Videos of my sl03 Cobra.

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VIPERGTSR01
What setup was your friend running?, Lag is almost always unavoidable (expecially on a high powered car like that) but you should be able to make it quite drivable.
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Oh it was drivable. He cruised around in it with us when the weather was nice. It just wasn't very good for racing (neither drag or autocross). Several of our lower HP car club members beat him at the drags because it was so hard to get down the track properly.

I don't know much about the import terminology. I just know he put a large single turbo, changed cams, did all the usual bolt-ons, then added a small shot of N20. He and my other friend had almost identical setups, and he uses a PT63 Turbo. Here's a pic:
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Josh
Meh. Yes.

I know it's a terrible choice to make, but I can't help it. Everytime I see a picture/video of one it makes me regret buying the Cobra. I damn near cry when I see the two local MKIV's roaming the streets.

I know the Supra will have well over 40,000 miles, be like 10 years old, and be priced to sell for $10,000 more than it's actually worth, but I'm willing to accept that. It's been a dream car of mine for close to 10 years now. My brother, and I first saw a red TT MKIV when I was 9, and he was 11. I've wanted a Supra ever since. My brother got his (green n/a auto:lol:) when he was 16/17.:irked:

Now I've just got to find a nice low mileage single turbo Supra for under $40,000, and I'll be happy.

I hope to find out if the following Supra is still for sale. I know it was still for sale about a month before I bought the Cobra. If I recall correctly it was a 1997 6 speed with 40-60,000 miles, like 5-600+hp, and he wasnted $36,000 for it. I would jump all over that if I found it again.

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:drool: That's incredibly sexy. 👍
 
Lethalchem
Oh it was drivable. He cruised around in it with us when the weather was nice. It just wasn't very good for racing (neither drag or autocross). Several of our lower HP car club members beat him at the drags because it was so hard to get down the track properly.

I don't know much about the import terminology. I just know he put a large single turbo, changed cams, did all the usual bolt-ons, then added a small shot of N20. He and my other friend had almost identical setups, and he uses a PT63 Turbo. Here's a pic:
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Nice! although I do find the shot of Nitrous Oxide to gain 7% extra HP alittle pointless unless you want to become a 'dyno queen'.
 
VIPERGTSR01
Nice! although I do find the shot of Nitrous Oxide to gain 7% extra HP alittle pointless unless you want to become a 'dyno queen'.
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:lol: Yeah. The pic I posted was of my other friend who has the same setup. He still has his, and he almost NEVER drives it. Our car club has a bunch of friendly competition lists like best drag time in the club, best autocross raw and PAX time, and yes, highest Dyno pulls.:p The guy who sold his car had a black one, but they were within about 10rwhp of each other.
 
its funny how the Picture of that Supra(The red one above) looks chopped. Notice how the left part of the Wing is missing. Its like cut off. Aslo the reflections look too good. and the whole outline of the car is choppy. It seems like someone is trying to pull a fast one on a potential buyer..
 
VIPERGTSR01
I do find the shot of Nitrous Oxide to gain 7% extra HP alittle pointless unless you want to become a 'dyno queen'.
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It's not about being a 'dyno queen' it's about spooling the turbo up faster.

Lag is overrated. I've seen turbo's like HKS' T51R KAI and GReddys T88 both capable of over 800hp, be at full spool midway through the rpm's. They didn't make peak power down low, but what motor with a huge turbo(s) does? Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the cars made no power down low. I'm saying they made good power down low, big power in the mid, and huge power up top.

Head design will play a tremendous factor in how well the turbo(s) spool. An area that a lot of people overlook..
 
Monster7
With sticky tires or lame street rubber? Right click - Save as

That car is all-turbo no nitrous, but has good tires.
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There are very few Supras set up to race like that. It's rare to even see one at the track. I have yet to find a supra owner who is willing to race from a dig. They all want it from a roll.

