RE: Shelby Mustang GT500 S/C 1000 revealed

RE: Shelby Mustang GT500 S/C 1000 revealed

Monday 25th March 2013

Shelby Mustang GT500 S/C 1000 revealed

The most hyper of hyper-Mustangs now has 1,200hp. And that's about all you need to know



£138,000 is not an insignificant amount of cash. It's especially not an insignificant amount of cash to be spending on a Ford Mustang. But what if that Ford Mustang had 1,200hp?

No, that's not a typo: 1,200hp is correct. That's the power figure generated by the latest tweaked Mustang from Shelby. Suddenly, that price seems almost reasonable, doesn't it?

1,200hp. Need we say more?
1,200hp. Need we say more?
The new car will make its debut at the New York Motor Show, and it’ll be known as the Shelby Mustang GT500 S/C 1000, to give it its full title. It’s a complicated name, but for a simple car: take one GT500; turn up the wick with the aid of more boost, stronger pistons and rods and an uprated crank; give it better brakes and suspension (albeit still retaining the live axle rear) to cope, and voila. OK, so the conversion process is a little more involved than that, but that’s the gist. 100 of these monsters will be made in all, with the S/C 1000 package costing $154,995 (around £102,000) on top of the base $54,995 (around £36,000) sticker price of a GT500. No performance figures have yet been released, but with the stock GT500 being capable of 202mph with half the power, it's going to be capable of some hypercar-rivalling speeds.

Of course, at this point we could be rather dull and point out the issues inherent in transmitting 1,200hp through two teeny rubber contact patches to the tarmac, involving an awful lot of tyre smoke and not a great deal of forward motion, but that would be boring. So we’re just going to quietly ignore that, as well as the... erm... tendency toward tail-happiness which is likely to be a trait of the GT500 S/C 1000, and instead revel in the barmy thought of a 1,200hp car that’ll be available for £138,000. That means each hp will cost you £115; by comparison, a McLaren P1 will set you back £959/hp, and an Audi R8V10 £214/hp. Quite a bit of bang for your buck, then.

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chrisironside

Original Poster:

655 posts

161 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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I'm sure without all the special characters the article makes sense... Managed to get the jist of it though - another outrageously powerful Shelby Mustang. I'm sure it will be entertaining (doubt it's going to be a driver's car to change the world though).

BorkFactor

7,258 posts

157 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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Wow, that is going to be insane.

I want one biggrin

Scrof

197 posts

153 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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chrisironside said:
I'm sure without all the special characters the article makes sense... Managed to get the jist of it though - another outrageously powerful Shelby Mustang. I'm sure it will be entertaining (doubt it's going to be a driver's car to change the world though).
Apologies for that - it seems we have a few teething technical issues again today. the PH Techies are busy looking into it as we speak so we're hoping it'll be resolved shortly.

chunkymonkey71

13,015 posts

197 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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Bonkers!

I love it!

suffolk009

5,344 posts

164 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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What a fabulous dragster.

R66STU

273 posts

175 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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someone is going to get hurt in one of these..

GTRene

16,372 posts

223 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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Insane, nuts, crazy to name a few terms biggrin

would love to have a go in such monster, not that I like a big Mustang, but sounds like warp speed.

deadtom

2,552 posts

164 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

amazing.

phillpot

17,105 posts

182 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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Hertz ordered any for their hire fleet?

Dagnut

3,515 posts

192 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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Whats the Co2?

GranCab

2,902 posts

145 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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I bet it can do 0 - nearest ditch in 3.2 seconds

WCZ

10,492 posts

193 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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makes the Hennesey Venom seem extremely overpriced at 680,000 !

T1berious

2,243 posts

154 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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1200 ponies?

Lordy! smile

RTH

1,057 posts

211 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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Wonder what it is like at the main discipline required on Britain's roads today - the high speed swerve to avoid potholes the size of moon craters that would take your wishbones off ?

tvrcox

2 posts

204 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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Take one Ultima,extract engine drop one in from one of these, and boom you've got yourself a serious piece of kithttp://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/10.gif

tvrcox

2 posts

204 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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Take one Ultima,extract engine drop one in from one of these, and boom you've got yourself a serious piece of kithttp://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/10.gif

irocfan

40,153 posts

189 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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I'm not a big fan of the 'Stang compared to the Charger and Challenger but this really is the nuts!!

chuntington101

5,733 posts

235 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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tvrcox said:
Take one Ultima,extract engine drop one in from one of these, and boom you've got yourself a serious piece of kithttp://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/10.gif
So you want to put a 1200bhp engine in the back of a 1100kg (the Mod V8 isn't a light weight engine!) car?............

Love you thinking smile

Serious engine there. Not sure what supercharger they are using but would guess its the Whipple 4.5ltr blower.

chuntington101

5,733 posts

235 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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tvrcox said:
Take one Ultima,extract engine drop one in from one of these, and boom you've got yourself a serious piece of kithttp://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/10.gif
So you want to put a 1200bhp engine in the back of a 1100kg (the Mod V8 isn't a light weight engine!) car?............

Love you thinking smile

Serious engine there. Not sure what supercharger they are using but would guess its the Whipple 4.5ltr blower.

J4CKO

41,287 posts

199 months

Monday 25th March 2013
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There are cheaper ways to generate smoke,

http://www.decks.co.uk/products/Smoke_amp_Bubble_M...

Awesome though, was at the Shelby HQ last summer and had a tour, they had the oh so last season 1000 bhp ones ready to be delivered, about six of them in a line, they started one up, very impressive.