Me vs Mach 1 with video

**mike302** · 06-30-2008, 02:10 PM

it was against those LS1s

**big hammer** · 06-30-2008, 02:14 PM

my buddy has a 96 cobra. he can barely beat my truck in the quarter nevermind my car.

**Too Fast** · 06-30-2008, 02:17 PM

Nice kill. However, I CSS in that video either, but nice soundtrack.

**BULLET_WS6** · 06-30-2008, 02:21 PM

i love termis... but it takes them a lotttttttt more power to get decent times at the strip... that irs sucksss from a dig... my friends 510rwhp cobra runs a 7.7 in the 1/8th

**mike302** · 06-30-2008, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by big hammer

my buddy has a 96 cobra. he can barely beat my truck in the quarter nevermind my car.

a lot of 96s came out with problems out the factory, but mine was problem free/healthy it ran hard ass hell stock

Originally Posted by BULLET_WS6

i love termis... but it takes them a lotttttttt more power to get decent times at the strip... that irs sucksss from a dig... my friends 510rwhp cobra runs a 7.7 in the 1/8th

what was his 1/4 my best 1/8 so far was 7.6 and I'm no where near 510RWHP

**big hammer** · 06-30-2008, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by mike302

a lot of 96s came out with problems out the factory, but mine was problem free/healthy it ran hard ass hell stock

what was his 1/4 my best 1/8 so far was 7.6 and I'm no where near 510RWHP

his runs just fine, it's just not fast. (by comparison)

**BULLET_WS6** · 06-30-2008, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by mike302

a lot of 96s came out with problems out the factory, but mine was problem free/healthy it ran hard ass hell stock

what was his 1/4 my best 1/8 so far was 7.6 and I'm no where near 510RWHP

he only ran the 1/8th... either way the irs sucks.. .and you have to admit that...

**mike302** · 06-30-2008, 05:56 PM

not really I seen some cobras on stock IRS running 10s, I have a built IRS assembly with level 5s and no problems

**BULLET_WS6** · 06-30-2008, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by mike302

not really I seen some cobras on stock IRS running 10s, I have a built IRS assembly with level 5s and no problems

yeah they can... but they are a lot more of a bitch to launch good on...

**mike302** · 06-30-2008, 06:13 PM

that I don't know, I just dump it on 3.5-4K off the line and it goes sometimes it bogs out, I hate that!

I have some old vids of me at the track

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 06-30-2008, 06:25 PM

wait let me put my pc in night vision mode

**Johns00Z28** · 06-30-2008, 07:22 PM

Yeah that was tough to tell which car was which, guess the camera guy should have had the night vision on...lol

**BLKCLOUD** · 07-01-2008, 04:16 AM

It is no harder to launch an IRS car than it is to launch a live axle car. In fact, the potential traction is actually better, because both rear tires will tend to stay planted even though the chassis is trying to twist.

The issues are breakage and weight. Relative to a live axle, the IRS is both heavy and fragile. Yes, it can be made to be pretty stout strength-wise, but that adds weight, and you still have a lot more "weak" places that are susceptible to failure.

As for 96 Cobras....the 98 I had many years ago went 13.6 @ 104 mph, bone stock. Certainly the LS1 F-body is capable of much better than that, but the ability to surprise a "cocky" [inser car here] owner was there. "Bolt-ons" were also mentioned relative to the 96 Cobra. Trivia: The quickest stock-internal (ie...'bolt-on') 96-98 M5 Cobra is quicker than the quickest stock-internal (ie...'bolt-on') 98-02 LS1 F-body.

Yup....for anything other than building an all-out race car, I'd take the LS1 F-body too. But be careful with your generalizations. Lack of experience shows up quick.

**mike302** · 07-01-2008, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by BLKCLOUD

It is no harder to launch an IRS car than it is to launch a live axle car. In fact, the potential traction is actually better, because both rear tires will tend to stay planted even though the chassis is trying to twist.

The issues are breakage and weight. Relative to a live axle, the IRS is both heavy and fragile. Yes, it can be made to be pretty stout strength-wise, but that adds weight, and you still have a lot more "weak" places that are susceptible to failure.

As for 96 Cobras....the 98 I had many years ago went 13.6 @ 104 mph, bone stock. Certainly the LS1 F-body is capable of much better than that, but the ability to surprise a "cocky" [inser car here] owner was there. "Bolt-ons" were also mentioned relative to the 96 Cobra. Trivia: The quickest stock-internal (ie...'bolt-on') 96-98 M5 Cobra is quicker than the quickest stock-internal (ie...'bolt-on') 98-02 LS1 F-body.

Yup....for anything other than building an all-out race car, I'd take the LS1 F-body too. But be careful with your generalizations. Lack of experience shows up quick.

it's like if F body LSs are unbeatable here! all I was saying is that I have beat 2 firebirds and got very close to a lightly modded SS before on my lightly-mild modded 96 cobra (I'm pretty sure that if I had gears I would have got that SS)

I know that when you build a all out racing car there is no telling

**Chris Arnold** · 07-01-2008, 06:14 AM

I love it when you come out of the woodworks to set peope straight, Bob.

I didn't quite know how to respond to the guy saying that a bolt-on 96 Cobra is not a match for an LS1. That's ridiculous.

Chris

**Johns00Z28** · 07-01-2008, 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by BLKCLOUD

Trivia: The quickest stock-internal (ie...'bolt-on') 96-98 M5 Cobra is quicker than the quickest stock-internal (ie...'bolt-on') 98-02 LS1 F-body.

Please feel free to provide evidence of this stock internal 96-98 Cobra running faster times than a similarly modded LS1.

**M-Ten** · 07-01-2008, 06:56 AM

Yeah, I would like to see some proof...

**Johns00Z28** · 07-01-2008, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by mike302

it's like F body LSs are unbeatable here!

Dude read the name of this website....it's called LS1.com so yeah people are going to be partial to their cars and react unfavorably when someone comes in talking shit. The same way you'd be if you were ever on a ford site and an LS1 guy came in talking about how he was killing all these cobras.

**chuck4345** · 07-01-2008, 07:14 AM

good job bad video

**M-Ten** · 07-01-2008, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by Johns00Z28

Dude read the name of this website....it's called LS1.com so yeah people are going to be partial to their cars and react unfavorably when someone comes in talking shit. The same way you'd be if you were ever on a ford site and an LS1 guy came in talking about how he was killing all these cobras.

Except that would be believable.

Hard to believe a mildly-modded 96 cobra can beat a mildly-modded LS1..