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Originally Posted by Dirty D
Just read this posting by Car & Driver Mag....
....sources from inside Ford are saying the 2013 Shelby Mustang GT500 will put down 620 horses from a Supercharged 5.8L V8...wow!
http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car...er-future_cars
Did the ZL1 get revealed too soon? |
I wonder about if it got revealed too soon... However - in this case, we may have a little insight into what Ford might be doing. Is that bad? So long as development is continuing on ZL1, I don't really see the problem, per se. If GM were only planning, say, 560 HP, seeing the GT500 might get around 600+ might push them to reconsider their target. I'm not sure how much it takes to account for trying to make another 50 HP to work effectively in a car at an OEM level, but I know it's not that difficult to get the engine to get there. But can the rest of the driveline stand up to it? There's a safety factor calculated into these assemblies and components, but another +10% increase in power isn't small at this level.
Is it too late? Who knows. Is it good that GM might have a better idea what may be going on over at Ford? SURE! I don't necessarily think GM didn't already have an idea; but now a lot of people do, now, have this to think about, so I'll be interested to see what happens. I really think 600 horse' in LSA would be easy to get and that GM could do it, but at what price? Is there a market for a successful $60K factory CAMARO? I know I'm out
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Originally Posted by Dirty D
Is it a repost? My bad, hard to keep up sometimes here in Iraq. 
Mods go ahead and delete this thread. |
Just merged
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Originally Posted by motorhead
Understood, Not all of us are fighting for our country like you. I'm sure you don't have the time to spend hours looking at Camaro5.
Thanks for you service and be safe.
Good info either way ,but it will probably get merged with the others. |
Merged because of the points in this post
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