ws6 or cobra

hey everybody.im looking into trying 2 buy a new car this summer.the choice for me would be between 03-04 cobra if i can afford everything that goes with it or a 00-02 trans am ws6.ive always been kind of a ford guy and would favor the cobra over the ws6 but the ws6 would be cheaper 2 buy and insure.just looking for opinions.thanks

i guess it depends what you're going to do to it. the cobras are a little bit faster than the 01-02 ls1's stock for stock and while it's noticeable it's not by a significant amount. both cars have incredible performance for the cost, but keep in mind if you took the $$ you saved from the getting a ws6 over a cobra and spent it on modifications you could make the t/a a LOT faster. btw 98-00 ls1's dont have the ls6 intake just the 01-02's (which is the only real difference), and it's only good for about 5rwhp. my point is you could save even more $$ by finding a 98-00 ls1 and buy the ls6 intake for a couple hundred bucks. good luck with whatever you do, and keep us posted :)

thanks for the info.i thought the ls6 intakes started in 00.i plan 2 just have it as a street car.well see what happens.

If you have the means get the Cobra. Now only is it noticeably faster, it is cheaper to make significant gains. I like the Fbody's with LS1s as well but only a fool would recommend against the cobra if you can afford the initial price difference.

If you have the means get the Cobra. Now only is it noticeably faster, it is cheaper to make significant gains. I like the Fbody's with LS1s as well but only a fool would recommend against the cobra if you can afford the initial price difference.

these are just rough numbers,,, but say he has $25k to play with. he could spend just about all of that on an 03 cobra and have pretty much nothing left, or he could spend about $15k on a trans am with the same amount of miles and have $10k left to play with for mods. if you spent $10,000 on a stock ls1 you'd very easily be able to rape that stock cobra even if the ls1 was still n/a.

on the other hand if money is not an object, add a blower to the ls1 and then go form there. or just get a faster stock car than either of them.