My car is far from stripped!!!!!!!
Never said it was, but it has been on a serious diet.
UM, you found the last thread associated with me and I am not surprised you found this one.
I'm a moderator on Stangnet. I'm required to read all the posts in my areas of assignment.
Long story short, you and everyone else would pay to have a car setup like mine as it drives just like stock
Really? Oh yes I sport wood everytime I think about your racing seat, rollcaged, stock boosted, straight axle equipped car.
I'm 45 years old and your car is not what I dream of.
and speaking of which... lets not get carried away with the STOCK CAR statement. I don't recall every advertising my Cobra as being stock.
Never said YOU did, but your groupies love to post up your latest and greatest ET accomplishments without ever quantifying them with all the facts.
matter of fact I would say only stock ones left are a few which are wrapped up with 1 mile waiting for a Barrett auction some 30 years from now.
Well matter of fact you'd be very wrong. I know plenty of stock 03/04 owners. Want some screen names?
So with one seat in a Cobra totally stripped of everything but still having the 4.6 with upper and lower pulleys still having an Eaton with a built IRS and the T-56 and you would still define it as being stock.
Yup, IMO. It's the stock drivetrain which makes the car what it is.
Damn in that case my live axle would toss me out of that picture even though I don't have the first pulley on this car. Interesting!
Yup. There have already been sanctioned Terminator class races in which the IRS was required to be in the car. As I stated before I believe once you remove the IRS the car no longer meets MY definition as stock. That's just MY opinion though... does it really mean that much to you?
Look Almo I'm not trying to take any of your accomplishments away, lets get that straight right now. What irks me is your cheering crowd who run around posting your accomplishments on every automotive forum in such a manner that it doesn't really provide the whole picture to the uninitiated. Those of us who have been running stock boost for years now end up scratching our heads until we do the digging to find out HOW you were able to accomplish this. I just feel you and all your band wagon followers are not being 100% truthful with the Mustang community when you make posts like this without revealing the whole picture. It's just a little misleading to those who don't know is all. Again, your weight reduction accomplishments are worthy of praise.
Your car weighs 3050lbs with gas - a full 700+ lbs less than stock. I saw where the last time you weighed it with you in the car it came in at 3155!?
(As a comparison, mine weighed 3915lbs with me, full interior, spare tire, and a 1/4 tank in it)
Your car runs a straight axle with slicks (or is it DR's?) & skinnys. (This mod alone improves your 60ft immeasurably which then results in some great gains on the big end)
Your SAE hp/tq is 440/419. Just out of curiosity what was the DA when you ran that 11.01@126? Just curious cause my stock boosted Cobra dyno'ed at over 475 STD on a cool morning.
Simple math states with this combo at sea level you should be running low 11's, which you are. That's what I don't understand... your ET acomplishment is not exceptional when you run the numbers and do the math. I'm more impressed with your weight reduction mods then I am your ET's. We'll have to take your word when you claim your car drives just like stock though. I'll bet my stock IRS equipped Cobra handles bumpy off-camber corners better than your car does.
What I truly find funny right now though is how you felt the need to log back on here and defend this 6 month old post? Instead of coming on here to brag or quantify your numbers why not share some of your wealth of knowledge on how you were able to shave so much weight off of your car? Try contributing something to these SVT forums (besides your personal accomplishments) and see if you don't garner a little more respect around here.
You have done something impressive by pulling some great ET's in a stock boosted Cobra.
BigAlMo
2003 Sonic Blue Cobra (440/419 SAE at stock boost) ... quickest, fastest,
lightest stock upper and stock lower pulley, non-ported, and non-sprayed,
straight axle equipped 03/04 Cobra in the Country! 11.013 @ 126.51 thanks to Excessive Motorsport
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