Ford Mustang Cobra Jet @ Milan Dragway - Car and Driver

[13sfaustino]

those are some skinny ass front tires

[SuperInline6]

somebody needs to learn how to drve a stick shift car!

[hugoortiz05]

Please tell me this was just a shake down pass????

[itunesnetwork]

that car is build to be abused!!!! why the fuck are shifting lk a girl!!! get sumone eles in there that will slam them gears!!!!!

[hillbillyjeremy]

Quit pussy-footin it!!

[ArkDiscoverydotCOM]

Hmmm my Lexus ISF 416 hp crazy tork will do that.

[wolfmann442]

Drive the damn thing,you sissy mary!!

[billybb17]

if he knew how to shift it might have been a bit faster

[615whpCobra]

my grandmother can shift better than this dude! 

[JayGeePee1]

Everyones talking junk about how he drove.... It was his first time ever driving the car, cut him some slack. I haven't met one person who can jump into a strange/new car and drive it perfectly the first time. On another note - 11.5's is hauling ass especially with the granny shifting. Its bad as hell that car has the potential to push 8's.

[steelman1196]

If you need someone who knows how to speed-shift that car, give me a call!

[steelman1196]

If you need a driver that knows how to shift that Mustang, let me know!

[toastedtires]

What a highly overpriced piece of shit. I can't believe that a Mustang Ford "optimized for drag racing" only ran an 11.52 with a really high mile an hour though? Either that ass can't drive or that thing is a flaming turd. My bet is that it is overpriced junk just like everything Ford makes..........that's sad that it has a detuned engine from a real Cobra.

[qbubbaq]

@toastedtires Its Deturned for NHRA regulations. This car can make over 1000 HP at the wheels

[CamaroSS1969427]

@qbubbaq not 1000, but close

[fdjizm]

@toastedtires Relax there bailout boy, you're in denial.

[ftfd1209]

Why would anyone want a car that can't make actual horsepower. The only way ford can ever make horsepower is to put a supercharger on it. Go buy a Challenger Drag Pak and get real raw true american horespower. Even Don Garlits and Jeg Coughlin JR agree.

[7pastorb]

@ftfd1209 well if thats the case then how did the 2010 mustang beat the camaro and the challenger in both quarter mile AND slalom.....its naturally aspirated.... what difference does it make if it has a supercharger or not... i give kudos to ford building a car that the customers have been asking for for many years.

[Sk8FalIen]

@ftfd1209 fords do make power with and without forced induction and the challenger is a badass car but dodge needs to put their ladies on a diet...

[ftfd1209]

@Sk8FalIen I do agree with ya there. All of my Mopars have had a fat ass and had to go on a huge diet!!! LOL

[xmodrock]

driver mod!!!

[UnitDead]

So, as a customer vehicle does that mean I can buy one and drive it on normal roadways or is it just a track vehicle?

[midniterunband]

@UnitDead no you cant, theres no VIN# for these cars, just a part #

[imarealist101]

He was "sunday shifting" car has a lot more in it than that.

[Speedmccool385bitch]

C5 z06's were like 50-60k new, considering the time and the driver....this out the box car will FUCK a vette up...this vid let's you know the secrets of the mustang. How old are some of you?! "De-tuned 5.4l"/"suspension upgrades"...stock stang GT is like what 27-38k hmmmm?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[muscleatsrice]

that guy drove that like a bitch lol

[bigmac9396]

wow that car is a turd. ha. i want it to race at f-body. ive seen that car run its a 7 second car. and milan dragway sucks ass. the track is horrible. ha

[Sk8FalIen]

@bigmac9396 have you ever driven an 11 sec car? I have and I wouldnt really consider it a turd...but then again I bet your running 9s like everyone else on here

[turbosaleen347]

Not bad for never driving the car

[apache0987]

I'd like to see it race that LSX at 1:04 (:

[SiwekRacing]

i think he needs to learn how to shift a car.

[pennynike1]

11:52 is a terrible time! A car that reduces the hp of the GT500...

[crackdog69]

Cool car and sounds great. I just can't see how it runs so fast with 425 hp. Maybe it's got lots more torque and short gearing to boot. Whatever it is, it boogies!

[patricklvandiver]

Right on!

[chaosad09]

if camaos and challengers are so great then why did they stop makeing them for so long while the mustang has been going strong the whole time so to all of you chevy dicks STFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[noshabibis]

ahahahahah a stock Z06 can do BETTER!!!

[BayBoy51o]

your on fucking crack. that car is DE-TUNED and STOCK and dude wasnt even a good driver and he ran 11.5. So go take your Ford hating ass to a Slowmaro video cause we all know FORD=First On Race Day!

