Why even bother?I honestly would love to have a twin turbo 5.0 at some point.
According to you, a heavily modded 5.0 can "hang with a stock, AGAIN, STOCK GT500".
No point in getting a heavily modded, lighter, newer, but slower car!! :shrug:
Why even bother?I honestly would love to have a twin turbo 5.0 at some point.
I disagree. All these threads lately really want to make me run into a 5.0. I'm going to have to hit up some local boards and find one to run. I guess if he was bone stock it could be close but it seems crazy to me to think 5 car lengths is even possible.
I disagree the first gen GT500s were lucky to trap over 112 mph stock. A bolt on 5.0 is a solid 115 mph car with a good driver. So a Shelby getting pulled by car lengths is legit to me.
Or spend around 3k for a whipple or vmps and make big power
Why even bother?
According to you, a heavily modded 5.0 can "hang with a stock, AGAIN, STOCK GT500".
No point in getting a heavily modded, lighter, newer, but slower car!! :shrug:
Guess I just lucked up and found a newbie that hadn't mastered his 5.0 yet
Or the OP was lucky and found a GT500 that started from 40 in 6th gear :shrug:. Anything can happen on the street.
i have to agree with CodyK7. Not a fan of the GT500. I think they are underperformers. That said i smash 5.0's on a regular (03 Cobra pullied,tune.intake) so its hard for me to grasp 5 car lengths unless he was traveling at an extremely high rate of speed. GT500's are not that slow.
Gt500 owner was lucky op didn't have a cj intake :shrug:
So I guess a CJ intake for a 5.0 is like a pulley for a Shelby. Makes sense and evens things out
Under-performers??
You must not have grown up in the late 80's/early 90's when we were stuck with 225hp in our top pony cars...and yet we still loved them...
I'm thrilled that I could walk into a Ford dealer and purchase a new car straight from the showroom that puts 600whp to the ground...
Add a 13-6 kit and a few bits, run 200mph in the standing mile... far from under-performing in my mind
We sure are spoiled in this new performance era...
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This, I dont know what they're talking about. This 5.bro shit is getting OLD. Sure, the 07-09 GT500 is 'underperforming' compared to the 13/14 GT500s, but by no means are they a slouch. Simple pulley/tune (as with cobras/other GT500s) really wakes them up.
Are you sure the GT500 was even racing OP? How DARE he hit the throttle in the presence of the god that is The 5.0
I have only ran (1) 5.0 since I had my car. Now I don't know his mods so I guess he didn't have the boss intake on it. It was louder than my car. Had the gills on the hood so I'm guessing 12 or 13. I don't follow the 5.0s year by year.
He pulled up beside me on the highway down shifting and carrying on. Quick Look around and we slow to 45 and he honks it off. I'm in second and let him hit then roll quickly into the throttle. Quick pull by and snatched 3rd at 6200. Shift 4th at 5500 getting out of it since I'm about 6 cars in front and just walking off.
I can't see why the TQ of the Shelby isn't making up for the weight difference down low. I understand the HP being close peak numbers then weight plays a huge difference. There is no way possible the 5.0 can produce the TQ down low that will stop a car making over 400 ftlbs of TQ before 3K. Guess I just lucked up and found a newbie that hadn't mastered his 5.0 yet