Cobra or GT?

i'm 27, my insurance is $115/mo 'full coverage' ive had a dui in the past 3 years, and a crap ton of speeding tickets in my late teens / early 20s

dunno about termi insurance, i think it being an 'SVT' will mark it up a bit

the terminator cobra is only prized by ford geeks.
its just the anemic 4.6 with better heads and and intake and a supercharger. to get the power of a 5.0

if you havent been on the internet lately you wont have noticed some 5.0 coyotes sticking it to the LS brigade.
the same engine has been around since 2011 yet no real performance upgrades are availible like they are for the loudmouth LS crowd.

anycar that hints at performance forget cheap insurance: every insurance company assumes everybody who owns a performace type car will thrash the living shit out of it. just buy the base gt. you can buy all the other performance stuff later on.

bought it used,(audi dealership) it had 3700 miles
some kid traded it in for a porsche

30487.29 out the door. (Virginia)

You sir have been the most honest and most helpful too. Thank you for your advice, and glad too see this thread is actually being helpful.

You got a heck of a deal! The new GT has better handling and more potential than the terminator, do to it being naturally aspirated

yeah, i think it had something to do with it being at an audi dealership that was literally surrounded by american car manufacturer's so they had to have a 'competive price'

i had spotted 1 other car that was in my price range but it was a premium with 10k miles, and 500 miles away.

it's not often people sell their 2015 performance pack shortly after buying them

right place right time kinda thing

im a ford geek : ) but im not a fan of fords blooper reel 4.6 engine. fine in standard form but if you start to throw money at it will be by the boat load

I own a built termi and have driven the new stangs, as well as many others. I won't lie, it is gonna be hard to beat N/A reliability of a brand new GT. Probably be something, that with the right oil, you could race for 30 minutes and cause no harm to the motor or car.

That Termi will hold its value though, and be a lot cheaper. Will run the same trap speed bone stock, and gets even better gains from bolt ons. Well, a 5.0 and termi motor will make about 420-430 whp with full exhaust, int, tune. However, a pulley will have it making closer to 500whp.

These new chassis and IRS handle incredibly, and can grip well even on shitty tires. However, the svt cobras are the same way, and perhaps even more controllable during a full out tail slide. I've had both cars to their limits and past, so im speaking from experience, unlike many of the other posters.

The cobra comes with a much better block, crank, and rods. Those pistons, being low mileage, still can handle a fuckton of power if you don't detonate and wear that teflon-like coating off. However, just new pistons and you've got something that can literally hold 800whp. Getting there is the hard part, boost costs money too in the end.

Most people telling you one way or the other haven't owned and driven them both like I have. The new GT might technically pull more g's on a skidpad, but for a grand you could have coilovers all around. A little more on swaybars, wheels, tires, springs and you'd be outperforming any new stock car. There's so much aftermarket out there for these cars and the 94-04 chassis, well even back to 79.

GTs will be everywhere, you'll pay 40+grand for it, in 7 years it'll be worth 15k if you're lucky. I love the new setup and the 5.0, but the cobra will hold that value much better. Hell, The termi in 7 years with a ton of mileage on it will still be worth more.

>That Termi will hold its value though
This, or even appreciate. Never by a base GT Mustang when there are so many desirable variants available that will always have better resale later.

Yea, there's also N/A 5.0s on 520 whp from being cammed and built...

You probably had a 2v. Yea, sucks paying for 2 expensive cams and barely making 20whp gains.

However, ported 03 cobra heads can flow 330-350 intake cfm at .500 lift. Yea, it only makes the power of a 5.0 because it has 8.5:1 compression and low boost off of a horrible supercharger. At that same compression with 17 psi off a 76MM turbo, you're looking at 750WHP. And the internals to handle it. The aluminum block 5.0 could crack well before that.