370z vs. 2003 mustang svt cobra

CK9887 · 09-02-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bmarcinczyk14

just test drove one today actually. had 23,000 miles. it is a fast car, you look at the speedo and you get up to speed pretty damn fast, only prob is that its a pretty mushy feeling car, not very solid like a german or japanese car. 0-60 on these car are around 4.8 give or take, and motor trend got 4.7 on the 370z. i honestly do not think the cobra would rape a 370z, the 370z might hang pretty well. the cobra just felt kinda cheap. i would love to have on though dont get me wrong. maybe a good suspension and some racing seats would completley transform the way it feels?

You can't go by the numbers in magazines. Read up on the car on forums and see what other owners are running. Like mentioned, there are stock 03-04 Cobras running mid-high 12's @ 112+ mph.... That may not sound like a huge difference from the 370Z but it is. It would take quite a few mods to get a 370Z in the mid 12's

Portlander · 09-02-2009, 07:56 PM

Steve is right on the money concerning the Cobra, but you may not want to mess with any of the five liter Mustangs from 1987 on. Spent 4 years racing an 87 LX with Flowmaster exhaust, gutted cats, GT40 intake and headers, pulleys, and a few other minor tweaks and ran consistent 12.8's at the track. No nitrous, on stock tires, and in the summer heat of SE Virginia!

Car only had 225 HP stock and was so easy and fairly inexpensive to squeeze extra horsepower out of it. OK, so the LX was a little lighter than the GT. You will rarely run into any of these Mustangs on the street that are stock, so be careful!

rednek01 · 09-03-2009, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Portlander

Steve is right on the money concerning the Cobra, but you may not want to mess with any of the five liter Mustangs from 1987 on. Spent 4 years racing an 87 LX with Flowmaster exhaust, gutted cats, GT40 intake and headers, pulleys, and a few other minor tweaks and ran consistent 12.8's at the track. No nitrous, on stock tires, and in the summer heat of SE Virginia!

Car only had 225 HP stock and was so easy and fairly inexpensive to squeeze extra horsepower out of it. OK, so the LX was a little lighter than the GT. You will rarely run into any of these Mustangs on the street that are stock, so be careful!

Man we must have had the same car! I never really made it to the track but I embarrassed plenty a viper and vette owner!

and yes a cobra would put several car lengths between it and a Z on the drag strip!

09-02-2009, 07:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Portlander Base Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Southern Maine Posts: 69 Drives: 10 370Z PW 6MT Sport Rep Power: 17	Steve is right on the money concerning the Cobra, but you may not want to mess with any of the five liter Mustangs from 1987 on. Spent 4 years racing an 87 LX with Flowmaster exhaust, gutted cats, GT40 intake and headers, pulleys, and a few other minor tweaks and ran consistent 12.8's at the track. No nitrous, on stock tires, and in the summer heat of SE Virginia! Car only had 225 HP stock and was so easy and fairly inexpensive to squeeze extra horsepower out of it. OK, so the LX was a little lighter than the GT. You will rarely run into any of these Mustangs on the street that are stock, so be careful! __________________ Life is a highway! Last edited by Portlander; 09-03-2009 at 06:53 AM.

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