My friend wants to race his 1997 mustang cobra (manual and stock except for short shifter and exhausts) against me in my 97 30th anniversary z28 (a4 and stock except for exhaust and manual fan switch). So who has the edge here? I beat a newer roush mustang at the 1/8 mile strip by a few cars, but i dunno if he was just a bad driver...

 

Your friend should already know that rick james never loses!

 

i was gonna buy a cobra like that but it didnt work out 2 years ago, but from what i remember they have 240 hp, so i think lt1s has more power. But again, im not sure.

 

I checked one time and I think the z28s do the 1/4 a few tenths quicker, but im not sure.

 

Does the corba have full exhaust(ie headers, x or h-pipe, and a catback) or just a catback. Im sure your Z28 would win either way. My brother in law had a manual 1996 Cobra vert with an x-pipe, flowmasters and a few other things and ran a best of 9.2 in the 1/8th. I run a 8.9 in the 1/8th with all the mods in my sig. He sold it before i ever got to race him. So stock vs. stock, I think they run about the same.

 

Ehh I would say you as long as were assuming equal drivers.

Otherwise, he, or you, could put a real hurting on the one who cant drive.

 

Drivers race. Friends stock 96 was running 8.8's in the 1/8th when he learned to drive it properly (down from 10.1's) The 97's will put down about 260 or so to the wheels.

 

yaaa i raced my friends 98. both stock exsept for exaust in my 96 A4. I was also a conv though.

He put about 1.5 cars on my from 45 up to like 120

then from 70 to 110 it was bad.... top end those things got *****. he compleatly raped me. He was also a Manual though.

Dont underestimate those cars.

 

actually i was wrong, now that I looked at it cobras in 97 have 305 hp, so I think itll be pretty bad *** race.

 

cobra has the edge on this one. let us know how it goes.

 

No, it really doesnt.

MM&FF, a predominantly FORD magazine tested two cobras and come out with the following, with a PROFESSIONAL driver.

A 1997 with slicks, gears (3.73's), powershifted, and allowed to cool down between runs Detroit Dragway, by Pete Misisnkey or whatever his name is, and it ran 13.7 at like 103.

And right before that, the same guy got to drive a bone stock (3.23 geared) 97 Cobra that was powershifted, but was on street tires. It did a best of 14.1 @ 100.

If a 97 Z28, that is stock, cant do better than a 14.1, powershifted, it should be thrown off a cliff.

 

if the cobra was auto, i would say camaro all the way. but the manual cobras run pretty good. JMHO.
hopefully we find out the results

 

i didnt either, so cobra takes the win on this one

 

I still think its going to be down to drivers race ... You gotta race this guy and get it over with already, the drama is killing me.

 

Please explain to me how he is going to powershift an auto?