| 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.”
Ford Racing and Team Shelby developed
the GT500 Super Snake package which will include:
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