This is an interesting read.
http://www.drivingenthusiast.net/sec-blog/?p=11329
http://www.drivingenthusiast.net/sec-blog/?p=11329
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Interesting, but the guy comes across as an ass.
CPTMac689 said:Interesting, but the guy comes across as an ass.
I'm most interested in whether this rear end will fit into my Boss without serious modification and geometry compromise.
Shawn
sure, they could easily make great power, but they were plagued with major warranty issues. I remember when I was shopping for a used cobra, I had to make sure that the 03 cobras had the TSB done to replace one of the cylinder heads. A CYLINDER HEAD! that's a major flaw!blacksheep-1 said:I love the guys comment about the 03 Cobras being such problem children, the 03-04 Cobras were called Terminators for a reason, with a set of long tubes, a chip, intake and pulleys they would pull down over 500hp at the rear wheels without even breathing hard, witnessed it myself on 2 different occasions..ergo writer is a clown.
CPTMac689 said:Interesting, but the guy comes across as an ass.
blacksheep-1 said:I'm not going to hijack this thread, but IMO clearly the 03-04 (and the "R" in 200) were watershed vehicles that may have had teething problems , mostly because of their cutting edge tech, but history has shown them to be reliable and horsepower monsters. go to any Chevy/Mopar forums and they give the blower cars a wide, wide birth. The "fox4" platform was about 25 years old at the time. IMO, without them, there would be no s197.
OK so I'm done with that.
So the new s550 platform is the same as the s197? is that what I understand?
dabossinne said:That's what it appears. The S550 is an evolution/derivation of the S197 platform (also called D2C), which was derived from the DEW98 platform originally developed for the Jag S-type and Lincoln LS.
pufferfish said:sure, they could easily make great power, but they were plagued with major warranty issues. I remember when I was shopping for a used cobra, I had to make sure that the 03 cobras had the TSB done to replace one of the cylinder heads. A CYLINDER HEAD! that's a major flaw!
I am intrigued by the bolt-in IRS for the S197 chassis. it is definitely a compromise setup, which I doubt saves any weight with its hulking cast aluminum skeleton, has a crappy sway bar location and the split spring/damper arrangement, but it looks vastly better than the sn95 irs bastard. if ford would release the drawings to a company who could manufacture them, it would make a lot of road racers very happy.