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Trio of Shelby GT500's Unveiled At SEMA

 
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Ford goes big at SEMA this year with the introduction of a Trio of Shelby GT500 Mustangs each with specific goals in mind for the Street, Track and Dragstrip. The most powerful of the three is the 2007 Shelby GT500 Professional Road Racer with the 5.0-liter Cammer engine stuffed under the hood putting out more than 500 horsepower. The Drag Racing GT500 dubbed the "Dragin Snake" was built by Paul's High Performance of Jackson, MI for one reason and one reason only, to kick ass in the quarter mile. This vehicle includes a mixture of Ford Racing and PHP parts that combine to make one hella drag car. The baby of the three if you can even say that is the Shelby GT500 Road and Track version which creates in the neighborhood of 600 horsepower through the addition of Ford Racing Performance packs and other odd FRP parts. This GT500 can actually be duplicated with the right amount of funds and a Ford Racing Catalog. Look below for detailed lists of all the features on these three GT500's. (Source: AutoBlog.com)



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2007 Shelby GT500 Professional Road Racer


Features Include:


  • 5.0-liter "Cammer" engine, producing more than 500 horsepower


  • 6-speed sequential shift, race transmission


  • 6-piston front calipers with 2-piece rotors


  • 4-piston rear calipers with 2-piece rotors


  • 8.8--inch full-floating rear axle


  • 3-way adjustable dampers, front and rear


  • GT-spec rear wing


  • Carbon fiber nose splitter


  • 22-gallon fule cell


  • 3-piece BBS racing wheels


  • Curb weight: 3,100 pounds




More photos of the Shelby GT500 Professional Road Racer can be found at AutoBlog.com.



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2007 Shelby GT500, Paul's High Performance Dragin Snake


Features Include:


  • Ford Racing 3.3 Supercharger Unit


  • Ford Racing Long Tube Headers


  • Ford Racing Custom 3-inch exhaust


  • PHP Tubular "K" member


  • PHP front and rear drag suspension


  • Ford Racing throttle body and mass air unit


  • PHP fule delivery system


  • Wilwood drag brakes


  • PHP 10-point roll cage




More photos of the Shelby GT500 Dragin Snake can be found at AutoBlog.com.



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2007 Shelby GT500 Road and Track


Features Include:


  • Ford Racing roll cage


  • Sparco race-inspired seat/safety belts


  • Ford Racing power pack, delivering approximately 600 horsepower


  • Ford Racing Handling Pack


  • Ford Racing Cooling Pack


  • Ford Racing valve covers


  • Ford Racing strut tower brace


  • 3-piece Fiske racing wheels


  • Performance Friction racing brakes


  • Ford Racing short-throw shifter


  • Ford Racing performance gauges




More photos of the Shelby GT500 Road and Track can be found at AutoBlog.com.



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Comments (6)

  1. By  Nethead Posted: 11/2/2006 12:07am PST

    Awesome! Will these bad boys be available thru SVT dealerships or Shelby American in an arrangement similar to the megabucks FR500C Grand American Cup Mustangs? Or do ya gotta order the parts from FRPP and break out the arc welder and the wrenches? Hopefully, both ways! The Nethead here presumes the "Road and Track" is the only street-legal model of the three--it doesn't sound greatly modified from a GT500. How "approximately" is "approximately 600 Horsepower"? There's lots of power still available--the Koenigsegg CCX in US-legal trim offers 806 HP and 678 foot pounds of torque from a 4700 cc version of the Ford GT engine (but for a much, much higher price). How much HP & torque does that 3.3 'charger on Paul's Dragin Snake crank out? Paul is Badass, so this one ought to wail! The Nethead here presumes racing rubber comes on the Pro Road Racer and on the Dragin Snake--but what DOT-legal rubber equips the Road and Track (Will DCX sue over this moniker?)? If the S197 chassis has any "flaw", I'd say it would have to be restrictive rear wheelwells--power available in these engines probably would benefit from rear wheelwells that could accommodate tires three inches wider than the OEM wheelwells can handle without scraping. Hau Thai Tang needs to make widening the rear wheelwells Job One on future Mustangs. Let's see some times!
     
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  2. By  Mustang Guy Posted: 4/17/2007 9:34pm PDT

    I am a good friend of the shop that painted the Dragin Snake and I believe that it produces about 635 hp to the wheels (not sure about the torque). This was done with just minor upgrades to keep the reliability of the engine and just show off some of PHP's and Ford Racing's parts.
     
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