Shelby/NRE TT GT500 'Code Red'

[Josh69]

Anybody see this at SEMA?

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/11/s...otype-w-video/

Tom sure knows how to make a guy consider using poor long term judgment to acquire fast short term cash!

[BritishGreen68]

Originally Posted by ratman67

just what i was looking for a totally uncontrollable car. a car that will get beaten by anything moderately fast that can hook up where i can never seem to get traction when under boost.

from pro-touring..

Originally Posted by sniper

One week ban for you and you must surrender your man card for a period of one month.

[Paladin]

the only mistake here is running skinny (285) street tires. He should be running MT Et Streets, and with the boost limit per gear it would hook. then bye bye bugatti veyron

[coolwelder62]

I hope Nelson got paid for his work.Shelby does not have anyone else to sue these day's so he might short on cash.

[LowchevyII]

pretty wicked car. look around the 8:40 mark when he takes off on the street. there is a cop going the other direction and didnt even notice him burning the tired off that beast.

[tones2SS]

NASTY! That thing will be fun to drive.
Looks/sounds like a total sleeper too. Until you get into it!

[James OLC]

I think that Polly's awesome finish in this year OUSCI goes to show that even if you have insane horsepower that you can control it - if you know how to drive. 2nd in the Speed Stop, 5th on the Road Course, 8th on the Autocross in a 1400HP 3rd Gen... Power isn't the enemy if you can control your right foot...

[preston]

I always do a little math on boosted cars. If you're generous, a car making 1100 to the wheels at 22 psi is making somewhere around 440 to the wheels N/A. 1100/(1+(22/14.7))=440

Doesn't 440 to the wheels sound awfully optimistic for 331" streetable motor ? I don't care how many cams it has. These numbers usually pencial out pretty well because its usually a vette or viper making these big numbers and those 406/427/514" combos can easily make 440 rwhp N/A.

Now, 440 at the crank sounds reasonable for a 331" DOHC motor, maybe even a bit more, but remember this also supposedly has streetable cams etc. in it, and it sounded pretty reasonable if loud.

In the beginning of the vid, they showed 1100 at the crank at 22psi, and then at the end they show 1100 at the wheels, so the wheels number may be some dynojet happiness, and the "real" # is 1100 crank at 22psi.

Not saying its not on the up and up, just kind of wondering how the numbers work out.

[enzo]

Originally Posted by ratman67

Originally Posted by sniper View Post
One week ban for you and you must surrender your man card for a period of one month.

sorry my baad. but seriously look at marks new car he is making 840lb of tq and 800 ponies and has to feather the clutch through first gear and again on the 1/2 shift. i think thats about all the hp you can put to the ground with 335 tire on a first gen camaro, every power adder car with 1000 ponies i have seen just blows the tires loose as soon as it makes boost and that's going straight not in the corners....

until you have been to the top of third in a street car with over 1000hp and 1000 ft. lbs., you will not understand the purpose. There is nothing practical about twin turbos on a V8, but it will make your a$$ pucker like no other.