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New Shelby GT500 Boasts Most Powerful Production V-8

Posted May 02, 2012 7:29 AM

From Crave: gorgeous gadgets and other crushworthy stuff. - CNET:

As new city cars come out with less than 100 horsepower, you might have thought the horsepower wars were over. But there's still a corner of the great American garage where gearhead engineers build and tune engines to dump massive amounts of power out through driveshafts to wheels. The team bearing Ford's blue oval on their coveralls get to wear the garage king crown for their efforts with the new Shelby GT500, which was certified to produce 662 horsepower and 631 pound-feet of torque. That makes the 2013 GT500 more powerful than the Ferrari 458 Italia. A lot more powerful.

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05/02/2012 10:07 AM

The sound of this beast going by is enough to raise traffic cops from the dead....

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05/02/2012 1:32 PM

hey Charlie,

Did you hear something?

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05/02/2012 1:40 PM

No, I did'ent hear nodin.

Hey Sid, you hear sumpdin go by?

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05/02/2012 1:42 PM

me no,

and I was standing out here for an hour.

about 'bout you sal?

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05/02/2012 1:43 PM

no I didn't, btw, I just ate, I need some assistance, can someone call for back up?

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05/02/2012 1:44 PM

on my way!

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05/02/2012 1:46 PM

I think the cops are pretty busy, that you shouldn't have a problem.

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05/02/2012 10:43 AM

So much power. I've driven a supped up 2010 v8 mustang and was amazed with the power. I can't imagine driving this puppy. Needless to say, it makes my 2.0L VTEC seem like a go cart.

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05/03/2012 7:07 AM

And it gets 24 MPG highway!

I wonder if I can refit it into my 99 F250 super duty. The V10 it has has less than half that HP an about 1/2 the MPG at best on the highway.

Put out 1/3 less emissions per gallon but burn twice as much doing it. Way to save the world emissions compliance.

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