2007 Ford Mustang Cobra

[fo44rd]

I think it is total BS that Ford won't put the 550 horsepower version in......tooo much corporte thinking going on.

[RAMAIRGT1]

why on earth would you want to put a 500+hp motor in the cobra mustang when you already have a 500+hp monster on the market? The idea is to make the cobra AFFORDABLE
and for your info its not corporate thinking, SVT actually listened to the cobra enthusiasts for once

[fo44rd]

Originally Posted by RAMAIRGT1

why on earth would you want to put a 500+hp motor in the cobra mustang when you already have a 500+hp monster on the market? The idea is to make the cobra AFFORDABLE
and for your info its not corporate thinking, SVT actually listened to the cobra enthusiasts for once

And that is cool.......but at least offer it. They have it made and emmision tested already. "smoke'em if you got'em"

[95-GT]

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/MultimediaLanding


Video if Carrol Shelby tearing **** up in the new Cobra. I wish all old people drove like that.

[RAMAIRGT1]

notice that there isnt a "whine" under the hood. now maybe all the cobra haters will quit "whining" that ford needs an s/c to go fast

[airforce_am]

I love Mustangs and that one looked powerful as he!!. I wish I had the money to buy one! I would get one tomorrow!

[airforce_am]

If they were on production that is!

[GAGTSCTGuy]

Originally Posted by RAMAIRGT1

notice that there isnt a "whine" under the hood. now maybe all the cobra haters will quit "whining" that ford needs an s/c to go fast

You sure? I'm pretty sure I heard a SC under the hood of that thing, listen carefully.... unless I'm hearing things


Any specs yet, do the specs say its not SC'ed?

[bigbenSC]

The sound is so bad that I really can't tell.

[GAGTSCTGuy]

From first page, post #1

Originally Posted by Vintalage

Motor: 5.4 Supercharged, 3 valve heads (with HUGE valves), forged internals similar to the 4.6 (Crank, rods, etc), modestly rated (under rated actually) ~465 HP/495 lb ft Torque, using a twin screw S/C similar to that on the Ford GT but pullied differently, hence the lower HP. This motor was supposedly made official (in house only) just in the last few days. It will NOT be rated the equal or even close HP-wise as the Ford GT exotic for exclusivity reasons. It will have more restrictive intake/exhaust systems than the Ford GT which is partly to blame for the lower performance numbers. Also, a cold air induction system will purportedly being looked at as an option but may be standard if it can get past the bean counters.

[RAMAIRGT1]

Originally Posted by GAGTSCTGuy

You sure? I'm pretty sure I heard a SC under the hood of that thing, listen carefully.... unless I'm hearing things


Any specs yet, do the specs say its not SC'ed?

yes it is supercharged, i just wanted to see what people would say
here is a picture of the 2007 Ford Shelby Cobra GT500

[RAMAIRGT1]

here is the press kit
http://media.ford.com/products/press...422&make_id=92

[crazypontiac03]

God That car is Sexy!!! To bad the pocket book isnt So Big.

[GrandAmBaby17]

it's kinda nice looking, but to me it just looks like an 'o5 with a body kit and a spoiler....

[Hodge]

i would buy that ****ing mustang and sport trac in the backround

[RAMAIRGT1]

Originally Posted by GrandAmBaby17

it's kinda nice looking, but to me it just looks like an 'o5 with a body kit and a spoiler....

what did you expect it to be? the previous year cobra's were just a GT with different bumpers, seats, rear end, transmission and motor.......

[AMRAAM4]

Originally Posted by Hodge

i would buy that ****ing mustang and sport trac in the backround

SporTrac's have to be one of the queerest vehicles out there, it screams "Yuppy Micropenis"

[Vintalage]

Ford celebrated the Mustang’s 40th birthday last year by whipping up one of the wildest Mustangs ever, the GT-R concept displayed at New York 2004 (AW, April 19, 2004). At the time, we said we hoped the history-obsessed automaker wouldn’t morph the GT-R into some sort of catastrophic new-age Mustang II Ghia with a landau vinyl half-roof. No such worries: Hank’s car company is following up the GT-R with the Shelby Cobra GT500.

While the GT-R was a showcase for Ford’s performance parts biz, this 2005 New York show car is about 90 percent of what we will see when the Shelby goes on sale next summer, replacing the SVT Cobra. On paper, the GT500—in development for more than a year and officially approved two months ago—has enough power and flair to put Chevrolet’s base Corvette C6 smack on the trailer.

Blasphemous? Consider: SVT boss Hau Thai-Tang has stuffed the extraordinary 5.4-liter, dohc, 32-valve supercharged V8 from the Ford GT sports car under the Mustang’s hood. Final horsepower figures are not firm, but Thai-Tang hints it will be “well over 450 hp, closer to 500.” Look for 450-plus lb-ft of torque too. Whatever the final numbers, Ford says this will be the most powerful production Mustang ever. Engineer Thai-Tang, who did a stint at Newman-Haas Racing, sums up the powertrain succinctly: “It’s gonna be a monster.”

The engine mates to a Tremec T56 six-speed manual transmission beefed up to handle the power and torque. Underneath, it turns out those rumors of a live rear axle in the next-generation Cobra were true: The car will have basically carryover Mustang GT suspension, with MacPherson struts in front and the live axle in back, tuned for the 500 with revised shock valving and higher-rate springs.

Thai-Tang and his team aimed for a better-controlled ride than the GT, particularly at low and medium speeds, with better body control (included in Thai-Tang’s stable of test cars is a Pontiac GTO—the 400-hp version, as well as a C6 Corvette and a BMW M3). Front brakes are 14-inch cross-drilled rotors with 13s in the rear. The car should weigh about 3600 pounds, 200 more than a GT, Thai-Tang says.

By the way, Thai-Tang has a message for those of us bummed out about the live rear axle: “Drive the car first,” he says, “and you’ll see it’s a nonissue, because the chassis is dialed in so well.”

“I didn’t know what to expect before I drove the car,” said Carroll Shelby. “I knew the car looked good. Then I drove it. Wow. It’s everything I hoped it would be.”

We’ll just have to wait and see.

Like a proud papa, SVT chief designer Doug Gaffka had a gleam in his eye when he gave us a walk-around of the GT. “We looked most to the ’68 GT500 for our inspiration when we started on the car more than a year ago,” Gaffka told AutoWeek. “In fact, the new GT500 design was at the forefront of our minds since we started the whole Mustang program.”

It shows. To the GT’s long hood and short rear deck, Gaffka and team added a sinister-looking new front fascia with a one-inch-bigger grille opening to force more air to the engine. There are also new headlamps, a one-inch-higher hood (to accommodate the supercharger), and new rear fascia, spoiler and diffuser. That spoiler isn’t just for show—it provides 80 pounds of downforce at 120 mph. Wind tunnel testing will continue.

The concept squats on 19-inch wheels; in production the GT500 will use 18-inch Goodyears.

The interior looks like the Mustang GT’s but with the quality bar raised: Instead of waves of hard, shiny, cheap-looking plastic, the 500’s dash, door panels and center console are trimmed in leather. There will also be a new, thicker three-spoke steering wheel and slightly stiffer seat bolsters, as well as the SVT logo on the kick plates. The leather upgrades will be offered across the Mustang range in 2007.

Final prices are not set but the last SVT Cobra cost $35,000. Ford officials say the goal is to keep this car priced less than $40,000. “You won’t be able to touch this performance for the money,” Thai-Tang says. GT500s will be built at the Ford/Mazda joint-venture plant in Flat Rock alongside Mustang and Mustang GT. Ford won’t commit to a production number, but says it will build all the 500s drivers demand.
Drivers? Count us in. And bring on the next 40 years.

- Autoweek

[Vintalage]

[95-GT]

damn, they are using the new style superchargers without a snout.