Late model Shelby GT500 Mustangs are pretty quick motors even in standard trim, but US tuning firm Evolution Performance are claiming their GT500 project car will be something else.
With around 500bhp under the hood and a 0-60mph time of 4.5secs, the standard GT500 is reckoned to be good for quarter mile sprint times in the late 12s.
The guys at Evolution Performance have a headier goal, aiming to turn a once stock Shelby into a 1000bhp road legal monster that they hope will take them straight into 7-sec territory.
The heart of the machine will be custom twin-turbo, all aluminium motor, with CNC machined heads, custom cams and an array of related performance parts.
Apparently Evolution Performance will put their money where their mouth is next month at Florida’s Bradenton drag strip and we’d like to think they’ll drive up in classic ‘run what ya brung’ style before swapping the 20ins road wheels for drag racing rubber and nailing that 7-sec pass.
So far, all they’ve got to show is this teaser pic of their dragster in gorgeous ‘Grabber Blue’. But hey, that works for us!
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