2004 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra Convertible Review - The Famous TERMINATOR Mustang!

[@JCVACCARO]

These were something else when they came out by absolutely dominating every stock vehicle at the dragstrip. It had no competition till the E55 AMG came out soon after. I was also witness to seeing more than a few of these grenading their fragile IRS rear ends with drag radials. Still these were awesome for their time.

[@mustanlab302]

we salute you John Coletti for giving us this icon of a car

[@vincentblouin5882]

My man is on fire lately with the posts:O

[@RustyZipper]

I remember working at a gas station when these came out our local Ford dealer (owner) bringing this identical Mustang and a Red Lightning (non-EV) in and he was absolutely enamored with that supercharger whine. He was 💯 a car guy and he was genuine. Unfortunately he had a rare medical condition and died a couple of years ago. His three sons easily could have taken over the dealership but two of them got into hard drugs and third son now only manages the “detail” portion of the facility 🤦‍♂️

[@ericquinn8578]

Soon Zack will have reviewed every single car in Illinois, then North America; and then the world. This man is beyond dedicated.

[@matthewfuller1129]

Completely under-rated at 390HP - probably closer to 430. The IRS was a game-changer, even though drag racers tended to break them. The Tremec 6-speed was a modern-ish day Rock Crusher.

[@bwofficial1776]

Ford learned their lesson when it came out that the Cobra was over-rated and not delivering advertised power so they went to the other extreme and we're all happy for it.

[@COBRO98]

Yeah they often made 390 at the wheels stock, I remember dyno'ing them back then. That's about 450 crank horsepower.

[@lfwworx3570]

Wet noodle is funny af lol, I don't have a terminator cobra but I have a 2000 mustang gt convertible, sadly had no choice but to drive it in a snow storm one year, I went through so much with this car over the past 2 years. Have some maintenance to do and a catless x pipe with a sr performance catback to go on it just as a starter setup as im in college. One day I will be able to restore it 😊

[@rightlanehog3151]

Zack, This is the best Escort we got in North America.

[@senseicorey9979]

My friend had a modded one of these that would run consistent 11.7 1/4 miles. It was so God damn absurd. 6th gear pulls were faster than the modded imports.... ..

[@davidp2888]

That whine, though!

[@arabicelvis]

Sounds like a remote control car in the beginning 😂 minus that whine it drowns exhaust notes 🎶

[@mysticstarhf9265]

Still a very, very strong car twenty years later with 390 HP and 390 lb-ft. I love the supercharger as opposed to the modern turbos. Ford really did a good job here.

[@jimtom8273]

Of course it fits a 40z beer

[@bwofficial1776]

Some guy at my office daily drives one of these, a red convertible also. He bought it as a fun car but it didn't like to sit so he decided to daily it. I like these squared-off Mustangs.

[@johndelta00]

The Cobra is like my ideal woman, Sexy and secretly wants to kill me while giving me the ride of a lifetime.

[@Patzimaro21]

Awesome looking cobra, my favorite color and spec 💯👌🏻

[@dogsbark5750]

I drove a king cobra 512hp at a dealership in 04. I thought it was the extras that the dealer did along with the belts. The clutch was aweful. I just kept thinking my 89 5.0, 89 ZR1 and 97 Camaro Z28 are so much better on my legs. Still not as bad as a Testarossa. That car is like trying to pull off the steering wheel with my foot trying to tip a cemented to the ground park bench.

[@hellraiser420]

3:52 looks kinda like a 1st gen Camaro passin you there

[@starrdogchamp1]

I guess you haven't seen the orange, sonic blue or mystic chrome colors?

[@iamatlantis1]

Yellow too

[@starrdogchamp1]

@@iamatlantis1 not the zinc yellow they have two. the yellow is hot!

[@iamatlantis1]

@@starrdogchamp1 yeah not the zinc the other one. forgot what version it was ahh i went to look it up "screaming" yellow

[@LaszloGaspar-s3x]

Awesome mustang👍

[@Broski_Nation]

Godda do the "new edge"-Cobra R 😎

[@Dankcatvacs]

i cant imagine the fun that thing must be to drive

[@TheFalseProdigy]

There’s two of these street parked within two blocks of each other in my town, I wonder if I’m just spectacularly lucky or if they’re just not that special

[@ihaveacoolhat1]

A fast car to me as a kid in the UK was the Ferraris, Porsches, Lamborghinis and not to mention the Japanese imports. The first time I knew about American muscle cars, it blew my mind how much power you could have got for $35000 or so. I used to hunt down grainy mid-2000s DV-camera footage of street races that people would post online and a lot of the time it was either a tuned Corvette or one of these just bitch-slapping anything they went up against. Probably not 'sophisticated' but who gives a shit when it sounds and looks like that?

[@creativeusername7951]

The Pierogi Is Good.

[@davinp]

Ford, GM & Chrysler were trying to cut costs, so they used cheaper quality parts and materials when building their cars resulting in poorer build quality. Ford used too cheap plastics on the wing and light

[@angelo_giachetti]

Trans sounds like it has gear lube in it and not the required ATF. A common mistake. These older Cobras are a fantastic value now.

[@timbit72]

Basically the 2004 svt is the automotive equivalent to the soup nazi

[@jdrules23]

They pulled marketup off the site.

[@speedfiend925]

How bad was the driving experience? It sounds like it was sketchy which for people like myself spells fun but how would you describe it? Oh and if you REALLY want to experience sketchy, try driving a Fox Body Mustang 5.0 around a corner in the rain without any driver aids. Ask me how I know! 😂🤣😆

[@AwesomeFinish]

He kind of over exaggerated a little on that. I used to daily a Terminator that was identical to that one and it wasn't bad at all. I could see where it might be a little more involved than a civic which he's probably used to driving.

[@TassieLorenzo]

"Supercharged V8 wet noodle" 😂 On the SN-95 Mustang, the torsional rigidity of the convertible is like a third of the hardtop -- it's not good! The SN-197 is a lot better though.

[@adambaldwin7816]

The sn95 convertible has 80% more rigidity than foxbody convertible.

[@TassieLorenzo]

@@adambaldwin7816 Yikes!

[@JonTheDestroyer]

Is it a 4.6? I thought they had 5.4 super charged? Maybe I'm mistaken

[@PASquared]

The Lightning had the 5.4 Supercharged

[@JonTheDestroyer]

​@@PASquared I was thinking the cobra R, got confused for a second

[@COBRO98]

4.6L DOHC with an Eaton supercharger.

[@starrdogchamp1]

There is no comparison

[@AwesomeFinish]

Yup, one was the infancy of SVT SN95 engineering and the other is the pinnacle.

[@javanhernandez5690]

FIRST

[@gtaashwagandhaman7551]

The terminator should be left as a movie... not some MUSTANG getting a 20th name🥴

[@dfharris03]

Heavy, bulky, and not athletic. This generation of Mustang was no fun. Sorry, 2005 and up are light years ahead.

[@COBRO98]

The NewEdge was lighter than every Mustang that has come after it by several hundred pounds.. they're also physically smaller..

[@AwesomeFinish]

What you said makes zero sense because it's wrong. Sure 2005 up were a new design with newer technology and better ride quality.. and that was expected since the Fox platform was designed in 1978. However, these Mustangs were lighter and smaller than the 2005 up cars.

[@toussantlbisso]

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[@Minecraft_brothers69]

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