THIS. The ol 5.0's have been around for so long you just never know what's lurking under the hood. For the life of me I can't even get a mini van to try and race me!
Why is it that sh!t cars think they can beat a 1993 Cobra?
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THIS. The ol 5.0's have been around for so long you just never know what's lurking under the hood. For the life of me I can't even get a mini van to try and race me!
Well it pretty much is bone stock. I am thinking a low psi supercharger just to give it a bit more kick but nothing serious.
Your car is clean OP. A little boost never hurt, but if I were you I'd just put that money towards modding your new 2015 once you get it..
That's a very nice Fox you have there OP. The nicest stock foxbody I've ever seen actually, as I usually run into ol' beaters or drag cars.
It doesn't surprise me that you saw a Dodge burning oil
It doesn't surprise me that you saw a Dodge burning oil
Really nice car!
Nice looking Cobra!
Good looking car. Drag Radials and spray is what you need!
Leave it stock, enjoy it for the collectors car it is, use the money you save and put it towards the 2015
if you wanna keep it cheap and still keep your cobra in stock trim throw a dry shot of nos on it trust me you will put most of those little shits in the rear view mirror with a 125hp shot of love. BTW sweet car!
Don't add a basic non intercooled supercharger. It will still be slow and even more nose heavy. Get yourself some trickflow aluminum heads/intake/1.7 rockers. Make the same power for less money and take 60 pounds off the front end instead of adding 75.
This can apply to Big Hammer's thread, his bolt-on LS1 is walking a 5.0, even a bolt-on 5.0! lol
In OP's high altitude that might be the way to go. Or just do a motor swap, the car is clean and needs something with power to bring it to life.
You don't buy a '93 Cobra because its fast, you buy one because they are f'n badass and a piece of Mustang history. 20 years from now your car will *probably* be worth more than most other Mustangs on the road.
Very nice looking car, and from what it appears, well kept. With that said, it sounds like you need to do some research if you're looking to upgrade the straight line performance of the car. First things first; spinning isn't winning, and you need to be able to hook from a dig. IMO, invest in a set of drag radials to fit your rear tires. From there, perhaps invest in modifications which allow the engine to breath better, set your timing between 13-14 degrees, and keep the car tuned up well. You can save your stock parts so that could could put the car back to original if desired.
With a good driver and some traction I've seen the '93's dip into the 13.6 range in the 1/4 mile.
With a good driver and some traction I've seen the '93's dip into the 13.6 range in the 1/4 mile.
There are quite a few stock SUVs and trucks that would hurt a stock 93 Cobra's feelings nowadays. Soccer moms would be waving to you while her kids stick their tongue out as they cruise past you.
For the price of that blower you could throw a cam and a set of AFR's under the hood. Shave 50lbs off of the nose of that thing and wake up with about the same hp gains as the blower and a mean assed snarl to boot.
Excellent; an answer to the question in the thread title! Seems the most likely answer. And I guess new cars probably don't even want to bother.
Yeah that's why I'm not even sure about a low psi supercharger. Hadn't thought about a head swap. It has zero issues mechanically so I really don't want to open a can of worms; I would just like a bit more kick. But it's easiest to not do anything than undo a mistake right?
6 months after I bought this I saw a 1986 (like my high school car) in great shape for sale locally. Not even 100k miles, T-tops and nearly stock. I wanted that one too; 1/3 the price and I could engine swap that without feeling guilty...wife wasn't having that.
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Thanks man. And I thank the previous owners for keeping it this nice too.
Would you believe original paint too? Up close there are light scratches here and there and the ground effects up front have a lot of little nicks. But from even a few steps away most can't believe it's original. My mother-in-law asked who did the paint. I said: Ford. I had a guy at a gas station last week ask who did the restore work for me; I told him it's original and he was shocked.
Don't touch it! Let the 2015 do your dirty work.
leave it stock. the car is worth much, much more stock then it is modded. and you will have to spend BIG bucks to mod it to the point where you will be relevant on the street. your best bet is to keep that car as an investment. you can buy a ratted out fox with some NOS or a blower for $4-5k and duke it out with all the 12-13 second cars for the same price you'll spend on a new blower for your cobra.
fyi----many factory blown cars have a conservative tune---when you hammer it, the computer throws tons of fuel at the motor and you get a puff of black smoke. that is likely what you saw. you should see the black smoke that comes out of my GTR when i hammer it at first. its like a diesel. and that caliber is likely a simple computer reflash away from seriously pushing your shit in. factory blown cars are not to be taken lightly
fyi----many factory blown cars have a conservative tune---when you hammer it, the computer throws tons of fuel at the motor and you get a puff of black smoke. that is likely what you saw. you should see the black smoke that comes out of my GTR when i hammer it at first. its like a diesel. and that caliber is likely a simple computer reflash away from seriously pushing your shit in. factory blown cars are not to be taken lightly
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