1996 SVT Ford Mustang Cobra 4.6L & 1998 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 | Retro Review

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I have no regrets going from the 01 Cobra to the firehawk. I remember selling the 01 Cobra and I would get phone calls and people would ask is it supercharged ? I would say NO and I would just hear a dial tone. Lol you have to love how the LS motor responds to mods and how cheap it is to make them go fast compared to 4v na. I do love my terminator more since it's so smooth to drive compared to the fbody.


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The LT4 was rated at 330hp. The LT1 in the 93-95 4th gen F-bodies was rated at 275hp. 96 & 97 LT1 were 285.

That's the one. I had LT4 on the brain for some reason.

 

[Stateguy]

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[rdrkt]

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[Dirks9901]

305HP for '96-98 Cobras, 320 for '99-01 (sans whatever intake manifold debacle Ford had going on at the time). Between 305 and 335HP on the '98-02 Camaro/Trans Am cars, depending on year and trim. For instance, late '01 and all '02 SS and WS6 cars made good power, but a stock '98 Z like mine would have made 305HP. Not a huge difference, but noticeable. Gearing was really the difference maker with these cars.



While that seems to be on the upper end of stock Cobra times if memory serves me right, plenty of LS1 cars were making those times. Either way, stock for stock and mod for mod, it would be hard to bet against an LS1 versus an NA Cobra.

My 01 ran 13.5 @ 105 stock. However i had a string of 13.6-13.7’s as well. I always found it was a drivers race between 01 Cobra’s and LS1’s. All bets are off when modding though.


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[Dirks9901]

If you're feeling nostalgic:

Crazy times. You could pick up a brand new 03 cobra for 34k, and 2k in mods will have you smashing almost anything on the street back then


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That is pure automotive video gold.

......I had a 94 GT and still love that body style. Especially that Cobra. ******Cues the Memories song*********

 

[rdrkt]

That is pure automotive video gold.

......I had a 94 GT and still love that body style. Especially that Cobra. ******Cues the Memories song*********

94 GT you say????



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94 GT you say????



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That post is Platinum. That is the very one I had....spec wise. I had the Rio Red down to the optional 17 inch rims. It was very slow but still had a lot of fun in it.

 

[kcobra]

That takes me back. I love the WS6's and the old 96-98 Cobras. I just wished they put the "crab claw" spoiler that came on the 94/95 Cobras on the 96-98 Cobras too.

I could not agree more with you about the spoiler. I had both a 95 and 97 cobra. I loved the 94/95 spoiler but Ford got cheap so they wouldn't have to have a different die for the trunk lid and just put the same spoiler on the GT's and Cobra in 96. 94/95 had the third brake light in the spoiler and the trunk lid hole wasn't there. I ended up buying a 95 style spoiler, minus the 3rd brake light, and installed it on my 97.