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My friend just picked up an Atlantic Blue 98 Cobra 5 spd a few days ago, and I will say its a beautiful car. It has 51k on the clock, and he bought it for $11k, which seems like a good deal to me. It has a Bassani cat back with a Bassani catted x pipe, sounds awesome. I haven't gotten the chance to drive it yet, but how much faster will it be than my car?
 

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I'm going to guess that it'll run a 13.3-13.5 compared to your 13.9-14.1.
 
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Quik03GT said:
My friend just picked up an Atlantic Blue 98 Cobra 5 spd a few days ago, and I will say its a beautiful car. It has 51k on the clock, and he bought it for $11k, which seems like a good deal to me. It has a Bassani cat back with a Bassani catted x pipe, sounds awesome. I haven't gotten the chance to drive it yet, but how much faster will it be than my car?
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you'll probably run about the same if thats all the mods he's got. u might be a bit quicker cause hes got nonPI heads.
 

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four.six said:
you'll probably run about the same if thats all the mods he's got. u might be a bit quicker cause hes got nonPI heads.
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Did you not read that it's a Cobra?
 
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40th GT said:
Did you not read that it's a Cobra?
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my owners manual says that my car will run 13.8 stock.....
 

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Welp, I guess the best way to find out is to go out and race him!
 

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four.six said:
you'll probably run about the same if thats all the mods he's got. u might be a bit quicker cause hes got nonPI heads.
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WTF HUH?????

Non PI heads are 96-98 2V heads not 96-98 4V Cobra heads (B heads)
 
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oh ya... my bad. but still i think theyll run about even
 
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Well to the best of my knowledge the 96-98 cobras are essentially the same engine. I used to own a 96 cobra and when I sold it and later bought a 01 Bullitt (bone stock) the bullitt felt significantly slower than my cobra. If I was go guess on 1/4 mile times between your car and his I would say that they would be really close just because the 96-98 cobras are nearly impossible to get a good lauch. If your friend is a REALLY good driver I would say 3-5 tenths faster than you. If you guys race from a roll he will pull you pretty steadily and continue to walk away.
 

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Quik03GT said:
I haven't gotten the chance to drive it yet, but how much faster will it be than my car?
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Very close. The edge will probably go to him with all things being equal, but all things are never equal. If he's not the greatest with a 5-speed, you could find yourself out on top.

Now...were both of you to start modding your cars, each of his bolt on's would after a while amount to significantly more (power wise) than yours. That's just the nature of the better breathing 4V heads.
 
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Thanks guys, I appreciate your opinions. Now, on a side note, how much faster would my car be if I were to do 3.73 gears, a catless x pipe, an SCT xcal, and maybe a throttle body? This is assuming I could get the car to hook up at all
 

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If he can pull great lauches out of his ass he can hit low 13's, something I can say you can't do with a GT + cb and k&n
 
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Quik03GT said:
Thanks guys, I appreciate your opinions. Now, on a side note, how much faster would my car be if I were to do 3.73 gears, a catless x pipe, an SCT xcal, and maybe a throttle body? This is assuming I could get the car to hook up at all
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Are you really asking what do I have to do to make my car faster than my friends?

3:73's are a good mod and would definately help... How much I dont know, but at least the car will be more enjoyable to drive...

Catless X pipe is another really good mod probably the best bang for the buck on your list (I went with an H-Pipe for sound reasons, but from what I have read the X-Pipe is more efficient = More HP)

SCT XCAL This is the only power mod I have left to do to my car, I had been holding out until all the other mods were done first. In a near stock trim, this probably isnt going to gain you that much, but it will help. I personally would wait on this one.

TB your car is an 03 so you already have a 70mm, the gains from a 70 to a 75 would be minimal. However you may want to consider a plenum and then bolt on your stock TB. Thats what I would do in your position. I went with a Dragon Polished plenum, and if I had it to do all over again I would have went with an Accufab.
 
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