1996 cobra coupe

[tetrahydro]

there is a guy down the road from my moms house selling a 1996 cobra coupe, just curious does anyone know what a car like that is worth... it has about 25000 miles on it, im also curious on its exact specs horsepower 1/4 times if anyone knows. im not sure of his asking price yet. just that he's selling it. any input is nice, thanks

[breaknstuf4fun]

well...blue book is roughly $8,560 (not sure if that helps you much)

and specs (this is from a quick search):

HP: 305
Torque: 300lb-ft
0 - 60 : 5.4 sec.
0 - 100 : 13.7
1/4 mile Time: 14.0 sec. Speed at finish line: 102mph

[tetrahydro]

Originally Posted by breaknstuf4fun

well...blue book is roughly $8,560 (not sure if that helps you much)

and specs (this is from a quick search):

HP: 305
Torque: 300lb-ft
0 - 60 : 5.4 sec.
0 - 100 : 13.7
1/4 mile Time: 14.0 sec. Speed at finish line: 102mph

damn thats really not that good for a cobra... the new GT's can compete with that

[TheStang00]

im not sure which engine is in that one... if its a cammed 5.0 you should definatly go for it tho, thats a awesome engine

[breaknstuf4fun]

well stock a '96 cobra is a 4.6L V8 and 32 valves (so its got some flow) also a 5-spd manuel, so it's not that bad really, and besides, look at the GT's form the earlier 2000's, came stock 260hp, so the '05's have made a huge performance jump, while keeping the same liter of engine, guess that shows that intake and exhaust design has a definite effect on power.

but like i said before that's after some quick research, feel free to do some of your own research if you believe i'm off. sometimes a forum isn't jsut about opinions but getting out the factual information when there are indeed right and wrong facts, so if you feel i'm wrong, then by all means research and correct me.

[breaknstuf4fun]

oh and also forgot that the '96 cobra's 4.6L V8 is DOHC, which is just a little more to consider.

[351wStang]

The 4.6 cars from 1996-1998 are the worst years to buy for modular performance. If you want a mod car go 99+. If you want a pushrod fox then go for 1995 and earlier. If you are planning for performance, and have a modular engine, stay away from the first 3 years of mod cars, 1996-98 are the worst.

[tetrahydro]

is a 96 cobra supercharged?

[TheStang00]

Originally Posted by tetrahydro

is a 96 cobra supercharged?

nope, im sure you could do that if you wanted to though

[boosted331]

Originally Posted by 351wStang

The 4.6 cars from 1996-1998 are the worst years to buy for modular performance. If you want a mod car go 99+. If you want a pushrod fox then go for 1995 and earlier. If you are planning for performance, and have a modular engine, stay away from the first 3 years of mod cars, 1996-98 are the worst.

It's the 96-98 2V cars that arn't great from the factory. I would take a DOHC 96/97/98 Cobra over a 99-2004 GT any day of the week. To put it in perspective, an all out race ported 2V head will flow around 240 CFM's on the intake. A bone stock 96 cobra head flows better than that, and a good street port for a DOHC head will push them to around 315 CFM's.

The new 3V GT seems great and all, but the single exhaust valve is going to severely choke off exhaust flow compared to the intake side, and won't perform nearly as good as a 4V car.

[silverstangs]

Originally Posted by 351wStang

The 4.6 cars from 1996-1998 are the worst years to buy for modular performance. If you want a mod car go 99+. If you want a pushrod fox then go for 1995 and earlier. If you are planning for performance, and have a modular engine, stay away from the first 3 years of mod cars, 1996-98 are the worst.

Only the 2 valves SOHC modulars sucked ass..... not the DOHC 4 Valve Cobra's.

I would avoid the 96-98 GT's unless I was planning on swapping heads and intake.

[351wStang]

Ok guys thanks for clearing that up for me.

[tetrahydro]

Originally Posted by 351wStang

Ok guys thanks for clearing that up for me.

turns out my dad wont help me buy the cobra anyways because its domestic oh well

[silverstangs]

Originally Posted by tetrahydro

turns out my dad wont help me buy the cobra anyways because its domestic oh well

damn, you just got owned!

[tetrahydro]

Originally Posted by silverstangs

damn, you just got owned!

its aight, im sure it would be fast but its sure to break more often then i would like.