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Originally Posted by Markoz28
And I agree with you and have no doubt the gt500 really does make that much power but for some reason, transmission, gears, suspension, weight, or whatever the power just doesn’t translate at the track.
It’s a combination thing. It’s like a gt350 to a GT. The GT has less power but is much faster in the 1/4.
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Stock, the GT500 would do 11.5 and that was severely crippled by the rear tires (285s). I recall someone got into the 10s with just a set of drag radials.
The Shelby was and still is an amazing car IMO. Great on the street and drag strip -- terrible at the track. I modified my suspension to the point of hating the car anywhere but the track and so I sold it.
Pretty sure that car was underrated.