OK, I had an 471rwhp, 500rwtq pullied, ported, 03 cobra and now have my 04 gt vert. Several things I will say, #1 most of the guys on svtperfromance didn't want anything to do with me once I didn't have my 03, so I agree, they think they are better than everyone else, also I did constantly notice how front end heavy the 03 was. also I get more thumbs up in my 04 vert than I did with my cobra and do enjoy having a vert, also, I have won one best of show and 1 2nd best of show, judged by fellow mustang enthusists, and there were 03-04 cobras there. my auto/ live axle setup runs much better at the track, and my calf muscles are the same size! My friend with his 04 cobra was complaining how sore his calf muscle was after cruizing around at a hot rod show at the beach. Every once and a while I do miss the loud whine of my ported eaton when shifting through the gears. Around here there are more cobras running around than 430 rwhp gt verts. I also embarassed 2 03-04 cobras at the last beach cruize, both were like I have a cobra I am going to abuse you, well one on the highway at a roll, he nailed it and I did as well, after he did first and was pass him in no time and the other, off the line, he gunned it first hit his rev limiter and missed second, it felt sooo good, I am not saying that if these cars were modded more with better drivers they wouldn't of beat me...anyway I like the stealth approach. I think it's more about what you do to your car, to make it different, and when I built my vt engine short block, I was able to do a better job than the bean counters at SVT, I'll take my diamond pistons over the teflon coated crap mahle pistons svt put in and I eliminated the hot spot at the 7 and 8 cylinders with the cooling mod.