ok guys, just like my Camaro SS thread, what do you think of a N/A Cobra vs the new 05 Stang? I hear mixed things about it but i feel the cobra comes out on top (only cuz i own one) this pertains to street racing or drag strip racing. i know if u mod the N/A cobra, it wouldnt be a problem but stock for stock, what are your opinions?
I suspect that the new GT probably has enough torque advantage to win. From what I remember the GT tested in Motor Trend made 267rwhp at a lower RPM so it would look like a naturally aspriated Cobra would have to get lucky. However, its already been said that the MT test car might have been a ringer. What would really make a great magazine comparison is to run a 04 Mach 1 vs. a 05 GT.
96-98 would have thier hands full for sure i would venture to say that the 05 would take it 99/01 it would be a good run but i think the 99/01 Cobras top end would make all the difference. 99/01 takes the 05
well considering that the 99/01 cobras make 272 rwhp stock and have IRS, I would say the cobra would win fairly easily in the quarter and probably very close from 0-60
if i hooked up a full exhaust on my 96 cobra, would i have better chances? im sure i would with LT's, new mid pipe, and my cat back right now. i also plan on getting 4.30 gears.
It looks like the 05 launchs very well. Hard to say, but my bet goes with the 05 in 0 to 60 and the 1/8th mile and the cobra in the quarter, but only with a very good driver.
I hope your not assuming the IRS will help in the win. Stock vs. stock I think that the 05 would win. The same Hp (underated) and a solid axle. Drivers race!
yeah i still feel that it is a driver's race for both cars since they are similar in ratings (sorta). gosh i feel so left out that i dont have an 03/04! every website i go to has parts for those cars (99-04) and its like the 96-98 cobras were not even born!
I would think the IRS would hurt the cobra in the run. Very tuff to launch hard with the IRS. One thing I wish Ford offered for the s/c cobra's was the option for solid axle or IRS. I know which one the 1/4 guys would choose.
Well as bad as the IRS seems, it does help with the 1-2 shift and helps transfer power to the rear wheels better(marginally). But this is assuming you have good traction and with a good driver. I really can get mine off the line pretty hard and fast (410's help) I put some kenny brown aluminum differential bushings and am likeing them alot so far. The 05s I have seen so far can not even get in the 13's in the 1/4, granted they are not yet broken in, but the 99/01 owns the 05gt at least the ones with any mods that is...who here still has a 100% bone stock n/a cobra anyway?
Oh and I totally agree about the cobra coming with the solid axle, Im a marketing major and well...who here would like to see this option on the next gen cobra.... Drag package: Solid axle/33 spline/373's or more drag shocks/springs Handleing package: Lowering springs/stiffer shocks and struts IRS/355 gearing One could keep adding to the different packages but I think Ford should look back at the 60's and see how many different options there were and how few there are today. Im guessing most would order the drag pack
I like that idea. They have a bunch of different packages for the GT,(mostly appearance) why not some performance options for the cobra. Think they would get a nice balance between the two.
Sounds like from reading around that it would be a close race stock for stock in the 1/4. If a 99/01 could get off the line with out hopping like the easter bunny then the cobra might pull it off. Otherwise I'm thinking a very close race or the 05 pulls it out. Fit and finish wise the 05 sounds like it is heads above our rattle trap cars, but who cares. I still love mine and wouldn't trade her for an 05 GT. Cobra, well, we shall see...
Rattle traps? Maybe I've been lucky, but the two mustangs I've owned weren't really "rattlers" they felt pretty solid, one with subframe connectors, one without.
99/01 's have been running all over the 13s for awhile now and I have not seen the 05's do that so Im still sticking with the cobras for the win. I know if I was at the line with an 05, Id want to be in my cobra. If maybe you had 327's still you may be in for a race but anything above 410's and it is bye bye 05 gt
