Video: 800 hp Terminator Vs 800 hp Porsche

Over a decade after its debut the Terminator Cobra is still impressing and surprising new fans and fresh meat on the streets and tracks of America. We’ve always had a place in our heart for the Terminator and to this day consider it still one of the best platforms to construct a Mustang project around.

We recently ran across this video of a Terminator doing what it does, putting to shame some competition that was built at quite likely four to five times the cost of the Termi if not more. While we don’t condone street racing we can’t help but smile when we watch this video from That Racing Channel.

The setup is pretty straight forward for a Terminator, a 2.8 Kenne Bell has been strapped to what we assume is the stock engine, along with a 75 hp shot of giggle gas. Running on E85 it appears Lund Racing tuned the car, and the claimed number is 795 hp at the tires. Wearing classic skinnys in the front and some beefy Mickey Thompson ET Street tires in the rear we’re also assuming the Termi has dumped its IRS rear for a solid axle 8.8. From the looks of the video a manual transmission is still in play, but we don’t know much more than that in terms of detaisl on the car. We’re pretty certain full exhaust, air inlet, throttle body, and an intercooler upgrade are all parts of the equation as well.

There are only two views the Porsche gets of the Terminator, the door followed by its backside, as the saying goes '-hasta lavsista baby!'

For the Germans the Porsche wears twin GT3076 turbos, also guzzles the legal variety of distilled corn (E85) and is putting “over” 800 hp to the tires. Nothing else is listed here, although to us it looks like this car probably cost three times the sticker price of the Terminator new, and likely has much more invested in modifications.

It looks like the two took part in two races on a stretch of interstate somewhere in North America. We can’t really tell more than that from the video. In both instances from different angles the Terminator makes quick work of the Porsche, both times from a roll, walking off and leaving the German behind. It’s just another example of the staying power of one of the baddest cars SVT has ever built.

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Don Creason

Don Creason is an automotive journalist with passions that lie from everything classic, all the way to modern muscle. Experienced tech writer, and all around car aficionado, Don's love for both cars and writing makes him the perfect addition to the Power Automedia team of experts.
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