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Originally Posted by Jersyboyy
my buddys 99 cobra with 373's and exhaust beat my other buddys ls1 ws6 Its def fast than a lt1. You guys dont give the cobra much credit, it is ON PAR with an LS1 car def faster than an lt1 and with those gears and bolt ons that car is a 12 second car period!
And why does it seem everyone on here acts like their are NO girls that can drive or are knowledgable about cars.
He mentioned earlier her family being big ford car people and the fact that she picked that car out means she knows her stuff to an extent, If she wants that car then that should be the car she drives DAILY.
None of us were pro race car drivers when we first started and we wouldnt get better with out learning to driver faster and faster cars shes started with en eclipse and shes working her way up, I know you guys didnt all start with fully modded ls1's right?
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I have never been impressed with a Mustang's stock performance (special editions and forced induction excluded). They are great looking cars, and fast as hell with light to moderate modifications. But they have always seemed to perform "OK" and don't perform better than expected stock. At the track I have seen a lot of Mustangs run and most of them are running slower than the LS1 cars. Even some of the Mach 1s and normally aspirated Cobras. Those cars run numbers that reflect their rated HP numbers. LS1 cars run better than their ratings. Constantly.
Before you go all "You are just a GM guy" on me- a good friend of mine comes from a huge Ford family (8 car fleet, 2 stangs) and I've had seat time in pretty much every car they own, and I will admit that Ford makes/made some good stuff. I even came close to buying his '91 5.0 since it was such a solid base for a buildup.
But non special edition and non FI mustangs have always been overrated in stock/relatively stock form to me. If a stock NA Cobra has 320 horsepower then why do they get their ass beat by stock LS1's at the track? And not just a loss- half second ass beatings.
This is probably a great car for her, and from what it looks like there won't be a problem. If she is happy then that's what matters! If she hangs it up, then there is a strong chance that it was too much car for her- regardless of her gender.