Shelby GT350R is Actually Better on Bags
Some might think that installing air bags on a Shelby GT350R might ‘ruin it,’ but as we can see, it’s quite the opposite.
In the automotive world, airbags have a bit of, shall we say, a reputation. Typically, you see bags on cars that are built to cruise. Or those that owners want to see slammed to the ground. The beauty of an air setup is that you can park it in the weeds when you’re sitting still, then raise it up with the flip of a switch so you don’t scrape that pretty bodywork. But things like bags don’t have a place on production racers like the Mustang Shelby GT350R, right?
Well, maybe they do. Most would immediately decry this particular bagged Shelby GT350R as a pointless waste of a good Mustang, but as we see in the above video by YouTuber Jacob R. Doty, there is a method to this madness. Despite the title of this video and the car’s custom tag, this street machine is far from ruined. Even though the latter was inspired by reactions from some folks after the owner simply removed the factory stripes.
Oh, if they only knew what was coming next. We’re sure there will be plenty of negative reactions to this bagged Shelby GT350R, no doubt. But the proof, as they say, is in the pudding. And we only care about one thing – how (or if) those suspension changes affect the way this car drives and handles. And apparently, it’s indistinguishable from stock.
The owner points out that the factory suspension features “height positioning sensors on all four corners. So as the car gets travel, leans, and changes height, it adjusts the viscosity inside your shock. Mine does the exact same thing. The only difference is now they reach longer. And they go a lot shorter, a lot more compressed when I’m aired out. They adjust and do the exact same thing, they just use air instead of fluid.”
A more compliant ride with greater adjustability with no loss in handling performance? Sounds like a winner to us, but we’d like to see some concrete test numbers to back up these claims.
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