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2020+ Shelby GT500 Mustang
It's Official! 2020 GT500 Makes 760HP
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<blockquote data-quote="tt335ci03cobra" data-source="post: 16309175" data-attributes="member: 68944"><p>My experience on bolt on terminators vs stock c6z’s was driver mod could eek a win in a straight line. Most races would go to the vette. Pitted blower terminator was basically a stock or mild (catback and Cai) z06 beater. My point was the cobra was heavy for the time, and still did just fine. Good sum of parts made it formidable. It could have been 300lbs lighterwithan aluminum block, t3650 trans, and NA making 350hp. Would have been nothing as far as history would remember it. </p><p></p><p>The superfast is about 220lbs lighter than a 2020 gt500 track pack carbon wheel car. The motortrend weight was without a driver, but with fluids.</p><p></p><p>Cheers. I want the gt500 to be lighter, but until a manual is an option (won’t happen) there isn’t any way to substantially reduce curb weight. Ford wasn’t lazy engineering the car, they just have continued over building their factory effort in the face of sociocultural norms like curb weight, hp rating, aero ricy appearance etc. I’m calling it as I see it. What makes SVT then and FP now great is the desire to do more than just sell cars. Colletti put $500+ of con rods in a $35k mustang when the prior cobra had $4-8 rods. FP offered $15k carbon fiber wheels on a $67k mustang. This kind of passion is void in the performance world until you hit far triple digits. It’s only now becoming more common. They’ve done this for decades.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>^exactly. That was exactly my point. The stock base suspension eco boost feels heavier than a magna ride gt. The gt350r feels 500lbs lighter than a gt350 based on my experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tt335ci03cobra, post: 16309175, member: 68944"] My experience on bolt on terminators vs stock c6z’s was driver mod could eek a win in a straight line. Most races would go to the vette. Pitted blower terminator was basically a stock or mild (catback and Cai) z06 beater. My point was the cobra was heavy for the time, and still did just fine. Good sum of parts made it formidable. It could have been 300lbs lighterwithan aluminum block, t3650 trans, and NA making 350hp. Would have been nothing as far as history would remember it. The superfast is about 220lbs lighter than a 2020 gt500 track pack carbon wheel car. The motortrend weight was without a driver, but with fluids. Cheers. I want the gt500 to be lighter, but until a manual is an option (won’t happen) there isn’t any way to substantially reduce curb weight. Ford wasn’t lazy engineering the car, they just have continued over building their factory effort in the face of sociocultural norms like curb weight, hp rating, aero ricy appearance etc. I’m calling it as I see it. What makes SVT then and FP now great is the desire to do more than just sell cars. Colletti put $500+ of con rods in a $35k mustang when the prior cobra had $4-8 rods. FP offered $15k carbon fiber wheels on a $67k mustang. This kind of passion is void in the performance world until you hit far triple digits. It’s only now becoming more common. They’ve done this for decades. ^exactly. That was exactly my point. The stock base suspension eco boost feels heavier than a magna ride gt. The gt350r feels 500lbs lighter than a gt350 based on my experience. [/QUOTE]
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