Review of Incredible 03 Cobra Track Car!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- The Mustang Cobra was an overbuilt machine. With a supercharger and an iron block, it was a fire hydrant of power waiting for someone to open the tap. Straight line? Of course. But this owner has bolted on a lot of suspension modifications, and takes it to autocross days, track days, and canyon carving.
Mod list:
H&R Springs
Max. Motorsports (MM) Coil Over Kit
MM K member brace
MM Subframe connectors
MM IRS Bushings
MM Strut Tower brace
Steeda Bump Steer kit
Pirelli tires: 265/35/18, 315/30/18
Agent 47 Brake ducts
Motul 660 Brake Fluid
Wilwood 2 Piece Big Brake Kit
Afco Dual Pass Heat Exchanger
LFP Intercooler Reservoir
Ford Racing Diff Cover
Maximum Motorsports (MM) Diff. bushings
Mcleod Clutch Kit
MGW Short throw shifter
Accufab Throttle Body
Diablosport Tuner
JLT intake
Metco Tension Pully
Mishimoto Oil Catch can
Steeda 2.81 Pulley
Bassani Xhaust Converters
Borla mufflers
Corbeau Seats
NRG quick release wheel
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Will always be one of the best sounding cars ever made.
Urban Outdoorsman #facts
It's the best muscle car ever made.
it8u2 huh?
Jeffrey Rogers it is
It's actually cool to see more auto x and handling oriented builds with terminators lately instead of the typical swap out the IRS for a solid axle drag builds that people have been doing to terminators for the last decade. Beautiful terminator
DannyLlerenaTV #truu the direction that I’m going with mine! I’m trying to be able to stick with the Type R on a road course😅
PJ Morrison It's incredible just how good the FK8 CTR is. Even the regular FK8 civics feel like go karts, Honda nailed that chassis
And here I am thinking about putting an IRS in my mach 1
They do pretty well for auto x, mine really has no handling major handling mods just some good pads and rotors and it's a lot of fun to throw around a course.
DannyLlerenaTV I’ve kept mine irs also and have built the rear end to handle amazing now. I just gotta do the front. But I still like to drag race also I have 620hp currently.
These things just have the BEST supercharger noises, bar none. Love it!
Troggie42 maybe a hellcat could beat it just on a crazy whine level but this was definitely the hellcat of it’s day
Agree.
I think every mustang guy at one point fantasizes about having an 03-04 cobra in their garage.
Adam Cooper everyday all day lol
So true Adam!
Adam Cooper truest thing I’ve ever heard, you can’t be a car guy and not fantasize about this car
I’m a full blown GM guy. If I could find a hardtop in competition orange 🍊 for less than a leg it’d be mine
@@BigRockyD every. Day.
I would choose a Teminator cobra over a 2018 gt anyday!!!!
Come on dude lets be real. The Terminator cobra is one of my dream car, but you'd take a 15 year old car over one that's way newer with WAY more features and power?
You can make terminators 1000hp not much u can do to a 2018 GT unless u supercharge it
@@cadenb1682 lmao..so you know that you can easily make these new gen coyotes do the same right?
IamFreeSpirited yes? Once you supercharge em like i said
Dan// ya lol
Oh man I graduated hs in 04 and I remember these terminators were the kings of the road. The supercharger whine is intoxicating!
Eric Sade so your 32 now tight right how's life hope all is well
This is a really clean build. Much respect to the owner.
Ford needs to shrink the mustang back to this size.
Jeff K I like it at the S197 size but the S550s have a nice, wide kind of stance or presence in the road.
Dude Shark s550 15-17 best looking and performing GT yet. The regular car is boring. But if you get performance pack. You can tell they heavily beta that option for the GT350
Nah Mustang keeps getting sexier.
NEPTUNE117 the 15-17 S550 can't touch the 18 S550 GT when comes to performance and power
You can have the same wide stance and body panel ratios in a smaller size like the s197 had. That's what Jeff K was meaning I think.
Zack is becoming a stronger and stronger presenter everyday. This review is great!
What did you watch? Guys a tool
I miss my 03 Cobra. Those cars road so nice with the IRS suspension compared to any other mustang and held the power. The body imo is timeless.
