I'll agree with that!I agree with you 100% The “13” “14” are Geat cars and will go down in history of one of the Best!
I'll agree with that!I agree with you 100% The “13” “14” are Geat cars and will go down in history of one of the Best!
Amen to thatI agree with you 100% The “13” “14” are Great cars and will go down in history of one of the Best! Never selling mine....
I would love to see what this New Shelby would run the 1/4 mile with a six speed manual, Same gearing and a 285 Goodyear Crap tire out back as the 13” 14” came with.. Why are there no H.P. Numbers out yet and 9 more months of waiting! 6 years to build a car? And hood pins to hold the hood down at high speeds, The 13” 14” didn’t need hood pins at over 200 mph.
And hood pins to hold the hood down at high speeds, The 13” 14” didn’t need hood pins at over 200 mph.
The 2013-14 hood was aluminum and may have been less flexible than the 2020 light weight composite hood.
Your original argument was "a 13/14 Track pack/ Performance pack car is all about HANDLING," (emphasis added) which is not completely accurate. (SVTPP improves handling. SVTTP improves cooling.) While improved cooling enables longer track and more consecutive drag sessions, it does nothing to improve handling.Yea I know... Track Pack is for cooling extended periods on a road course...Drag cars do not have any of that ( which was my original argument)
I agree wholeheartedly on the subject of this thread. The 13/14 is not outclassed by the 2020 - we have the carbon fiber drive shaft, we have the power and speed, the track pack, the recaros... The differentiator is really in the body style and the DCT box (yes, over simplifying it)..!
The 2020 hood pins are pretty cool, I have seen a similar version of that type of push button pin, but I can't remember the brand?
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.Porsche are now recognizing this as they re-introduce manual gearboxes to their lines.
Y'all sound like the 11-12 guys when the 13-14s came out.
No need to have hard feelings and justify your ride, just respect it for what it is. Stock for stock, your cars have become marginalized. But, anyone that's got 650 rwhp is on an even playing field with the 2020 GT500, if they can shift like Ronnie Sox. We're not sure how portly this girl is going to be yet either. Unless you buy the race version of a production car, there are always improvements that can be made in a production car suspension, even if it's top shelf.
I'm not considering trading up. At least, not yet anyway, and I have a lowly 2012.
I think the new GT500 looks ok.. It's a bit too ricer for me but, it still looks good. My main gripe with the new car would be, I can't believe they used the gt350 engine block. My 2013 has a proprietary engine only to the GT500. That's how the GT500 always was, it wasn't a parts borrower. I'm wondering how they lost that mindset along the way.
I know they're are differences between the new GT500 and GT350. But for me to Shell out 70-100k of my money on one, this car isn't special enough. To me it's a GT350 with a dct and blower.
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Yeah, I agree.. I didn't think about the 5.4 truck engine from that era. I guess Im still bummed out about the release. I just kind of expected a car more like our 13-14s, more drag orientated.. Ford already has 3 track cars, now 4. Ford GT, GT350, GT350R, and now GT500.
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On the subject of gears... there is a Chris Harris vid where he is driving a ferrari with DCT and he basically says that everything is all happening too fast that to have a gear stick would just get in the way.