The new shelby

[legacy-user-33]

btleier wrote:
looks like an aston martin form the front... and the back is hideous

That's what I was thinking too. Could be the next Bond car.

[hondagirl17]

yeah the back looks crazy

[dubbsy]

oy....

it's not stainless steel.....
and it's not the Shelby Mustang GR-1... there's nothing mustang about it.
It's the Shelby GR-1

EDIT digging up info

it's apparently sitting on top of the Cobra Chassis/Drivetrain...
600+HP V10 6.1L
500+TQ

Gallery with none of that pollished bullshit
http://www.topgear.com/content/fun_stuff/gallery/B4/Z3/gallery/#

Carrol's my fucking hero...
nothing cooler than watching him "test drive" the Cobra 'concept'

[hondagirl17]

dubbsy wrote:
oy....

it's not stainless steel.....
and it's not the Shelby Mustang GR-1... there's nothing mustang about it.
It's the Shelby GR-1

EDIT digging up info

it's apparently sitting on top of the Cobra Chassis/Drivetrain...
600+HP V10 6.1L
500+TQ

Gallery with none of that pollished bullshit
http://www.topgear.com/content/fun_stuff/gallery/B4/Z3/gallery/#

Carrol's my fucking hero...
nothing cooler than watching him "test drive" the Cobra 'concept'

Yeah it is a shelby GR-1 that's what my dad said..I just thought mustang cuz the only shelby's I know of are mustangs.. but it is nice looking..

[jct_4628]

holy shit those are big fucking tires

[Guest]

im not the biggest fan of mustangs but i wouldnt mind getting caught in that...

[dubbsy]

hondagirl17 wrote:
I just thought mustang cuz the only shelby's I know of are mustangs..

gasp

~THE~ Shelby Cobra...
427 Ford in a car that weighs that of what, a honda?.....

and just because I'm browsing the interweb for fun stuff...

Project Daisy
The Shelby Cobra concept that came out last year. I thought it was going to hit limited production (sounded pretty certain). The concept was built to the exact specs they had intended for the production car (instead of the outlandish traditional concepts), ready to run hard.
...but looks like it was scrapped and the chassis/drivetrain is under the GR-1.


605HP/501TQ and 3000lbs.

holy shit those are big fucking tires
19" rims, 275 up front and 345 out back.

[My NOva]

Beautiful car i love it

[bluejays]

i think they put the ford gt engine in it, i believe that was a v10 wasn't it

[hondagirl17]

now that is beautiful!!

[92TSIpos]

Those are some fatties on the back. The interior looks bad ass.

[King Ricer]

i like the looks of the car

[Tad218]

dubbsy really came with the domestic knowledge damn

[Guest]

if that car was all stainless steel it would need 600hp just to move the damn thing...

[hondagirl17]

This is the 2007 Ford Shelby GR1 concept car. If Ford decides to put it into production, potential buyers can expect to pay around $200,000 for it. The entire exterior of the car is polished aluminum, and it has liquid cooled LED headlights.

There was more to the email! I didn't see this part. So that is what the car is, it also has a v-10 in it.

[dubbsy]

bluejays wrote:
i think they put the ford gt engine in it, i believe that was a v10 wasn't it
no, the V10 has been around for a while now sitting on shelves in the back of Ford's plant. It started off in the concept Boss Mustang a few years ago, but that project was scrapped... Ford wanted something "big/huge/exciting" to put the new V10 in...
It was slid back into a late model mustang for some heavy testing before heading for the Cobra Concept...and now the Shebly GR-1.
(not sure if it carries any resemblance to the HD V10 found in some of Ford's new pickups)

Polishing the entire outside of the car is a stupid idea IMO, but whatever I guess.

The Ford GT motor on the other hand...
That is an Aluminum 5.4L DOHC topped with the larger Eaton Blower (M112 I beleive it is)...

The actual motor isn't used in any of FoMoCo's other cars, but it's a bears a close resemblance to the Iron 5.4L DOHC in the later Navigators.

[My NOva]

the exscursions have v-10s

[dubbsy]

My NOva wrote:
the exscursions have v-10s

you're point?
hell we've got a V10 in the new F550 under our new fire truck...
find them in quite a few of the new heavier duty fords...

but like I said, I don't know if that V10 shares any characteristics with the V10 used in the GR-1

[Raider]

the 6.8l v-10 from Ford is a POS motor...and no its not the same one that is used in the GR-1

[dubbsy]

Raider wrote:
the 6.8l v-10 from Ford is a POS motor...and no its not the same one that is used in the GR-1

okay, so the 'performance V10' is a smaller displacement motor. Was wondering if it shared the block atleast... guess not.

What's wrong with the 6.8L V10? Granted it doesn't have the power/torque of the Diesels....