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Old 10-12-2010, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 65Raven65
Man, I really like 'em. The front, the rear, the wheels, the exhaust exits in the middle, the interior, the whole package!
I am totally digging the rear end, well, from what I can see of the tail light assembly, since the trunk lid is up. The black accent to the tail lights as well as the rear end extension give it a badass appearance.

The front end, to me, looks like it is way too closed in, not enough lower fascia opening for air intake. I don't know why, but to me, the more open the front end fascia looks, kind of how Steeda and Roush front ends look, the better the car looks.

I wonder if Shelby could have cut out air entry points in the lower fascia in front of the front tires and ducted that so that air is blown right over the front brakes? Now that would be awesome! Bear 6 piston brakes and front end ducting to cool them!
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Old 10-12-2010, 09:50 PM
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man the front end of that car is UGLY
I'm not a big fan of the rear either but it looks kinda mean overall.
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Old 10-13-2010, 12:14 AM
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Just a little nose heavy, don't ya think? I'm sure it screams performance...too bad it also screams ugly at the same time.
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Old 10-13-2010, 07:10 AM
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I'm sure I would love to drive it. Look at it? Not so much.
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I'll continue to pass. I'd rather work an '05-'09.
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Old 10-13-2010, 07:52 AM
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To be able to withstand the boosts required to pump out 624 crank BHP, I wonder what Shelby does to rebuild the engine so that it can take such abuse?

I know for sure tearing down the engine and rebuilding it with forged conrods and lower compression ratio pistons are an absolute must. It is not even possible without taking the minimum of these two steps.
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Old 10-13-2010, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by 65Raven65
Man, I really like 'em. The front, the rear, the wheels, the exhaust exits in the middle, the interior, the whole package!

Whats the street pricing on these things? I saw in another article the MSRP was 30K + the price of the car. That cant be real world, you can get a GT500 for less than that.
ya except its faster in every category than a gt500
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Old 10-13-2010, 02:31 PM
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I like the back alot better then the stock 11s. Well done.

The front, not so much.

Overall, seems like a winner, just get rid of that front bumper.
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Old 10-13-2010, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by JIM5.0
To be able to withstand the boosts required to pump out 624 crank BHP, I wonder what Shelby does to rebuild the engine so that it can take such abuse?

I know for sure tearing down the engine and rebuilding it with forged conrods and lower compression ratio pistons are an absolute must. It is not even possible without taking the minimum of these two steps.
No built bottom end. Probably why the 624hp version comes with no drivetrain warranty.
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Old 10-13-2010, 04:16 PM
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I'm with Nuke, I'll pass on it...but good to see someone is trying to improve the back of the car..Those new taillights are way better than the stock ones.
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