Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake

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MARC 2012

On its third pull the blue black 2010 Shelby GT500 Super Snake just lit up the K amp Ns dyno to the tune of 635 horsepower and 581 lb-ft of torque Quick mental math says somewhere between 730 and 760 horsepower at the crankshaft

I Quickly text for an explanation Scott Black of Shelbys PR company He responds We are in the midst of changing our marketing materials to reflect the 750 launch which we announced last month at the car Hmmm Must have missed that I do not miss the unintentional irony of Blacks sign off We tend to be a bit conservative

Seven hundred and fifty horsepower is conservative Yeah like an 8 x 8 InnOut Double-Double Animal Style or Giselle Bundchen in green body paint spattered

Head still spinning from the Obscenity of 635 wheel horsepower (three shy of what makes a Corvette ZR-1 at the crank) we head to Fontana to test the Super Snakes traction and road test editor Scott Mortaras launchs skills

Mortara has already been prepped for this adventure Vince LaViolette Inc Shelby Automobiles senior designer test driver and apparently already gave us a tutorial vehicle transporter 2010 Shelby Super Snake 001C when he dropped off Immediately drop the clutch and then shift to second says LaViolette his left foot and right hand backwards while jerking spasmodically Otherwise youre just going to sit and spin

We take him at his word but its no good Despite the brief engagement the Super Snake simply PZerosroasts its in first gear and then all the way through most of second and third gear It does not matter what technique employs Mortara - hard crunching gear launches into a soft roll first even second-gear starts -he can not simply set the ponies into the Super Snakes forward motion Its like the Raiders on third and short Despite all the firepower it can not simply convert Only does the pavement at the top of third gear finally catch up to the melting Pirellis furiously From then on the Super Snake is like a Rocket Through the quarter mile

Just compare the acceleration of the Super Snake with its little brother - the GT500 At 17 seconds to 30 mph theyre dead even - though the Super Snake seems more interested in making little sooty piles of rubber from the moment it leaves the start A heartbeat later the GT500 is pulling ahead - hitting 40 mph three tenths of a second faster (23 vs 26 sec) By 50 mph the Snakes grip is returning but its still behind a tenth (33 vs 32 sec) Theyre tied up at 60 mph (41 sec) and 70 mph (5 sec flat) By 80 mph big bro is locked-and-loaded and bombing down the runway at full slither At 90 mph the GT500 is now seven tenths of a second behind (77 vs 70 sec) and at the century the Super Snake has it by a full second At the 1320 foot marker the Super Snake clicks off flat at 1201 mph 120 seconds four tenths of a second later comes the GT500 and 41 mph slower

So say the handling numbers With a lateral acceleration of 092 g and a time of 257 sec at 072 g of figure 8 the Super Snake is a solid performer Problem is it slots in behind the GT500 in both categories (096 g 251 sec at 081 g) In fact a regular-equipped Mustang GT track pack (095 g 255 sec at 070 g) gets around quicker our cones

So whats the problem Weight is one factor as the Super Snake is 372 lbs heavier than the GT but that can not be the only reason The GT500 weighs only 31 lbs less than the near Snake production model we tested Once it has its much lighter hood (which feels like it adds 60 lbs to the nose) the two should be nearly even

REFERENCE

httpwwwotoplatocomhaberford-mustang-shelby-gt500-super-snake

httpwwwshelbyautoscom2011gt500asp

httptranslategooglecomtrtranslatehl=tramplangpair=en7Ctrampu=httpenwikipediaorgwikiShelby_Mustang

On its third pull the blue black 2010 Shelby GT500 Super Snake just lit up the K amp Ns dyno to the tune of 635 horsepower and 581 lb-ft of torque Quick mental math says somewhere between 730 and 760 horsepower at the crankshaft

I Quickly text for an explanation Scott Black of Shelbys PR company He responds We are in the midst of changing our marketing materials to reflect the 750 launch which we announced last month at the car Hmmm Must have missed that I do not miss the unintentional irony of Blacks sign off We tend to be a bit conservative

Seven hundred and fifty horsepower is conservative Yeah like an 8 x 8 InnOut Double-Double Animal Style or Giselle Bundchen in green body paint spattered

Head still spinning from the Obscenity of 635 wheel horsepower (three shy of what makes a Corvette ZR-1 at the crank) we head to Fontana to test the Super Snakes traction and road test editor Scott Mortaras launchs skills

