Roush Anyone think that the gt500 will effect saleen+roush values?

I kinda think it will, realistically, it's more car for less money.
I do realize that right now, the price on them is through the roof, but so was the 03 04 cobras, and with 7-10 thousand planned for each of the first 2 years, there should be plenty to go around.

In MM&FF Evan for Freedhold ford here in NJ, got it to go 12.20's, bone stock, stock tires even. Not bad for 42,000.

And in car and driver, the car was only a few steps behind the corvette on the road course.

BTW, i still love the 05+ saleens, just not a big fan of paying low 40's for a car that only runs the quarter .1 quicker than a stock mustang.

Well, the handling between the saleen and the gt500 is likely not all that much different, if the gt500 hung decently with a near perfect balanced corvette, even beat it in a few sections.

Wheels, saleen screwed that up, the 19's they were supposed to offer looked alot better than the 20's. Saleen has almost always used some sort of 5 star, and for some reason they didn't this time.

Also gt500 comes with monster brembo brakes standard.
Saleen, nothing unless you pay more.

Gt500 also has an engine with near unlimited potential.

Looks wise i do like the saleen better, but it's hard to ignore 500hp for 42,000. When the new saleen sc hits the street it will still be 52,000+.

Forget about the E car, 75,000 is nuts, when livernois built their magazine car for $69000 and it made about 400 more rwhp.

We live in a day and age where people want more for their money, and $15,000 onto a base mustang for lowering springs, shocks, body kit and rims, is not exactly a value.

I don't want you to get the wrong idea, i'm a huge saleen fan, they have gotten the styling thing, near perfect (other than the rims), i just think they need to compete a little better, it's not only roush out there anymore that's the competition, everyone and their mother is building some kind of mustang.

Maybe on the NA model, offer some cnc 3v heads standard, and pump the hp up 40rwhp. So at least stock mustangs, aren't beating it.

I read the C&D article, by no means was i saying that the mustang beats the vette, as i said it's a few steps behind. Which is still very good, because the new vette handles exceptionally well. I'd expect no mustang to beat it when they are on equal tires. Hell, even some supercars have trouble with the vette on a road course.
Also take into consideration that they ran a high 12 with the mustang, when MM&FF ran a 12.2.

As far as a pulley change, i'd bet money, certain shops already have gt500 blowers and engines, fords been known to give Pauls high performance things very early.
Remember to add boost, you don't necesarily need to change the blower pulley, you can upsize the crank pulley.

Not trying to be a ball buster dotbomb, but i think more car for less money is a fact, not an opinion.
More HP, bigger brakes, likely similar handling for 42,000.
Look at the quarter mile times for the same price, like 10mph between them.
For 42,000 you get a saleen with nearly nothing. Rims, a body kit and some suspension.
And as i said above, yes people are over paying now, but for a 2 year run they are making up to 20,000 of them. And just like the 03/04 cobra, they will come down to sticker eventually.

If the SC saleen was in the 40's, i'd say it would be a good comparison.

I really wish saleen did things like they did years ago with the s351, it was a monster that no other mustang at the time could compare to.

good pic.

I don't see why a blower pulley change is out of the question, looks to be a press on, and looks like it has enough room to shrink it for a few more lbs. of boost. Belt wrap doesn't look like an issue either.

Regardless, some gear head braniac will come up with modifications for this car.