can't decide, 99 cobra or 03-04 cobra. please read
ok, i am currently redoing a 94 toyota supra that i plan on getting it cleaned up and selling as a rolling chasis. i wanna get a cobra and twin turbo it. that has been my dream for a while now. i love the 03-04s but if i am planning on taking the supercharger off anyways, is the moor any better when it comes down to it? what about the car itself? what are yalls thought?
The 03-04 cars have iron blocks and Manley connecting rods. They were made for boost. The 99 cars had aluminum blocks and weren't set up for boost. I've got an 03. They are the best bang for the buck muscle car Ford has ever produced. You can currently get a low mileage tastefully modded example for mid 20K. I noticed one of the guys on this forum was selling his 600+ Kenne Bell boosted car for 26K. It has 18K miles. If you have the cash, go for the 03-04.
Well I have a 99 Cobra. You can put a Hellion kit on a 99 Cobra and be in the realm of 600rwhp. But you will have to beef the bottom end up. Plus you'll need to beef up the IRS. But you'll spend $30k for a 99 plus the turbo, and beef up. But in the end it'll be a 600hp car easy. That is the reason I bought a 99, and not an 03-04. I'm saving up for the rebuild and Hellion kit($13k). But most everything else is done.
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I am from Detroit and consider myself a true gearhead. In my humble opinion you would be better off with the 03-04 cobra. The reason I say this is because the 03-04 cobra comes with forged internals right from the factory. I have seen the rotating assembly of the 03-04 cobra and you would be hard pressed to build something beter for the money. If you plan on putting twin turbo's on the car anyway you could gain as much as 1000 rwhp without ever having to go into the bottom end of the engine and drive it on a regular basis. There are a few companies down in Texas ( don't know if I can name them) that will put the turbo's on and put you in the 1000 rwhp and send you off smiling. 600 hp or 1000 hp, you make the choice and do a little research yourself and you will find out everything you want to know. By the way you can also get 700 rwhp with an aftermarket supercharger be it whipple or Kenny bell and depending on how big of a blower you install. I personally know someone who has a 2.3 whipple on an 03 cobra that makes over 700 rwhp and he drives his car on a regular basis when weather permits and his car is street friendly. It's good to fet our opinion but what we say is not the gospal but there a lot of truths in our opinion. There are a few things you should ask yourself, What is the purpose the car, How often are you going to drive it and, and how much fun do you want to have. I personally like the 03-04 and I have an 03 which I can truely say is one fun car.
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. 600 hp or 1000 hp, you make the choice and do a little research yourself and you will find out everything you want to know. G-Money
The point I was making is with a 99, for what you'll spend for an 03-04, you can rebuild a 99 and put a Hellion kit on it. You show me an 03-04 with the twin turbo kit on it pushing 1000hp for $30k and I'd have to call you on it. It's a matter of opinion. I like 03-04's, and would love to have one. But I wanted to pay cash, so I could mod it how I wanted. Plus the 99-01 SVT's are the last of the 50/50 ratio Cobras. I autocross so it's a bigger deal for me.
(I've seen (2) 99's spin the bottom end while ideling!) My Cobra has seen many SCCA events and no spun bearings ever. You must be hangintalking about guys that rag thier cars and don't take care of them.
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C&L 80mm mass air and True Flow pipe, Mac CAI, BBK 65mm tb, Steeda non-piggy back ud pulleys, MGW shifter, RAM HD clutch and aluminum flywheel, 3:73 gears, 2.5" Dynomax o/r x pipe, 3" MAC cat back system w/ 3 1/2" tips, Kenny Brown(front and rear strut tower brace, caster plates, subframe connectors,extreme matrix brace,jacking rails, torque brace, lowering springs), Bilstein shocks, 03-04 Cobra(side scoops, rear bumper cover, top), 6pt roll cage, white FR500's, FMS 2000 Cobra R air dam.
The point I was making is with a 99, for what you'll spend for an 03-04, you can rebuild a 99 and put a Hellion kit on it. You show me an 03-04 with the twin turbo kit on it pushing 1000hp for $30k and I'd have to call you on it. It's a matter of opinion. I like 03-04's, and would love to have one. But I wanted to pay cash, so I could mod it how I wanted. Plus the 99-01 SVT's are the last of the 50/50 ratio Cobras. I autocross so it's a bigger deal for me.
(I've seen (2) 99's spin the bottom end while ideling!) My Cobra has seen many SCCA events and no spun bearings ever. You must be hangintalking about guys that rag thier cars and don't take care of them.
Both took car of them very well. I'm not going to say they never punched the gas before. Which they have a few times, But seeing that I'll have to stay away from the 99. There maybe many that never have any problems I think it's just my sign not to get one!
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some turbo kits alow you to still leave the blower on, id go terminator and just swap out the IRS for 9" and 35 splines later down the line.. nothing'll touch it if you TT boost it... even 15-18psi will take you to 700-800whp
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I'd say thats not to bad of a power output lol... didnt take the time to read all of it which it might have said, but thats probably not street legal anymore with the bumper and fenders off?
Well I have a 99 Cobra. You can put a Hellion kit on a 99 Cobra and be in the realm of 600rwhp. But you will have to beef the bottom end up. Plus you'll need to beef up the IRS. But you'll spend $30k for a 99 plus the turbo, and beef up. But in the end it'll be a 600hp car easy. That is the reason I bought a 99, and not an 03-04. I'm saving up for the rebuild and Hellion kit($13k). But most everything else is done.
you have the years reversed....
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You can pick up an 03 Cobra for about 18 to 20 K if you're a good negotiator and the twin turbo's will cost you about 8 to 10 k. If you get an 03 that was built near the end of the 03 run you will get heavy duty half shafts which are a lot larger than the 99,01 & early 03 half shafts. No matter what you do if you drag race the car you will have to upgrade your half shafts but if not then the late 03's will be fine. In the end it's your money and you will have to be happy with the car. I wish you lived in the Detroit area and I could take you for a ride in my 03, you wouldn't have too hard of a decision to make. I'm NOT putting out any challeges or anything like that and my profile says one thing and I'm not bragging but I'm not scared of any turbo car in the quarter mile, and if I don't win they will know I'm there and that's provided they can drive their car like I can.
I guess it just depends what you're into. So far I've put all mu money in suspension. I could have put the Hellion kit on already. But the car would have ridden like a boat. Any car would have it's work cut out to hang with mine in a corner. My Favorite saying "Women love autocrossers because they last longer than 12 seconds". Bah, ha, ha..... I still love it!!
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C&L 80mm mass air and True Flow pipe, Mac CAI, BBK 65mm tb, Steeda non-piggy back ud pulleys, MGW shifter, RAM HD clutch and aluminum flywheel, 3:73 gears, 2.5" Dynomax o/r x pipe, 3" MAC cat back system w/ 3 1/2" tips, Kenny Brown(front and rear strut tower brace, caster plates, subframe connectors,extreme matrix brace,jacking rails, torque brace, lowering springs), Bilstein shocks, 03-04 Cobra(side scoops, rear bumper cover, top), 6pt roll cage, white FR500's, FMS 2000 Cobra R air dam.
I'd go with the 99. They're better balanced, were the first Cobra in the new edge body style, and with forged internals plus some suspension work can handle 600hp with ease. Plus you get two seperate dins and they make a gauge panel so you can have a boost gauge etc. I think it would be a good build to be put in a magazine.
03-04 cobra FTW!!!! terminator all the way, they are alot easier to get power out of then a 99 or etc..just throw a kb 2.8 on it and you have 700rwhp or even more
can't decide, 99 cobra or 03-04 cobra. please read 