Mortara has already been prepped for this adventure Vince LaViolette Inc Shelby Automobiles senior designer test driver and apparently already gave us a tutorial vehicle transporter 2010 Shelby Super Snake 001C when he dropped off Immediately drop the clutch and then shift to second says LaViolette his left foot and right hand backwards while jerking spasmodically Otherwise youre just going to sit and spin

We take him at his word but its no good Despite the brief engagement the Super Snake simply PZerosroasts its in first gear and then all the way through most of second and third gear It does not matter what technique employs Mortara - hard crunching gear launches into a soft roll first even second-gear starts -he can not simply set the ponies into the Super Snakes forward motion Its like the Raiders on third and short Despite all the firepower it can not simply convert Only does the pavement at the top of third gear finally catch up to the melting Pirellis furiously From then on the Super Snake is like a Rocket Through the quarter mile

Just compare the acceleration of the Super Snake with its little brother - the GT500 At 17 seconds to 30 mph theyre dead even - though the Super Snake seems more interested in making little sooty piles of rubber from the moment it leaves the start A heartbeat later the GT500 is pulling ahead - hitting 40 mph three tenths of a second faster (23 vs 26 sec) By 50 mph the Snakes grip is returning but its still behind a tenth (33 vs 32 sec) Theyre tied up at 60 mph (41 sec) and 70 mph (5 sec flat) By 80 mph big bro is locked-and-loaded and bombing down the runway at full slither At 90 mph the GT500 is now seven tenths of a second behind (77 vs 70 sec) and at the century the Super Snake has it by a full second At the 1320 foot marker the Super Snake clicks off flat at 1201 mph 120 seconds four tenths of a second later comes the GT500 and 41 mph slower

So say the handling numbers With a lateral acceleration of 092 g and a time of 257 sec at 072 g of figure 8 the Super Snake is a solid performer Problem is it slots in behind the GT500 in both categories (096 g 251 sec at 081 g) In fact a regular-equipped Mustang GT track pack (095 g 255 sec at 070 g) gets around quicker our cones

So whats the problem Weight is one factor as the Super Snake is 372 lbs heavier than the GT but that can not be the only reason The GT500 weighs only 31 lbs less than the near Snake production model we tested Once it has its much lighter hood (which feels like it adds 60 lbs to the nose) the two should be nearly even

REFERENCE

httpwwwotoplatocomhaberford-mustang-shelby-gt500-super-snake

httpwwwshelbyautoscom2011gt500asp

httptranslategooglecomtrtranslatehl=tramplangpair=en7Ctrampu=httpenwikipediaorgwikiShelby_Mustang

I Quickly text for an explanation Scott Black of Shelbys PR company He responds We are in the midst of changing our marketing materials to reflect the 750 launch which we announced last month at the car Hmmm Must have missed that I do not miss the unintentional irony of Blacks sign off We tend to be a bit conservative

Seven hundred and fifty horsepower is conservative Yeah like an 8 x 8 InnOut Double-Double Animal Style or Giselle Bundchen in green body paint spattered

Head still spinning from the Obscenity of 635 wheel horsepower (three shy of what makes a Corvette ZR-1 at the crank) we head to Fontana to test the Super Snakes traction and road test editor Scott Mortaras launchs skills

Mortara has already been prepped for this adventure Vince LaViolette Inc Shelby Automobiles senior designer test driver and apparently already gave us a tutorial vehicle transporter 2010 Shelby Super Snake 001C when he dropped off Immediately drop the clutch and then shift to second says LaViolette his left foot and right hand backwards while jerking spasmodically Otherwise youre just going to sit and spin

We take him at his word but its no good Despite the brief engagement the Super Snake simply PZerosroasts its in first gear and then all the way through most of second and third gear It does not matter what technique employs Mortara - hard crunching gear launches into a soft roll first even second-gear starts -he can not simply set the ponies into the Super Snakes forward motion Its like the Raiders on third and short Despite all the firepower it can not simply convert Only does the pavement at the top of third gear finally catch up to the melting Pirellis furiously From then on the Super Snake is like a Rocket Through the quarter mile

Just compare the acceleration of the Super Snake with its little brother - the GT500 At 17 seconds to 30 mph theyre dead even - though the Super Snake seems more interested in making little sooty piles of rubber from the moment it leaves the start A heartbeat later the GT500 is pulling ahead - hitting 40 mph three tenths of a second faster (23 vs 26 sec) By 50 mph the Snakes grip is returning but its still behind a tenth (33 vs 32 sec) Theyre tied up at 60 mph (41 sec) and 70 mph (5 sec flat) By 80 mph big bro is locked-and-loaded and bombing down the runway at full slither At 90 mph the GT500 is now seven tenths of a second behind (77 vs 70 sec) and at the century the Super Snake has it by a full second At the 1320 foot marker the Super Snake clicks off flat at 1201 mph 120 seconds four tenths of a second later comes the GT500 and 41 mph slower