LOL you want a nice ride get a freaking Crown Vic the thing should slam you around a little
Matt was replaced by a lower mileage model.
Mike Morris 😂
Mike Morris yeah but it's a small displacement low-pressure turbo
LMAO
I would love to own a sonic blue terminator in the future. One of the best colors next to comp orange and mystichrome
The Slow Show I live them in black, they look absolutely menacing!
Comp orange is dope
It is but you get use to it and eventually want more
Sonic blue was my fav 03 cobra
Cars are being wayyyy overpowered. Strongly agree that 480 whp is plenty
Mickey Woods lol aka C7 Z06 my dream car but damn you literally never have to touch the power plant 😍
I have an '04 Terminator. I was at a Ford Dealer last week, having a repair performed. A Salesman drooled over the car the entire time it was there. He offered to buy it from me (!), but I told him it isn't for sale. He told me that he had one, and put a 3.5LTR Whipple on it. It was putting out 780HP at the wheels!!
I have an ‘04 GT, I know the Cobra is leaps and bounds above my car. Yet the platform is similar, and this makes me feel really inspired to keep my car and build it to something to be even similar to this. I’ve done lowering springs, adjustable struts and shocks, caster camber plates, and 4:10 gears and man my little GT is super impressive. Seeing this, makes me feel like I haven’t wasted my time or money on my little GT. Great job on the build, makes me want to finish my car with a coyote swap, IRS, and just a little more. I have a convertible, but I know I can make my car competitive against this at the very least. Great video, great build, can’t wait to continue my project now!
I love cars focused on handling. instead of going huge turbo like everyone else does I went with one that gives me a shit ton of torque upfront with boost tapering down by redline. I been to the canyons on 91knocktane fuel and punching out of turns with the tires clawing feels so satisfying.
Absolutely love these cobras! The whine is incredible! Never gets old!!
Always liked this body style growing up early 2000's not the best in mustang design yet just grew on me.
Chile Mexia as far as mustangs go, it’s not quite as distinctive as a mustang but it’s a very beautiful car on it’s own. Especially when you do a few little things to them they really look amazing
I remember these coming out in late '98 and not liking them as much as the original SN95s but over time I grew to like them more and more.
Well the s550 would be the closest relative as far as looks go
Sounds amazing.
what is that noise? the high pitched noise?
Jamie Ross Supercharger whine.
LOL that's your wallet being squeezed
Sack sounds like Michael Scott “starting a sentence and not knowing where it’ll go” lol
If anyone wants to find the video he's talking look up "snakebite cobra" not black snake lol... it has over 6 million views now and it's badass.
Yup I would watch it with my cousin every day loved snake bite
Great attention balanced performance, this makes motivated to finish mine, it’s great switch from drag only modern muscle cars!!!
Been waiting for an 03-04 cobra video.
Now there's two!
@@TheSmokingTire I love and I am so happy to finally find my 04 torch red Terminator Just 29hundred original miles.
uuuh that Porsche in the beginning looked awesome! hope you did a one take with it too.
This car was ridiculously clean!
Twas.
Jason Litman yeah it wad
I am fortunate enough to have a 03 white Terminator 650rwhp and a 08 Mustang Super Snake 680rwhp. Both are equally fun to drive and I will keep them both forever. That 5 years makes a difference but you can not go wrong with either. Men like Carroll Shelby and John Coletti knocked it out of the park with these amazing American muscle cars.
I'm picking up a triple black '04 cobra soon with a lot of the same mods and horsepower, man after seeing this I'm going crazy waiting. Nice care dude, and good video
My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the bro, impeccable timing with RCR's last video
Gotta love another Terminator bro! I have mine on my channel with not as many mods but just the right amount of sound lol👍🏽
Where’s Matt? Did I miss something? Nice Terminator btw
Yes, you did. :) th-cam.com/video/dY9_n5lbkVw/w-d-xo.html
Matt's not doing the smoking tire anymore
Who's Matt?
