New to GT500

[Prodigy603]

Made the announcement on the general forum...and then found this one!

After being a dedicated C5 & C6 owner for years, I took the plunge on New Years Day and bought a Red 2011 Shelby GT500 Vert.

I am ecstatic to join the dark side, and can't wait until Spring to get some real enjoyment out of this beast! (sorry for the Dealer pic, that's all I have for now)

 

[ad445]

Congrats, I hope you are loving it.

 

[PistolWhip]

Nice choice bro! Your gonna love it, it's the best Mustang yet in all respects. Are you a mod'er or will she be remaining stock?

 

[09Troublemaker]

Best of luck with her;-)

 

[Prodigy603]

Nice choice bro! Your gonna love it, it's the best Mustang yet in all respects. Are you a mod'er or will she be remaining stock?

Time will tell, but probably nothing major while under warranty...lol, I bought a GT500 so I wouldn't NEED to MOD as much...though I know there is always room for improvement.

 

[PistolWhip]

LOL, your gonna get bit, just give it some time and you'll get the mod bug and it'll be all down hill....

 

[Robertt305]

Let the Modding begin....

 

[BigDan]

I bought a GT500 so I wouldn't NEED to MOD as much...

LOL you bought the most mod worthy car on the market today. It's fully forged and can hand handle double the boost stock. Extra 100hp is only $120 pulley, how can anyone resist.

Congrats and nice car.

 

[Kevin the Clean 1]

LOL you bought the most mod worthy car on the market today. It's fully forged and can hand handle double the boost stock. Extra 100hp is only $120 pulley, how can anyone resist.

Congrats and nice car.

Exactly... :rockon:

 

[mustang loco]

LOL, your gonna get bit, just give it some time and you'll get the mod bug and it'll be all down hill....

+1,congrats on a very nice ride and welcome to the site!!

 

[Tob]

I assume you haven't got to drive it much yet. Winters in Chicago and those Goodyear tires don't mix. Be careful in temperatures below 40* and if there is any snow on the way don't drive it!

 

[tonyd1]

new 2011 gt500

Hi guys, new guy here. love the car with all the extras( nav,performance pkg). I have a question where is the sticker on the rear end that says I have 3.73 gears..The rear end cover has cooling fins in it so I don't see the sticker.thanks:banana:

 

[PistolWhip]

If it's an SVTPP car, it comes with 3.73's. If it's a standard 500, it's got 3.55's. I doubt you'd find a sticker, usually there is a metal tag (like a dog tag almost) that has the rear information stamped on it. That's usually bolted onto the housing with one of the diff cover bolts.

 

[tattooed1]

Congrats

 

[skyhighsd]

Welcome to the site and congrats on the new car. Heard about you trading in your 08 vette for it on another site...lol

 

[Tob]

I doubt you'd find a sticker, usually there is a metal tag (like a dog tag almost) that has the rear information stamped on it. That's usually bolted onto the housing with one of the diff cover bolts.

Actually, Ford has been using stickers for some time now. That said, I've yet to find anything to denote the ratio on the '11 (finned cover) cars.

The '10 and earlier S197 cars should look something like this (from a KR rear, hence the 3.73's)

 

[Red10thcv]

Welcome To The Snake Pit.

Shelby GT500, red:coolman:convertible, black top, white stripes = Sex on Wheels.
You'll love going :bowdown:topless in the warmer weather.:burnout:

 

[Prodigy603]

I assume you haven't got to drive it much yet. Winters in Chicago and those Goodyear tires don't mix. Be careful in temperatures below 40* and if there is any snow on the way don't drive it!

No not much at all, and thank you for the advice. I picked up on that quickly. When I test drove it, they rode it off the showroom floor (and the tires were warm).

In the time it took to finalize the deal, I had to really watch it on the way home (temps in the low 20's). It's drivable on dry / cold pavement, but you gotta behave. I can not even fathom driving it with the word "snow" even in the forecast.

 

[slocum1946]

welcome to a great site--stay out of smackdown

 

[Prodigy603]

LOL you bought the most mod worthy car on the market today. It's fully forged and can hand handle double the boost stock. Extra 100hp is only $120 pulley, how can anyone resist.

Congrats and nice car.

$120, eh? That's sick. Yeah, I guess when I get bored with 550hp, I'll probably mod it, and with low hanging fruit like that it will be hard to pass up.

Early on, I can remember spending $500 for simple stuff like a Cold Air Intake for my Vette just to squeeze 10-15hp out of it. The problem with the C6, most of those were tune to the max straight from the factory, it was difficult to do any simple bolt ons and get any documented results.

...so while we're on the subject, where would I find one of these pulley's? I'm not ready to tear in yet, but will be good to know where to get one as I know very little about good vendors for the Mustang Vendors.