Posted on 09/03/2009 6:56:03 PM PDT by wrrock
Ride along for a hot lap at Laguna Seca in Ford’s venomous Shelby GT500 Mustang
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When I win the lotto - one of the first things I am buying!!!!
I had one of those for a short time. Maybe not. Mine was made by Ford and it was marked Shelby but I don’t think it was improved by Shelby putting their engines etc. on it.
Still it ran really well. Not quite as fast as the tricked out SS396’s. (by tricked out, I mean the owners added the additional cams, manifolds, high performance pistons, carbs etc. not Chevy).
It would beat your typical Camarro or Firebird.
Me too. I’ve always loved those cars.
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Nice Mustang!
Thx. 2004 Mustang Cobra with 2.3 Whipple.
And weights 500 lbs less then the new Shelby GT500.
I’ve got a regular stang that has done wonderfully as a commuter and is pushing 200k miles with an acceptable level of maintenance. Still hope to someday get a GT or a souped up version. I can’t say enough good things about those cars. Except when there’s ice on the road, lol. I wonder if it’s Mustang heresy to hope that someday and AWD option will be offered.
Go for a SVT or one of the earlier Shelby version, the lighter the better and many come with an on/off traction (anti-wheel spin) button. I think that the 2001 is one of the lightest version because of the all aluminum engines. And if you like you can supercharge it and get 450+ hp.
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