View Full Version : Cobra vs Viper....
and more.... (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5629149633714130841&q=shelby+cobra&hl=en) :p
Kilrtoy
08-13-2006, 01:29 PM
Nice little video
hoolign
08-13-2006, 01:42 PM
All that needs is Brown in the Maxima yelling .." Slow down..wait for me... WHAT .... HAAAAAAAAAAAAA???"
djunkie
08-13-2006, 01:45 PM
I think my V-6 Ford Ranger could take him. :crossx:
Pretty lame for a cobra. The driver can't shift for shit. Same goes for the viper.
Pretty lame for a cobra?
Don't know...didn't see it lose a race. He seemed to do what he had to do without damaging any parts :)
Pretty lame for a cobra?
Don't know...didn't see it lose a race. He seemed to do what he had to do without damaging any parts :)
Mid 12's............You ever drag race?
NashvilleBound
08-13-2006, 05:04 PM
I dont know...looks pretty slow for both of them to me.....
SmokinLowriderSS
08-13-2006, 06:08 PM
Mid 12's............You ever drag race?
They don't make 'em like thay used to eh? :yuk:
Mid 12's............You ever drag race?
Ya I used to drag race in the late 60s. Had the Lions drag strip 1967 AHRA class track record @ 12.30/113.63 (signed by C.J. Hart) and a world class record at Lions Drag strip (68 winter nationals) @12.27/112.92 and a track record at Fontana raceway in a 67 350 Camaro and it was even a 4 speed.
Put a 427 in it and just raced brackets during 1968...only way you could make any money back then. Only had the car for a year. Sold it for what I paid for it...$2800.00 :cry:
I was just ragging on ya because the cobra may have been a 289... who knows. I am sure a 427 would have been a little quicker. But if you noticed his ET dropped about 3/4 sec from the 1st race to the last. Maybe he was just taking easy (sandbagging). Just doing what had to do to win. I don't think OME parts are cheap for those things. If it was an original cobra? :rollside: :rollside:
Wizard29
08-13-2006, 06:12 PM
I would have expected more than a best of 12.3 from that car.
Hot day or high altitude track?
hoolign
08-13-2006, 06:15 PM
Shouldn't this be moved to bench racers :D
I'm pretty sure cobra's with a small block only weight 2400 pounds or so.
My 67 camaro with a 327 ran 11.80's and I was in High school. Either way it did'nt seem like either the viper or the cobra driver knew what they were doing. I've seen a stock viper pull the 1/4 mile in the high 11's at a speed of 125 mph. Rock on.
99 Dodge Viper
8.0 L 488.0 cu. in. OHV 20v V10
450 hp @ 5200 rpm 490 ft.-lb. torque @ 3700 rpm
12.08 sec quarter mile @ 118.51 mph
0 to 30 1.82 sec
0 to 60 4.06 sec
Manual 6 Speed with 3.07 Gears
3319 lbs curb weight
Test by Popular Mechanics
Here ya go...
http://www.vipercentral.com/buy/review/showdown.htm
SmokinLowriderSS
08-13-2006, 07:44 PM
Who knows what rear end gears were in it tho. If it had a tall set of road gears in it (like 3.00 or so), that'll kill the 1/4 mi times ,,, but do great for the top end. Now, a set of 4.11's, and he'd likely have trouble keeping the rear end hooked up behind a 427, and I'd smell sub-12 land there.
Fast Freddy
08-14-2006, 06:39 PM
pretty weak for indy. that track has relatively low elevation and much better density altitude than my local track. hell even my ford lightning truck would smoke all them cars and give that cobra a run for its money too. my viper would just flat out waste that cobra, lol. but then my ridez have modz on them. the cobra driver did a good job with what he had, which appeared to be a small block engine from the looks of those times. the viper had no excuses as a stock gen 2 viper gts should pull 12's at the minimum. the record for a stock viper is high 11's.
NashvilleBound
08-14-2006, 06:43 PM
I agree...my Viper would smoke that Cobra.
Jrocket
08-14-2006, 07:02 PM
My wifes car is faster than anything in that video. :p
Fast Freddy
08-14-2006, 07:03 PM
NashvilleBound - thats a nice copperhead viper you got there. my brother bought a year 2006 SRT-10 viper coupe this year. his is blue with white stripes. mine is a year 2001 ACR. i hit 198 mph on my GPS earlier this year. of course my speedo was inaccurately reading 200 mph, lol
here are a few pix of mine
NashvilleBound
08-14-2006, 07:12 PM
NashvilleBound - thats a nice copperhead viper you got there. my brother bought a year 2006 SRT-10 viper coupe this year. his is blue with white strips. mine is a year 2001 ACR. i hit 198 mph on my GPS earlier this year. here are a few pix of mine
Thanks.......Nice ACR! I have not really had the opportunity to safely run mine up to speed tho we had a small window to smoke a M5 two days ago on the local freeway. I was ran up into 5th gear at 150.....then had to pull back. The cover that covers the covertable top was starting to move and I was afraid of ripping it off. So I dont use it much anymore if I know I am going to be on the freeway. Going to wait till it turns 20k or so then give it to John Hennessee.....let him message it a bit.
Jrocket
08-14-2006, 07:26 PM
Going to wait till it turns 20k or so then give it to John Hennessee.....let him message it a bit.
Have you done any researching on him yet?
Fast Freddy
08-14-2006, 07:26 PM
My wifes car is faster than anything in that video. :p
lol Jrocket. and some of the boats on this site are faster than anything in that vid too
Jrocket
08-14-2006, 07:59 PM
lol Jrocket. and some of the boats on this site are faster than anything in that vid too
Well if I ever get my boat done it might be fast...LOL..Too bad you Viper boys are so far away,I wouldnt mind lining up my wifes sedan against ya for some fun.
NashvilleBound
08-15-2006, 03:14 AM
Have you done any researching on him yet?
I dont know him personally but have exchanged several emails regarding him working on my boat..... and have visted his website for info on the cars....and the website "viperally" he posts on, so I read his threads and replies to try to profile. Do you want to share something with me? I would rather know now trust me......
Cobra's ...If they have any kind of decent power in them at all......are a real handful to keep in a straight line.....I know mine is...
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/data/500/medium/notherbad3.jpg
Sleek-Jet
08-15-2006, 03:34 AM
I understand the weight distribution, and thus traction and handling, is much better when the hood scoop is facing aft... :idea:
I understand the weight distribution, and thus traction and handling, is much better when the hood scoop is facing aft... :idea:
Probably the case ....till you figure in the ***boat Ridicule factor......easier to trade off a few mph....for the ability to fly under the radar......Hanson and Brown.....can be brutal!.... :p
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