[DeTomaso] NPC Collective question

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/5/13 18 27 21, will.kooiman at gmail.com writes:


> 2003/4 Mustang Cobra - lots of fun, can get 500 hp to the tires with
> minimal mods, prices are in the $20K's.
> 

>>>I forgot about those--besides her track Miata, Lori also just bought a 
2000 Mustang track car.   It looks quite nondescript, being built on a normal 
Mustang GT (rather than the "Cobra") base.   But it had the entire 
suspension ripped out of it, and replaced with coilovers/double A-arm setup in the 
front, and Trans-Am/NASCAR setup in the rear; the parts alone cost something 
like $6000.   It also has Mustang Cobra brakes, chassis stiffening kit, roll 
cage, racing seats, harnesses, interior is totally gutted, etc. etc. etc.   
The engine is a stock SOHC (two-valve) 4.6.   Oh, and it has Saleen 17-inch 
wheels with Toyo RA-1 tires.

It is just barely streetable--you have to remove the steering wheel and 
clamber in over the sides of the seats, then you're completely wedged in as you 
fasten the harnesses and install the wheel.  I drove it for an hour and a 
half to Thunderhill and the gear noise from the super-trick rear axle is 
almost unbearable.   But you don't notice it on the track at all.   I also got 
to drive it in one track session, and it was extraordinary--leagues ahead of 
a regular Mustang, and truly the easiest track car I've ever been in.

She paid $12K for it--and it came with two extra sets of wheels and tires 
too!

But you can get a more 'ordinary' Mustang (which itself is nothing to 
sneeze at) for under $20K and have a lot of fun with it.

Mike (Drove my Pantera over 200 miles on Sunday, so at least I have 
*something* that's working too!)