First race in the cobra!

hookups333 · Jan 8, 2006

My frend just got an 04 mustang gt so we raced. We raced 3 times. The first and second times were 50 rolls since we were on the highway. First time i missed 4th so he won even tho i had him in 3rd. Second time i messed up really bad instead of goin into 4th ,goin about 80, it went into 2nd and i crapped myself. The last race was a 60 roll and i beat him. So first thing i need to do is learn to drive and second i need more power. Oh yeah the only real thing done is 3.73's so thats why i beat him

Blackened302 · Jan 8, 2006

lol, yeah, gotta get used to driving.

CManT1914 · Jan 8, 2006

You went into 2nd at 80mph? Does the car still run? Damn dude! Good job on beating him the third time though.

1SLO306 · Jan 8, 2006

how u goin to miss 4th its striaght back?

urban96 · Jan 8, 2006

time for a short shifter! and gears

CManT1914 · Jan 8, 2006

urban96 said:
time for a short shifter! and gears

He has 3.73's already.

hookups333 · Jan 8, 2006

I think the car already has a short shifter im not quite sure tho i havent really checked.

how does the plastic around the shifter area come off?

BlackVert · Jan 8, 2006

stock for stock, the 04 car should be faster, shouldn't it?

gears wouldn't give the 95 enough advantage to win from a 50 roll, would they?

is a 95 cobra that much faster than a 95 gt?

OrangeMustangGt · Jan 8, 2006

just pop up the shifter benzel......also, yeah, make sure your car is in the correct gear for sure, the rev limiter wont help ya if you overspin the motor doing that.

CManT1914 · Jan 8, 2006

BlackVert said:
stock for stock, the 04 car should be faster, shouldn't it?

gears wouldn't give the 95 enough advantage to win from a 50 roll, would they?

is a 95 cobra that much faster than a 95 gt?

The 95 Cobras are underrated at 240hp, they are a solid mid to low 14 second car stock, which is right on par with a 99-04 GT. Gears are good for up to .5 seconds given the right conditions, so I can definitely see him beating the 04. Plus, he said his friend just got the 04, so he's probably not used to it yet.

hookups333 · Jan 8, 2006

I also got full exhaust if that helps and an intake if that helps with power part.

CManT1914 · Jan 8, 2006

hookups333 said:
I also got full exhaust if that helps and an intake if that helps with power part.

Intake manifold or cold air intake? Cus there's a BIG difference in power terms.

Iggyshane · Jan 8, 2006

the 04 gt has the PI heads and intake, which should make allow the 04 gt take the stock cobra easily in top end

CManT1914 · Jan 8, 2006

Iggyshane said:
the 04 gt has the PI heads and intake, which should make allow the 04 gt take the stock cobra easily in top end

Ummmmmm............... so did the 99's, 00's, 01's, 02's, and 03's. I'd say it's a driver's race, especially considering his mods.

nmcgrawj · Jan 9, 2006

Get that shifting down! You are damn lucky u didnt hurt the motor goin into 2nd.

ROLLIN5.0 · Jan 9, 2006

BlackVert said:
stock for stock, the 04 car should be faster, shouldn't it?

gears wouldn't give the 95 enough advantage to win from a 50 roll, would they?

is a 95 cobra that much faster than a 95 gt?

Gears wouldn't give him any advantage from a 50mph roll. It hurts, if anything. My buddies 93 has more power than mine, but I can stroke him on the highway with my stock gear vs. his 4.10's, and yes a Cobra is quite a bit faster than the GT.
Brandon

Killercanary · Jan 9, 2006

ROLLIN5.0 said:
Gears wouldn't give him any advantage from a 50mph roll. It hurts, if anything. My buddies 93 has more power than mine, but I can stroke him on the highway with my stock gear vs. his 4.10's, and yes a Cobra is quite a bit faster than the GT.
Brandon

What? That's absolutely not true.

With 3.73's at 50mph he'd be at 4800rpms in second or 3250 in 3rd gear, with stock 3.08's he'd be at 4000rpms in 2nd and 2700rpms in 3rd. Punching the car at 4800/3250 verus 4000/2700 will DEFINITELY enable the car to accelerate quicker as you are starting at an RPM where more power is made and with the added gear ratio it will get into the higher RPM's where the big power is made. Unless you are racing to 150+mph where the lower gear ratios will force a shift into 5th gear, gears will give you an advantage everytime over a stock gears. Don't forget about torque multiplication as well from gears too which also aids in acceleration.

Stock for stock the 99-up GT's will pull a few more MPH in the 1/4 than the 94-95 cobras (~98mph for the '99 and ~96mph for the 94-95 cobra) but with gears, exhaust, and an intake the cobra should pull a few more MPH than the stock 99. It would be a driver's race though on the street.

To the original poster, it goes without saying to be VERY careful that you do NOT do the 3rd to 2nd gear shift again. I did it last april and my car is still down with bent exhaust valves. You are VERY lucky if you didn't hurt something.

hookups333 · Jan 9, 2006

To cmant i have a 77mm maf and 77mm throttle body but i dont have an actual intake sorry for the confusion on that one. and to killer- i plan not to ever do that again and i didnt think the tranny would let it into that gear at that high rpm atleast my other car doesnt let it.

Stangfreak95 · Jan 9, 2006

hookups333 said:
So first thing i need to do is learn to drive

xr8d302 · Jan 9, 2006

Killercanary said:
What? That's absolutely not true.

With 3.73's at 50mph he'd be at 4800rpms in second or 3250 in 3rd gear, with stock 3.08's he'd be at 4000rpms in 2nd and 2700rpms in 3rd. Punching the car at 4800/3250 verus 4000/2700 will DEFINITELY enable the car to accelerate quicker as you are starting at an RPM where more power is made and with the added gear ratio it will get into the higher RPM's where the big power is made. Unless you are racing to 150+mph where the lower gear ratios will force a shift into 5th gear, gears will give you an advantage everytime over a stock gears. Don't forget about torque multiplication as well from gears too which also aids in acceleration.

Stock for stock the 99-up GT's will pull a few more MPH in the 1/4 than the 94-95 cobras (~98mph for the '99 and ~96mph for the 94-95 cobra) but with gears, exhaust, and an intake the cobra should pull a few more MPH than the stock 99. It would be a driver's race though on the street.

To the original poster, it goes without saying to be VERY careful that you do NOT do the 3rd to 2nd gear shift again. I did it last april and my car is still down with bent exhaust valves. You are VERY lucky if you didn't hurt something.

It's posts like this that make me say GO :SNSign:

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