drove an SVT cobra a second ago

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Sep 23, 2003

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drove an SVT cobra a second ago

i drove my friends dads svt around 4:00 or so. wow. that thing is powerful. the clutch is REALLY stiff though. thats the only bad thing about it. but that thing literally jerks you back in your seat. anyone know how much power those things have?

Sep 23, 2003

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380-400 isnt it? i know its more than an SS, somewhere in that ballpark

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390 bhp / 290.9 kW @ 6000 rpm
529 Nm / 390.2 ft lbs @ 3500 rpm

Sep 23, 2003

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They are fast, and at a good price for the amount of power you get in stock form.

Sep 23, 2003

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It's not bad to have a stiff clutch. It's an anti-noob protection device

Man, if I had that car, I wouldn't let a kid drive it. But then again, I'm a kid, and I know what I'd do with it...

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C'mon guys, just about every car feels like it has a stiff clutch to us civic drivers. Even my dad's '00 accord feels about twice as heavy.

Sep 23, 2003

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well the clutchs for performance cars are supposed to be that way, not every car has a sissy civic clutch.

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my K20A2 clutch actually feels lighter than the one that i had with my D17 motor...i thought something was wrong at first...but everything seems to be ok. Been driving around on it for a while now. Those crazy Japs come up with the most user friendly stuff for Honda.

Sep 24, 2003

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What year svt cobra my dad has a 2001 and it has about 365 horses its 320 stock but he has some bolt ons and stuff . But i know what you mean the clutch is stiff but the car is fast it throws you back in the seat when you get on it . But it is really heavy and i think the civic handles better well with the mods i got on it anyway . I looked at slalom time for the two cars the svt runs a 64.4 thru the course and the stock lx civic runs a 62.3 or something around there so as you can see the civic is not far off from handling the same also bolth of those times were from motor trend magazine so it was the same course . I wish i has the svt horsepower in my civic it would be way crazy with 1000 pounds less weight a smaller car and 365 horses under the hood !!!!!!
It would be hard to get traction with that much horespower in our front drive civics