stik6shift93

Read on another board the thing went 12.6@116, i thought all the ford guys were saying this thing was gonna give the zo6 a run for it's money

camarossdn

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That's fast.

unit213

Stock '03 Cobras have run 12.43 @ 114mph. Which dumbass drove the Shelby...if the numbers are real that is.

The Z06 will dominate a stock Shelby. Power will be very easy to make though. I'm talking 600rwhp no problem for very little money.

11 Bravo

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I would take the Shelby any day. But not before the ZO6. 550rwhp should be pretty easy. Hell, maybe way more than that with the heads it has. And I would put my money on that race over a 600rwhp boosted Shelby.

stik6shift93

True but that's like saying that stock 02-04 zo6s have run 11.7s, the majority of the drivers won't come within a half second of that. I'm sure that the morons at the magazine can't drive and the car can't do a lot better than that with a better driver under great conditions however i thought it would run better than that. I was hearing it would keep up with the zo6 on the ford boards. It'll be interesting to see what kind of power these things will make though, if the 03-04 cobras are any indication i'm sure it will be a lot, it's unfortunate it has such a big weight handicap.

unit213

Mistake number one was believing everything you read on the internet.

No chance a stock GT500 will hang with a Z06. It just won't happen. The Shelby will be a fast car and it will be easy to mod though. The two cars are in totally different classes IMO. The Z06 is a supercar. The Shelby is...well, a Mustang.

Z06PSI

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Are they forging the bottomend of the Shelby as well..????

unit213

Yes. Iron block w/ forged internals. The Ford GT has the (expensive) Aluminum 5.4L block. Heads, internals, etc are straight from the GT.

jleews6

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No chance a stock GT500 will hang with a Z06. It just won't happen. The Shelby will be a fast car and it will be easy to mod though. The two cars are in totally different classes IMO. The Z06 is a supercar. The Shelby is...well, a Mustang.

unit ,you couldnt have said it any better. The shelby will be a great car but stock for stock the Z will beat it.

By the way my stock 03 ran 12.6 @113 with only 360 rwhp so the new one with a good driver "should" run low 12s or even a high 11.

unit213

I think some Ford guys are being overly ambitious and hopefull that it will be the answer to the Z06. It won't, plain and simple. But that's ok because they are differnet cars like I mentioned previously. Both will be badass in their own right.

12.6 @ 113mph bone stock? Very nice.

Shinkaze

Considering the magazines could only get a 13 flat out of an 2003 Cobra, I think mid 12s for the Shelby is fantastic. As we've seen with both the C5 Z06 and 03 Cobra, good drivers can knock off a half second from magazine times. The Shelby is going to be easy to modify fo some amazing RWHP numbers.

Personally though I'd rather have a Z06, the last year with the M3 has taught me the joy of a great handling car, and I have to say I'm more interested in the Z06's Nurburing times than drag times

unit213

I'm with you there Adam.

The price tag of the Z06 pretty much seals the deal for me. $75K is just too much for a car IMO. Mid 60's and I'll seriously consider it.

Richiec77

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I'm going to go more towards the New Shelby GT500 being tuned for some better track handleing. That was Shelby's expertese. He made Cars quick thru good handleing and pure brute force. So it'll probably be decint in the Quarter but will handle better in turns.

EDIT. I was saying that the new GT500 is designed more for Handleing than straight Line. It still won't compete with the new z06.

blkta1

Ford said the Shelby 500 will have the same power to weight ratio as the Corvette...not the Z06. And I believe the new Vettes run in the mid 12's, which is right around their result numbers.

Shinkaze

There is simply no way a stock Shelby will come close to a Corvette in Handling. Maybe with truck load of mods, but even then you'll have a ride half as sophisticated as the Vette.

And Hey, I thought my Trans Am was pretty darn good handler until I bought my M3. Sort of shifts your entire perspective. (then again I think my M3's low 13 scond at 107mph times are pretty slow too, which comes from American muscle shifting my perspective on what's "fast" )

Red Shift

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2002C5COUPE

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116 mph should be good enough for an 11 sec. 1/4

stik6shift93

I read it on corral i believe, i think it was a car and driver test. Is the official pricing out on the zo6 yet, i heard there will be a base version in the 60 with less accesories, and a loaded model which runs low 70s???

PendragonZ

"Around 75k" for the Z06. At least what I've seen in print.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ine.promo.2g.*

UtOhCop

The 5.4L in the Shelby is just a lower boost version then the one in the GT correct? All they have to do is turn up the boost to GT levels and they'll have 550rwhp. I can't wait.