Well their are also issues with the L' and the corp fuel economy averages.thehemi said:
AzSnake said:
PUT YOUR CRACK PIPE DOWN!!!!!!GTP2GTO said:
It all has to do with what the market will support. The market will not support a Mustang Cobra over 40K. 40K is even pushing it. Even with 500hp it would generate a TON of interest but it that’s doesn’t mean it would generate sales. The average buyer of a SVT Cobra is in over 30, has kids, a home and has an average household income of around 100K. 100K for an average household income is smack dab in the middle class and most people in the middle class folks don’t and won’t spend 50K on a car. It would destroy the entire customer base for SVT. Now if we had a Shelby Cobra that was developed (like the original AC Cobra it would support a 50, 60 or even 65K price tag and would compete with the Vette, possibly the viper.CatmanJJ said:How do you know, Ford kept the GT within range of previous models, I don't see my they can't offer the new Cobra with only a moddest increase.
CatmanJJ said:How do you know, Ford kept the GT within range of previous models, I don't see my they can't offer the new Cobra with only a moddest increase.
joshua.y said:
Thats because GM hasn't released any official info on the yet. It's all vaporware. Just like us talking about a 500hp Cobra, nobody outside SVT and Fords top tier execs knows for sure.ill advised said:
The 5.4 SC in the GT motor is a 45,000 dollar motor. I don’t expect them to slide that or any other variation of it into the S197. Like I mentioned earlier. The Engine bay will not accommodate the 5.4 with modification. They had to completely shut the Mustang line when making the 2000 Cobra R to wedge that motor in. Same problems would happen in this chassis.Yamalover said:
This is 100% bull poop. You can buy a Ford GT crate motor for $45k. Does that make a 5.4L SC a $45k motor? NO. Does it cost Ford anywhere even approaching that amount of money to make a 5.4L SC? Of course not. DUH.AzSnake said:
Yes, you forgot those lazy-a$$es
at Mercedes' AMG division. To equate what Ford produced with the Cobra to "slapping a supercharger on" is an absolute laugh. Engineering these blown motors to jump through all the federal certification hoops, and the manufacturer's own mandatory durability requirements and specifications and infinite hoops and forms and tests and specs and red-tape, is a testimony to the fine powertrain engineers in place at SVT. "Slap a blower on"??? Dude, that's your garage......... the 03-04 Cobra mill is light-years beyond being that simple a prospect. Supercharged powertrains are engineered and calibrated as a complete unit, not as a bolt-on under an oak tree.
LOL, no it obviously doesn’t mean it costs Ford 45K but your not going to see a 2 injector 5.4 DOHC, Dry sump, Twin Screw AL Block or anything close to it in the Cobra. Aside from the costs (and that motor DOES have major cost differences vs. lets say the L’s motor) the issue of the motors dimensions not being friendly to the Chassis, the increased weight issues to the front end of the Cobra and don’t forget about pissing their high end customers off. The GT’s exclusiveness isn’t only with the car itself, it’s also the hp numbers etc. You’re not going to see Ford piss off the GT owners by releasing a car with the same motor or even anything close to it in a >40K car. Also they’re not going to release a Cobra that’s going to get the mileage that the GT gets. The GT is MUCH lighter and aerodynamic and it gets about 12-14mpg. A cobra would get about 10-12mpg. That could kill their CAFÉ standards and you can kiss any L from coming back with a Cobra running the GT’s motor in it.Rootus said:
