Fast Freddy
Enthusiast
Re: Lost to a Mustang........I\'m so ashamed
i picked my 2001 ford lightning truck as well as the rest of my cars in my sig over a ford cobra. why? i can't see buying a car that i think looks ugly, no matter how fast it goes or how reliable it is. i bought all of my cars and my lightning truck first and foremost for the reason i think they look good. performance was the secondary consideration and THEY ALL PERFORM WELL WHEN USED FOR THEIR INTENDED RACE DESIGN USAGE. some cars were designed with road racing in mind and some cars were designed with drag racing in mind. reliability and quality were the third considerations and i feel they are all up 2 the challenge. if the cobra could come out with some styling that i thought looked attractive i would consider buying one.
but even then i feel that the cobra has alot of things out of wack. i feel that a supercharged engine should be coupled with a solid axle rear end and auto tranny only. also independent rear suspensions are for road racing, not drag racing. in my opinion the cobra would have been far better off coupling their supercharged engine with a solid axle rear end and a auto tranny. fords supercharged engine is awesome and because it is supercharged it should be used for drag racing only (not road racing). name one professional road racing series where a supercharged engine holds the track record. likewise, show me track records that are set at dragstrips using manual trannies and independent rear ends. the first mistake that ford made with the cobra was inflicted by giving it a identity crisis. when they made the decision to put the supercharged engine in the car they should have released it with a auto tranny and solid rear end only, like the ford lightning truck. if they want to use the independent rear end and manual tranny which road racing cars do then they need to put a normally aspirated engine in it. i use my lightning and camaro for drag racing only because they have auto trannies and solid axle rear ends. i use my vette and viper for road racing only because they have independent rear ends, manual trannies and no superchargers. duh!!!
the new ford gt-44 looks good 2 me and i plan on buying one but i won't be doing any racing with it. i will be just driving it on the street. again i think ford made a mistake here in their decision to put a supercharged engine in the back of a stick shifted independent rear suspended car designed for road racing. they should have put a 500 horsepower normally aspirated engine in the ford gt-44. this problem can be solved more easily than the cobras problem.
ford is pretty stupid when it comes to the basic design of cars. they seem to ignore some basic fundamentals. they are considering ruining the ford lightning with the new version by putting in independent suspension with a stick shift tranny riding on 22 inch wheels (read - no traction). all the while still using a supercharger for power. this truck will be good for nothing if they do that. idiots!!!
P.S. - to all u wanna be racers drag racing cobras and vipers i say get a real drag vehicle like my 2001 camaro ss (with nitrous) or my 2001 ford lightning (5.4 litre supercharged) with auto trannys and solid axle rear ends. and to all of u wannabe road racers i say get a real road race car like my 2001 viper acr (no supercharger) or my 2004 vette Z06 (no supercharger) with 6 speed manual trannnys and independent rear ends. POSER COBRAS ARE NOTHING BUT A SMOKE SHOW!!!
i picked my 2001 ford lightning truck as well as the rest of my cars in my sig over a ford cobra. why? i can't see buying a car that i think looks ugly, no matter how fast it goes or how reliable it is. i bought all of my cars and my lightning truck first and foremost for the reason i think they look good. performance was the secondary consideration and THEY ALL PERFORM WELL WHEN USED FOR THEIR INTENDED RACE DESIGN USAGE. some cars were designed with road racing in mind and some cars were designed with drag racing in mind. reliability and quality were the third considerations and i feel they are all up 2 the challenge. if the cobra could come out with some styling that i thought looked attractive i would consider buying one.
but even then i feel that the cobra has alot of things out of wack. i feel that a supercharged engine should be coupled with a solid axle rear end and auto tranny only. also independent rear suspensions are for road racing, not drag racing. in my opinion the cobra would have been far better off coupling their supercharged engine with a solid axle rear end and a auto tranny. fords supercharged engine is awesome and because it is supercharged it should be used for drag racing only (not road racing). name one professional road racing series where a supercharged engine holds the track record. likewise, show me track records that are set at dragstrips using manual trannies and independent rear ends. the first mistake that ford made with the cobra was inflicted by giving it a identity crisis. when they made the decision to put the supercharged engine in the car they should have released it with a auto tranny and solid rear end only, like the ford lightning truck. if they want to use the independent rear end and manual tranny which road racing cars do then they need to put a normally aspirated engine in it. i use my lightning and camaro for drag racing only because they have auto trannies and solid axle rear ends. i use my vette and viper for road racing only because they have independent rear ends, manual trannies and no superchargers. duh!!!
the new ford gt-44 looks good 2 me and i plan on buying one but i won't be doing any racing with it. i will be just driving it on the street. again i think ford made a mistake here in their decision to put a supercharged engine in the back of a stick shifted independent rear suspended car designed for road racing. they should have put a 500 horsepower normally aspirated engine in the ford gt-44. this problem can be solved more easily than the cobras problem.
ford is pretty stupid when it comes to the basic design of cars. they seem to ignore some basic fundamentals. they are considering ruining the ford lightning with the new version by putting in independent suspension with a stick shift tranny riding on 22 inch wheels (read - no traction). all the while still using a supercharger for power. this truck will be good for nothing if they do that. idiots!!!
P.S. - to all u wanna be racers drag racing cobras and vipers i say get a real drag vehicle like my 2001 camaro ss (with nitrous) or my 2001 ford lightning (5.4 litre supercharged) with auto trannys and solid axle rear ends. and to all of u wannabe road racers i say get a real road race car like my 2001 viper acr (no supercharger) or my 2004 vette Z06 (no supercharger) with 6 speed manual trannnys and independent rear ends. POSER COBRAS ARE NOTHING BUT A SMOKE SHOW!!!