[blackstallion4209]

@noshabibis john force and bob tasca raced each other and both ran in the 10's. plus its detuned for the class it competes in and could easily go a lot faster

[tfxbillet]

remember this car is "de-tuned"

[noshabibis]

at 0:58 "goes really fast in a straight line" anything can do this!!!! a school bus with a jet engine can do that!!!!

[noshabibis]

my stock c5 Z06 runs the same with bolt ons, Ford sux...and i can hit corners doing 1.0g

[ridebmxfbm]

@noshabibis

Look at the MPH...!!

[BayBoy51o]

wow my cousin has a C5 with bolt ons but whenever we line up my 03 Mach Won kills him everytime haha. And the Cobra Jet wasnt designed for Corners its set up for drag if you know anything about cars or enough common sense to listen to the damn video haha.

[NaTaKuBoI444]

i live in detroit and have saw that car run.. you can dog it all you want but old musher is rite.. that car is turning out 10's .. i mean do any of you have the money to fix it if you break it ? if so feel free to power shift all the gears you want blow the clutch apart its what ever if not shut up and respect it

[eddie5541]

sucky ass driver he drives like a teenager!

ps mustangs arent for wimps like this guy!

[bykashka75]

i was about to make the same comment. agree 100 percent

[siskutis]

bat driver

[manofshith]

How many hp?

[oldmusher]

Correct, Cobra Frank. Several other Mustangs similarly set up are turning 10 flat to high 9's at around that MPH. And yeah, his shifting is similar to my maiden auntie. It's almost like the car belonged to someone else and he was shifting easy so he wouldn't break anything. D'ya think?

[pkidro]

his shifting sucks

[CobraFrank08]

11.5 @ 130 mph ... hmmmm. TERRIBLE

130 mph is a mid to low 10 second speed, if not faster.

[29kalel]

this dude has shitty shifting get a real driver to run that beats its begging to be ran and this dude failed

[redtorino]

Obviously he didn't want to be known as the "moron that broke the Cobra Jet"..."granny-shifting" is an understatement.

[29kalel]

this yoyo was granny shifting his ass off running 11.5

[wingsgary]

Sutton is afraid of this thing. I can say that because I own and drive an NHRA stock Mustang myself. Rule 1: BURY RIGHT FOOT INTO THROTTLE and don't let up!! Kick the clutch and pull the damn lever HARD...you ain't gonna hurt it! C'mon MIke...you can do better.

[DEADTORIGHTSRACING]

@wingsgary YOUR RIGHT ... even in an automatic Put your foot to the floor and if you got it spay it out the back door

[tylerm8]

Thats what I'm taliking about. Camaro Eat your heart out.

Just another "factory" stang to sling it to the competition.

[joesgarage08]

i think i counted "one mississippi" through 2 of his shifts haha

[jrdrag3505]

This dude was granny shifting like a son-of-a-gun

[GTnumber1]

All that hype about the Cobra Jet tuning here and there by Ford and still the STOCK Nissan GTR has a quicker 1/4 mile time..hahahaha..Let's face it..Long gone are the days of true performance American Muscle..The Japs have taken over in that department.

[bran5775]

Hmm, and how much does a gt-r retail for.... about 81k. oh yeah thats right..... if your gonna talk that shit buddy, lets compare the ford gt to the gt-r

[GTnumber1]

It's always sad to see people who can't understand what they read..If you read my comment properly, you'd see I was talking about CURRENT, PRESENT.MODERN cars..not DISCONTINUED.

[GTnumber1]

Oops..I should have checked your profile before I replied..You're Canadian, so wtf would you know anything about performance cars??..Go stick to what you Canadians know best..Your family sedans, Cottage country fishing and Atlantic Lobster catching. On a more respectful note, I really really enjoy your Canadian smoked and salted sardines,salmon and herring. God bless you canucks.

[EvilxMerlin]

Um, you do realize this is 2007 right?

Um, you do realize the new 2010 CJ does the 1/4 mile in 9.45-9.48 at 137-139 MPH right?

The STOCK Nissan GTR 1/4 can't do the 1/4 in that time. Hell even the STillen GTR can only do the 1/4 mile in 11 seconds...

[tylerm8]

I Agree and it AWD Vs RWD throw the Nizmo 370 at the CJ and see what happens... The Z will get stomped. Pit the Nizmo 370 against a Roush 427R it gets stomped on the track to.

The VQ35 and VQ37 is a european design engine. It's not even true J-Spec.

Truth is must Toyota, Nissan, Honda, and Euro cars are built and designed in the US.

It's the wave of the future. Ford Is just combine the tech into a hyrid.

