Beware Of The 2007 Shelby Gt500
Thats actually wrong. There is a very limited supply of the new GT500s and there is even a waiting list because each Ford dealership was issued only 2.
Originally Posted by Cop Car
as of right now they are more expensive than LS7 Z06s. it would absolutly destroy that Cobra.
yeah its a fast car but its also very expensive, you wont see as many new slobras out there as you will the 03-04s, which are some really quick cars that can be had cheap. they will sell as many Cobras as chevy sells Z06s.
yeah its a fast car but its also very expensive, you wont see as many new slobras out there as you will the 03-04s, which are some really quick cars that can be had cheap. they will sell as many Cobras as chevy sells Z06s.
Ive been trying to run one around here for the longest time.. .he always bitches out... said a C5 isnt fast enough.... Hes just a bitch.. Ill crush his GT500 with 10 grand worth of work and only mid 11s
Thats actually wrong. There is a very limited supply of the new GT500s and there is even a waiting list because each Ford dealership was issued only 2.
I heard from a Roush dealer that they made 6800 the first year and are slated for 9,000 next year. That is on par with the SVT Cobras. They will not be rare unless everyone keeps them in their garages.
I heard from a Roush dealer that they made 6800 the first year and are slated for 9,000 next year. That is on par with the SVT Cobras. They will not be rare unless everyone keeps them in their garages.
Read all of the thread before you repley, because ive already said that a couple of pages back....
Originally Posted by David Gordon
Thats actually wrong. There is a very limited supply of the new GT500s and there is even a waiting list because each Ford dealership was issued only 2.
I heard from a Roush dealer that they made 6800 the first year and are slated for 9,000 next year. That is on par with the SVT Cobras. They will not be rare unless everyone keeps them in their garages.
I heard from a Roush dealer that they made 6800 the first year and are slated for 9,000 next year. That is on par with the SVT Cobras. They will not be rare unless everyone keeps them in their garages.
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Originally Posted by regorih383
I dont think that car is wicked at all ,think about it......... your car might have around 340-370rwhp and that car should have around 430-470rwhp, that puts that mustang at least 100 more rwhp and it still could not pull you. Like that guy said, that mustang is a tank!
I would just spend $25K and buy a MUSTANG and mod the hell out of it, probably would be better off than paying the $45K price tag for a GTSLOW, I mean GT500.
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My neighbor has one and I can wait to take him down with my lil old bolt on WS6. Is it just me or would anyone else around here like to see ford build a fast motor w/o a SC? if they are even capable. Herd changing the pulley is a b*tch in these new ones, any truth to that? When pple do start changing them then they will produce crazy power.
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What's kinda funny is for the price you actually have to pay (grossly ridiculous inflated), you only get a ~12.2,12.1 second car. I think a base 'stang GT with a 40K in mods will smack any GT500 like a drunk clown.
~65K for a badly executed product vs. 25K +40K for a killer customized product, what a tough question....
Just goes to show ya what kind of person is behind the wheel.
~65K for a badly executed product vs. 25K +40K for a killer customized product, what a tough question....
Just goes to show ya what kind of person is behind the wheel.
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Originally Posted by Almostryan3
The motortrend this month, maybe last month now. The 500 HP american rocket one. on a road course the gt500 was only behind the viper and vette by 3 seconds. For all the weight complain and the bulkyness of it I say thats pretty damn good. Yeah the 1/4 isnt great but its got alot of weight to get moving and yeah its square jawed with no huge aerodynamic help but even with all this it didnt far as far behind the viper and c6 z06 as I thought it was. (and I have grown up under a ford roof) I picked up the mag and said yeah right the GT500 is gonna get spanked, yeah it lost in pretty much everything but not by much. And that is pretty impressive for this square jawed pig of a car to keep up with two light nimble aerodynamicly sound cars on a road course and mostly keep up in a straight line. Id also be willing to bet not every single person talking **** on the GT500 has a car that would wax its ***, So why not just admit its a pretty respectable car to even be close to the same class of the C6Z06 and SRT10 Viper.
Seriously man...3 seconds is pretty huge...
