CTPRELUDE

I was comin home from work couple days ago and i saw a mustang up several cars with 3 girls in it. I caught up to them and we were messin around a little bit. We came to a light and when it went green we both started slow and then she punched it. I went right behind her and passed her by mid second. She shut down as soon as i passed her. Granted it was a girl driving plus 2 passengers, but it was fun none the less. BTW this was the generation just before the 99+ up gen which I know is slower than the newest cobra.

peace

fmshaw1971

The new Cobras are 12 second beasts. Still, good kill on the older one. Did you use nitrous?

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CTPRELUDE

yeah i sprayed. I'm pretty sure she would have won if i didnt.

bsi

did it say cobra on the bumper... the 99 cobras had mustang on the bumper but had normal cobra badging..... they were sloooooowww

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mtu_TypeSH

Umm, Slow and Corbra dont go together. 96-99 were all about 13.7-14.0@100-103. Show me some proof.

bsi

it was actually just the one year of 99's they were overrated in power and ford got into some trouble. im not saying that one of these wouldnt be fast. its just they arent as fast as any newer cobra especially the '03

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japnoyboi

yah and they come with that dang supercharger.

Preyluder

Wow, you don't say!?!!



















j/k dude.

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fmshaw1971

He's making a valid point though. Ford was having quality control issues with the heads on the Cobras. The first couple years made 305hp on paper, but they dynoed at 275ish because the heads had problems. Ford fixed this and the Cobra then made 305hp like it was actually supposed to until they released the 385hp supercharged Cobra in '03.

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97 EGP Base 5spd Prelude. Engine: DC short ram, DC SS headers, AEM pulleys, Random High flow cat, Mugen sport exhaust, Apexi VAFC. Suspension: Tein SS, Tanabe front lower tie, Neuspeed front upper strut, Neuspeed rear sway, Tanabe rear upper strut, DC rear lower tie, 17X7.5 5Zigen Typhoons with 215/40/17 Goodyear F1 GS-D3s. Other: Bride Ergo II, Spoon oil cap, Magnecor wires, relocated Odyssey 680 battery, Denso iridiums, Mugen pedals, Mugen lugnuts, shortened shifter w/ Momo airleather, Rotora slotted rotors and Endless NA-Y pads, Goodridge SS lines.

mtu_TypeSH

Actually, it was 320 on paper. The 96-98 made 305 hp, and were all 13.7-14.0 second cars. The 99 was bumped to 320, but like you said, was making about 20-30 hp less than that. They did return strong in 01, making prolly more than the 320 they claimed at the crank, because they were running 4.8 to 60 and 13.3 in the quarter.

fmshaw1971

Agreed, just look at the times on the Cobras. There is a lot of variance through the years when they were supposed to be making the same power.

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97 EGP Base 5spd Prelude. Engine: DC short ram, DC SS headers, AEM pulleys, Random High flow cat, Mugen sport exhaust, Apexi VAFC. Suspension: Tein SS, Tanabe front lower tie, Neuspeed front upper strut, Neuspeed rear sway, Tanabe rear upper strut, DC rear lower tie, 17X7.5 5Zigen Typhoons with 215/40/17 Goodyear F1 GS-D3s. Other: Bride Ergo II, Spoon oil cap, Magnecor wires, relocated Odyssey 680 battery, Denso iridiums, Mugen pedals, Mugen lugnuts, shortened shifter w/ Momo airleather, Rotora slotted rotors and Endless NA-Y pads, Goodridge SS lines.