370z vs. 2003 mustang svt cobra

m4a1mustang · 09-01-2009, 11:35 PM

The Cobras are NOT drag friendly. They have IRS with pretty bad wheel hop when stock... but driven right they are good for easy 12 second passes at 110+. Don't let mag times fool you.

Stock for stock the Cobra will eat up a 370. The problem is, very rarely are you going to run into a stock one. A few hundred bucks for a pulley and tune and you're dealing with a 475whp Cobra.

And if you're really unlucky, you'll run into one of the KB monsters pushing anywhere from 600-900whp.

CrownR426 · 09-01-2009, 11:36 PM

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And if you're really unlucky, you'll run into one of the KB monsters pushing anywhere from 600-900whp.

Guess I've been lucky everytime.

mrmixitup · 09-01-2009, 11:44 PM

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Stock for stock the Cobra will eat up a 370. The problem is, very rarely are you going to run into a stock one. A few hundred bucks for a pulley and tune and you're dealing with a 475whp Cobra.

Exactly. I was reading a Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords magazine and one owner actually managed a 10 second pass on the stock blower without nitrous.

m4a1mustang · 09-01-2009, 11:48 PM

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Exactly. I was reading a Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords magazine and one owner actually managed a 10 second pass on the stock blower without nitrous.

The cars are wicked. Over in the Fast Intentions thread we were talking about them and I mentioned that when more money starts flowing in I'm going to look to pick up an '03/'04 convertible.

bmarcinczyk14 · 09-01-2009, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

The Cobras are NOT drag friendly. They have IRS with pretty bad wheel hop when stock... but driven right they are good for easy 12 second passes at 110+. Don't let mag times fool you.

Stock for stock the Cobra will eat up a 370. The problem is, very rarely are you going to run into a stock one. A few hundred bucks for a pulley and tune and you're dealing with a 475whp Cobra.

And if you're really unlucky, you'll run into one of the KB monsters pushing anywhere from 600-900whp.

so your saying these cobras are a excellent value? i know you can get hp out of the cobras easily, being a v8 with a conservitive tune from the factory, should be much easier to get the cobra to go fast then compared to the 370z, right? have you actually driven a cobra?

bmarcinczyk14 · 09-01-2009, 11:53 PM

oh and btw check out this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYsH-rzN94w some pretty damn good racing.

m4a1mustang · 09-01-2009, 11:56 PM

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so your saying these cobras are a excellent value? i know you can get hp out of the cobras easily, being a v8 with a conservitive tune from the factory, should be much easier to get the cobra to go fast then compared to the 370z, right? have you actually driven a cobra?

They are great cars. I do believe they are a great value. They still go for $25-30k.

Let's just say I've driven my fair share of Mustangs.

bmarcinczyk14 · 09-02-2009, 12:04 AM

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They are great cars. I do believe they are a great value. They still go for $25-30k.

Let's just say I've driven my fair share of Mustangs.

what made you want to change to the z?

ZKindaGuy · 04-08-2010, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

The Cobras are NOT drag friendly. They have IRS with pretty bad wheel hop when stock... but driven right they are good for easy 12 second passes at 110+. Don't let mag times fool you.

Stock for stock the Cobra will eat up a 370. The problem is, very rarely are you going to run into a stock one. A few hundred bucks for a pulley and tune and you're dealing with a 475whp Cobra.

And if you're really unlucky, you'll run into one of the KB monsters pushing anywhere from 600-900whp.

I was making 452.0 RWHP and 422.9 RWTQ with just a stock pulley, tune, CAI and flowmaters on my Terminator.

370Zsteve · 04-08-2010, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Stock for stock the Cobra will eat up a 370. The problem is, very rarely are you going to run into a stock one. A few hundred bucks for a pulley and tune and you're dealing with a 475whp Cobra.

And if you're really unlucky, you'll run into one of the KB monsters pushing anywhere from 600-900whp.

I can vouch for that since there was an SVT Cobra at the tuner where I had a dyno pull done the other day. He was pushing 860whp. Thing was a beast.

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09-01-2009, 11:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
bmarcinczyk14 Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 505 Drives: 2010 370z 6spd Sport Rep Power: 19	oh and btw check out this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYsH-rzN94w some pretty damn good racing.