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Hey all, I have been occasionally searching the net for some basic stuff and getting little info, maybe you can help. What are the quarter mile times for a stock GT500? How about the Super snakes? With slicks and stock?
Another thing that I have been wondering about was the differences between the 5.8 and the 5.0? (New ones that is) I mean, is there a big weight difference, IE, the 5.0 is lighter? Why did they come out with the new 5.0 when the 5.8 is capable of much more power if not for weight? I mean, the new heads for the 5.0 are nice, but couldn't they have developed the same thing for the 5.8 and saved money on having just one block design?
 
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The 5.8 in the gt500 is for the 2013 model which hasn't really come out yet so there are no numbers for it yet. The latest gt500s had a aluminum 5.4L engine. And the main weight difference between the 5.4l and the 5.0l was that the 5.4 had a supercharger on it that weighs a lot. The stock gt500 did about a 12.2 on stock tires which i think could of been better tires. With slicks you can knock almost a second off that. Super snake with slicks will dip into the 10s. Also Shelby mostly controls the gt500 and it came out with the new aluminum 5.4l a year before the 5.0 came out. Same thing with the 5.8 that's coming out this year, Shelby decided on it.
 
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kyle_99gt said:
The 5.8 in the gt500 is for the 2013 model which hasn't really come out yet so there are no numbers for it yet. The latest gt500s had a aluminum 5.4L engine. And the main weight difference between the 5.4l and the 5.0l was that the 5.4 had a supercharger on it that weighs a lot. The stock gt500 did about a 12.2 on stock tires which i think could of been better tires. With slicks you can knock almost a second off that. Super snake with slicks will dip into the 10s. Also Shelby mostly controls the gt500 and it came out with the new aluminum 5.4l a year before the 5.0 came out. Same thing with the 5.8 that's coming out this year, Shelby decided on it.
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Shelby does not have that much pull on the GT500, that's almost all SVT. From what I've read his input on the 2013 was cursory.
 
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pushrod power said:
Shelby does not have that much pull on the GT500, that's almost all SVT. From what I've read his input on the 2013 was cursory.
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I thought the Shelby was just a V6 and they took care of everything else?
 
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