I dunno about smoking tires, but Matt's definitely smoking something
Matt had a terrible accident. He lost track of time while powdering his balls because he didn't have his Vincero watch on, and looked up to see where the sun was, forgetting that he wasn't wearing his Dylan Optics sunglasses, and blinded himself.
That same video hooked me "Snakebite 2.2"! Very nice Terminator, and great video!
Our Retrofit Headlights looking great!
Supercharged mustang is just the way to go sounds so good
I remember that old video of the black cobra doing a burnout. That and alot of other badass kenne bell cars. I love cobras
I remember watching that same youtube video! It had a bad ass and made me want one of these cobras and still till this day!
Oh! And the Video is called "Snakebite cobra" Enjoy!
Glad you liked the Terminator Cobra Zach!
The mods list is as long as Bob Loblaw’s Law Blog!
Black Snake video was legendary
so hot, bro
Props for having 3 03/04 Cobras on the channel, but you guys really need to get a properly modified example up on here. Something with a 2.9 or 3.4 blower that's pushing 650+ to the tire. While it'd be a lot for the canyons, the straight line power will stand out for sure.
gawd, i miss my old sonic terminator. I need another one!
Very good looking mustang for this generation. I have a rousche supercharged this gen for litteraly 8 hours when I fell asleep and wrecked it
This car was a factory pro touring car with the IRS in the rear, and I'd rather see SVT Cobra's being driven in this manner showing its full potential instead of drag racing. Screw solid rear axle swaps. The SVT Terminator Cobra was truly ahead of its time.
This car is on point, and that noise!! Great review Zack.
Lol the video hes talking about is the Snakebite Cobra; I still watch that video occasionally just makes me smile, the thing sounds amazing.
The video was called snakebite cobra. It was a Kenny bell cobra. Same video that made me want a cobra when I was 17. Finally got one last year
The new guy seems cool but I was kinda hoping for the first a Terminator to be done by Matt lol
Jovan Fiel Matt did a stock one a couple years back. I was the first terminator Matt drove but he had a hard drive failure so no one ever saw it. That was when my car was stock. I have a pic with Matt too to prove I’m not lying
agree this thing has great wheels tires and stance.
The first mustang to get me to like ford. The actual sports car for many.
NEPTUNE117 I was a Foxbody guy I don't like these I bang my elbows on the console on the door I have to put my hand on the ground in order to get out of them and you can't see in traffic
This sounds sooooooo good. That exhaust note and blower whine mmmmmmmmm
I like how Matt leaves all the slower cars to this kid.
Imminent ...1. Not Slow 2.Matt has literally driven several sub100hp cars on the show...
snakebite cobra? I still to this day revisit that video!
Could you drive a 190E 2.3 / 2.5 16v? Would love to see that.
I appreciate the intro. Good work on the video too.
This guy did a great job with the mustang
I’ve had my 03 supercharged mustang for 8 years now with 90,000 kms on it. Love the car to death but I always dream of being a 04 cobra owner one day.
When this car came out I had a 1995 Mustang GT. The then current Mustang GT was much quicker. And the LS engine was the boss. The LS1 Camaros and Trans Ams we’re dominating the streets and the strips. This 2003 Cobra came out and changed absolutely everything. The entire car industry changed. I fell in love. Ever since then, 15 years ago, this has been my dream car. It was breathtaking back then and it is still relevant even today. Two years ago I finally bought one. And i am in love with her.
The Cobra is completely streetable. I was daily driving it for about a year. Even drove it in the snow once. It’s a very comfortable daily driver.
They aren’t cheap. They hold their value. If money is no issue then I’d totally get one. You’ll be glad you did. The only other new edge I’d get is the Mach 1. The 2V GT would leave me wanting too much more.
For just a few thousand more you can get a Cobra with similar mileage. I'd highly recommend it if you are already looking at spending about 16k. I paid about 20k for my 03 Cobra two years ago and it had about 25k miles.
I wouldn't worry TOO much about the reliability. These cars are about as reliable as you help them be. If you take care of them and maintain them properly they don't offer many problems.
When I bought my 15 year old low mileage car I immediately changed the fluids, the filters, the spark plugs and the belts. Things that can cause a lot of problem with age. Most everything else was like new. The only other thing would be the tires. As they can dry rot and flat spot if old and not driven often.
