Raced 03 Cobra
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Raced 03 Cobra
Just got back from running a brand new white convertable 03 cobra mustang 
Very nice car and super nice driver . Anyways I see him trying to get up to me in traffic so I let him and we catch a light . Im like " sweet car what year " hes like " 03 " Im like awsome . Anyways I said Id give a try so we went and he slaugtered me outa the hole , I mean a full car lenghth 
Bt I was realing him in hard at the end and everytime he changed gears Id gain 3 ft . We hit traffic before I could pass but I was going to for sure , no doubt . Now heres the catch , I WASNT SPRAYING !! My bottle is pouched , this was just motor . Near as I can tell he was shifting WAY too soon and the weight difference was pretty good , 03 vert is about 3800 lb pluss his passenger . I guarantee I could have beat him . He was super cool , we parked and talked cars and I showed him the bottle , he agreed for a rematch but couldnt do it just then . I will slice him up on the bottle 
( provided he doesnt mod to death ) 
Very nice car and super nice driver . Anyways I see him trying to get up to me in traffic so I let him and we catch a light . Im like " sweet car what year " hes like " 03 " Im like awsome . Anyways I said Id give a try so we went and he slaugtered me outa the hole , I mean a full car lenghth Bt I was realing him in hard at the end and everytime he changed gears Id gain 3 ft . We hit traffic before I could pass but I was going to for sure , no doubt . Now heres the catch , I WASNT SPRAYING !! My bottle is pouched , this was just motor . Near as I can tell he was shifting WAY too soon and the weight difference was pretty good , 03 vert is about 3800 lb pluss his passenger . I guarantee I could have beat him . He was super cool , we parked and talked cars and I showed him the bottle , he agreed for a rematch but couldnt do it just then . I will slice him up on the bottle ( provided he doesnt mod to death )
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Wow. That's good to pull on him like that. You are certain he was an 03? If so, then I think you may be right that he had a full load and has a few things to learn about racing.
Way to go in showing him what a NA LS1 is capable of. May not be a win, but if you were pulling on him, you likely made him nervous... maybe even twitch.
Way to go in showing him what a NA LS1 is capable of. May not be a win, but if you were pulling on him, you likely made him nervous... maybe even twitch.
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Yup he rolls around maple ridge and hes east indian or something . Its for sure an 03 , I checked under the hood . He got the bounce on me outa the hole bigtime , but that was all . Im not scared of these cars one bit anymore , I was fully expecting to get trounced !! 
To think , if it were Chris or Payam this guy would have been owned . If I had my bottle filled he would have gotten SLICED !! With mods it will be deadly fast but it must be HEAVY and Ive got no headers or cam yet . I cant wait to run him again , I told him I want a full length run cause I cant launch for crap , so full 1/4 . I couldnt beleive . fwiw he told me 400 to the ground . I heard they put 360 - 380 stock so I dont know if hes had it dynoed yet . It still seems like he would put down enough more to kill me but maybe his power under the curve sucks or something , cant remeber what 03 cobras graphs look like . 
Either way Im happy .
my raceweight is 3670 # ( me in ) less cause I scaled with the bottle full and just shy of half tank , I ran him with a 1/4 . so probably 3650 #
His would be ruffly 3800 + 200 + 150 = 4150 #
Whatcha think ??
To think , if it were Chris or Payam this guy would have been owned . If I had my bottle filled he would have gotten SLICED !! With mods it will be deadly fast but it must be HEAVY and Ive got no headers or cam yet . I cant wait to run him again , I told him I want a full length run cause I cant launch for crap , so full 1/4 . I couldnt beleive . fwiw he told me 400 to the ground . I heard they put 360 - 380 stock so I dont know if hes had it dynoed yet . It still seems like he would put down enough more to kill me but maybe his power under the curve sucks or something , cant remeber what 03 cobras graphs look like . Either way Im happy . my raceweight is 3670 # ( me in ) less cause I scaled with the bottle full and just shy of half tank , I ran him with a 1/4 . so probably 3650 #
His would be ruffly 3800 + 200 + 150 = 4150 #
Whatcha think ??
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hehe .. four words of wisdom .. never fear a mustang
those things are WAY to heavy to be fast ... i know of one that dynoed ~400 rwhp and traps 112 mph
id love to run one of the modded ones on and off the bottle .. that would be fun
those things are WAY to heavy to be fast ... i know of one that dynoed ~400 rwhp and traps 112 mph
id love to run one of the modded ones on and off the bottle .. that would be fun
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Funny thing is I got the feeling he didnt want to go again I meen , he said he did want to sometime but I kinda wanted to go THEN because I knew If it were the same situation with open road and a better dig I would have pulled him .
This is going to sound super stupid , but I bought new shoes and roasted my clutch with them the other day when racing a mustang They were getting cought under my dash and I wasnt releasing the freaking clutch all the way but couldnt tell . I mean I really cooked it . Its fine now , no slip at all but Im still timid when I slip it out of the hole , hense the boging launch . I know I know the guys at work laughed at me too but I cant feel **** through them there like boots . . . I miss my old faithfull beat up Vans ( I still beat the mustang 
) Either way I cant launch worth crap , shoes or boots or anything really !!
I meen , he said he did want to sometime but I kinda wanted to go THEN because I knew If it were the same situation with open road and a better dig I would have pulled him . This is going to sound super stupid , but I bought new shoes and roasted my clutch with them the other day when racing a mustang
They were getting cought under my dash and I wasnt releasing the freaking clutch all the way but couldnt tell . I mean I really cooked it . Its fine now , no slip at all but Im still timid when I slip it out of the hole , hense the boging launch . I know I know the guys at work laughed at me too but I cant feel **** through them there like boots . . . I miss my old faithfull beat up Vans ( I still beat the mustang ) Either way I cant launch worth crap , shoes or boots or anything really !!
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yeah the guy does like to tell stories sometimes so i wouldnt doubt it if he was lying about the horsepower cause ive never seen any that high stock, and i know his is. also i know hes not that good at shifting as well.
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The new 03 supercharged Mustangs are rated at 385hp from Ford. Thats not to say the numbers are a little conservative, But I would say that it's under 400hp at the flywheel stock with no mods.
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Originally posted by KrazyKamaro
The new 03 supercharged Mustangs are rated at 385hp from Ford. Thats not to say the numbers are a little conservative, But I would say that it's under 400hp at the flywheel stock with no mods.
The new 03 supercharged Mustangs are rated at 385hp from Ford. Thats not to say the numbers are a little conservative, But I would say that it's under 400hp at the flywheel stock with no mods.