When my buddy beat me by 2 seconds around a road course in his M3 vrs my c5 coupe....Well I was devastated and 2-3 seconds is a lot more than you think it is. Your talking many many MANY carlengths...he beat me because of the driver modd...
However..The viper and c6Z06 beat the GT500 by 3 seconds because their better cars in every aspect...Same drivers on the same day just proved that.
And it's not close to the same class as the SRT1- and C6Z06...
C6Z06 ran a 11.7 at 125 mph
SRT10 ran a 12.1 at 121 mph
The GT500 ran a 12.7 at 114 mph....Now the ET is mostly driver dependent. But the mph tells the hole story hear..
The GT500 trapps 7 mph lower than the SRT 10 Viper and 11 mph lower than the C6Z06 on average in the 1/4 mile...
That is HUGE....That would be like comparing a 350Z that trapps 101 mph to a C5 coupe that trapps 108 mph and a 03 Cobra that trapps 111 mph and then telling them to all line up on the freeway...
The C5 would get pulled by the 03cobra till around 130 mph were it would start to close the gap but still loose in the end. The 350Z on the other hand would get left like a red headed step child from the very beginning and never recover...
WOULD YOU SAY THE 350z'S IN THE SAME CLASS AS THE C5 COUPE AND 03 COBRA?????
The GT500 isnt even in the same league as the GTS Viper...12.2 at 118 mph would still just be too much for it's 12.7 at 114 mph...
Now the C5Z06's 12.4 at 116 mph is just close enough that you can say the GT500's in it's class...
So please Ford guys...Dont kid your selves. The GT500 was in that comparison simply because it was the new stang. It is no were near the SRT10 or especially the C6Z06...In any catergory
Check out Dgussin's times in his sig in this thread:
2007 Shelby GT 500 White w/ Blue Stripes Coupe - 470rwhp 445rwtq - tune only 11.59 @ 118.22 w/ 1.642 60' - 26x10.5 ET Streets 11.89 @ 117.89 w/ 1.80 60' - 295/35/19 bfg kdw2's runs made with only 4 ribs left on the shredded supercharger belt
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I saw him racing on 11.12 at Byron. I think the car has a smaller pulley and a CAI. My friend's 02 Z06 with air filter, headers, !cats, and dr's was going 11.8@116 with a big head wind. I went 9.8@141 in the same wind.
2007 Shelby GT 500 White w/ Blue Stripes Coupe - 470rwhp 445rwtq - tune only 11.59 @ 118.22 w/ 1.642 60' - 26x10.5 ET Streets 11.89 @ 117.89 w/ 1.80 60' - 295/35/19 bfg kdw2's runs made with only 4 ribs left on the shredded supercharger belt
http://www.chicagosvt.com/forums/sho...230#post210230
I saw him racing on 11.12 at Byron. I think the car has a smaller pulley and a CAI. My friend's 02 Z06 with air filter, headers, !cats, and dr's was going 11.8@116 with a big head wind. I went 9.8@141 in the same wind.
yeah but you could say the same thing about the Z06. Just buy a regular vette and get a blower, and be just as quick.
Originally Posted by MICAH HERRON
My thoughts exactly. That car really has to be a let down for the FORD guys, all that power and the new/return of the GT500 and it is slow compared to the heavy hitters it is suppose to be able to run with...VIPER and C6 ZO6.
I would just spend $25K and buy a MUSTANG and mod the hell out of it, probably would be better off than paying the $45K price tag for a GTSLOW, I mean GT500.
I would just spend $25K and buy a MUSTANG and mod the hell out of it, probably would be better off than paying the $45K price tag for a GTSLOW, I mean GT500.
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I'd have to agree with the statement about a base GT and 40k in mods. you could do the same with a C6 vs. C6 Z06....
C6 Z06 for 70k+ around here they are going for 80k or pick up a discounted new C6 for 43k and buy an APS twin turbo kit $8900 + Fuel system upgrade for $1500.00 come out a head financially enough to rebuild the short block, low compression pistons, forged h-beam rods a 4" crank for $3500(reusing block) ported LS2 heads $1800, reassemble the 402 + install & tuned $2500 = rough est. $61,200 + ttl on the C6. Crank the boost up to 14-16 psi and your making 850 rwhp and your slaughtering a new C6 Z06 by football fields.
