Order the performance pack with stripe delete. Then swap the PP wheels with someone with the regular ones. There a few people who would be willing to swap, if not for looks for weight savings.
My Review of the 2011 GT500
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Order the performance pack with stripe delete. Then swap the PP wheels with someone with the regular ones. There a few people who would be willing to swap, if not for looks for weight savings.
My god who would choose the standard wheels over the PP wheels is beyond me.
Lets see, the rears are 20x10 (many more tire choices and wider)
Both front and rear are lighter than the standard 19s and they come with much better tires!
You would spend more than $3500 for wheels and tires alone, we have not even mentioned the fact that you get factory installed 373s and a better suspension!
Also, I know the 373s are negated by the taller rear wheel but throw some 18s on for the strip and your good to good.
My problem is Id rather it came with really light 18s all around and a lower stance. IMO Ford only lowered the PP cars enough to offset the taller tires all around. (anotherwords if they left the regular springs in there the car would actually sit taller than the regulater gt500!)
Lets see, the rears are 20x10 (many more tire choices and wider)
Both front and rear are lighter than the standard 19s and they come with much better tires!
You would spend more than $3500 for wheels and tires alone, we have not even mentioned the fact that you get factory installed 373s and a better suspension!
Also, I know the 373s are negated by the taller rear wheel but throw some 18s on for the strip and your good to good.
My problem is Id rather it came with really light 18s all around and a lower stance. IMO Ford only lowered the PP cars enough to offset the taller tires all around. (anotherwords if they left the regular springs in there the car would actually sit taller than the regulater gt500!)
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Now I'm thinking the PP with stripe delete, Black. I can't sit here and read 3 seconds off a 2.3 mile course and not want the PP. The wheels will grow on me and I want all the performance I can get. That's more important than a little bit of look difference on the outside. I'm going to keep telling myself this over and over.
I will eventually own a black 2011, vert performance pack, without stripes.
It may be 5 years from now, but it will happen.
It may be 5 years from now, but it will happen.
um as if it isnt already a tank, there goes the 120lb weight savings with aluminum block if you put a irs in it it would weigh a good 100-300lbs heavier, as if a 3,600-3,900lb shelby isnt heavy enough lol it doesnt need a irs did u miss the part of faster by 2-3 seconds on a handeling course then the prior year shelbys and alot faster then the irs equipped 03-04 cobra :bash:
Shhhh I'd rather have the haters get the non PP or 2010 just so I can flaunt it once the 2011 PP styling grows on them and is tearing up the track. I gave up weeks ago on trying to convince people the 2011 PP is the best yet.
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The only thing I don't like about the stripe delete cars is you notice the really poor looking hood which looks more like a hood off of an Evo or other import car.
All Ford had to do was make 2 vents like the Term or 07-09 GT500 and it would have looked much better and less rice.
The stripes break about the bland and ghey hood
I really don't understand why people think the front is so great looking, its not.
All Ford had to do was make 2 vents like the Term or 07-09 GT500 and it would have looked much better and less rice.
The stripes break about the bland and ghey hood
I really don't understand why people think the front is so great looking, its not.
I agree, although it will be hard for me to wait. C'mon 2012.
About the heat extractor, I will be sending my stock on to Steve@TF to get it machined built out of a chunk of AL. :coolman:
yeah yeah..nice car..
but more importantly....is that a Focus RS in the background....?
Can you order the stripes, say in blue, but get the black seats?
ordered Kona, stripe delete, SVT pkg., car cover..for stock.be here next week
get in my garage!
Very positive and needed changes made. And I agree with the previous comments....it's all about decreasing the weight on these pigs. Of course < weight = > $
DP
DP
Big Freakin Deal. I looked, I evaluated, I priced new Shelby GT 500's in 3 states. Either dealers didnt have what I wanted, or did but priced them above MSRP or felt they couldn't guarantee a 2011 delivery. An absolute exercise in futility. I purchased a 2010 Crystal Red Metallic Z06 at $15,000 and change under MSRP. Thats a smoking deal, for a beast of a car.
Thanks,
Ken
Thanks,
Ken
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ha ha, maybe the 03-04 Cobra owners in denial.
Well I agree that the Camaro doesn't hold a candle to the GT500, but the Camaro SS is a $35,000 car, the GT500 is a $50,000 car. :shrug:
If it had FGT cams it would be rated at like 580hp+. :burnout: No way would the addition of FGT cams only net 10hp from last year.
Exactly how I'd want mine, wow..!
It would be nice, but lets face it, a GT500 has more way more grip and it's way smoother than our 03-04 Cobras could ever be. It even feels more refined than the Camaro with an IRS. So nothing should be stopping you, sell that Cobra and buy one. :rockon:
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Sick.
But for $50k msrp..... it gets a
face.
I just wish some of that tech would trickle down to us older pushrod folks so we can get more bang for the buck HP mods. I mean at 400HP on a pushrod motor, you're likely non-legal with off road parts, and that's not fun when the cops or state keep harrassing you. For instance, Ecoboost's EGR cooling/timing, the LSX's heads, or Viper's in-cam VVT.... those things keep high HP mods legal/gas efficient and would change the mustang aftermarket world if such mods were available for the good 'ol 302.
Hmmm... could be a 2011 Focus, but those are definitely RS wheels.
But for $50k msrp..... it gets a
face.I just wish some of that tech would trickle down to us older pushrod folks so we can get more bang for the buck HP mods. I mean at 400HP on a pushrod motor, you're likely non-legal with off road parts, and that's not fun when the cops or state keep harrassing you. For instance, Ecoboost's EGR cooling/timing, the LSX's heads, or Viper's in-cam VVT.... those things keep high HP mods legal/gas efficient and would change the mustang aftermarket world if such mods were available for the good 'ol 302.
Hmmm... could be a 2011 Focus, but those are definitely RS wheels.
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