What does a new bone stock Accord run? Going back to 2003, those SVT Cobras were the meanest stock cars out there other than high ends and they ran high 12's. So putting that into perspective, a 14 sec car was pretty good.
Back around 2007, the 266HP Camry's could run high 13's with the typical "Free mods" and good air that got '80's cars into the low 14's. 100% Stock off the showroom floor they ran 14.3. My 89 5.0 ran 14.8's stock and 14.1's with "free mods", so the camry is starting almost 1/2 second quicker.
By 2000 everybody with a Buick Turbo was running 11's unless it was still a stock injector/stock turbo car (and those ran mid to low 12's), so high 12 second cars were meh and were easily destroyed at the track. The '03 Cobra had potential to be a super easy low 11 second car, so that is why it got the car people enthused, not that is ran high 12's stock.
My T-type was stock appearing. You can't imagine how demoralizing it was at the local 1/8 mile track when I'd beat a Viper or some other $50K car, then I pop the hood and it all looked stock. It was especially demoralizing to guys that had traded in their GN for a '93 Camaro (because it had 275 HP), then something faster, then something faster, then something faster and still get beat by a stock appearing T-type.
I'm really curious to know what kind of car it is!
I bought a Jaguar XK8 coupe last year to do an LS1/T56 swap, but it runs and drives so good with the stock motor I keep putting the conversion off. Maybe next fall. These are excellent driving/handing cars that need a "car guy" owner, because paying someone to fix stuff would bankrupt a rich guy, They are easy to work on and designed to be repaired and many parts are in the junkyard on other Jag models for cheap (I had to replace the alternator: $35 off of an XJ8)
The car shows around her all look like a Dodge dealers sales lot. I built my car, so sick of *ssh*les with 100,000 cars looking down their noses at me and my old Chevy.
