Bruce...that is without a doubt one of the best looking cars I have seen in a while. If I were buying right now it would be extremly hard for me to choose between Vista blue with White stripes or Your Red with white stripes.
Awesome car man!!
Exactly the way my dad ordered, which was picked up today by a car carrier in Utah at 8am this morning and will be here Sunday afternoon. Cant wait!!
____________________________________ 2004 Torch Red Mach 1
Awesome car man!!
Exactly the way my dad ordered, which was picked up today by a car carrier in Utah at 8am this morning and will be here Sunday afternoon. Cant wait!!
Congratulations Bruce!! Now get that thing loaded up and headed to Watkins for the monday and tuesday's open track. If you can't make it out to drive the car, I'll take care of it..... I'll just have to try and remember how to point people by. lol I don't have to worry about that stuff in the 03'.
Darin
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03' Dark Shadow Grey Cobra
-JLT CAI, 2.80, Ported TB/Plenum, Stage III Eaton, MAF extender, upgraded fuel pump wiring, Bassani catted X, FM "amer. thunder" cat back, MGW shifter, 15% tint, MM full length subs, MM C/C plates, MM aluminum rack bushings, GordsFord HE in "stealth" black, Eibach's, Torsen T2R rear diff and complete IRS bushing kit.
Thanks for all the congrats guys. I'm like a kid at Christmas!
My plans are to get a dyno run sometime this Fall once I get a few miles on the car and it's somewhat broken in. I want to do a baseline run before ANY mods go on. I don't want to make the same mistake I made with my "R". (no baseline)
The brakes feel awesome. I honestly think they are comparable to the "R" almost?
I will try to get a few more pics up tonight. Been real busy.
Darin:
If I was going to go all the way to the Glen again, it would be with my R. Man that was a great time we had back in '04.
If this car hits the track it will most likely be Road America. Just to see what it can do. I hope to be able to rig up the SN-95 harness bar and video camera mount I have into this vehicle? Don't even know how feasible that is yet. Only had the car about 23 hours now! Rain is coming so I'm driving the Excursion home tonight!
More reports and updates to follow!
____________________________________ Bruce
Got Wheel Hop?
Getting passed on the track by Corvettes?
Unhappy with your IRS?
FIX IT!!
Cindyann called me at work and told me about it. When she told me you said it would only be a driver, I told her to respond
She said she'd leave that to me, but it looks like you've already conceded that it will see the track. I don't have to tell you to be careful. Road America at MFBA in October would be nice so I can drool on it.
Cindyann say's it's a pretty car and she likes the name.
Your dealer sounds top notch. Nice touch to give the GM a ride.
Best regards, Mike
____________________________________ His: Sonic Blue '03 Cobra #3817
Still Excruciatingly Stock. Hers: Velocity Red '04 MazdaSpeed Miata #2020
She lets me drive it in parking lots sometimes... Mike's Pages My dyno results
The front should come down about a half an inch. The rear?!?! The rear needs to come down at LEAST and inch and a half?!?! Once I get some time I'll go through the Ford Racing catalog and see what they have? Maybe a Winter project?!? For now I'm just going to enjoy driving her! I need a radar detector!!
i agree with the lowering, but mostly with the radar detector part! such an amazing look from the front, with the red/white combo. congratulations!
Well, I was able to drive the car again today! And then admire it sitting in the garage for a while.
Fit and finish are very nice. All seams are very even and all panels line up nicely. Doors are exceptionally solid when closing. Paint is very good. I found the seatback lumbar support finally! I'm a relatively tall guy and there is NOT a lot of room in the back seat when I'm driving. I don't see that as being a big deal though. Not sure anyone will ever be back there? There also is no place in the passenger compartment that the owner's booklet will fit. Not in the glove box, not in the console and not in the door pocket. Is that a big deal? I don't think so? I can live with that!
****EDIT**** Now with a little more light on the subject in the daylight I found that the owners booklet DOES in fact fit in the center console! ****EDIT****
How am I ever going to NOT get a ticket in this thing, I will never know! The car is ridiculously fast to drive on the street. Understand, I am a Track Dawg and like to do all of my "performance" driving on the track in a controlled environment.
I was kind of wondering why I didn't see the boost gauge moving much? Well, you have to have your foot on the floor for a second before the boost gauge points towards fun. If you could see the silly look on my face as this car plants me into the seat back you'd understand why I have so much fun driving this car!?
I think a drag race between this car and my modded "R" (based on my SOTP dyno, this GT500 would kill the stock '00 R IMHO) would be a very interesting race. My "R" is 3,300# 400 NA RWHP and accelerates pretty damn good but not like this car does! I truly have no interest in drag racing whatsoever but it would be an interesting race nonetheless.
Road course is a different matter. This stock GT500 would own a stock 2000 "R" IMHO. That is until the car went into limp mode or the front tires overheated? Which ever came first? My modded "R" would own this car, no question.
You can tell the gear heads driving on the road because they are rubber necking the car where ever I go. The car draws quite a bit of attention where ever it goes.
It's everything that I had expected! And more!
Last edited by ac427cobra; 08-20-2006 at 04:01 PM.
How am I ever going to NOT get a ticket in this thing, I will never know!
I actually have a good plan that works for this. Now, at first it may sound crazy...but I haven't been pulled over for a moving violation in over 1.5 years. What you do is, while on the city streets obey the traffic laws and drive within 10mph of the speed limit. When on the highway, turn on your radar (in your head). I constantly scan my mirrors and look well in front of me to ensure no patrolling officers are in sight. What I do is drive fast...and really fast. Not 130 (well, sometimes), but at least 90-100 on average. My theory is, if I am going this quick, there shouldn't ever be a fast moving cop approach me from the rear. If they are jetting through traffic, I figure at most they will be doing 80-85. Which means that they will never get to a point where you are in there site because you are going so much faster. I always slow down 20-30 mph at on ramps and overhangs.