So say the handling numbers With a lateral acceleration of 092 g and a time of 257 sec at 072 g of figure 8 the Super Snake is a solid performer Problem is it slots in behind the GT500 in both categories (096 g 251 sec at 081 g) In fact a regular-equipped Mustang GT track pack (095 g 255 sec at 070 g) gets around quicker our cones

So whats the problem Weight is one factor as the Super Snake is 372 lbs heavier than the GT but that can not be the only reason The GT500 weighs only 31 lbs less than the near Snake production model we tested Once it has its much lighter hood (which feels like it adds 60 lbs to the nose) the two should be nearly even

REFERENCE

httpwwwotoplatocomhaberford-mustang-shelby-gt500-super-snake

httpwwwshelbyautoscom2011gt500asp

httptranslategooglecomtrtranslatehl=tramplangpair=en7Ctrampu=httpenwikipediaorgwikiShelby_Mustang

Mortara has already been prepped for this adventure Vince LaViolette Inc Shelby Automobiles senior designer test driver and apparently already gave us a tutorial vehicle transporter 2010 Shelby Super Snake 001C when he dropped off Immediately drop the clutch and then shift to second says LaViolette his left foot and right hand backwards while jerking spasmodically Otherwise youre just going to sit and spin

We take him at his word but its no good Despite the brief engagement the Super Snake simply PZerosroasts its in first gear and then all the way through most of second and third gear It does not matter what technique employs Mortara - hard crunching gear launches into a soft roll first even second-gear starts -he can not simply set the ponies into the Super Snakes forward motion Its like the Raiders on third and short Despite all the firepower it can not simply convert Only does the pavement at the top of third gear finally catch up to the melting Pirellis furiously From then on the Super Snake is like a Rocket Through the quarter mile

Just compare the acceleration of the Super Snake with its little brother - the GT500 At 17 seconds to 30 mph theyre dead even - though the Super Snake seems more interested in making little sooty piles of rubber from the moment it leaves the start A heartbeat later the GT500 is pulling ahead - hitting 40 mph three tenths of a second faster (23 vs 26 sec) By 50 mph the Snakes grip is returning but its still behind a tenth (33 vs 32 sec) Theyre tied up at 60 mph (41 sec) and 70 mph (5 sec flat) By 80 mph big bro is locked-and-loaded and bombing down the runway at full slither At 90 mph the GT500 is now seven tenths of a second behind (77 vs 70 sec) and at the century the Super Snake has it by a full second At the 1320 foot marker the Super Snake clicks off flat at 1201 mph 120 seconds four tenths of a second later comes the GT500 and 41 mph slower

So say the handling numbers With a lateral acceleration of 092 g and a time of 257 sec at 072 g of figure 8 the Super Snake is a solid performer Problem is it slots in behind the GT500 in both categories (096 g 251 sec at 081 g) In fact a regular-equipped Mustang GT track pack (095 g 255 sec at 070 g) gets around quicker our cones

So whats the problem Weight is one factor as the Super Snake is 372 lbs heavier than the GT but that can not be the only reason The GT500 weighs only 31 lbs less than the near Snake production model we tested Once it has its much lighter hood (which feels like it adds 60 lbs to the nose) the two should be nearly even

REFERENCE

httpwwwotoplatocomhaberford-mustang-shelby-gt500-super-snake

httpwwwshelbyautoscom2011gt500asp

httptranslategooglecomtrtranslatehl=tramplangpair=en7Ctrampu=httpenwikipediaorgwikiShelby_Mustang

We take him at his word but its no good Despite the brief engagement the Super Snake simply PZerosroasts its in first gear and then all the way through most of second and third gear It does not matter what technique employs Mortara - hard crunching gear launches into a soft roll first even second-gear starts -he can not simply set the ponies into the Super Snakes forward motion Its like the Raiders on third and short Despite all the firepower it can not simply convert Only does the pavement at the top of third gear finally catch up to the melting Pirellis furiously From then on the Super Snake is like a Rocket Through the quarter mile

