97 Cobra Estimated Times

[Cannons]

Buddy of mine has a 97 cobra Hard Top, 3.73 gears, 255 lph pump, drag radials, 75 shot NOS, No Cats, K&N, hitting the NOS off the line his best time is 12.50. Average time is more like 12.80. He is installing a 12 PSI Vortech Supercharger and expects to go 10.90's. BTW This engine has 100% stock internals, heads, intake and a rebuilt 5 speed. The only thing done to the rear is the Carrier was Cryo treated. Thoughts on this???

 

[TheMoonRulez#1]

He is going to blow his motor.

 

[4camwonder]

He is going to blow his motor.

+1

 

[Black96SVT]

yeah with that SC you can kiss the rear end and engine good bye.. on top of the mods already done

 

[Jackie Chan]

yep....i never saw a stock 4v motor with tt run 9's for 2 years or anything

 

[Jackie Chan]

btw, your buddy thinks highly of th results of 12psi on a vortech ......

 

[Yellow98SVT]

It has been done, but, not on 12 pounds boost. Anything more than 425+ rwhp and the engine will turn loose those rings in a hurry. Once he gets that blower set...he's about 8 grand away from reliable 10.90's(bottom end, TKO 500/600 tranny, 31 spline rear end, one bad ass clutch and suspension). Watch out, if you spin up the boost and throw a rod, you've added about 1500 dollars to the rebuild price and may not even be able to find an affordable Teksid block replacement.

 

[torchred2000gt]

If he really wants to go fast with that blower, he would put in an automatic trans instead of a TKO.
Rob

 

[white98snake]

If he really wants to go fast with that blower, he would put in an automatic trans instead of a TKO.
Rob

+1

 

[CobraSvt9746]

yeah i say he doesn't make it past the tree as the way he is thinking with that setup he will also probably think he can launch @ 8k!

 

[97 slowbra]

He is going to blow his motor.

+2 epper:

 

[Doug]

If he really wants to go fast with that blower, he would put in an automatic trans instead of a TKO.
Rob

not at 12psi at his power level. the manual will be faster, and cheaper.

 

[97Stangv6]

Watch out, if you spin up the boost and throw a rod, you've added about 1500 dollars to the rebuild price and may not even be able to find an affordable Teksid block replacement.

^^See that READ THAT, Tell your freind not to do it. They dont make these blocks anymore and they can be hard to come by. Why destroy a perfectly good block? It's not a opinion if the motor will fail it's a fact, IT WILL FAIL.

 

[Cannons]

btw, your buddy thinks highly of th results of 12psi on a vortech ......

What do you mean by that?

 

[Jackie Chan]

a mild bolt on 4v with only 12psi from a vortech is going to have a VERY hard time coming close to 10.9s....T Trim maybe with an auto and a stall and weight reduction and .....

 

[blackfang]

Yup. Boom Boom

 

[96cobrakid]

Tell him top read this thread. put his money in a forged rotating assembly and then do a blower later.

 

[STAMPEDE3]

I'd love to be a whale watcher on this run.


THERE SHE BLOWS!
lol

 

[torchred2000gt]

not at 12psi at his power level. the manual will be faster, and cheaper.

Hydraulics and electronic solenoids are faster than non sequential manuals. Every time. Period.
Rob

 

[Cannons]

a mild bolt on 4v with only 12psi from a vortech is going to have a VERY hard time coming close to 10.9s....T Trim maybe with an auto and a stall and weight reduction and .....

What is a reasonable time? He is also running a 100 shot Wet NOS