{"id":347,"date":"2019-08-28T13:32:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T20:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2640.tv\/?p=347"},"modified":"2019-09-10T16:08:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T23:08:27","slug":"2020-ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-gets-760-hp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2640.tv\/2020-ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-gets-760-hp\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 gets 760 HP!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Ford revealed the upcoming 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500<\/a>. Despite keeping most of the specs a secret, Ford did state that it would have \u201cover\u201d 700 horsepower, making it the most powerful street-legal Mustang ever built.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s predecessor, the 2013-2014 GT500, came from the factory with 660-horsepower and was the first production Mustang with a top speed over 200mph.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately, the veil has been lifted. Ford has announced that the 2020 GT500 will be powered by a hand-built, 5.2 liter \u201cPredator\u201d aluminum V8 engine with a 2.65 liter roots-style supercharger producing 760 horsepower and 625 lb. ft of torque. This should bring 0-60 times in the low 3 second range, which has yet to be tested.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, for the first time ever, Ford Performance is ditching their 6-speed manual transmission, and moving to a 7-speed, dual clutch transmission. It does not appear a manual transmission will be offered, however, it\u2019s not something that should be ruled out just yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no question that as horsepower increases, a dual-clutch transmission will yield the fastest shifts, 0-60 sprints, and lap times. However, are they moving away from the true driving experience of the sports car? <\/span><\/p>\n

Chevrolet is doing the same with the C8 and only offering it in a dual-clutch transmission. It appears American automakers are harping on efficiency, and only time will tell if this is going to hurt the driving experience for the enthusiast.<\/span><\/p>\n

MUST READ:<\/strong> 800+hp twin turbo Chevy C8 Z06 Corvette may be coming<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

What price point does the fastest production Mustang come in at? The GT500 will start at an MSRP of $73,995, and fully loaded will reach the $95,000 range. <\/span><\/p>\n

Competing with the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1<\/a> and Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye<\/a>, the GT500 comes in as the most expensive of the three. <\/span>Whereas the GT500 trumps the ZL1 in power, it is still bested by the Hellcat Redeye which is produced with 797 ponies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The last question, of course, is what do we think the fastest street-legal Mustang will do in the half-mile? Although it will have gobs of power, it will not be the lightest car out there either. <\/span><\/p>\n

The DCT will help with fast shifts and efficiency, but will that equate to a fast half-mile time? We think, given the power, transmission, and weight, the 2020 GT500 in stock form will be in the 155 mph half-mile range.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, by continuing to use a supercharged setup, tuners will likely be able to yield huge horsepower gains by simple bolt-on\u2019s and pulley swaps. 160-165mph in the half-mile with simple bolt-on\u2019s doesn\u2019t seem too far off!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Ford revealed the upcoming 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. Despite keeping most of the specs a secret, Ford did state that it would have \u201cover\u201d 700 horsepower, making it the most powerful street-legal Mustang ever built. It\u2019s predecessor, the 2013-2014 GT500, came from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2640.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2640.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2640.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2640.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2640.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/2640.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2640.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2640.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2640.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2640.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}