The video offered was of a street race, so the rubber would have to be street rubber, although I have a video of a cobra pulling it's tires on the street too, it's at the beginning of the vid. I've never seen a supra pull the front at a track, let alone the street:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/demum/cobravid.wmv

Nobody is saying the supra can't be made to be fast from a dig. Any car can. It's just that you have a handful of fast Supras (people even know them by name: Titan Supra etc), whereas you have dozens of Cobras in every city running great numbers all over the country.

http://www.strictlypro.com/dyno video/9.47 yellow car.htm

The reason it can run well at a track is because it can spool up the turbo and dump the clutch, thereby bypassing the lag issue. You won't see a supra spinning his tires just by punching it from a roll like this:

http://www.mycobra.us/videos/toofast4u.wmv

I think it's fairly common knowledge that the big single turbo cars don't make their power down low. That's not their area to shine. Doesn't mean they still arn't fast though. It just means there are limited places you can use it, as opposed to any stoplight on any street in any town, like the Cobra can. Which was the point of my origional statement about my friend selling his supra and getting a Z06. 👍
 
Monster7
Show me an 800-1000whp Cobra in street trim with street tires that hooks from a dig, and I'll show you a $3.00 bill.
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:lol: That's all you can come up with in reponse to that post? :lol:

The point is USABLE HP. BFG or Nitto Drag Radials are street legal, and the video shows they can hook on the street. The cobras don't require race fuel like the Supras do in order to use their higher boost levels, so the cobra is always in "street trim". The Supras don't run their 1000hp tunes daily, just when they know they're going to a Dyno. :dopey:
 
Your post was a rehash of things I have heard over and over again all my life. What exactly is there to respond to?

Ask Josh how well his modded '03 Cobra hooked. And then ask him what vehicle is replacing that '03 Cobra.

The high boost issue was an issue when people didn't use water/alcohol injection. With an alky kit, you can run 30+psi on pump gas for as long as the system has fluid in it. Then again, you probably knew that. 💡
 
Monster7
Your post was a rehash of things I have heard over and over again all my life. What exactly is there to respond to?

Ask Josh how well his modded '03 Cobra hooked. And then ask him what vehicle is replacing that '03 Cobra.

The high boost issue was an issue when people didn't use water/alcohol injection. With an alky kit, you can run 30+psi on pump gas for as long as the system has fluid in it. Then again, you probably knew that. 💡
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If you already knew this stuff, you shouldn't be arguing it. :crazy:

Why would I need to ask Josh about how his modded Cobra hooks when I can go out and drive my modded 03 Cobra and figure it out for myself? 💡


I like how you're arguing with me about a car I own, and I car you don't/. :dunce:
 
The only person here that is arguing, is you.

You tried to discredit the Supra as being a contender on the street and from a dig. My point was, any car making 800-1000whp in street trim with street tires (18-19 inch wheels in some cases) obviously will not hook, especially on the street. Cars that have been tubbed with cartoonishly huge sticky tires are the exception.

You're right I don't own a Cobra. I have however driven a couple older '94-95 5.0L Cobras right before they changed to the 4.6. I have also driven an older 4.6 model with a vortech blower. I thought they were all turds with good low-end power. I like the looks of them just not the powerband, which seems to be a lot of Mustang owners view of the Supra.
 
Ryen49
its funny how the Picture of that Supra(The red one above) looks chopped. Notice how the left part of the Wing is missing. Its like cut off. Aslo the reflections look too good. and the whole outline of the car is choppy. It seems like someone is trying to pull a fast one on a potential buyer..
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It's a VERY huge high quality picture originally. When I uploaded it to photobucket.con it automatically resized it, giving it that crappy, choppy effect. Trust me, it's not shopped at all.
 
Lethalchem
Hehe, you should have seen him trying to autocross that thing with a single turbo setup! :lol:

BTW, you interested in parting it out? Might be willing to take those AFS wheels off your hands. :)
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You ever seen Andi B's Supra in One Lap of America? It had a single turbo, and performed awesomely. The AFS wheels belong to my Dad, now that he owns the car. I asked him if he was interested in selling them a while back to a guy here in SC, and he said no. He's going to buy tires for 'em when he gets back from Germany.
rollazn
You guy might be interested in this...

http://supra.sysadmin-racing.com/videos/temp/CobraSupra.wmv

Cobra vs 1000hp Supra
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Ha. Ha. No!. That's a 440+rwhp '03 Cobra vs/ a Supra that makes around 640rwhp on high boost/race gas. Nowhere near 1,000rwhp. If it had 1,000rwhp it would be so long gone it wouldn't even begin to be funny.

Anyhoo, the '03 was fun, but not the car for me. Fast as ****, no doubt, but I guess I just expected a higher quality car considering I spent $30,000+ on it. Not 100% sure whats going to replace it, yet, but it will most definitely be a Supra, or Z06. Can't wait.
 

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