2012 Cobra Jet

[BlownBolt]

Ford Racing officially announces the 2012 Mustang Cobra Jet — Autoblog

"Last week it was leaked that Ford would be bringing its purpose-built drag racer, the Cobra Jet, back for another year in 2012. Today Ford made it official by revealing the car at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show in Florida alongside its road racing brother, the Boss 302S.

After getting an upgrade in 2010, the Cobra Jet is getting revised once again for 2012 with an updated version of the supercharged 5.4-liter V8 and modified suspension, low-drag racing brakes, new black anodized wheels and a stickier set of Goodyear racing slicks. Three colors will be offered – Race Red, Grabber Blue and Winner White – and just 50 will be available from the Ford Racing catalog. Pricing starts at $91,990 with a fully loaded Cobra Jet coming in at $103,980. Follow the jump for the press release."

 

[28]

that looks friggin sick...

 

[heffs03mach1]

mother of god

 

[WeeZee]

Very nice but what has the world come to when a Ford Mustang costs $90-100k

 

[FromGTtoSVT]

I am glad they are keeping the production numbers so low......car just seems to get better and better every year

that's a significant price increase, i wonder what the difference is

 

[NateV8]

"Pricing starts at $91,990 with a fully loaded Cobra Jet coming in at $103,980."

I wonder what "fully loaded" means? What options could it possibly come with, aren't they pretty much gutted?

 

[BlownBolt]

"Pricing starts at $91,990 with a fully loaded Cobra Jet coming in at $103,980."

I wonder what "fully loaded" means? What options could it possibly come with, aren't they pretty much gutted?

Options-

* MSRP: $1,995.00
* Includes: Powered-By-Ford fender emblems, Sweeping Snake side graphics, 5.4 Cobra Jet hood graphics, Ford Racing windshield header decal, Ford oval front fascia decals, Ford oval license plate decal, FR500CJ decklid decal.
* Optional graphics may be unique to Cobra Jet body color.

Optional 4.0L Supercharger upgrade – M-6066-SCJ:

* MSRP: $9,995.00
* Step up to the most powerful combination in NHRA Super Stock. The 500hp 4.0L supercharged 2010 Cobra Jet has delivered mid-8 et's, Class champions, divisional race winners and national records all in its first year on track!
* Ford Racing offers their exclusive upgrade kit to the base 2012 Cobra Jet for the racer looking to perform at the highest levels of NHRA Super Stock Competition.
* Kit includes supercharger, billet throttle-body, complete inlet system with 140mm billet mass-air housing, installation instructions, and exclusive Ford Racing race-ready calibration.
* Final horsepower rating TBD, rating will differ from 500hp 2010 model.
* 4.0L Supercharger upgrade is delivered separately and must be installed by the end user.

New for 2012 Model Year:

* Revised 5.4L supercharged engine – different specifications/rating than 2008/2010 model
* Aluminum engine block
* Double keyed crankshaft snout
* Manley H-beam rods
* Improved low-drag racing brakes – Strange Engineering
* Improved rear suspension w/revised rear upper control arm and lower control arm mounts
* Revised and optimized spring rates front and rear
* New design black anodized Cobra Jet wheels – Weld Racing
* Goodyear tires – all new DR compound – Cobra Jet branded
* Brake pedal 2-step switch (micro)
* Optional colors – Race Red, Grabber Blue, and Winner White – no additional charge

 

[05satinGT]

Words cannot describe how much I love Ford......

 

[RussZTT]

Bet one could be built cheaper. Does look good though.

 

[Mr. Mach-ete]

100k, I wonder if they'll offer a 30 year fixed for that.

 

[roushcobra2003]

Dear Santa...All I want for xmas is a 2012 Cobra Jet.

 

[JSZ03]

sick...glad to see Ford sticking with the CJ

 

[04MystiCobra]

Love the CJ logo on the tires! Those wont be cheap!

 

[Slo3kgtVtr]

Great car! I wish they offered a $35-$40kk version: Stock, strippy GT with a gutted interior, bolt-ons, slicks, beefed up automatic and cool paint job. If they made it light enough, it could be a 10 second car for minimal money??

 

[Steve@TF]

Very nice but what has the world come to when a Ford Mustang costs $90-100k

its a fully built race car. to take a brand new mustang and do everything to this car (professionally built) to run 10s right out of the box, would probably cost more. plus all the hassle of having one built, and going through the fixes and tweaking of building such a car.

Bet one could be built cheaper. Does look good though.

maybe if you bought a new V6 and did all the work yourself. but its for people with $$ who want to be able to buy it and go race. to not to have to wait forever having every little thing done to it and then all the testing and tweaking. i think its a brilliant idea for someone who can afford it and doesnt want to actually build a car.

they certainly have no problem selling every single one of them. for the rest of us "regular folks", we can build our own, slowly.....over time..... lol

 

[x NOODLES x]

Id love to have one of these.....

 

[Root1022]

103K? WTF...I couldn't imagine spending that on a ****ing DRAG CAR! You could build one for way less than half of that. Who cares what it looks like, its a damn drag car.

 

[GoatSlayer]

Real drag cars are not cheap! Nothing new here

 

[fire_4_effect]

it's alright... LOL!

 

[evolve]

Options-

* MSRP: $1,995.00
* Includes: Powered-By-Ford fender emblems, Sweeping Snake side graphics, 5.4 Cobra Jet hood graphics, Ford Racing windshield header decal, Ford oval front fascia decals, Ford oval license plate decal, FR500CJ decklid decal.
* Optional graphics may be unique to Cobra Jet body color.

Optional 4.0L Supercharger upgrade – M-6066-SCJ:

* MSRP: $9,995.00
* Step up to the most powerful combination in NHRA Super Stock. The 500hp 4.0L supercharged 2010 Cobra Jet has delivered mid-8 et's, Class champions, divisional race winners and national records all in its first year on track!
* Ford Racing offers their exclusive upgrade kit to the base 2012 Cobra Jet for the racer looking to perform at the highest levels of NHRA Super Stock Competition.
* Kit includes supercharger, billet throttle-body, complete inlet system with 140mm billet mass-air housing, installation instructions, and exclusive Ford Racing race-ready calibration.
* Final horsepower rating TBD, rating will differ from 500hp 2010 model.
* 4.0L Supercharger upgrade is delivered separately and must be installed by the end user.

New for 2012 Model Year:

* Revised 5.4L supercharged engine – different specifications/rating than 2008/2010 model
* Aluminum engine block
* Double keyed crankshaft snout
* Manley H-beam rods
* Improved low-drag racing brakes – Strange Engineering
* Improved rear suspension w/revised rear upper control arm and lower control arm mounts
* Revised and optimized spring rates front and rear
* New design black anodized Cobra Jet wheels – Weld Racing
* Goodyear tires – all new DR compound – Cobra Jet branded
* Brake pedal 2-step switch (micro)
* Optional colors – Race Red, Grabber Blue, and Winner White – no additional charge

Must be a VERY light and underrated car. Im very interested to see one of these on the road or in a car show.