i went to the dragway about a week ago in my 96 GT, its very mildly moded as far as performance goes, full exhaust CAI... some other little stupid stuff, three times i lined up against this kid with a 98 cobra bone stock except for a CAI, he only beat me by about a bumper to a half a car length each time. ...his car had 55k and mine has 106? i realy thought the 4vs were faster then that stock?? an hes a pretty good driver
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i went to the dragway about a week ago in my 96 GT, its very mildly moded as far as performance goes, full exhaust CAI... some other little stupid stuff, three times i lined up against this kid with a 98 cobra bone stock except for a CAI, he only beat me by about a bumper to a half a car length each time. ...his car had 55k and mine has 106? i realy thought the 4vs were faster then that stock?? an hes a pretty good driver
i have to say he is, in high school we both had camaros and we would nose to nose all the time, he jsut bought this car and thats why i went to the track with him, he was pretty unimpressed with it as well, how much should he have beaten me by?
well i had the PI cams an intake in my a car with a TB an plenum and i recently took it out I plan on selling it, i want a (newer mustang to build up) with all that i was close to 250, on the dyno. when i had him take it out he dynoed the car agian it cam in at 210? if his car is near 260 thats not to much of a difference, i forgot to mention i have 275s on the rear and he had stockers so i would pul on him through first gear... but he is a good driver and i was just suprised at the lack of balls this car had when everyone makes them out to be sooo much faster then the gts ... newer cobras are difernt story im talking 96-98
no thats what i used to have in the car, i put it back to stock for the most part(look closer at what i wrote) and its all for sale, i plan on building a car next summer, im not trying to start a fight i was jsut under the impression they were faster then they are maybe
they are, he just cant drive, simple as that. a stock cobra should run anywhere from 13.7-14.20s depending on weather with a good driver, with a bad driver it will be worse. our cars should run 14.80s- 15.50s with a even decent driver depending on weather again, worse with a bad driver. the margain of victory with this race should be about 3 cars. he just cant drive it
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+1 withhhhhhhhhhh.....just about everybody except you tigrant. I know you're not trying to start anything but it really is just the simple fact that maybe because he just bought the car, like you said, that he just can't drive it well. There is really no way that anything else explains you beating him that bad.
i didnt beat him, he beat me by half a car, i think my best time for the night was like a 14.46 and his were consistent around 14.3... either way he spent 12 gs on his car, i spent just under 5 on mine... and i run with in a car length of him. if i had left my PI swap set up in my car theres no doubt in my mind i would beat him... were going again this wedsnesday and we agreed i would run his car and he would run mine il let you know what the out come is. he has the same shifter i do so i dont think it will be much of a change for either of us when we switch. like i said im not trying to start a fight or anything i was just suprised...
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he said itnes said:
a F-body drives completely dif then a mustang.....whenenver me n my friends used to switch cars for the 1st few minutes we'd have trouble getting used to them the 1st few times. Cars have dif shift points......and quite frankly u sit completely diffrent in them. He;s probably not comfortable yet......AnglicoGT98 said:
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Are you accounting for reaction times possibly? The 96-98 is damn fast and gets a bad rap for no reason. It just needs a few minor modifications to wake her up. Great motor and it really wakes up just a gear, not to mention any bolt-ons.
Look at your E/Ts and not "how many bumpers" you got beat by. He may have had an abysmal reaction time. Also, what kind of suspension were both of these cars running? Anyone have a better tire? Did he spin a lot? There are WAY too many factors in this besides "he beat me by a bumper."
My neighbor has a 1970 Buick GSX that runs low 9 seconds consistantly. I beat him by a few car lengths the other day at the track during test n' tune. I should have never even been close to him except for the staging area.
(His tires rubbed his fender and shredded so he had to let off half way. His burnout wasn't hot enough and he thought there was clearance. The minute he started into third the tires expanded ever more. The messed up slick would be okay in the 1/8, but the slick was toast, no way it would have been safe for a quarter mile run.)
Edit: He can't drive as well as you say he can. I ran a 14.00 flat my first time out on Sumitomo street tires two days after purchasing the car and I'm far from calling myself good yet. I didn't even check any filters, spark plugs, etc. It probably wasn't even at it's peak.
His 14.23 is really poor for a Cobra, he needs to launch a little higher and how is he shifting? He should be gas to the floor flying through gears. He should sound like an automatic going down the track. You should see his rear end from the time the tree hits green.
Look at your E/Ts and not "how many bumpers" you got beat by. He may have had an abysmal reaction time. Also, what kind of suspension were both of these cars running? Anyone have a better tire? Did he spin a lot? There are WAY too many factors in this besides "he beat me by a bumper."
My neighbor has a 1970 Buick GSX that runs low 9 seconds consistantly. I beat him by a few car lengths the other day at the track during test n' tune. I should have never even been close to him except for the staging area.
(His tires rubbed his fender and shredded so he had to let off half way. His burnout wasn't hot enough and he thought there was clearance. The minute he started into third the tires expanded ever more. The messed up slick would be okay in the 1/8, but the slick was toast, no way it would have been safe for a quarter mile run.)
Edit: He can't drive as well as you say he can. I ran a 14.00 flat my first time out on Sumitomo street tires two days after purchasing the car and I'm far from calling myself good yet. I didn't even check any filters, spark plugs, etc. It probably wasn't even at it's peak.
His 14.23 is really poor for a Cobra, he needs to launch a little higher and how is he shifting? He should be gas to the floor flying through gears. He should sound like an automatic going down the track. You should see his rear end from the time the tree hits green.
ok well last night we went to track, he ran my car three time and i ran his. his best in his cobra was a 14.31 i ran his at 14.09 he ran mine at 14.41... more of the same. maybe his car is jsut dogy or something. please dont sign on and tell me were bad drivers. i have been drag racing cars, snowmobiles and motorcycles since i was 16 so spare me. oh not to mention that 14.09 was on my 275s off my car at 16lbs of pressure
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That time there for your GT is great! The cobra isnt bad ethier! But if you dont have gears or exhaust on there, This just proves to me that my car is a low 14- high 13 second car since I have the 4.10s, PI intake, UDP, CAI, O/R H, and flowmasters!
What were the 60's and what altitude?
What were the 60's and what altitude?
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maybe his cobra is just getting worn out, bearings etc... maybe it needs a tune up and maybe the cobra needs a driver mod. I dont care how long you have been racing any driver can improve him or her self. yeah Ive been racing since i could drive dosnt mean Im a great driver, see I know I can improve unlike other ppl that say they are good drivers just because they have driven since they where 16 BS! anyone on here with a brain will tell ya the same. not saying you or your buddy are bad drivers just saying we can always improve! hell even the professional dragers practice. just an FYI
but there could be several excuses as to why they didnt perform at thier best...traction, tune, hot engine etc etc etc
but there could be several excuses as to why they didnt perform at thier best...traction, tune, hot engine etc etc etc
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