Traded away my C5 :)

[CAP1]

http://www.dragzine.com/features/sema-coverage/sema-2012-ford-racing-releases-twin-turbo-cobra-jet-concept/

For you Cap

twin turbo cobra jet .. heynow!

-Frank aka GE

 oohh.....i think i just had a "crisis". 

 that thing'll drop into the 6's. there's already been 5.4's in the 8's, and i think the 5 liter cobrajets are in the low 9s now.........you should look a bit more....i think srt is using the vipers v-10 in its racing version of the challenger.

[Grayeagle]

"The Mustang remained largely unchanged for 1997.
The base model got the 3.8L 150 horsepower V6, the GT got the 215 horsepower SOHC 4.6L V8,
and the Cobra received the 305 horsepower DOHC 4.6L V8"

The '97 Vette just was not in the same league.. speakin of apples to apples.

-just sayin

-Frank aka GE

[CAP1]

"The Mustang remained largely unchanged for 1997.
The base model got the 3.8L 150 horsepower V6, the GT got the 215 horsepower SOHC 4.6L V8,
and the Cobra received the 305 horsepower DOHC 4.6L V8"

The '97 Vette just was not in the same league.. speakin of apples to apples.

-just sayin

-Frank aka GE

 i don't consider any mustang in the league of the vette. not even the shelby. unless ford makes the gt40 again, there's nothing built in the usa that is in its league.

 and from 95(or was it 94?) the mustang was of the worst ford ever built, although there's a couple exceptions in that year range. 305hp dohc v8 making same power as v6, lolol

[icepac]

F104s in squadron strength.

[RTHolmes]

so what mods are you doing to that v8 vantage in your shop?

[icepac]

Simple pedestrian stuff like headers and a supercharger with low boost.

I want to do some 180 degree headers since there is no transmission but rather a narrow torque tube which would make it possible to do.

[Shuffler]

i don't consider any mustang in the league of the vette. not even the shelby. unless ford makes the gt40 again, there's nothing built in the usa that is in its league.

 and from 95(or was it 94?) the mustang was of the worst ford ever built, although there's a couple exceptions in that year range. 305hp dohc v8 making same power as v6, lolol

When you speak of so many years apart it definitely makes a difference.

[CAP1]

When you speak of so many years apart it definitely makes a difference.

 YEA, it does, and the new mustangs and camaros are close in performance to those older vettes. but the fact remains.....nothing built in this country is in the vettes league. some will argue that the viper is, but that isn't either. the vette is a street car. the viper is a race car in street car clothes, making it not comparable.

 new vette to new anything? there's nothing. not from this country anyway.....and the cars from europe that compare to it are stupid expensive.

[Grayeagle]

Well .. Bill Luke Dodge finally got our Challenger R/T in.
We picked it up last nite finishing up about closing time.
Haven't slept very well in two days, drove Kathy a bit crazy,
..yanno I haven't been this excited about gettin a new car *ever*

Kodak moment:
Kathy sees the car for the first time, she actually looked a bit stunned
after finding out that yes ..that is ours.
'Why ..that is beautiful, I had no idea it would look like that'

Will post pix later today, ..
..it's a RED HEMI Challenger R/T and the only thing I do not care for ..
..it's TOO DAMN QUIET!!

HEMI's gotta SING man!
..and ya, a muffler shop can cut out the resonators replacing them with a straight pipe and restore the HEMI sound for ~50 bucks

It's *nice* to be out from under the 'Corvette' tax!

-Frank aka GE

[rpm]

In case you haven't seen it, check out the US West Coast Muscle Car Special of Top Gear. They bought a stock Challenger off the showroom after Chrysler reneged on providing one. Hammond drove it from San Francisco to Bonneville and ran over 140mph in a measured mile on the salt with a taped up front end. Impressive.

[Grayeagle]

Ya I watched that episode .. they crack me up but make valid points.

I thought they were gonna get arrested when they got pulled over on the way there.. ROFL!

-Frank aka GE