**forgot to add twin disk clutch $1200 and output shafts on the rear end, rebuild 1k.
In any case you havent even hit the base msrp off a new Z06.
C6 Z06 for 70k+ around here they are going for 80k or pick up a discounted new C6 for 43k and buy an APS twin turbo kit $8900 + Fuel system upgrade for $1500.00 come out a head financially enough to rebuild the short block, low compression pistons, forged h-beam rods a 4" crank for $3500(reusing block) ported LS2 heads $1800, reassemble the 402 + install & tuned $2500 = rough est. $61,200 + ttl on the C6. Crank the boost up to 14-16 psi and your making 850 rwhp and your slaughtering a new C6 Z06 by football fields.
**forgot to add twin disk clutch $1200 and output shafts on the rear end, rebuild 1k.
In any case you havent even hit the base msrp off a new Z06.
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Originally Posted by 99corvette
yeah but you could say the same thing about the Z06. Just buy a regular vette and get a blower, and be just as quick.
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Originally Posted by Blown04Z06
I'd have to agree with the statement about a base GT and 40k in mods. you could do the same with a C6 vs. C6 Z06....
C6 Z06 for 70k+ around here they are going for 80k or pick up a discounted new C6 for 43k and buy an APS twin turbo kit $8900 + Fuel system upgrade for $1500.00 come out a head financially enough to rebuild the short block, low compression pistons, forged h-beam rods a 4" crank for $3500(reusing block) ported LS2 heads $1800, reassemble the 402 + install & tuned $2500 = rough est. $61,200 + ttl on the C6. Crank the boost up to 14-16 psi and your making 850 rwhp and your slaughtering a new C6 Z06 by football fields.
**forgot to add twin disk clutch $1200 and output shafts on the rear end, rebuild 1k.
In any case you havent even hit the base msrp off a new Z06.
C6 Z06 for 70k+ around here they are going for 80k or pick up a discounted new C6 for 43k and buy an APS twin turbo kit $8900 + Fuel system upgrade for $1500.00 come out a head financially enough to rebuild the short block, low compression pistons, forged h-beam rods a 4" crank for $3500(reusing block) ported LS2 heads $1800, reassemble the 402 + install & tuned $2500 = rough est. $61,200 + ttl on the C6. Crank the boost up to 14-16 psi and your making 850 rwhp and your slaughtering a new C6 Z06 by football fields.
**forgot to add twin disk clutch $1200 and output shafts on the rear end, rebuild 1k.
In any case you havent even hit the base msrp off a new Z06.
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Originally Posted by Blown04Z06
I'd have to agree with the statement about a base GT and 40k in mods. you could do the same with a C6 vs. C6 Z06....
C6 Z06 for 70k+ around here they are going for 80k or pick up a discounted new C6 for 43k and buy an APS twin turbo kit $8900 + Fuel system upgrade for $1500.00 come out a head financially enough to rebuild the short block, low compression pistons, forged h-beam rods a 4" crank for $3500(reusing block) ported LS2 heads $1800, reassemble the 402 + install & tuned $2500 = rough est. $61,200 + ttl on the C6. Crank the boost up to 14-16 psi and your making 850 rwhp and your slaughtering a new C6 Z06 by football fields.
**forgot to add twin disk clutch $1200 and output shafts on the rear end, rebuild 1k.
In any case you havent even hit the base msrp off a new Z06.
C6 Z06 for 70k+ around here they are going for 80k or pick up a discounted new C6 for 43k and buy an APS twin turbo kit $8900 + Fuel system upgrade for $1500.00 come out a head financially enough to rebuild the short block, low compression pistons, forged h-beam rods a 4" crank for $3500(reusing block) ported LS2 heads $1800, reassemble the 402 + install & tuned $2500 = rough est. $61,200 + ttl on the C6. Crank the boost up to 14-16 psi and your making 850 rwhp and your slaughtering a new C6 Z06 by football fields.
**forgot to add twin disk clutch $1200 and output shafts on the rear end, rebuild 1k.
In any case you havent even hit the base msrp off a new Z06.
And the thread title is making laugh so hard I think I crapped my pants
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