Just compare the acceleration of the Super Snake with its little brother - the GT500 At 17 seconds to 30 mph theyre dead even - though the Super Snake seems more interested in making little sooty piles of rubber from the moment it leaves the start A heartbeat later the GT500 is pulling ahead - hitting 40 mph three tenths of a second faster (23 vs 26 sec) By 50 mph the Snakes grip is returning but its still behind a tenth (33 vs 32 sec) Theyre tied up at 60 mph (41 sec) and 70 mph (5 sec flat) By 80 mph big bro is locked-and-loaded and bombing down the runway at full slither At 90 mph the GT500 is now seven tenths of a second behind (77 vs 70 sec) and at the century the Super Snake has it by a full second At the 1320 foot marker the Super Snake clicks off flat at 1201 mph 120 seconds four tenths of a second later comes the GT500 and 41 mph slower

So say the handling numbers With a lateral acceleration of 092 g and a time of 257 sec at 072 g of figure 8 the Super Snake is a solid performer Problem is it slots in behind the GT500 in both categories (096 g 251 sec at 081 g) In fact a regular-equipped Mustang GT track pack (095 g 255 sec at 070 g) gets around quicker our cones

So whats the problem Weight is one factor as the Super Snake is 372 lbs heavier than the GT but that can not be the only reason The GT500 weighs only 31 lbs less than the near Snake production model we tested Once it has its much lighter hood (which feels like it adds 60 lbs to the nose) the two should be nearly even

REFERENCE

httpwwwotoplatocomhaberford-mustang-shelby-gt500-super-snake

httpwwwshelbyautoscom2011gt500asp

httptranslategooglecomtrtranslatehl=tramplangpair=en7Ctrampu=httpenwikipediaorgwikiShelby_Mustang

Just compare the acceleration of the Super Snake with its little brother - the GT500 At 17 seconds to 30 mph theyre dead even - though the Super Snake seems more interested in making little sooty piles of rubber from the moment it leaves the start A heartbeat later the GT500 is pulling ahead - hitting 40 mph three tenths of a second faster (23 vs 26 sec) By 50 mph the Snakes grip is returning but its still behind a tenth (33 vs 32 sec) Theyre tied up at 60 mph (41 sec) and 70 mph (5 sec flat) By 80 mph big bro is locked-and-loaded and bombing down the runway at full slither At 90 mph the GT500 is now seven tenths of a second behind (77 vs 70 sec) and at the century the Super Snake has it by a full second At the 1320 foot marker the Super Snake clicks off flat at 1201 mph 120 seconds four tenths of a second later comes the GT500 and 41 mph slower

So say the handling numbers With a lateral acceleration of 092 g and a time of 257 sec at 072 g of figure 8 the Super Snake is a solid performer Problem is it slots in behind the GT500 in both categories (096 g 251 sec at 081 g) In fact a regular-equipped Mustang GT track pack (095 g 255 sec at 070 g) gets around quicker our cones

So whats the problem Weight is one factor as the Super Snake is 372 lbs heavier than the GT but that can not be the only reason The GT500 weighs only 31 lbs less than the near Snake production model we tested Once it has its much lighter hood (which feels like it adds 60 lbs to the nose) the two should be nearly even

REFERENCE

httpwwwotoplatocomhaberford-mustang-shelby-gt500-super-snake

httpwwwshelbyautoscom2011gt500asp

httptranslategooglecomtrtranslatehl=tramplangpair=en7Ctrampu=httpenwikipediaorgwikiShelby_Mustang

So say the handling numbers With a lateral acceleration of 092 g and a time of 257 sec at 072 g of figure 8 the Super Snake is a solid performer Problem is it slots in behind the GT500 in both categories (096 g 251 sec at 081 g) In fact a regular-equipped Mustang GT track pack (095 g 255 sec at 070 g) gets around quicker our cones

So whats the problem Weight is one factor as the Super Snake is 372 lbs heavier than the GT but that can not be the only reason The GT500 weighs only 31 lbs less than the near Snake production model we tested Once it has its much lighter hood (which feels like it adds 60 lbs to the nose) the two should be nearly even

REFERENCE

httpwwwotoplatocomhaberford-mustang-shelby-gt500-super-snake

httpwwwshelbyautoscom2011gt500asp

httptranslategooglecomtrtranslatehl=tramplangpair=en7Ctrampu=httpenwikipediaorgwikiShelby_Mustang

REFERENCE

httpwwwotoplatocomhaberford-mustang-shelby-gt500-super-snake

httpwwwshelbyautoscom2011gt500asp

httptranslategooglecomtrtranslatehl=tramplangpair=en7Ctrampu=httpenwikipediaorgwikiShelby_Mustang