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Bolt on 99 cobra can it run 11s N/A?

Egreen99

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May 26, 2004
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So there is a guy selling a 99 cobra with bolt ons only and a 4.10 gears who says he ran 11.7 or 11.9 without a power adder. Mods are not that extensive either nothing like Mach1 cams fr500 valvetrain etc... I think it's BS, however wanted to get your input. a 02 Z06 with 405 hp usually runs 12.2-12.6 how can a bolt on cobra with 320hp run 11.7s? if he did do it, I think it's very impressive for a N/A 99 cobra. I have seen 03+ cobras run low 13 to mid 12s with a few mods that is with a blower and a few bolt- ons.
 

89lx50

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Feb 12, 2005
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That would have to be a FULL bolton cobra with a little wight reducion and one hellova driver on slicks and skinnys... I had a 107.65 mph in the 1/4 mile with just cai and full exhaust... so prolly is possible with full bolton but like they said... not common.
 

Lightning Bob

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tell him to put down the pipe and come back to reality

I agree with Conrad. I've got a 99 coupe with 4:10's and a Paxton Novi 1000 on it pushing 8 lbs of boost that runs very well. The best I have gotten out of it on DR's with 1.7xxx 60' times is right at 12.00. This car is full weight w/IRS intact. If I removed a couple of hundred pounds and had a 40-50 mph tailwind, I might be able to muster a 11.7 1/4 mile time out of it.:burnout:
By the way, my Paxton was "bolted on".

LB
 

rocket5979

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Nov 15, 2005
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I agree with Conrad. I've got a 99 coupe with 4:10's and a Paxton Novi 1000 on it pushing 8 lbs of boost that runs very well. The best I have gotten out of it on DR's with 1.7xxx 60' times is right at 12.00. This car is full weight w/IRS intact. If I removed a couple of hundred pounds and had a 40-50 mph tailwind, I might be able to muster a 11.7 1/4 mile time out of it.:burnout:
By the way, my Paxton was "bolted on".

LB



Do you have the driver mod???
 

Egreen99

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link to the car in question, it looks nice however I don't see anything special that 90% of the 99-01 cobras don't have anyway other than the solid swap and it only has 4.10s. I had a buddy with a 04 mach1 lt headers, all bolts ons, 4.30s, tune etc.. etc.. and his best run was a 12.4 and he is a good driver. that 99 is running .7 faster meaning that it has 70more hp somewhere than a full bolt on mach1. Not questioning if it can however I dont see how with those mods no matter who is driving it. Allot of guys already called BS on his thread for sale

http://quickstreetcars.com/forum/vbpicgallery.php?do=view&g=66&AID=10546635&PID=3310392
 

89lx50

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Feb 12, 2005
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just looked at the link that you posted.. and you did leave out a few mods in your original post.... in this case, yes it is very possible he did a 11.9 or better... look at one of his pics of him lifting the front wheels of the ground.. and once again, he did that on slicks and skinnys with full suspension and rearend done..
 

FirstWorldProblems

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Holy crap he was driving the SHIT out of that thing! I don't feel like reading the whole list but his list of "bolt ons" may be a little different than what we first thought.
 

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Umm....ya. That car is definitely nothing like you described. That is not just a few bolt on Cobra. That is an all out N/A track Cobra with full exhaust, suspension, roll bar, solid rear, weight reduction. It is definitely possible to run high 11's in that thing. You cannot compare this car to 03/04 Mach 1's or Cobra's. This kind of reminds me of a race I had this last Monday against my friends Mercedes that is rated at 490hp 515tq. My car has about 310hp 340tq at the motor and I absolutely destroyed his car which is making 180hp and 175tq more than mine. How? Because the damn thing weighs 1,000lbs more than my car and it is a factory automatic. So the 99 Cobra is not just a simple bolt on car.
 
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