Well, myself and gatorman finally raced. I have a stock 03 other than FIPK and he has a stock 03 other than Magnaflow catback with high flow cat h-pipe.
He pulled away from me pretty good on 2nd gear starts and continued to pull away thru 4th gear. But, I seemed to get him with 1st gear starts at about 20mph and pull away from him until he started to catch up.
The intriguing part is that K&N claims 30 rwhp gain with the FIPK on the 03 Cobra with Dyno charts. Then, Magnaflow claims 20 HP gain with cat back and another couple with the high flow h-pipe. In addition to this, my Vert's curb weight is 115 lbs heavier than the coupe. But, I had a 1/2 tank of gas and he had a full tank. So, assuming gas weighs the same as water = 8.3 lbs per gallon, I had about 65 lbs less weight in gas. This would only put me at about 48 lbs heavier. Insignificant in my mind.:shrug:
Any of you guys like to take a stab at why? I was surprised we were not dead even. We have the same stock Eagle F1's, I have 10K miles and he has 22K. He has the stock paper filter with the filter housing and air silencer still on. I guess it just may be that Cobra's vary from the factory unless you guys can come up with something else.
I know what Tyler, Rick and Marc will say . . . Time for a Whipple! :nono:
Anyway, we both had a lot of fun running our first race
He pulled away from me pretty good on 2nd gear starts and continued to pull away thru 4th gear. But, I seemed to get him with 1st gear starts at about 20mph and pull away from him until he started to catch up.
The intriguing part is that K&N claims 30 rwhp gain with the FIPK on the 03 Cobra with Dyno charts. Then, Magnaflow claims 20 HP gain with cat back and another couple with the high flow h-pipe. In addition to this, my Vert's curb weight is 115 lbs heavier than the coupe. But, I had a 1/2 tank of gas and he had a full tank. So, assuming gas weighs the same as water = 8.3 lbs per gallon, I had about 65 lbs less weight in gas. This would only put me at about 48 lbs heavier. Insignificant in my mind.:shrug:
Any of you guys like to take a stab at why? I was surprised we were not dead even. We have the same stock Eagle F1's, I have 10K miles and he has 22K. He has the stock paper filter with the filter housing and air silencer still on. I guess it just may be that Cobra's vary from the factory unless you guys can come up with something else.
I know what Tyler, Rick and Marc will say . . . Time for a Whipple! :nono:
Anyway, we both had a lot of fun running our first race
