Terminator VS GT500
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A couple of years ago, just before I saw the first S197, I came pretty close to buying a 03 10th anniversary Edition Cobra. I was getting a good deal on it and it was an awesome car to drive. But after 7 years in a SN95, I couldn’t see sitting in that for another 7 years. Now, if I could take that engine and tranny and put it in my ride… I’d take that over both of them hands down, no questions! I like them both, but the GT500 is too heavy and not aggressive looking to me (looks like it’s got a smiley face) and the Terminator’s interior sucks. But if I had to choose between the two, GT500, hands down! It’s a better overall car IMHO.
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03-04 owner....you won't get 600+ without spending at least 6000 dollars, a blower upgrade etc, unless your running the juice. I think bang for the buck....can't beat the terminator....but they do have their flaws.....trust me. input shaft and IRS to begin aren't as strong as believed....some are lucky, some are not.
#45
GT500 all the way for me. I'm a big fan of the S197 styling and I think the GT500 fits the aggressive version of it perfectly. The car looks so brutal to me. Also, unfortunately, I just like new cars.
Sucks that it weighs so much.
I like that.
Sucks that it weighs so much.
I will say GT500. Give this car a few years, and it will become what the SVT Cobra is now. The reason we are so "ho-hum" about it now is because we here about it all the time and we have become "domesticated" to the GT500, and it no longer holds any pizaz in our minds. Kinda like a buffet. The first plate is always the best becuase you are so hungry, but everytime you go to get another helping, you care less and less about the food you are eating. Its called diminishing marginal return.
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I still think the GT500 takes too much heat over the curb weight issue. Less poundage would be nice without question, but there are far bigger fish to fry here like weight distribution and the obvious need for larger rubber. (Note to Ford/SVT.....can we not undertire a performance car every now and then?)
All in all the GT500 is easily the best performing Mustang ever produced, and the best example of a proper GT as well. I'll let the weight issue slide just a bit in light of the same.
All in all the GT500 is easily the best performing Mustang ever produced, and the best example of a proper GT as well. I'll let the weight issue slide just a bit in light of the same.
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As much as I like the Terminator Cobras, I would go with the GT500. Around here, I see a Terminator on the road almost every day, they are very common. Plus you can't beat the looks of the GT500 IMO.
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raw power over a terminator, yes, but will a gt500 out handle an 03-04 cobra, unlikely. I agree on the tire issue.....I think 10.5 should be the standard rears for these things, I could hold traction at WOT in 1st or 2nd stock.....wonder what would happen with the pulley! :b
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raw power over a terminator, yes, but will a gt500 out handle an 03-04 cobra, unlikely. I agree on the tire issue.....I think 10.5 should be the standard rears for these things, I could hold traction at WOT in 1st or 2nd stock.....wonder what would happen with the pulley! :b
As for rear rubber. I honestly think that the GT500 needs something more like 12-13 inch wide rear wheels or better to reliably plant that kind of torque in a car this heavy.
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Coletti also was working with a chassis so ancient along with tooling that was as equally ancient and paid for that he probably had a much larger margin in which to work improvments and still make a case for a financially successful car with a minimum of mark-up compared to the terminators lesser kin. Not so with HTT who had to work with an all new car on new tooling, yet still probably had to achieve similar financial goals.
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raw power over a terminator, yes, but will a gt500 out handle an 03-04 cobra, unlikely. I agree on the tire issue.....I think 10.5 should be the standard rears for these things, I could hold traction at WOT in 1st or 2nd stock.....wonder what would happen with the pulley! :b
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If you were driving a C6 Z06 and you told someone you got beat by a modded Cobra they'd still say nice death. 25 years from now the GT500 will be sought after because it has the Shelby name, the 03-04 Cobra will be sought after because it was a performance monster
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Here you go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVwt_Hx5FD8
There is a guy on the big mustang forums that posted this.
There is a guy on the big mustang forums that posted this.
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Here you go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVwt_Hx5FD8
There is a guy on the big mustang forums that posted this.
There is a guy on the big mustang forums that posted this.
And frankly, this just sounds shady. The guy posting the vid knows exactly what the other guys rwhp is but he has to estimate his own? The longer time passes the more it seems that some of the Termy faithful really, really want to prove that their cars are faster than GT500's. However, when Termy owners make stuff like this video and post it in the way that this guy did it gives the appearance that these guys have to snow you a little to make their point. And ultimately, that just hurts their case.