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2013-14 Shelby GT500
What is the fastest "bone stock" time for 13/14 GT500?
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<blockquote data-quote="93 347 Cobra" data-source="post: 14357623" data-attributes="member: 7047"><p>Ford made a number of compromises on the GT500. They wanted it to run 200 at Nardo, avoid the gas-guzzler tax, run to 60 in 1st gear, and not smoke the clutch after hard drag launches, and handle really well on a road course. Ideally the car needs 3.73s from the factory but that would have made the car get hit with the gg tax so they decided against it (I imagine).</p><p></p><p>Basically the car is difficult to launch on the track due to only having 285s in the rear combined with all that torque. Jamal Hameedi addressed the tires issue in the interview with Travis. The car has to do everything reasonably well and handling would have been compromised with wider rears as it would have created an imbalance between front and rear tires and led to more understeer and problems with snap oversteer during cornering (ala ZL1 with the electronics turned off) Going above 265mm fronts would have dramatically increased rut-wander and decreased turn-in response and steering feel dramatically. </p><p></p><p>So if some competitor's product that hasn't even yet hit the market has a claim to fame in one dimension due to a new automatic trans and a huge bump in power so be it. Other cars have their own set of compromises, like requiring purchasers to give the government a big tax contribution, extremely high curb weight, notably worse handling, higher braking distances, not having an aluminum block etc. All these products are compromised in their own ways.</p><p></p><p>As for me, I lived a very long way from the nearest track so I never ran shakedown passes. I'm thankful to have bought a 2014 GT500 because the aftermarket support and tuneability of the car are top notch unlike other competitors' products. So if I decided to get serious about achieving the lowest ET I'd swap to 3.73s, slap on drag radials, a throttle body, res delete, and a tune to optimize everything and eliminate that stupid clutch protection and shoot for mid-10s. If you'll notice though, the most interesting grudge races no longer take place at 1/4 mile tracks, they take place on lightly traveled freeways in "Mexico" from a 40 or 60 roll. With no clutch-protection to hinder the GT500 even stock cars that are reasonably well shifted will have no problem with any of the current or soon-to-be-released competitors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="93 347 Cobra, post: 14357623, member: 7047"] Ford made a number of compromises on the GT500. They wanted it to run 200 at Nardo, avoid the gas-guzzler tax, run to 60 in 1st gear, and not smoke the clutch after hard drag launches, and handle really well on a road course. Ideally the car needs 3.73s from the factory but that would have made the car get hit with the gg tax so they decided against it (I imagine). Basically the car is difficult to launch on the track due to only having 285s in the rear combined with all that torque. Jamal Hameedi addressed the tires issue in the interview with Travis. The car has to do everything reasonably well and handling would have been compromised with wider rears as it would have created an imbalance between front and rear tires and led to more understeer and problems with snap oversteer during cornering (ala ZL1 with the electronics turned off) Going above 265mm fronts would have dramatically increased rut-wander and decreased turn-in response and steering feel dramatically. So if some competitor's product that hasn't even yet hit the market has a claim to fame in one dimension due to a new automatic trans and a huge bump in power so be it. Other cars have their own set of compromises, like requiring purchasers to give the government a big tax contribution, extremely high curb weight, notably worse handling, higher braking distances, not having an aluminum block etc. All these products are compromised in their own ways. As for me, I lived a very long way from the nearest track so I never ran shakedown passes. I'm thankful to have bought a 2014 GT500 because the aftermarket support and tuneability of the car are top notch unlike other competitors' products. So if I decided to get serious about achieving the lowest ET I'd swap to 3.73s, slap on drag radials, a throttle body, res delete, and a tune to optimize everything and eliminate that stupid clutch protection and shoot for mid-10s. If you'll notice though, the most interesting grudge races no longer take place at 1/4 mile tracks, they take place on lightly traveled freeways in "Mexico" from a 40 or 60 roll. With no clutch-protection to hinder the GT500 even stock cars that are reasonably well shifted will have no problem with any of the current or soon-to-be-released competitors. [/QUOTE]
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