Maybe Ford doesn't want to get into the liability of offering a factory dragcar?
Yeah, probably.
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Maybe Ford doesn't want to get into the liability of offering a factory dragcar?
I thought they pushed back the change in platform or cancelled the S650 altogether?Anyone else read the December Motortrend? I read it on the plane, so I'm reciting this off the top of my head, but they interviewed someone high up at Ford (Probably DerpWraiths guy) who said the vehicle will be dropping as a '20 model year the second half of next year.
What do you want to bet they're just debuting that thing on the new chassis? It would be stupid to have one year of the car on the current chassis and then have to change it all again. Makes sense to have the S650 (that's it, right?) just come out of the gate swinging with a GT500 launch, but no sense in cannibalizing S550 sales for the next 6 months or so.
I think y'all are mixing "performance" and "output" when the two are not necessarily synonymous. Hell, you can get a 2018 GT into the 10s with bolt ons, WTF are the Hellcat and Redeye doing with all that extra power? Oh yeah, appealing to bench racers.
Dodge has yet to put it's money where it's mouth is on the strip. Or rather, Dodge's cars in the hands of average Joe have not been able to back up their claims - as far as I can tell, I'm a road racer (not street racer) and don't put much stock in 1/4 racing.
I still remain unconvinced that Ford is worried about the Dodge offering in the slightest, other than having to appeal to people who just straight up do not know any better.
I like your screen name. Is it an homage to the next GT500?
The 18 Mustangs are sick though. I just wish ford would get off their ass with the gt500. This whole deal is hurting their fanbase, I can see it first hand. A lot of gt500 guys own hellcats now.
Hellcats have been 10's 100% bone stock down to the tire. We just went 9.89 @ 142 in a full weight hellcat with stock pulleys. Just tuning, fuel tires. I'm not really getting where this whole idea is coming from.
The 18 Mustangs are sick though. I just wish ford would get off their ass with the gt500. This whole deal is hurting their fanbase, I can see it first hand. A lot of gt500 guys own hellcats now.
Did a side by side with the just posted (thanks Austin) plenum shot next to the "leaked" shot from months ago. Ribbing pattern has been changed as well as the cast in, unfinished snake being replaced with a thin, etched plate. I think it would have looked better with a finished snake cast in...
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