2008 Mustang Cobra Jet announced

[Bill Grubbs]

Things that make you go Hmmmmmm...

[Dick Butler]

Sounds like TOP/STK will be a whole new game next year. Watch for it to become a FEATURED race at NHRA events and USED to recreate a spectator appeal.....AS IT SHOULD BE>

[Chevy454]

Sounds to me like the drag wars are heating up!!
Challenger, now mustang, c'mon chebby, get a yenko camaro out!

I'd vote for this, but what viable platform does GM have any more? Malibu? Impala? They seem to care a little about their Cobalt/Ecotec program, but it's *several* notches down from the Cobrajet/Challenger offerings. We've been waiting since '02 for the Camaro, and a late '09 arrival date (will be an '10 model) is still just a guess, and will be soooo far behind the market that it hardly even seems viable any more. Granted, I'd love nothing more than to see a S/S Camaro from the factory, but if it's taken them 7+ years *just* to replace the previous generation (that was in production for 10 years mind you!), then how dad-gum long would we have to wait for the S/S version? Until '11...'12...?

Typical deal for us Chevy fans...GM is a day late, and *at least* a dollar short...

[Jeff Lee]

I'm wondering if AA/S class will evolve into a seperate entity like AA/H class.

[Michael Beard]

That is super cool, but $70K for a Stocker? And that's before the racer rips into it and 'tweaks' it.

[Dick Butler]

Only weak link will be if only ford uses the supercharged version in their car. Once a Power adder is used the factoring possibilities become impossible. I suggest similar sized Carb or injected motors so the power to wt and the wt to cubic inchs are similar in all brands...OR ELSE we will see the same daily changes to the cars that was a problem in the original times of heads up factory cars. Each company could use it to showcase their 400 + cube crate motors.....

[Jeff Lee]

Original post says 400 HP supercharged 5.4L. Smaller cams wont take away 100 HP from a supercharged engine. Not when comparing a passenger car cam (Shelby GT500) vs. an emmissions exempt cam (Cobra Jet drag-pak) at least.
Dick, NHRA has stated in the past that supercharged engines must retain OEM pulley ratio's in Stock. Not that it's the only way to regulate boost but that's what they look for. But for some reason they see no reason to regulate boost on turbo cars in Stock.
Ford sells mant supercharged engines to the public. I say let them race what they sell!

[Dick Butler]

I agree with you premise of race what you sell. I just hope they all sell a supercharged motor. If AHFS cannot figure Injected versus Carb for 5 years Imagine 'Charged versus non versus Turbo in a class intended to "showcase" current models.

[Jeff Lee]

I agree. I think both of us would take a supercharged 5.4L any day over a 392 HEMI with no supercharger. But I'm with 1664SSJA, my economy doesnt support a $100K Stocker anyways!

[Chevy454]

100,000 dollar Stocker
I'd say the Economy is ready for that.

The thing is, they *would* sell...to collectors. This GM guy will have to give FoMoCo credit, they've hit a home run with the nostalgia/collector folks in regards to their Mustangs...and ChryCo has followed suit with their Challenger & S/S upgrade...and GM is on the sidelines licking their wounds.

Anyway, unless the NHRA does it like the SCCA did with Corvairs back in the early-mid '60s and make you have a certain ID tag from a manafacturer to run in a certain class (Yenko Sportscars, Inc & D/Production), then the racers are simply gonna start with the el-cheapo base Mustangs and go from there...

I guess us GM guys will have to hang our hats on the Corvette...which ain't such a bad thing, I guess!