Shelby GT350R

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by d488y2

GT350R, Just Take my Money !

They will be glad to take your money - plus a $10,000 market adjustment at our local dealer (but a reg GT350 and not an R).

[DanEC]

Cool video - now that I've watched it, that was a whole 1/2 hour show. At the very start I thought the GT350R exhaust note sounded a little ricer compared to the Z28 but then when the test drive started - wholly cow, that thing sound mean. A little surprised the GT won the drag race considering the dyno results and much weaker torque curve - but it did. Very impressive.

[Dimis]

Originally Posted by DanEC

Cool video - now that I've watched it, that was a whole 1/2 hour show. At the very start I thought the GT350R exhaust note sounded a little ricer compared to the Z28 but then when the test drive started - wholly cow, that thing sound mean. A little surprised the GT won the drag race considering the dyno results and much weaker torque curve - but it did. Very impressive.

I got a laugh out of the presenter's reaction when he mashed the pedal on the Ford at about 6mins in, and then again at about 16:30 when the test driver did it. They both giggled like school girls

I guess the discrepancy in the torque which mostly is below 3.5K rpm is outweighed by the fact in 1/4 thrash the engine wouldn't be in that range? Particularly so, when your engine revs to over 8K Rpm.
Also the GT350R being lighter and having big fat rubber, and arguably lighter wheels probably neutralize the torque difference a little... Seemingly, sum of the parts match better...? I guess it is newer. Or maybe its just a bit of bs, whoops I mean "Marketing" to sell a few...?

Either way it looks nice to me... Not sure if they're brining them over to Aus though.

[Ron61]

They are great cars and really do well on the road courses. I wish I could afford one.

Ron