Z06 Vs. 2003 Cobra

[LamboSV]

Ford is moving good!!

http://www.yusufimedia.com/joeys_stuff/mam/MAM.wmv>
http://www.svtperformance.com/video/cobravsz06.mpeg>

[Phily]

I think i would still get the Z06
because it comes with all the amenities you need
and at a cheaper price

and plus to me it has a more elegant side to it
than the cobra

the cobra is just raw power

[Chris22]

U didnt bring up that in that video the guy in the mustang trys to do a drive by then when he does the guy in the z06 hits the gass and starts pulling on him and when he fixng to pass him he lets off also there was two people in the z06.A z06 wins hands down 405 hp 3100 pound car and mustang is 390 hp 3690 pounds u do the math =)

[LamboSV]

Chris, no one said the Z06 wouldn't win. I just posted a video I found. Easy!

[95yellovett]

The Z06 is the faster of the two cars.It weighs less and has more
horsepower.You do the math.
95yellovett(Z07)

[NISSANSPDR]

Cheaper price?

How is the ~$48k ZO6 cheaper than the ~$35k Cobra???

Anywho...I vote for the ZO6...405HP...nice...0-60 in 4.0 seconds and 1.00 g laterally.

Looks nicer on the outside than the Cobra...

[YogsVR4]

Yeah - I was kind of confused by the Z06 being cheaper then the Cobra statement. I dont particurally like either of them, but the Corvette is the better muscle machine.

[C-Town216]

I just think it's funny that for years Ford has been bosting over how the Mustang is better than the Camero, but no one ever wanted to compare the "pony" to Chevies top dawg, the Vette. Why not? If the Saleen GT is the best that Ford has to offer, then it should be compared to best that GM has to offer, the ZO6 Vette. I just hope that Ford goes full production with the new GT40. It will give GM a reason to build an AWD twin turboed Vette based super street machine to rival the Lamborghini Diablo, and kill any creation by Turd, I mean Ford.

[-cy-]

I'm happy ford finally stepped up and put something decent out. If i'm correct, the '03 is using an iron 4.6L block...why not stick an iron 5.4L block in there, then blow it.

As for a twin turboed, AWD ZO6...HAHAHAH. No way. First off, the spave available makes building turbo kits more expensive, and the installtions more involved. Repairs would cost a LOT more. AWD would add even more complexity and price to the mix. The amount of power it would put out would be too much for any insurance company to say "thats nice". This is not even mentioning that there aren't NEARLY enough people with the cash and want to buy one of these cars to make it profitable to make them.


As for which one i'd get, i'd go with the ZO6. I'm an f-body/c-body guy. I have to admit though, the '03 is looking nice, but not nice enough. A local guy has a '00 Z28 with a blower (running 9psi i believe) and is putting 498hp to the ground (not at the flywheel or anything). I Just feel the displacement is too important, and 4.6L has never been nearly enough for my tastes.

[NISSANSPDR]

Originally posted by C-Town216
then it should be compared to best that GM has to offer, the ZO6 Vette.

Actually the best that GM has to offer is the C5-R



It's won a few races (sarcasm)

[-cy-]

Is that a car you can just go to the dealer, pick up, and drive home in...no. Same with the Cobra R, i believe, that its not a street legal car, not to mention its been made in extremely small numbers from what i've heard.

If you get into the few special ones ever made, or the non streetable ones then it doesn't have as much point to it. Lets keep it to the normal production line and street legal ones.

[del]

um, the gt40 will have a base price of over $100,000 and it will be extremely limited production. it will have over 500hp. i think that can be considered a supercar, or exotic if you like that better. i think it'd compete with the likes of a lamborqhini diablo, the new ferrari enzo, 911 gt2 and even the saleen s7(?), you get the picture? the z06 is a badass car in itself but it's in a different class, 911 turbo, 360 modena, etc and my honda prelude jus playin. anyway i don't think the z06 can compete in the same class as the gt40. the new cadillac supercar that's suppposed to go into production on the other hand may be the one to go head to head with ford's gt40.

but out of the two, i'd gladly take the z06 over the cobra anyday.

[96 LT1-Z]

Actually the Cobra is the most powerful of the two. 03 Cobra's put down 376 to the wheels. That equates to about 420 at the flywheel, same as the supposedly 385 hp Cobra R put down. The Z06 is still the quicker of the two. Seeing how the Cobra traps between 111 and 114, and the Z06 traps between 115-117, and will smoke it in the turns, it's not really a contest. Besides no matter how fast it is, (and even though it is only supposed to cost 35k, yeah right) its a 40 thousand dollar mustang.

[robslob]

The new Cobra is a complete vette killer. And its without question the best bang for the buck car. The 03 Cobra is 'de-tuned'. The Eaton supercharger on the 03 cobra is capable of 16psi----the car is running only 7psi of boost!!!!! The iron block can easily handle the 16psi-----and just to be on the safe side------you can get rid of the stock intercooler and use a Vortech intercooler. with 16 psi----along with a free flowing x-pipe, headers, and FR500 exhaust-----that car will easily plant 500hp to the rear wheels and over 600hp at the flywheel--------thats a Vette killer! As far as this Vette twin turbo nonsense-----Chevy could do it----but at what price? lol who the hell will pay $100k for a 600hp vette------when you can get cheaper bolt ons from Lingenfelter. The vette, will always be a vette-------but it will now be overpriced! $50k for that car-----I don't think so! 500rwhp for a $35k cobra coupe-----thye corvette is now the 2nd fastest sport car. It doesn't matter what the factory specs are on the 03 Cobra-----its detuned--------and capable of so much more than a Z06!

[-cy-]

The LS1 is detuned...wow...so is every damn car. Get heads and cam on the LS1 (corvette...or even a camaro) and you can easily get 450hp, if you go more radical you can hit 500hp....WITHOUT FORCED INDUCTION. You are talking like the vetter, f body, whatever with the LS1/LS6 aren't detuned, of course they are, they aren't at their full potential.

A guy down here has a Z28 with a blower, running 9psi he is putting 500hp to the wheels (well, 498rwhp).

The cobra is fast yes, but its not a standout in my perspective. Its nice, its fast, but then so are other sports cars. And you compare it to the "too expensive" vette, but what about an LS1 f-body? It costs a lot less but has the exact same engine as the vette (save the LS6, but that can be accomplished very easily, just a few mods to bring it to that level).