12-21-2014, 11:40 AM #4
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12-21-2014, 04:27 PM #5
GN without a doubt. And I have yet to see a movie made about the Cobra...
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12-22-2014, 07:14 AM #6
In my opinion, easily the 87GN - hands down. Back then, that was really the only car off the showroom in the 13's. They laid the smack down on a lot of cars from the muscle era too at the time. Remember?? All those guys with '68 Mustangs that "ran 10's", only to get their asses handed to them by a 14 second car.
The '03 Cobra wasn't as ominous to me mostly since there were a lot of cars that could hang with it, abundantly available.
Edit: Speaking to potential, the GN still handles the Cobra easily IMHO. Think full frame, solid rear axle, and other details that still make it tough to beat on the street.Last edited by FasstChevys; 12-22-2014 at 07:18 AM.
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12-22-2014, 07:19 AM #7
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Black / White- '00 T/A M6/'19 Hemi Truck
I really forgot how much I love these cars....
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12-22-2014, 07:22 AM #8
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GN for sure. There are guys.... even car guys who do not know what a terminator is. You can't fear it if you have never heard about it.
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12-22-2014, 07:25 AM #9
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12-22-2014, 07:27 AM #10
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Black / White- '00 T/A M6/'19 Hemi Truck
I just dont see a 390hp boosted Mustang as a big accomplishment...the SS and WS6 were 320-330 from the factory. Sure you could swap a pulley on a Cobra and bump it to mid 400's but still, thats not earth shattering performance like the GN was.
The GN was a V6 turbo monster of a vehicle that was way before its time IMO...automakers are just now catching up to what that car did with a boosted V6. Ford has the ecoboost, Buick just released a new version "or close to it" of the Grand National, Ford is talking about doing a boosted V6 for the mustang in the next couple of years...it set the bar for both V8's and V6's when it came to speed and performance. The terminator did not...not even remotely close.
GNX with a boosted V6 ran a 13.3-13.1 1/4.
Terminator with a boosted V8 ran a low 13 or high 12 in the 1/4.Last edited by theorangeguy; 12-22-2014 at 07:30 AM.
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12-22-2014, 08:37 AM #14
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And don't forget the cop car in one of the Transformers movies. But none of them are 03/04 termis... are they?
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12-22-2014, 08:58 AM #15
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Navy Blue Metallic- 98 T/A w/ mods, 00 FBVert
It was an 05, only 3 made.
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12-22-2014, 09:47 AM #16
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Black / White- '00 T/A M6/'19 Hemi Truck
That Need 4 Speed Mustang cracks me up...every time they mentioned some spec or part I would laugh because it was all bs...
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12-22-2014, 10:56 AM #17
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12-22-2014, 11:29 AM #18
I was recently at the mecum auction in KC. There were several GNs there, and they were going cheap. They weren't A-1 cars, but still, seems like they might be a decent buy right now.
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12-22-2014, 11:32 AM #19
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Navy Blue Metallic- 98 T/A w/ mods, 00 FBVert
Last one I saw for sale was asking around $15,000
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12-22-2014, 12:42 PM #20
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IIRC, back in the day the GNX was faster in the 1/4 mile than the L98 Vette...
That being said my vote goes for the Buick Grand National...
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