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Sep 18, 2009 | 08:31 PM

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Tylus

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From: Hawaii

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Originally Posted by Tylus

You can get a stripped GT brand new for about $24-25,000. Do a 5.4 4v & tranny swap for another $20,000. Add a Whipple Blower and a few other goodies for $10k to ensure the car doesn't grenade when you launch it.

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Originally Posted by Jizz

Not defending the GT500 in any way but... you missed the Brakes and the suspension upgrades that the GT500 gets.

rear axle - 3.73 gears and stronger axle shafts
driveshaft
suspension isn't that much difference. mainly just stronger struts up front for the heavier 5.4 weight.

if you look at my car, it was only a $3k package for the GT500 goodies I got (axle, clutch, suspension, different front brakes).

Brakes would get expensive...but if you shop around and do your own work, you could easily shave $10,000 off the numbers I showed in that earlier post.

Last edited by Tylus; Sep 18, 2009 at 08:34 PM.

Sep 18, 2009 | 08:32 PM

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Tylus

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damn double posts

Sep 18, 2009 | 08:50 PM

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Orion_240

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From: West Los Angeles

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Originally Posted by brad281

Never pay for a shelby name. It's a pure waste and insurance costs more. Not that money seemed to matter for this guy. He should have just modded the hell out of a base gt and had the body work done to match as close as possible. A bill like that would surely suck.

Not the Shelby GT!
It just says Mustang on the registration and that's all my insurance asked for, other than the sales price.
It's not a waste for me, as to add all the mods would cost me a fortune, not increase the value of the car, and have to be removed if I ever sold it. But then I did buy the car on sale, at about $16,000 off the peak markup they had on it!

BTW, if anyone's in L.A. come out to the Shelby show at Santa Monica Pier tomorrow, Sept 19! There's bound to be all sorts of Supersnakes and GT500 KRs! As well as my new vert!