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    2011 Shelby GT500

    Well the GT500 is back for the 2011 model year, and with some significant improvements:

    2011 FORD SHELBY GT500 GOES LIGHTWEIGHT WITH ALUMINUM ENGINE, OFFERS ULTIMATE IN HANDLING - MustangForums.com
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    The new aluminium block is a welcome addition.

    Now, can we have it please?
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    Makes sense, they should of done it already.
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    Did I miss it or does this article say nothing about Ford adding independent rear suspension?
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    They've saved a mammoth amount of weight by using the aluminium engine block, if most other manufactures reduced a vehicles weight by 102 pounds they'd put GTS, RS, SL or some other combination of letters after the name without a doubt. On a design note, I like the one large air intake in the bonnet more than the two smaller intakes that appear on some models.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NicFromLA View Post
    Did I miss it or does this article say nothing about Ford adding independent rear suspension?
    I doubt they will put an IRS in it. Most Mustangs end up getting drag raced where the solid rear works better.

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    This was interesting.

    Quote Originally Posted by Autoblog's GT500 article
    The heart of the PTWA process involves feeding a steel wire into a device that heats it up to 35,000 degrees Fahrenheit and then sprays it onto the aluminum cylinder bores. Ford is not actually the first company to use a process like this. Similar mechanisms have been used to coat the fan blades in jet engines for a number of years. One of the primary differences is that Ford is using PTWA with a conventional steel alloy rather than some super exotic aerospace material. Ford isn't even the first automaker to use this specific coating process. That honor falls to Nissan, which actually licensed the technology from Ford for use on its V6 engine in the GT-R.
    So the GT-R doesn't run on whichcraft. It runs on Ford.
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    I wonder if this one will be able to beat a base corvette?

    Chevy needs to throw the zr1 engine in the camaro!!!
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    "OFFERS ULTIMATE IN HANDLING"...lmfao

    Quote Originally Posted by Gunman View Post
    I doubt they will put an IRS in it. Most Mustangs end up getting drag raced where the solid rear works better.
    That and the fat, 55-year-old bald guys who this car is marketed to only care about smoking tires and Boxter-beating 0-60 times. So why would they waist the money?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    The new aluminium block is a welcome addition.

    Now, can we have it please?
    About freaking time. I never understood why they went from aluminum on the base to iron on the top of the line model. Why pay twice as much for understeer?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    This was interesting.


    So the GT-R doesn't run on whichcraft. It runs on Ford.
    That is hilarious.


    Edit: Rooster I doubt if it will. They're very different vehicles and not really meant to compete with each other.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NicFromLA View Post
    Did I miss it or does this article say nothing about Ford adding independent rear suspension?
    Quote Originally Posted by Gunman View Post
    I doubt they will put an IRS in it. Most Mustangs end up getting drag raced where the solid rear works better.
    Give it a few years, maybe 2014-2015 when the next major update for Mustang is due. The 2010 car is still based on the 2005 underneath, which was re-designed solely for the solid rear.

    Take 2 on the Ford US-Ford AUS RWD collaboration should see a standard IRS Mustang get to production.
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    I think I read on Jalopnik that Ford will use IRS for the next Mustang since they will make the Mustang into a "world car" as opposed to something designed primarily for US...
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    Quote Originally Posted by roosterjuicer View Post

    Chevy needs to throw the zr1 engine in the camaro!!!

    YES!!! I'm a Chevy hater and I think that'd be awesome.
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