While the fifth era S197 Ford Mustang will not be broadly thought to be a cult traditional, there have been a number of noteworthy iterations of the automotive that ought to nonetheless go down in historical past as spectacular, to say the least. Some, in truth, may even make for excellent collector’s objects.
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Anyway, it was 2007 although when Ford unveiled a successor to the previous-gen Mustang SVT Cobra, within the form of the Shelby GT500. As against the Mustang GT on which it was primarily based, the GT500 got here with redesigned strut towers to make room for a much bigger engine, which by the way in which was a 5.4-liter supercharged V8, good for 500 horsepower and 480 lb-ft of torque.
These Mustangs weren’t significantly sharp to drive, however they had been nonetheless correctly fast and supplied a clean journey, general. The of us at Shelby knew they may do higher although, which is why they got here out with the Super Snake bundle quickly after the GT500’s debut.
This bundle would bump the facility output from 500 horses to 750 horsepower, and it was all because of an upgraded supercharger with 16 lbs of increase, plus the cat again exhaust, engine tune, a excessive circulation consumption and some different small mods.
One such automotive is presently up for grabs and in case you pay shut consideration to the small print, you’ll see that it’s much more particular than one may first assume.
It’s a Torch Red convertible instance with black stripes, a carbon fiber entrance splitter, power-retractable mushy high, vented hood with pins, HID headlights, a rear spoiler, Super Snake badging and staggered 20-inch Shelby-Alcoa wheels that includes Pirelli P Zero tires. The four-wheel Baer disc brakes with six-piston calipers, in addition to the Eibach coilover suspension are courtesy of the Super Snake bundle.
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Inside, you’ll see dual-tone Charcoal Black / Crimson Red bucket seats, a Shaker 500 sound system, air-con, cruise management, a short-throw shifter with a white ball knob, a serialized plaque beneath the increase, gasoline strain and oil strain gauges, plus a leather-wrapped steering wheel.
The supercharged 5.4-liter V8 engine is fitted with a Ford Racing supercharger and chrome valve covers, sending energy to the rear wheels by way of a Tremec six-speed guide gearbox with a limited-slip differential.
This automotive cost $50,220 when new, and the set up of the Super Snake equipment cost one other $33,754. That’s a complete of roughly $84,000, which involves about $120,000 as we speak, as soon as adjusted for inflation.
As for the way a lot energy it’s presently placing down, that is onerous to say. The vendor hasn’t talked about a exact output, and one of many worth sheets included within the gallery says 630 horsepower. We reckon it’s acquired to be greater than that although.
