black04z71

The 97, 98, 99, all are right around 310 to 320. The 98 was the last year of the older body style. The 200 are weak they were never making what they were said to and were recalled. Then when the cobra came out in 03 again it was a beast. All my friends have cobras 2 96s, 1 97, 3 98s, 1 99 and 2 03, and 1 04s. The one N/A 98 runs 13.1 at the track with minor bolt ons. The superchagered 98s with 420 and 418rwhp run low 12s. The 03s are crazy fast. With bolt ons, tune and pullies they will put 450 to 525 to the wheels. I race them all the time in the wife SS and can actuallty hold the N/A ones from 30 till 55. SO with your truck it doesn't suprise me at all. Good kill. I like the cars but there not LS1 thats for sure.

sorry bought the novel.

An11secRanger

Oh, aight.
With the slip posted buy A4drTD, I can imagine he (the guy you met) spun the tires pretty hard. I just wanted to see how much he spun 'em to get such a high ET. 13.6 is very lame compared to 12.56.
Anyway, I think we've just about covered the shoulda woulda coulda stuff. It comes down to driver error. But, just in case we didn't ...
I can see those cars runnin' 11s without much mod money, if any.
I used a calculator (no promises on accuracy) and, @ 3900 pounds, that (115mph) trap speed requires about 470rwhp.
On the other hand, that ET only used about 389rwhp. A 12.56 with a 2.088 60' can drop to 12.16 with a 1.888 60'. That car has the potential to run 11.8s with nothing more than slicks.
That's impressive no matter how we look at it! Those things are pretty sick for a factory (SVT modded) pony car with a warrantee.
However, if I didn't need more than 2 seats, I'd get a Z06, 'cause it's just a badass.

A4drTD

If you meant to say the 2000 model, that's wrong. Officially, there was no 2000 model Cobra. The 1999 model was recalled due to making less power than advertised, but only a few were actually affected by that recall, even though all we supposed to get the same changes.
Hate to say this, but judging by the numbers achieved on the dragstrip, the Cobra engines have proven even more capable than LS1's. I've never heard of an LS1 powered car running 7's at the track(1/4 mile) and the 4.6L DOHC engine has been there, and one even supposedly ran in the 6's. Notwithstanding other LS series engines, the smaller 4.6L DOHC has shown up quite well against the much larger LS1's. The quickest of those seem to be strokers in the 408c.i. range(about 100c.i. larger than the 4.6L can ever be) using power adders just like the Mustangs and one terribly far from stock Mercury Cougar. A car that never got the 4.6DOHC at all as far as I know, and certainly not in the body style of the one I recall, which never even got a V8.

FMOS Racing

The "Cougar" in question is a Pro Stock chassis car.

There was a 2000 Cobra. 300 of 'em with a "R" designation.

black04z71

I knew it was right around there. Sorry about that. I thought it was 2000 not 1999 I guess I was wrong.

It'llrun

Of course it is. So is every other Ford in the 6's. I think those in the 7's are too.

Sure, I just didn't think we were talking about those. I only wish Ford would've kept that engine in mind when they created the 2003 Cobra. Or even the Mach1. It would be good to see the 5.4L in a more "run of the mill" Mustang. On the other hand, I'd still rather see one with a 351W myself. There's just so much potential for the average owner with that engine.

I'm not trying to knock the Modulars, but it's hard to compete with a 351W using any small block, and they're cheaper to build(moderate to high power) than the Mods and surely will be for yrs to come.

trever1t

iTrader: (14)

FYI the Sept 2006 Car & Driver list the Ford Shelby GT500 as 500bhp@6000rpm
480lb torque@4500rpm
0-60....4.8sec.
standing 1/4 mile....13.4 seconds

An11secRanger

That's sad isn't it?
I mean, one guy runs 12.56 and those clowns can only manage 13.4. That's just sad.
If they didn't get paid to drive 'em, that'd be one thing. But, they do get paid to drive 'em, so they ought to drive 'em better or find a new line of work!
That reminds me of a Ranger I built in '93. A friend said he could run a better ET than I (mid 14s).
I let him try. He ran something like a 16.7.
He never tried again. He said the truck was crazy and he just couldn't get it down the track safely.

It'llrun

It is sad. Those guys seem to have trouble driving anything as it is capable of being driven. It's as if they're afraid they'll hurt it and have to pay thousands for repair. The same company apparently had the same trouble with the older Cobras, running 14's in a 2001 model and mid 13's in a 2003 model. It's either they're scared, or they suck. The choice is yours to make, individually.

A4drTD

I looked that up. They had two results posted in the article(on their website). 13.4 was the convertible and the coupe ran 12.9. With them at the wheel(in both cases)... Anything is less capable than normal. They it, but not like they stole it.