Whatever you get....you'll enjoy it. But get an 03/04 Cobra. :)
Car sounds amazing!
Snakebite ! I will never get tired of that cobra
Awesome car, love the Grunt Style shirt brother.
Very well done. These cars are pretty fast stock. Another 100 hp probably feels pretty good.
The video was Snake Bite, and it is my earliest TH-cam memory as well. Blew my FN mind
The terminator is a classic. Clean ass cobra.
Zack killin it with another one take!
Liked and subbed, Also a owner of one of these, The terminator really likes to be punished :D
“SnakeBite” was the video of the car he’s referring to
for a 15 year old car, it makes awesome power for only a few thousand $$ invested. That Pony can make even another 200 RWHP with another few thousand invested. All that an a car that is holding value very well. At the end of the day, it's not just a Cobra...It's a Terminator.
omg it's manual! well done Zack
Earned a new subscriber 🔥👍🏽
I love this shape of Mustang
Just out of curiosity, what are the pros and cons of running a dual spring and coilover set up the way he does? I've never heard of this before, usually guys either have all 4 coilovers or vice versa
This is one of the best cars you can drive!
Need to talk about this guys car, as soon as they start driving dude goes on about someone elses mustang.
Savage One That's what I'm saying Zack fucking sucks. I love cars in general and can't help but stop by but I can't make it through a whole one take anymore.
Where's Matt when ya need him :(
I loved your fake snarky comment Zack. “My twin turbo ls”. HAHAHA. Also NASTY WHINE OMG. Great video
Respect the Terminator
Love this car!! What wheels are those???
Matt not a big new edge fan..I love them.
Cool build!
Is he referring to the Snake Bite cobra video back in the day?
Amazing story on Ford's building of our cars. Buy engine parts from aftermarket performance companies and stuff them in a block and sell it as a factory car. Any car guy would like the story behind the legend.
God I love these cars
Great review Zack.
If anyone's wondering about the "Black Snake" Video Zack mentioned, here it is:
th-cam.com/video/2lQX3cOAbes/w-d-xo.html
Zack, enjoy reliving the past - it still sounds great. "Vehicular Violence", indeed.
I have a 16 gt performance pack and I'm jealous. sweet ride! I debate with myself which I should have bought and I often regret not getting the terminator 😡.
Chris L thats what kept me from getting one. same with the supra. awesome cars but with their age usually comes problems. so unless you have money for repairs it's a hard choice. I just wish superchargers didn't cost an arm and a leg on the new ones.
Chris L I love my 16 gt performance pack alot especially with it having a warranty still. I could have bought a terminator out right as I put 20k down on my 16 gt to keep payments super low but i wanted something reliable and capable of road trips without stress of breaking down and wearing me out. I've driven a few terminators and they're super fun but they wear you out after awhile. I've done bolton's on my gt and they definitely woke the car up but they lack some torque that the terminators have. supercharger will fix that but at the moment 10k installed by Ford to keep my warranty is more than I want to spend for now.
I’m sure if he does the Maximum Motorsports solid steering shaft it would help a lot with the steering wheel talk
DAMN! HOLY SHIT! Awsome Car :-)
Love these so much.
VMP makes a sick Supercharger for Shelley gt500 you should find out if they can fit on your motor
You guys needs to get into a KB, whipple or VMP blower car and see these cars can really do. I got one for ya :)
This dudes personality tho...
The Kansas Dude he’s rocking a grunt gear shirt and a thin blue line flag on his car. Looks like we have a brother trapped in commiefornia.
dude seems normal ... you seem way to emotional about other peoples personalities.
syed bokhari Emotional.. Could you be more dramatic? Lol
Ian Jacob believe it or not there’s a lot of people like that here in California
Really tame build as far as Termi's are concerned.
Ryan Ward yep till next year it will be around 600rwhp being still manageable I know you can make 800+ power wise but I want it reliable.
Ideal size for the Mustang is SN95. Fox as well.
