What's this "wine" you all speak of?
I definitely have to agree with you on this. I love my Cobra but feel the Shelby is improved pretty much in every way. Lots of people refer to our cars as being "RAW". I just contribute that feeling to our cars being very basic with no additional features and basically cheap all around. That's personally why I like mine so much because its just something I go out and have fun in. I guess it comes down to user preference but Shelbys are definitely built better in terms of quality. The 03-04 Cobra drivetrain is impressive to say the least but take that away and you are left with a chasis that dates back to the 70s and a cheap interior..
I actually have noticed I could hear my blower really well when I had the stock mid pipe and Mac catback. Now I have a magnaflow catted X with 2 high flow cats and it is really hard to hear the blower. I was surprised. Still have the mac catback and no hood blanket
Lol at the better all around car comment. I've owned 4 terminators and love them but after owning a Shelby no way in hell would I go backwards.
Agreed....when I was looking into getting my Shelby I had been told I would feel "disconnected" from the car due to the TBW setup instead of the cable actuation. The info couldn't have been more wrong...the cars throttle response and steering was magnificent. Now if your talking bang for the buck cash out lay....ofcourse the Terminator wins out...it's older technology and a outdated chassis....and most low mileage ones are in the mid 20k range so easily attainable these days. The Shelby is well over double that for a newer one and has some added heft (4055lb' with me in it) but also a much bigger motor and many more amenities. All my drag time bests are posted in my signature so mine def doesn't sit as a museum piece it actually gets used for racing and street duty just like my terminators did. I hands down prefer the Shelby. Not to mention I FIT better in the S197 car....I'm a pretty wide bodied person and my shoulder is up against the door panel in the 03/04's....Not as cushy by any means compared to a S197 car.
lol @ wide bodied. Im right there with you.
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Had 3 Terminators, 1 2009 GT500= never going back.
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Had 3 Terminators, 1 2009 GT500= never going back.
I have always felt they are two totally different cars. Plus, my tuner tuned the dbw throttle body to be closer to the throttle response of the 13/14. Add to that Jay porting my CJ65, and my lowly 645rwhp GT500 has just as razor sharp throttle response as my 512rwhp ported/pullied Terminator.
With my suspension mods, it handles very similar, but at the same time doesn't beat me up like all my previous mustangs did.
Thats good because Terminators shouldn't have rocker stripes.
As far as this go's I almost traded my 04 in back in 2011 for a gt500 my car had 15k on the clock and got a fair offer ( lk 24k) no bs ...but for me i wana be able to go out and do stupid shit and the new ones are to refined. I want a dangerous 3 pedal car and the cobra is the last of them ..Ford is ****ing up with the mustangs wanting to please the masses with the new 15 trash ....I am sooooo glad I kept my 04