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Terminator name?
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it was their code name during the build. dont listen to that idiot ear ache
they did think about it fuck tard, read about it somewhere.
last sentence,first paragraph. i could be very wrong. http://www.moddedmustangs.com/2003-2004-mustang-svt-cobra-terminator.html
http://www.moddedmustangs.com/2003-2004-mustang-svt-cobra-terminator.htmllast sentence,first paragraph. i could be very wrong.
Sounds about right. Wouldnt suprise me as the Terminator was the first Mustang not to have to compete against the Camaro/Firebird since 1967.
and you only need nitrous to go fastYeah, they only needed forced induction to do it
and you only need nitrous to go fast
Take your blower belt off, and I'll leave the bottle home. How many spots you want?
haha dont need no spots, I could unplug half my spark plugs and take blower belt off and Id still whack yo slow ass....:lmao:
ok maybe not.
Terminator was an insider code name for the supercharged Cobra. Originally, the 2003 Cobra was supposed to be naturally aspirated. A top gear test had some poor results during acceleration testing vs. an SVT Focus. Later, John Coletti who was in charge of SVT was among a group of engineers who were thrashing a prototype naturally aspirated Cobra. They stopped at a gas station. Coletti walked by the engineers and told them "he was going into the gas station to get a 6 pack of Alpo because this Cobra is a dog". He said he would not sign off on the car. Told the engineers to put a supercharger on the car. They did so and the word around the shop was that the car was going to be crazy powerful and destroy Camaros or anything else on the market. The name "Terminator" started getting passed around and eventually became the code name for the car. Ford went so far as to put "Terminator" on build sheets and other paperwork that was built into the cars. Check under your rear bumper and you might get lucky and find a sheet with "Terminator" on it. Unfortunately, Ford didn't own the Terminator rights so the name remained internal and "unofficial". Many of us with Terminator Cobras paint our snakes eyes red as a tie in to the Terminator name.
That was a great story. The people at SVT thought he (Colleti) was crazy.
In the book Iron Fist, Lead Foot they say there is one part that is stamped "terminator" and actually made it onto the production vehicle. If I recall they said it was the insert on the side scoops. If you take them off you will find the word stamped into the part.
I have not checked mine. I am going to check under the rear bumper now. Where exactly is it located?
In the book Iron Fist, Lead Foot they say there is one part that is stamped "terminator" and actually made it onto the production vehicle. If I recall they said it was the insert on the side scoops. If you take them off you will find the word stamped into the part.
I have not checked mine. I am going to check under the rear bumper now. Where exactly is it located?
On the side scoops insert huh? I just happen to have mine off (errant cone in auto-x this weekend,
h I'll check it when I get home
Yeah, they only needed forced induction to do it
yeah and GM's have to have cubic inchs to get anywhere lol.
It's not my fault that GM actually did it the right way!
Let's see, with the stock blower, what's that bump the 4.6 to? Around 5.7-5.9? Sounds about on par with the LS1 to me.
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