I heard the cobras of 96-98 were absoloutle torqueless dogs and the 94-95 gt could beat them. Is this true? this is interesting because the GT has more low end, but the snake has more high end. i would think the cobra would take it, but i would like some insight.

 

Moving to 'Which is Better' . . .

Do you mean 0-60, 1/4 mile, etc.?

Either way the Cobra will beat a 94-95 GT (stock vs. stock).

 

its not called a cobra for nothing

 

comparison-
1/4, 0-60, a stoplight to stoplight kind of thing.
stock vs. stock
Arin, its a sweet looking car (cobra) just it has no low end torque.

 

well lets see 305 hp vs. 215 hp.... relatively same weight. Not much to discuss.

 

HP isnt everything, torque is what matters. u would have to drive each of them to know. i wanted to know from someone with expeirence. no offense to you.

 

96 Cobra - 300 ft-lbs
95 GT - 285 ft-lbs

 

my dad owns a 98 cobra all stock eccept flowmasters and it comes off a light strong it will slip the tires easily in 1st and 2nd

 

Having driven both cars, i'll give a lil of my thoughts.

The motors are 2 completely different feels. The 5.0 motor makes its trq right off idle and stays down low. The 4.6L peaks its trq about 4500-4800 rpm which is really high. You really have to rev the 4.6L DOHC to get it in the trq range. Once you get it there, you are well into your power curve and its pulling hard, as where the 5.0 is going to start falling off on power and trq. The 4.6L would walk it in pretty much any situation that I can think of, but directly off the line, the 5.0 will take more skill as it will light the tires up easier.

 

Scott, you couldn't have said that better.

Well, Mr. Doug... there's your answer.

 

hmm, i heard that for the advertised 305hp that the 96-98 cobras are mutts,my uncle has a friend who has a 98, its black and in mint condition, he is selling it for 4800 dollars because he got the oil changed and the idiot who changed it only put in 3 qaurts and because how high the cranks its after 300 miles it started knocking, so he checked it an dfound out their were only 3 qaurts, but if u are looking for a car like that, i could prolly get u in touch, it has 95 R wheels.

 

but, back to topic, the cobra would prolly thump it high end, but the 94-95 would beat it off the line correct?

 

The 305hp is there definately... its just a really high revving motor and thats where it makes its power. The 96-98 cobra's flow more air stock for stock than any other motor ford has made (other than the s/c'd 03 of course). My car ran 13.9's @102ish completely stock with 65k miles on the clock so I wouldnt call that a slouch by any means.

It all depends on the drivers, but stock for stock a 96-98 cobra is going to walk a 94-95 GT from just about hte line out. If the 5.0 gets it off the line, the cobra will have it by probably 1 car lengths at teh 1/8th and will just be pulling good

Also whoever put 3qt's of oil is a pure moron! Mine holds 7qts even just to get it to the full mark.

 

Yah, a real idiot, but its a mint Black 98, non-modded and it has 95 R wheels, 4800 $$

 

Its probably not 95 R wheels, its probably 98 cobra wheels. They look REAL similar but there are a few small differences. 98 Cobra's have just SVT in the center cap i believe and the spokes seem to curve out in the middle more than the R's did. Also the 98 cobra wheels are in 17x8 only.

'98 wheel:


95 R

 

no, it had those gay looking chrome things, i think your car has the same ones. now it has the 95 R wheels with the R on the center cap, they are also darker than 98 cobra wheels

 

All 98 cobra's came with the 5-spoke wheels like posted above. If it didnt, are you sure its a 98.

Btw, the 96-97 cobra wheels are not gay looking. I think they look quite nice and are also alot lighter than most 17x8 wheels out there (23lbs a piece for a fairly large designed wheel isnt shabby)

 

ok, they are good for road racing then, but i really hate the look. Maybe it is a 96 cobra then? it had those chrome things on it before, i could of swore it said 98, maybe i misread and its a 96 Thanks for catching that.

 

I know this is late but I just found this site, but I know from experience that a stock 94 GT will blister the hide of a 98 Cobra. I have a 94 with 2 chamber flows and a k&n filter and my best friend had a 98 cobra. From a 60 mph kick I rolled him 5 car lengths and stayed there until I let off

 

Even a Civic could KILL my 94 GT.

But maybe if it ran it would do better...