simpleman01
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I finally got around to driving the Syclone like it wants to be driven. The results were... predictable. My best friend has a 03/04 Cobra (the fast ones) with exhaust and a pulley. It makes 437hp at the wheels. Sy 0895 is stock performance wise.
Race 1- I got a jump on him and put on about two car lengths. I had the windows down and its a weird sensation to hear the other car racing over yours. All I could hear was blower whine, screeching tires, and rowing gears. He caught me at about 55mph and never looked back. Damn those cars are fast. They sound incredible.
Race 2- He got a great jump on me. I pulled about a half truck and then he drove around me after 30mph. We shut it down early since he had a few lengths at 70mph.
Race 3- I didn't get too big a jump but he spun a little. He caught me around 60mph and promptly missed 3rd gear. By the time he sorted his shifter out, we were still pretty close at 90mph. The Sy was running out of steam and his Cobra was just getting warmed up.
If your keeping score, thats Sy 0 Cobra 3. The third race could be a toss-up, but I'd give it to him. If you ever come up against a 03/04 Cobra, be warned. My swiss cheese brain remembers it runs 12.7 or so. Like most of our syty's the Cobras get modified more often than not. Some supercharger porting and a tune will get these cars over 500rwhp. My buddy is saving up for a twin turbo kit that should be good for 700+.
This was the first opportunity I had to try a boost launch. We kinda knew how the races would play out, so he let me build boost every time. I found out my brakes start slipping at 0psi, so I guess I didn't actually boost launch. Regardless, these trucks pull pretty good in first gear!
Race 1- I got a jump on him and put on about two car lengths. I had the windows down and its a weird sensation to hear the other car racing over yours. All I could hear was blower whine, screeching tires, and rowing gears. He caught me at about 55mph and never looked back. Damn those cars are fast. They sound incredible.
Race 2- He got a great jump on me. I pulled about a half truck and then he drove around me after 30mph. We shut it down early since he had a few lengths at 70mph.
Race 3- I didn't get too big a jump but he spun a little. He caught me around 60mph and promptly missed 3rd gear. By the time he sorted his shifter out, we were still pretty close at 90mph. The Sy was running out of steam and his Cobra was just getting warmed up.
If your keeping score, thats Sy 0 Cobra 3. The third race could be a toss-up, but I'd give it to him. If you ever come up against a 03/04 Cobra, be warned. My swiss cheese brain remembers it runs 12.7 or so. Like most of our syty's the Cobras get modified more often than not. Some supercharger porting and a tune will get these cars over 500rwhp. My buddy is saving up for a twin turbo kit that should be good for 700+.
This was the first opportunity I had to try a boost launch. We kinda knew how the races would play out, so he let me build boost every time. I found out my brakes start slipping at 0psi, so I guess I didn't actually boost launch. Regardless, these trucks pull pretty good in first gear!