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I was kind of wondering why I didn't see the boost gauge moving much? Well, you have to have your foot on the floor for a second before the boost gauge points towards fun. If you could see the silly look on my face as this car plants me into the seat back you'd understand why I have so much fun driving this car!?
that's odd...perhaps it's an electrical boost gauge? I don't like to hear this. I guess maybe a boost gauge will be my second addition to the already planned water temp gauge.
that's odd...perhaps it's an electrical boost gauge? I don't like to hear this. I guess maybe a boost gauge will be my second addition to the already planned water temp gauge.
If I had to guess, I would say it's electrc? Keep in mind, I'm not used to these huffed motors. But the gauge seems to be like a switch because it doesn't move at all in just normal (slow) city driving. But get that go fast pedal down and she's a movin'.
If I had to guess, I would say it's electrc? Keep in mind, I'm not used to these huffed motors. But the gauge seems to be like a switch because it doesn't move at all in just normal (slow) city driving. But get that go fast pedal down and she's a movin'.
That's normal Bruce. It shouldn't be in boost in casual driving.
That's normal Bruce. It shouldn't be in boost in casual driving.
it shouldn't hesitate to go to boost though. you should be able to cruise down the road and tap the throttle and the boost gauge should go up and down up and down without hesitation.
Well, I was able to drive the car again today! And then admire it sitting in the garage for a while.
Fit and finish are very nice. All seams are very even and all panels line up nicely. Doors are exceptionally solid when closing. Paint is very good. I found the seatback lumbar support finally! I'm a relatively tall guy and there is NOT a lot of room in the back seat when I'm driving. I don't see that as being a big deal though. Not sure anyone will ever be back there? There also is no place in the passenger compartment that the owner's booklet will fit. Not in the glove box, not in the console and not in the door pocket. Is that a big deal? I don't think so? I can live with that!
How am I ever going to NOT get a ticket in this thing, I will never know! The car is ridiculously fast to drive on the street. Understand, I am a Track Dawg and like to do all of my "performance" driving on the track in a controlled environment.
I was kind of wondering why I didn't see the boost gauge moving much? Well, you have to have your foot on the floor for a second before the boost gauge points towards fun. If you could see the silly look on my face as this car plants me into the seat back you'd understand why I have so much fun driving this car!?
I think a drag race between this car and my modded "R" (based on my SOTP dyno, this GT500 would kill the stock '00 R IMHO) would be a very interesting race. My "R" is 3,300# 400 NA RWHP and accelerates pretty damn good but not like this car does! I truly have no interest in drag racing whatsoever but it would be an interesting race nonetheless.
Road course is a different matter. This stock GT500 would own a stock 2000 "R" IMHO. That is until the car went into limp mode or the front tires overheated? Which ever came first? My modded "R" would own this car, no question.
You can tell the gear heads driving on the road because they are rubber necking the car where ever I go. The car draws quite a bit of attention where ever it goes.
It's everything that I had expected! And more!
That's awesome.
I can't wait till I get one.
And to think that there was some on here that said that this car wouldn't outperform a Cobra R (much less a Terminator) stock for stock.
Last edited by Captain Beyond; 08-19-2006 at 01:30 AM.
My dad's Red with white Shelby is coming in either today or tomorrow, depending if the carrier is picking up any more cars to deliver. Pics will be up as soon as it arrives!! And possibly osme video, if i figure out how to work it with my computer.
After reading of your impressions, I would really like to see a race between the GT500 and '00 R on the same road course, same day. We could see how calibrated your ass dyno is!
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~IKE~
************************** 2003 Black Cobra Coupe
Procharger F1A-C severe vacuum leak and a bad power steering pump
If I had to guess, I would say it's electrc? Keep in mind, I'm not used to these huffed motors. But the gauge seems to be like a switch because it doesn't move at all in just normal (slow) city driving. But get that go fast pedal down and she's a movin'.
Obviously, I would not know about the Shelby, but the boost gage on the '03 is mechanical. Keep in mind, it does not display manifold vacuum, so it only starts to move after the equivalent of WOT in a NA car. I rarely see the one in my '03 move because the times when you're modulating the throttle in the region between zero manifold vacuum and full boost your eyes should not be on the instument panel. When I look down it's either pegged at the bottom or the top.
On yours, I would expect you're already laying down 300+ ft-lb of torque before the needle moves off of zero.
If you want to see it somewhere in between, put it one of the top three gears with clear road ahead and slowly mash the fun pedal.
As mentioned by dgussin1 I would not expect hesitation of the boost gage. In the '03 it does not hesitate at all. If you do not feel the lag in the seat of the pants, the gage is probably over damped. If you do feel the lag in acceleration, then maybe you have on of the rare factory turbo Shelbys???? There's a rumor that they exist. (I just started it)
If it really bothers you, I'll come pick it up to put your mind at ease. No thanks necessary, I just want to help.
Have fun, play safe.
--Mike
Last edited by '03 Sonic Blue; 08-19-2006 at 07:41 PM.
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I'm a relatively tall guy and there is NOT a lot of room in the back seat when I'm driving. 
I don't see that as being a big deal though. Not sure anyone will ever be back there? There also is no place in the passenger compartment that the owner's booklet will fit. 
My modded "R" would own this car, no question. 
There's a rumor that they exist. (I just started it)
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