Shoutout to that rockford fosgate bass knob that was cranked WAYYY into distrortion,
Sky Guy it’s tuned right no distortion but thanks for noticing the Rock
Jake Herrmann are you sure? You'd need to have a super low voltage input for that to not be clipping the output. Dunno if you have access but I'd verify that with an SMD DD1 at the very least. Rf are probably the most robust amps you can stock in a vehicle as far as signal headroom goes, but they they're not invincible. They're all I will ever run for mids and high amps.
Positive it doesn’t clip have it pretty mellow
VMP gen 3 instead of the Kenne Bell
Back in 03 when the terminator came out nothing was fucking with the terminator.My 04 Torch red cobra that I just bought with just 29hundred original miles. Yes less than 3 thousand miles on the car and I am lowering it and doing full exhaust with long tubes pullied and a tune and if it makes 400hp to the tire that will be fine.If I want to go really fast I have 3 car's that will do that easy.My 650hp 427 convertible super snake a 850hp 08 gt500 and my monster my 900hp 2010 grabber blue super snake.Stock for stock there isn't many cars that my shelbys can't handle. But anyway nice terminator
so when are the real one takes coming back?
Forget Kenny Bell.. Get the new Gen3 VMP blower.. much better design..
Aren’t they all TVS superchargers? I’ve seen people make some big gains from a Kenne Bell.
No.. KB and Whipple are traditional roots blowers.. rousch and vmp are tvs.. they are more efficient, make less heat, and more low end torque.. the KB and whipple tend to pull more on the top than tvs.. but the new VMP gen 3 is a bigger 2650 rotor pack.. same as the new Demon & ZR1 corvette..
KB blowers work.. dont get me wrong.. but there are known issues with the tensioner design and other small issues.. and many KB owners have switched to VMP/TVS blowers..
ShitFromShinola I know what a TVS is and it’s benefits over a root style supercharger. I just thought that KB was a TVS because I didn’t even think that roots style superchargers were still relevant.
Peter Marino not to be a dick to you guys but a TVS is a roots supercharger. Whipple and KB’s are twin screw. Eaton (who manufactures the rotor pack and case) only builds roots blowers. KB’s get hot, Whipple break crank snouts. That’s why in my video I said I was going TVS over a KB. People get KB’s for the sound but the new ones don’t sound the same as the older styler KB
cool review !
Nice Cobra...needs a Whipple and 3.73 rear! BTW, what kind of Corbeau seats are those?
tominator corbeau A4 and yes something power wise will be added soon not sure yet looking at my options.
Jake...I'm a big guy too so that's why I asked about the seats...thanks! BTW- I have a Silver Metallic 03 Cobra with a Whipple 2.3L, 3 inch upper pulley, 4lb lower, T56 Magnum trans w/ McLeod RXT clutch, car makes about 650 whp. But the thing that REALLY woke my car up was the 3.73 ratio rear! I eat hellcats for breakfast. Hope that helps you Jake....good luck! Tom
tominator thanks man, I’m 6”8 so the seat and rail are lowered 1” and goes 2” back further than stock I got them from racing seats USA. You recommend 3.73s with over 600rwhp huh?
Jake...Yes, but the Pirelli tires on the rear have to go if you want to hook up. I have 315/17 Mickey Thompsons with the Full Tilt Boogie IRS bushing kit & brace. Cobra is also lowered with Bilstein B8 self-adjusting struts & shocks which are purpose made for lowered cars. They are expensive but effective! I leave the line at 4K rpms, burn about five feet of rubber with NO wheelhop whatsoever. Car is a beast out of the hole! Something about the 3.73s that just bring the Cobra to life. And with the double overdrive 5th & 6th gears you still can get great mileage...if you can stop NAILING IT! lol
tominator had the R888s on it but I couldn’t get them again because they were back ordered so the Pirellis were actually a good compromise because the R888 are only good in the best conditions, I have the M.M. irs bushings, a arm bushings, coil overs all the way around now, steering shaft as well since the show and ford racing diff cover for the rear it hooks up well
So Zack, how long till you get a Terminator? That was an excellent example!
ConemantheBarbarian was?
.......is........
Nice mustang.
Dream car