no **** a a stock10 inchwouldnt make it in a 600 hp car, thats why i said a 600 hp f body with the SUPPORTING MODS. That would be a different rear end. And im not saying they arent badass cars, but how do you explain that pullied and tuned cobra running 13's? Maybe bad driver, i dunno, but ive never seen a completely stock cobra run 12's. Im not knocking that suspension setup, thats what the vettes run and it works for them, ford just didnt get it to work as good, which is why they are back to a solid axle in the GT500's

 

the stockCobra IS A 13.0 CAR, nothing more or less, dont let the shelby connection put your shorts in a bundle, it was always a little more on the cosmetic side than it should have been. as for the ten bolt, a 30 spline with aftermarket components will handle anywhere up to 650 rwhp, definately not stock, but a stock 12 bolt would not handle that either. In order to maintain power, you gotta do the mods to take it

 

aaaaaaand here we go

1) there is no fundamental difference between the weakness of the cobra suspension and the camaro suspension. as such, to claim a camaro w/ supporting mods (meaning rear end in this case) and compare that to a stock rear cobra is an invalid argument. because a cobra with "supporting mods" will do the same thing.

2)you dont know if it was a bad driver. well i do.

3)refer back to 1, this isnt about good or bad, its about relative weakness, in which case the cobra rear is better than the camaro rear. both need replaced to make it a drag car.

4) they got it to work just fine. vettes are not drag cars by any means, they are built for road racing autoX. the guys who seriously drag race them also switch to a solid rear. there was alot of controversy over going back solid for the GT500, but the way it was built, the car had almost the same handling abilities as the old IRS cobra, or at least that was the reports from ford.

 

I read that ford went to a solid rear because its cheaper......

 

thats just flat out wrong... seriously... The LS1 camaro has 350 HP runs low 13s. the cobra has 390 HP and you exspect it to run the exsact same time? Stock Cobras run in the 12s with no problem. And specter is 100% right in most of what hes saying here.

And yea, a camaro with a good head/cam package could hit 500 HP. But today a stock Cobra is pretty rare.

 

well sry for posting, thats just my experiences with Cobras, wont happen again. Didnt expect to get raped for being wrong.

 

a stock cobra will dyno at 360rwhp.

 

yea, and a stock ls1 will dyno at ~300rwhp. but i was talking at the fly. LS1 has around 350 cobra has around 390.

 

so the ls1 lost 50 hp through the t56, and the cobra lost only 30?

no, the cobra is underrated, 15% loss gives the cobra about 420bhp. thats something i would expect for mid 12s on IRS

 

btw BHP = RWHP. It could have 420 at the fly, but all the numbers I see say 390. I dunno how much of that goes to the wheels. but seince you said 360 I thought that might be it.