Let the HP wars begin! lol. Dunno, would rather have 200HP less, 500lbs less and of course cheaper. And probably get the same performance.
800hp with a rear end that cannot put that power down.
There doesn't seem to be any indication at all of the need for an IRS in the Mustang. The handling is, by nearly all accounts, impressive. I haven't seen anyone claim any trouble putting the power down, even with the GT500's.
i would probably pee my pants driving it though.
There doesn't seem to be any indication at all of the need for an IRS in the Mustang. The handling is, by nearly all accounts, impressive. I haven't seen anyone claim any trouble putting the power down, even with the GT500's.
True, but a reviewer managed a 12 flat at 120 in the 1/4...imagine if they got it to hook up just a little better...
That's a low 10/high 9 second car easily with slicks. Not sure how he only managed a 120 trap though. Whippled/KB GT500s with 700+ whp are 130-140 mph cars.
This one is built up a bit but still: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCbIH72PBcU
Mortara has already been prepped for this adventure. Vince LaViolette, Shelby Automobile Inc's senior designer, test driver, and, apparently, vehicle transporter already gave us a tutorial when he dropped off 2010 Shelby Super Snake #001C. "Drop the clutch and then immediately shift to second," says LaViolette, while spasmodically jerking his left foot and right hand backwards. "Otherwise, you're just going to sit and spin."
We take him at his word, but it's no good. Despite the brief engagement, the Super Snake simply roasts its PZeros in first gear and then all the way through second and most of third gear. It doesn't matter what technique Mortara employs -- hard, gear crunching launches, a soft roll into first, even second gear starts -- he simply can't set the Super Snake's ponies into forward motion. It's like the Raiders on third and short. Despite all the firepower, it simply can't convert. Only at the top of third gear does the pavement finally catch up to the furiously melting Pirellis. From then on the Super Snake is like a Rocket (Ismail?) through the quarter mile.
Exiting turns with 750 horsepower underfoot is no easy feat; you either get it right or Sweet Jesus wrong. It's easy to blame it all on the tires as the PZeros are clearly not built for this kind of high horsepower insanity. Blip the throttle and they provide as much traction (and English) as a cue ball. Then again, few tires on market can handle the effects of a rapidly spooling Whipple blower on 16 psi of boost.
He's not talking about IRS or handling at all, he was talking about hooking up/launching from a standstill. Any car with that much power is going to have a hard time hooking up without a proper set-up.
624 hp @ 536 lb-ft for $37,994. I'm sure in a year there will be after market suspension kit and ++ a good set of tires and it would be an awesome car that could handle the HP.