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If I remember correctly, the first few years of GT500s were done by Shelby, and then somewhere around 2010, Ford began to complete the GT500 assembly in house (I could be off a year or two).
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02-18-2019, 10:14 AM | #884 |
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The S197 GT500 was always done 100% in house by Ford. Carrol Shelby had a little input in it, but other than that the car was done by SVT and always rolled along the same assembly line as every other Mustang
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02-18-2019, 02:10 PM | #885 |
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Thanks for the info - I was way off
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02-18-2019, 02:30 PM | #886 |
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it's all good!
It gets confusing because IIRC at the time the 07 GT500 was launched, Shelby American was selling Shelby GT*** as a post title package so it was pretty confusing. |
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That's probably what I was thinking of. Thanks again
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02-21-2019, 07:36 AM | #888 |
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Still no details...
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02-21-2019, 01:43 PM | #889 |
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Looks like at this point its going to be closer to release before we get anything else
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02-22-2019, 06:22 AM | #890 |
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Well the latest Car & Driver edition stated that it will be atleast a 1/2 second faster in the quarter mile than the ZL1 and should be faster than the RedEye, so they are thinking faster than 10:80s
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I was looking at the article you mentioned here. It states that they believe it will have "the rumored" 720 HP. Does that mean it will be a lot lighter than folks are expecting, or do you feel like I do that this will have much more than the 720 HP Car & Driver is guessing? I think it will be more along the lines of 760-775 HP range, and yes it will be a bit heavy, but have the power to compensate...
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Don't forget the magical Ford drag mode...
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I would be a little surprised if it weighs 4,200 lbs. - that just seems so porky, and is nearly 500 lbs heavier than the GT350R. If I was an engineer at Ford (I'm a mechanical engineer elsewhere - not in the auto industry) I would not be happy with such a heavy car. GT350R is 3,720 lbs, hopefully the GT500 doesn't end up over 3,950 lbs. The ZL1 auto is 3,944 lbs. so I think that is the weight to meet/beat. Would be awesome if they could come in under 3,900 lbs.
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