[jrdrag3505]

what gtr runs 10's? just wondering cuz i havent seen it have you? cuz a cj is 10 maybe 9 second car bud. and america isnt performance anymore? you know cuz those 500+ horse caddy's and 630 horse vettes aint shit right? just wondering cuz ur head may be up ur................well u get it

[GTnumber1]

You domestic big 3 fanboys always shoot yourselves in the foot with your dumb replies..lol..And don't even go to the place of where heads are up asses cause you fanboys are kings in that department..1st, a CJ is highly modded and runs 9's minimum..a modded GTR can go under 7..You mentioned caddy's and vettes..The STOCK GTR eats up and shits out the grandpa caddy's and runs neck and neck with the Vette ZR1..Don't even reply cause you'll always get f***ed over...well u get it..lol.

[EvilxMerlin]

No a CJ isn't highly modded. You buy the CJ that way. Thats the whole point of the CJ, its BUILT just like that. Did you even bother to watch the video? Modded Mustangs are well known to be in the 6's... in fact I think the current drag champ is a Mustang...

[GTnumber1]

Take a view worldwide and Look a little further east into Japan..GTR's there rip into the 6's like a walk in the park with just a 2.6L engine. Even though I was born in the USA, I'm not like the regular American fanboy that stick my head in my ass and call myself "the patriotic American that supports the Big 3 no matter what". I examine and appreciate cars from all over the world that are engineered on a high level and I give full respect to the Japs for doing that.

[tylerm8]

The 09 GTR is nothing but a Skyline lovers wet dream. Look at the stats you have to be rolling in do just to build one. It's would almost be like build a Ferrari all the BS you have to do just to get it to run right.

[Wbbrwsr]

Stock out of the box the CJ is fast if driven correctly. How fast one goes equates on how much money one spends. That is how those 2.6's or other mini motors get into the 6's...lotsa money. Put apples to apples on dollars spent and then compare.

[Chad302beast]

I totally feel you man but the truth of the matter is those cars are light. You take a Mustang and put it against it with the same amount of money you put into that high priced GT-R and the GT-R gets murdered bro. The Mustang and Camaro's will always be kinds of the 10.5 class. I dont think anyone has been able to steal that from them. The Mustang has actually proved so many people wrong because they made the mustang to be different than anyone else's name brand cars! Mustangs run alone!

[Chad302beast]

Your actually very right my friend. The 10.5 outlaw drag king is a 10.5 hellion power systems mustang. Which has kept the championship for a while now. And in NHRA the Funny car class top driver right now is Ashley Force which drives a mustang. But we all know those engines aren't Ford engines lol. There built race engnines with no logo but whomever your buying them from.

[tylerm8]

Give the CJ AWD and see what happens? Build a G8GT and it will toast a GTR. The Nissan GTR is garbage.

[andrewpaiste]

da 0 a 210 KM orari in 11 secondi ... alla faccia!!!

[mld6969]

That guy cannot drive!

[mld6969]

That guy cannot drive!

[engine1234123]

i was there and checked out that car it pretty slick

[262Blazer]

how is that car street legal the exhaust is in front of the doors look at 1:51 im not arguin but is there an option for a full exhaust cause i know thats not legal here in texas

[262Blazer]

i looked it up its not street legal

[KMScarboy]

are those street legal???

[alauffer28]

ya is it?????, if it is i might consider buying one

[AlmostInfamous1]

the hood is fugly

[SammySamff1]

hmmm.... kinda curious what it'd do with a real driver.

Not that I could do any better.

[MrSnakes1]

With a good driver it will run in the 9 second range easy

[USTankslashercoal]

11s? thats it? I run that all day in my 03 Cobra. What a waste

[69cobrajet]

11s with a crap driver.I've seen videos of those running nines.Oh by the way my 04 3.4 Whippled Cobra does run nines and I would still love to have that car.

[EvilxMerlin]

You are very correct. A good driver should be boucing off the 10.0's.

Now the 2010 is DEEP into the 9's.... faster than the Venom 1000 viper (and a lot less money too, plus you don't have to wait almost 2 years for Hennessey to do his thing, that requires the car to go back 4 or 5 times due to poor part fittings).

[TheShawnt47]

great stuff

[360DarkShadow]

WOW quarter mile in about 11sec @130!

[drivepro]

does Cumia know about this? yeah probally.

[brandonlacavera]

i just watched to my dismay a 370 z

beat a for mustang gt .

whats going on here

[redhot916spd]

wow, 130 is haulin ass

[Persocondes]

sweet, but price is too steep, you can own a lot of these ricers on the road, straight line is what them ricers do anyways. People with imports that actually race courses are not ricers in my opinion, its the kids on the road with 'value' imports that slap on parts and race in a straight line on public streets I call ricers.

[eeeen321]

4th gear is not the end of this mustangs transmission..

