Mach 1 performance?

[vette_7t9]

In a recent issue of motor trend, April 2004, it featured an article on a vortech supercharged mach1. Now, it also had the stock performance figures to compare, which were extremely suprising: 4.7 0-60, 13.20 1/4 mile. Now if im not wrong, an earlier issue of motor trend tested out an SVT Cobra and racked up times of 4.9 0-60 and 13.3 1/4 mile. Howcome it is that the Mach 1 out performs the SVT Cobra? Are those times possible?

[zx2srdotnet]

its not the cobra just had a poor driver, they also got a 13.x from one vs a sti and somehow the sti ran faster

[ridge_runner]

what were the specs on the s/c mach 1??

[Cobra01TT]

I belive it ran high 11's. It was fully pimped out with a complete Griggs Racing suspension.

[motor_head_429]

I think the Supercharged Mach 1 went 11.96? I don't remember. The reason you see Cobras running mid 13s in a lot of magazines is they can't drive it. I remember Muscle Mustangs once drove a 2003 Cobra to 12.76 stock. One of my buddies has a 2003 Cobra with something like 450 RWHP and it only went 12.2 because he can't drive it. Plus the 275 tires that come with the Cobra are really undersized for a car with that much power. Kind of like trying to stop a freight train with a Mini Cooper.

[SVTcobra306]

Not to mention that IRS isn't very conducive to straight-line traction, and the Cobra is gonna put out a lot more bottom-end torque than the stock Mach.

I agree, magazine drivers suck.

I think the MM&FF test was Paul Z driving and they had either slicks or D/R's on it, unless it is in a newer issue. I let my subscription run out in late '02 because all the 'stangs in that mag were starting to look riced out.

[motor_head_429]

Speaking of the devil.......I was reading an article on Road and Track, the Cobra vs the GTO, and they only got a 13.4 pass out of the Cobra. I've seen stock GTOs go 13.2. Somehow I don't think the GTO would beat the Cobra, I mean, the Mach 1 runs 13.2 stock, how in the world would a Cobra, with over 100 extra horsepower go slower?

[Ghost96Gt]

The Cobra is faster hands down its just very hard to launch them. Mags only get the car for a day so they really cant learn the car very well but i think they are pretty good drivers hell the test the shit out of cars for a living their gonna get pretty good.

[vette_7t9]

o my goodness, GTO gtfo! its a piece of sht, excuse my language. honestly, it cannot compare to anything at all. The performance is abysmall compared with a Mach 1 with 60 less horses, hell even a GT could catch it. But yea, the cobra seems pretty hard to launch. Its too much torque... but what can I say, I haven't test driven one.

[Cobra01TT]

My problem while launching is finding the right rpm, and the horrendous wheelhop. And I don't have anywhere the torque that 03+'s do.