Here's a new article on the subject... The 2013 Shelby GT500 wants to make the Camaro ZL1 its bitch
I think the author of the Jalopnik article is definitely a Chevy guy. lol
Here's a new article on the subject... The 2013 Shelby GT500 wants to make the Camaro ZL1 its bitch
Daniel said:You boys being scared of "little" 285s is just comical. They can't put much wider in the front then they already have so a even wider rear will only cause the handling to become worse in the turns.
I think the author of the Jalopnik article is definitely a Chevy guy. lol
Nonsense. There is room for more up front as well as out back. Balance can be altered with sway bars and springs, as well as infinite TC adjustments. Ford had the opportunity to make minor changes to the floorpan stampings as well as any number of other changes necessary to allow simple contact patch upgrades. They elected not to.
Weak sauce on an otherwise fantastic car.
The thing to remember on sway bars to adjust grip is the thicker the bar the less the grip. So by adding monster rear tires to a platform that already is push happy in order to "balance" the car out you would have to run a thicker rear bar hence causing less traction in the rear to try to regain the neutral feel. Stiffer springs means poorer ride quality most of the time.
During the four lapping sessions, Gene (Martindale) had the team increase the rear sway bar diameter and change out the jounce limiters to those of different heights.
2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Specs and First Ride- 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Release ? RoadandTrack.comThe previous-generation GT500 suspension is a compromise of these two settings in both spring rates and damper stiffness. The result is a somewhat playful suspension, but one that’s more compliant on a track than it really should be. These new adjustable dampers allow, at least felt from the passenger seat, a very perceptible change in the suspension. With the click of a button it goes from acceptably sporting to ultra-stiff, so stiff that over a particularly bumpy road outside the track my vision blurred.
does anyone know how much 2012 shelby was when it first came out? cuz like all dealers around me sell at msrp. I never heard of dealers selling like 10 to 20k over msrp till i got on this forum. I am guessing the 2013 cant be much more than the current 2012
Unbelievable migraine coming up for Camaro ZL1.In the long run I wouldn't waste my money on the Camaro,just go full blown and purchase the Corvette,as I said in my other post I'll wait till 2013 and purchase a 2013 Shelby GT500 SVTPP,this time I'm going to special order mine with automatic trans,a extra $2500 out of my pocket book,so sick and tried of shifting in traffic,on this small rock in the middle of nowhere it's all traffic.
Trust me, this car could have used more wheel/tire out back. I'm now wondering how much rolling resistance/gas guzzler status played into the decision to keep the skinnies out back.
so there was a press release in response to ford that the zl1 will be 55k and goes 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds and quarter mile time of 12 seconds. i doubt then the new shelby will be over 65k. if they do that they will once again lose to camero in sales and they wasted their time making this car.
welllll the whole point of these cars now is to be able to adjust them to daily driving and track and they keep changing stuff to make modding this cars less and less neccessary i mean i am picking these cars for daily driving so having to change tires all the time is annoying. but i will be realll pissed if ford makes the shelby over like 60k for the coupe. i cant see it being justified as good business cuz the lose in sales mostly in part cuz there was like a 15k difference between the best camero and the best mustang