Nah, its not less than 40k, but i was so caught up in the BMW hype on this thread I had to post it. :)

Wouncie, the ride is hot but why are you rolling like Carlton Banks from the Fresh Prince? Factory rims man. What's really going on?

Sorry, but a LS1 w/ $2500 invested into it is in no way going to outperform a cobra w/ $2500 in it. It is a bigger engine, that's about it, certainly not better. More CI = more power, but the LS1 is a less efficient engine. A stock 03 cobra engine can handle way, way more power then a ls1. Forged internals stock? There's a lot of cobras running 550+rwhp on the stock block with stock supercharger, and only mild mods. The engine can sure as hell handle a lot more then then 8psi of boost it comes with stock.. I've seen twin turbo vettes dyno way less then 550rwhp, blown trans ams well below 450. Where is all this 'power' gonna come from?

Handling? There is no way in HELL any ls1 aside from a vette can even compare to a cobra in terms of handling, and even then I think you would be surprised with the results. Handles a lot better then you would think.

Looks - that's subjective, I think all the f-bods look like ass, and I don't like new corvettes much either (although old ones, wink wink).

By the way, as far as this whole bling car shit, it's stupid. Anyone who thinks they are a badass because they can afford a sub 40k car.. well is fuckin stupid =) I'm a lot more impressed with fast cars, then ugly status symbols. If you want a status symbol at least get something that 75%+ of people can't afford.

Carlton. LMAO. My girl drives that............
Get 2 14 yr olds sticking a pistol in each window of your Benz coupe at 3am after the club and you too wouldn't let wifey drive in Tampa on anything but factory Dubs either!
Kids could barely hold the guns up. They jacked me and my cousin (REMY) for everything! (car, money, jewelry, weed, etc..)
Kids had us laid out on the pavement like LAPD. and the scariest part was how fuckin scared THEY were. LOL
I thought thier handtwitching would be the result of a bullet in me! Funny now, but it wasn't then.

Corvette c5 is cool, but id wait a few more months to see what the c6 looks like!
http://www.corvettecanada.net/images/0603vett.jpg

maserati 3200

amen brotha! ford just can't compete, even with the camaro. why put the money into the car to get 450+ hp when you can buy the car with 400+ already. i've seen the undisputable evidence, f-bodies are faster than mustangs.

and i used to sell fords.

now thats what im talking about..power and beauty!

how much do those maseratis run?

lol? A stock cobra can dyno as high as 385rwhp, sorry to tell you, but that is well over 430hp @ the crank.

Z06 corvette is rated 405 or so HP @ the crank.

That's without a single mod.

Stock C5 Corvette = 405 Net Horse Power (This is the measure. Cars are neither rated at the crank or the wheels anymore. That's right, look in to it. 405 is NOT crank horse power.)

Actual and typical Dyno results (ls1.com source) for Stage II heads and matched Cam ~ 475 RWHP (dyno measured)

Go charger, NOS or twin turbos and 550-600 is EASILY possible.

A corvette C5 will out handle any Mustang, period.

I owned a 2000 Camaro SS. This car is rated 320 Net HP (there's that term again, research!) A non SS Camaro, LS1 rates 305 HP and they say the ram air gets you 15 horse power more. This 15 horse power wouldn't be measurable on a Dyno though, because the car isn't moving right? My car stock dynoed 314RWHP .. And by stock I mean air filter and all. Seeing very close to 400RWHP on a z06 C5 is not only possible, but likely.

I researched the engine a lot, I worked on and modified my car myself. I also raced this Car. My SS Camaro would run circles around < 2003 Mustang Cobra. Stock pan hard rod on a Cobra? I don't think so.

How much hands on experience do you have with the 2003 Mustang Cobra? That's what I thought. Your experience here is as a paper racer. Good work.

As for a "more effecient engine" ... Let's take off the forced induction, run any heads and cam combo you want on that Cobra Engine, and see if it will compete with a factory stock LS6. Never mind a lightly modded one.

Mustang has made great strides with the Cobra, but I'm afraid the Corevette will run circles around it.

Get a neon SRT-4 for only $20000

- wipe out gay souped up ricers
- compete with cars such as the 350Z, 330ci, A4 and WRX

Get bang for your buck
0-60 5.6 secs
1/4 mile 14.2secs

http://www.caranddriver.com/xp/Caran...dtest_srt4.xml

for half the price, keep it for a bit, save shitloads and then buy some exotic overpriced car

All comes to to those who can wait

as white bread as i may seem, ill get gutter for you wouncie
next time something like that happens i shall have ur back re%

thats repercent for those of u not down with the digital gangster? lingo