01 Cobra, Bullit or Mach 1

CatmanJJ said:

I know I might catch some flak for this but honestly, I hate when people bring up the "twisties" argument, I mean what the hell, how many people race through turns and what not?? I mean I'd guess most of the average Joes who race wether legally or illegally care more about who will win in a straightline contest vs. racing around turns. I know there are dedicated road racers/auto x'ers out there but they are few compared to the rest of us who mostly go to the dragstrip or run some stoplight contests. Unless you're dedicated racer what's the difference if car A handles that much better then car B? How many times have u raced somebody and won, then had them ask u to go race down a country winding road Me personally never.

I think the Danger just multiplies with turns espcially with all these monstrous horsepowered cars coming out these days. Not to mention out of the hundreds of videos I've seen, I say about 95% are 1/4 track runs or highway punches and once there are turns or traffic the brakes are mashed.

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Dog bite said:

Well,
I don't street race but people and I do drive rather fast and above the limit here, especially in turns and my current 96GT (with stock suspension mind you) gives me the chills sometimes. I love my GT but coming from a fully modded 91 Volks GTi that was on rails with 1G+ cornering, it's a big difference for me...

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99redcamaro said:

320??? ,

the mach1 was underrated if you didn't know. 320-330hp and more torque at more lower rpms. when are you going to use the irs, are you running scca or something like that???

the cobra would handle better than the mach due to the irs, but the mach would be better setup for the street/strip. get a 99/01 cobra and you would regret not having a rear live axel when having a camaro ss, or a bmw m3 besides you at a stoplight, and you would be trying to get them off the line when you're supposed to have the advantage, only to find out your tires are just bouncing while the other guy is putting 1 car over you, and killing your cobra top end. any car can be modified if you have enough money to keep up. i think the old cobra iron block would hold more boost than the aluminum block found on the mach. still if i want to supercharge my mach there are already options on the market for it. vortech has a kit for $6100 that would put the mach at 484hp and 420tq on stock internals.still the iron block would handle more boost than the mach. but if you really want to go with a supercharger, why not getting the 03 cobra to start with???, and if your're going to pay 20k or more for a used cobra or mach, why don't get a brand new mach for 25k???.
just to give you another reason to think about it

for me, is not about how good the car can handle on the twsties,(the sad part is, a stock 350 would spank any cobra on the twisties with 240rwhp ), but how well i can put all the power i have available to the ground, and the mach 1 does it better than the cobra or the bullit.

whatever you choose, have fun with it.

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