'07 Shelby GT500: 12.25 @ 117
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Re: '07 Shelby GT500: 12.25 @ 117
Originally Posted by XCELR8
If that's true, that's the first time I've heard of that. I remember Hampton Chevy selling the C6 when it first came out for $80,000... for a fucking base model Corvette!!
I am just bitching like you were a couple of posts ago about the markup GM did on the vette..So dont bitch at me for talking shit on the markup from ford when you are still bitching about the markups that GM did last year when the C6 came out!!
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Re: '07 Shelby GT500: 12.25 @ 117
Didnt evan smith run a stock 02 Z28 to a 12.8 @108ish?? I think I have that MM&FF magazine around here someplace.. and I think he ran a stock 03 cobra to a 12.3@ 115mph.. So you know he is a good driver but what happened in the GT500?? Is that car really only a 1/2 a tenth faster then a 03 cobra?? Or was it because of the driver??
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Re: '07 Shelby GT500: 12.25 @ 117
Originally Posted by 1998Silverbird
Didnt evan smith run a stock 02 Z28 to a 12.8 @108ish?? I think I have that MM&FF magazine around here someplace.. and I think he ran a stock 03 cobra to a 12.3@ 115mph.. So you know he is a good driver but what happened in the GT500?? Is that car really only a 1/2 a tenth faster then a 03 cobra?? Or was it because of the driver??
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Re: '07 Shelby GT500: 12.25 @ 117
The Cobra ran 12.4@114 I believe with a 1.9 60ft. That was what Evan Smith got out of it. The GT500 was 12.2@117 with a 2.11 60ft. See the difference? 2 tenths faster with a worse 60ft and a trap of 3 mph higher. A 1.9 60ft on the GT500 would be 12.0. The GT500 is said to put down 440 to 450 to the ground. Lets do math, 440/500=88% meaning the car lost 12% through the drivtrain. That is less that the average 15% for a manual, if the car makes 450 than it has 10% drivetrain loss.
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Re: '07 Shelby GT500: 12.25 @ 117
Originally Posted by XCELR8
You GM fan's precious Corvette did the same shit when it came out. $80,000 for a run of the mill, base model Corvette? No thanks.
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Re: '07 Shelby GT500: 12.25 @ 117
Originally Posted by ritz
They actually remind me of machined Z06 wheels.
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Re: '07 Shelby GT500: 12.25 @ 117
Originally Posted by racerns
You keep saying this but as I have already pointed out that it was very possible to get an C6 when released for MSRP or less. Are there any high volume Ford dealers that are doing tha with the GT500? I really am just wondering.