130mph near the end of 4th gear doesnt seem that short.

i figured it out in bed last night...

they must be calmly be saying 425rwhp, lol.

no way that engine has a lot less than 500bhp, and if im not mistaken that sure looks like the intake setup on the 540hp 2010' or KR.

the tires, suspension, weight and transmission can only explain so much about the trap speed.

[12valvepower1]

i want the audi r18 with v12 tdi awd mmmmmmmmmmmmm

[TheRustyHustlers]

R8* but yes amazing car and incredibly gorgeous!

[kxmoto]

notice how he said go fast in a straight line. it prob sucks in handling

[corvetteboy3]

duh its a drag car. Of course it sucks at handilng

[eeeen321]

who the hell is comparing a ZR1 vs. a cobrajet

DUUUURRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

thats a relevant comparison... lol

supercharged v8 vs. supercharged v8 ...sounds like they are built for the same purposes to me!

such different goals..

[vidguy73]

70k for the Cobra Jet, no thanks.

[tinmontin]

For 70k i could buy a nice German or Japanese car. Not! Buy American or walk.

[blueoval331]

@vidguy73 um and a zo6 is nearly the same price? get real.

[mike623030]

@vidguy73 70k for it is that all? i want one!!!

[TheDodgeChallenger]

@vidguy73 saw two of these at the mile high nationals this year fast as heck. but they both ended up breaking down one race after the other. I like the drag pack challenger better.

[Z3RO0RD1E]

That Mustang looks so much better without those big ugly fog lights in front of the grill.

[seroyer2]

Good thing you got your harness tight.

[evo8734]

they are lying about the detune to 425hp. 130mph.trap speed the car would have to be 2500lbs.

[eeeen321]

thats what im saying evo8734........ doesnt add up.... at all really.

i have no doubt the suspension and weight reduce had a major impact on the ET, not to mention the tires....

but that doesnt make up for the -120hp difference adding 10+mph to the trap speed...

i see where the 11.5 came from.... but i dont see where the 130mph came from.

that launch sure didnt look like 425hp, lol....

[DrNate89]

Could be the gearing, that thing might peg at about 140?

[legendarymanracer]

It does have short gearing, but it also has 6 gears.

[eeeen321]

Suspension and tires would explain how a 425hp mustang beat a 540hp mustang down the strip, 11.5 vs. 12.5ish...

but not how it out trapped it to that extent while being so far down on power.

"425" oem hp does not equal 130mph trap,

no matter what tires and suspension you have on your mustang.

"425" can equal a sub11.5 with the traction that stang had off the line, but in that car 425hp can not equal 130mph.

[mtooshort20]

its not all about power, its about how u put it down and IF you can put it all down. 700lbs less makes this stang around 3000lbs with 420hp....if u can plant it all, those times are very much possible. that's like putting 400hp in a Rx8...you would be surprised by what it could do

[Koomo0069]

ZR1 is better!

[gunzkevin]

Its also a sports car not a pony car.

[Koomo0069]

yeap ZR1is way better that cobra jet can jet its way right to the junk yard!

[mtooshort20]

next time make a logical comment if ur gonna comment at all, please. why would u compare a mustang to any vette for that matter?

[Koomo0069]

hey just making a statment!

[parks3318]

i think the 700 pound weight difference might have had something to do with it

[eeeen321]

parks...

do you think 700 lbs. off, tires and suspension would affect the mph that much with 120hp less?? 120hp less, 11mph more

with 120hp less; i could see the weight, suspension, tires taking away massive ET, but i dont see where 10mph came from with 120 less hp...

[silverberber]

The track looks wet from rain.

[mtooshort20]

dont be so sure of urself. that is about right, actually.

drag-tuned suspension and drag radials of that size and width, will make a huge difference. The GT500 is only as slow as it is b/c with the suspension it has, it has absolutely no chance of putting all its power to the ground. the Cobra Jet on the other hand, caught traction immediately and put every bit of its power to use, thus the 11.5 ET. Its probably faster than that with a better driver. Suspension and tires are critical in drag

[eeeen321]

"or better traction with the cobra jet"? "dont be so sure of yourself"? OH WOW, WE HAVE SOME SMART ONES! my statement was concerning trap speed while being down 120hp... you two are attempting to talk shit, based on.... the suspension/tire pkg. making 420hp trap more than 10mph over a 540hp. WOW! how does that make sense? 420hp vs. 540hp 130mph vs. 119mph how do you explain that with your suspension and tires? you shouldnt be so sure of yourself. BS numbers and BS reasons!

[wfangnxd117]

or better traction with the cobra jet...

[wfangnxd117]

with 425 hp?

[captain31893]

maybe xD

[wfangnxd117]

I've been waiting for this for a while...why didn't you guys say what the 1/4 mile was in the magazine?

[minusthejosh16]

*headache powder