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Street racer with attitude...owned (video)
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UtadaBarkley
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he walked on him, but i agree the vette owner has no skills... his take off was shitty. I bet he spent out.
Error Macro
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Good Lord, there is no comparison between a Corvette and a Mustang. The Corvette is in a class of it's own.
Bwahahah.. VETTE DAMAGE CONTROL
No matter what that stock vette had nothing against the Mustang. The mustang, judging by the take off, is a low 11 second car, the vette at best is low 13s.
Just like the current stock cobra is faster than the current vette, the new Cobra model will be faster than the new vette.
Just like the current stock cobra is faster than the current vette, the new Cobra model will be faster than the new vette.
Outlaw said:Bwahahah.. VETTE DAMAGE CONTROLNo matter what that stock vette had nothing against the Mustang. The mustang, judging by the take off, is a low 11 second car, the vette at best is low 13s.
Just like the current stock cobra is faster than the current vette, the new Cobra model will be faster than the new vette.
A 2004 Cobra will do 4.5 sec according to many sites.
A 2004 Commemorative Edition Z06 will do do it in 4.0 sec according to many sites.
Outlaw said:
Motor Trend actually puts them pretty close... NEXT.
Ford SVT Mustang Cobra R
Standing quarter mile, sec/mph 12.9/110.8
2005 Chevrolet Corvette
1/4 mile, sec @ mph 12.5 @ 115.0
EDIT:
Car & Driver says
Mustang:
Standing 1/4-mile 14.115.5 sec
Vette:
Standing 1/4-mile 12.7 sec @ 113 mph
Both are estimates of the newest models coming down the pipe based on not complete road test yet.
You're already using the 2005 corvette model which has been improved to outperform the 03 and 04 cobras. The reason there will not be a 2005 cobra model is to somehow manage to make it run with the new vette but keep it at $20,000 less as its always been.
By the way, the Cobra R is not the same as the regular cobra nor the saleen.
Hehehe...those car & driver times are mustang GT times not cobra. Even those times are too high since the 05 GTs have 50 more horsepower thann the 99 & up and run 13.9s so I'd expect the 05s times to be lower. The Cobra times are in the low 13s same as the non 05 vettes. Again, at $20,000 dollars less, I'd expect to lose by more than a hundreth of a second.
By the way, the Cobra R is not the same as the regular cobra nor the saleen.
Hehehe...those car & driver times are mustang GT times not cobra. Even those times are too high since the 05 GTs have 50 more horsepower thann the 99 & up and run 13.9s so I'd expect the 05s times to be lower. The Cobra times are in the low 13s same as the non 05 vettes. Again, at $20,000 dollars less, I'd expect to lose by more than a hundreth of a second.
Outlaw said:
Ok wait, wait, wait.... you can't just drop the Saleen in there passing the Saleen's price is pretty high up there.. and I can't even remember if you can buy a Saleen through the Ford network.
Secondly I do know the difference between the Cobra, the Cobra R and the Saleen. Let's stick with vehicles you can get from the dealership that would top us out at what the Cobra R and the 06 right?
In the end this comes back to the age old what type of performance are you looking for question.
Mach 1 Mustangs were the king of the dragstrips but Boss Mustangs had better overall performance.
Alot of factors can go into winning and losing a drag strip race(as we saw in that clip).
As an aside... I thought I saw in passing that the new Mustangs are running on the Lincoln LS platform... I haven't checked to confirm... for some reason I found that interesting...
There was no factor in that race. Even if the vette ran a perfect race it would have gotten smoked.
It all comes to preference. I prefer the mustangs due to their performance to $ ratio. The Mustang GT was priced the same as a V6 camaro yet performed the same as the Z28 priced the same as a cobra performing corvette numbers.. Once more, for $20,000 less I expect to lose by more than a tenth of a second.
I have no idea about that.
By the way, I do drive a mustang. And planning on getting another one
Error Macro
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Outlaw said:
No shit? Wow, that's surprising considering the way you were talking in this thread. By the way, I don't drive a Corvette, but I'll tell ya, I don't like Mustangs very much.
Rabid Wolverine
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Ford originally planned on using the Lincoln LS platform, but decided to can it and build a new one from the ground up that was less expensive. The new one uses a MacPherson strut front suspension and uses a live-axle rear suspension. Cobras will have an independant rear suspension like they do now. Damn Ford -- you could at least put it in GTs as well.DarienA said:
Ah, and they're also using 3-valve heads...but it's supposed to increase HP/torque to 300/315 on GTs.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
For starters...even if that Vette had a good take off, he still wouldn't be anywhere near that Mustang. That Mustang is sooooo far away from being stock, that it's not even funny. 11 seconds? Try 10, if not 9. That take off was monstrous. I'd predict his 0-60 was about 3.5 seconds, compared to that Vette's 5.0 seconds (5.5 if the Vette is an auto). Take off or no take off, there is absolutely no way you can defend that poor Corvette. It got owned. The driver must've felt insanely embarassed, thus he got owned too. That video was one giant ball of ownage.
Did you see that Mustang raise as soon as he took off? He didn't even spin out. That thing's insane. I've seen very few cars take off like that, obviously that guy knows his shit. I wonder what PSi he was pushing with his nitrous. Damn that take off was something...
Did you see that Mustang raise as soon as he took off? He didn't even spin out. That thing's insane. I've seen very few cars take off like that, obviously that guy knows his shit. I wonder what PSi he was pushing with his nitrous. Damn that take off was something...
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
DarienA said:
Ford has used the Mustang engine in their Lincoln Towncars since the very early 90s. And now the new Mustang rides on the upgraded LS platform, but an upgraded engine.
Error Macro
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RedMaiden said:
The guy in the background during the video says something like "that was a 9.5". Ok, so after I've watched the video, I'll also say that that was a heavily modified 5.0. Those things can put some serious power to the ground when done right. Now, back on the topic of stock vs. stock, I think a Corvette should most certainly take a Mustang any day of the week.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
DarienA said:
Only the cheap and shitty Jags use a Ford platform. Both a lower-end Jag and a new Taurus will probably feel like the exact same car...and that's scary*.
*Word of the day. I used it 4 times already today on the forum.
Error Macro
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Shinobi said:
Ah! The ever elusive Dodge Camero...
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