SHELBY GT500 SUPER SNAKE
Shelby
Automobiles will use newly-developed Ford Racing GT500 performance packs
to help transform a limited number of 2007 and 2008 Ford Shelby GT500’s
into fire breathing “Super Snake” coupes. The Super Snake post-title
package will include enhancements to the Ford Shelby GT500’s handling,
styling and power; tuning options will range from a warranted 600 HP V8 to
over 725 HP (unwarranted). Only a limited number of Super Snakes will be
built per model year at the Shelby Automobiles facility in Las Vegas
beginning in late 2007.
“My team at
Shelby Automobiles is always working on new ways to build better
performing cars” said Carroll Shelby. “I told them that I wanted to build
a vehicle that could blow the doors off of most anything on the planet. By
partnering with Ford Racing, we’re giving enthusiasts a Mustang with that
level of performance.”
Working
together at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and in Dearborn, Ford Racing and
Team Shelby developed the aggressive suspension and engine package
specifically for the car.
“Mustang
enthusiasts are demanding more from both Ford Racing and Shelby Autos”
said Jamie Allison, Manager of Ford Racing Performance Group. “The GT500
Super Snake package, with its higher horsepower levels and balanced
track-inspired tuning, satisfies those demands and then some … in a
uniquely Ford – Shelby way.”
In 1967,
Shelby American built one 427-powered GT500 “Super Snake” for Mel Burns
Ford. Carroll Shelby drove it at the Goodyear test track for tire
promotion film production. That car reached lap speeds of over 150 mph and
a top speed of 170 mph. The new Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake will be
equally potent.
“The name
‘Super Snake’ is legendary because the one that Shelby built was the
pinnacle of muscle cars in 1967,” added Amy Boylan, president of Shelby
Automobiles. “We’re bringing that concept forward 40 years for customers
who own a Ford Shelby GT500. We’ll give their car amazing new
capabilities.”
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Ford
Racing Supercharger upgrade kit (SuperPack 600) producing over 600
horsepower and 590 ft.-lbs. of torque
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6-speed
manual transmission with 3.73:1 rear axle ratio
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Ford
Racing performance exhaust system
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Ford
Racing Handling Pack offering unique performance suspension tuning
including Dynamic adjustable dampers, lowering springs, tuned stabilizer
bars, and front strut tower brace
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Shelby-designed Alcoa 20-inch wheels
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Ford
Racing short-throw shifter
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Baer 6
piston brakes with Shelby cast calipers and larger rotors
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Front
brake cooling ducts
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Unique
carbon composite hood featuring classic Shelby design
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‘Shelby’
lettering across the front edge of hood and rear decklid
Carroll Shelby signature
embroidered headrests, floor mats and other Shelby designed components
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Official
Shelby CSM dash plate
In
addition, while the full Super Snake package will be available
exclusively through Shelby Automobiles, many of the products comprising
the Super Snake package will be available from Shelby Automobiles and
Ford Racing starting in June. |