2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake: Is 850 HP Too Much?

[ctrlraven]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSoLYpSTpNw
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[Raleigh Marauder]

It's probably more than most people need....

[jsignorelli]

I grew up with the saying: There is no replacement for displacement.

Two of my Mustangs have 650+ RWHP.

the FFR Cobra kit car has 500+ cu in (8.3 liter) crate engine and dual turbos = 1000 RWHP.
Enough said!

[Joe Walsh]

I guessed 720 RWHP.....underestimated it by 25 HP....:eek:

BTW: He said Uranus!.....:D

[babbage]

With 850 horsepower on tap from its supercharged 5.8-liter V8 the 2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake (http://www.mustangsdaily.com/blog/tag/2013-shelby-gt500-super-snake) has the potential to compete with some of the top supercars in the world, but whether the car can put all that power to use is another question. Shelby (http://www.mustangsdaily.com/blog/tag/shelby) is out to prove that it can, and have announced that the 2013 GT500 Super Snake has achieved ten second quarter mile times using street legal tires and pump gas. A recent test session, which was done by an independent driver at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, FL, resulted in several mid-10 second passes including a best time of 10.66 seconds at 137 mph using Nitto NT5550R street tires.

This makes it #1 on Worlds Greatest Drag Race 3.

[Mr. Man]

Cool car but a dopey story. Up until the very end the guy is going on and on and on about how "explosively" fast it is, blah blah blah whilst he tools around in the mountains at 40mph.:sleepy: Then he says he broke the brakes so no more drag times but he seems to have enough brakes to do drift moves and dounts in a parking lot. Don't these guys have editors that go over this stuff?:shake: