Chevy vs. Ford ??? or....
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The current Cobra has 390 hp and is equipped with a factory supercharger. Changing air intake, exhaust, chip and changing the pullies on the supercharger will easily make the Cobra own a Vette. Also, the Cobra has rear seats. The suspension on the Vette is definitely more race-tuned, but I don't think the front struts are a limiting factor. Mustangs are very competitive when race-tuned.
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another car that may be on the horizon for ford now that they are working with carroll shelby is the GT350 and the GT500. which if it does make production, is rumored to be quite a bit faster than the next gen mustang cobra
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Originally Posted by Ev2Demon
I don't expect that out of the base Charger either, but if Dodge offers up an SRT version, who knows what it may hold. I've already heard there is an SRT version of the Magnum coming shortly that is supposed to be very impressive.
490/490 are some good numbers no doubt, but power alone does not mean it will compete with a Vette or Viper.
490/490 are some good numbers no doubt, but power alone does not mean it will compete with a Vette or Viper.
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Originally Posted by chaseface84
another car that may be on the horizon for ford now that they are working with carroll shelby is the GT350 and the GT500. which if it does make production, is rumored to be quite a bit faster than the next gen mustang cobra
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From: IN
Originally Posted by FordLariat
Now that would be something to drool about. Carroll Shelby is King. The only thing Dodge has that's worth anything is the Viper, and that's only because he designed it. I still wouldn't have one just because it's a Dodge, but the man knows what he is doing with high-performance vehicles.
He had absolutley nothing to do with the new SRT-10 Viper either.
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http://carrollshelby.com/timeline.htm
Scroll down to 1987:
"1987 - Shelby envisions and begins prototype work on a Dodge sports car which later becomes the "Viper.""
Don't argue with me, argue with Carroll Shelby's website. Even looking at the Viper, it's obvious that most of the design cues come from Shelby.
Thank God he got enough sense to work with Ford again instead of Dodge before they make anything else with the name SRT-10 on it.
Scroll down to 1987:
"1987 - Shelby envisions and begins prototype work on a Dodge sports car which later becomes the "Viper.""
Don't argue with me, argue with Carroll Shelby's website. Even looking at the Viper, it's obvious that most of the design cues come from Shelby.
Thank God he got enough sense to work with Ford again instead of Dodge before they make anything else with the name SRT-10 on it.
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From: providence, ri
Originally Posted by ga302p
That is a lot of people. Gmc sales were good in early 2003 and Chevys were off. Chevy loyalists were buying GMC because they didn't like the new body style.
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That's just speculation, though. Who knows how the solid axle would hold up to the same accident? It could've been even worse, for all we know. My point is that the poster seems to be saying the solid axle would've somehow had no damage. I don't think that's likely.
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