2007 FORD SHELBY GT500 OFFICIALY RATED AT 500 HORSEPOWER

The most powerful factory-built Mustang ever just got even more potent. Final certification testing of the Shelby GT500’s 5.4-liter supercharged V-8 shows it will produce 500 horsepower and 480 lb.-ft. of torque – 25 more horsepower than preliminary estimates.

“With 500 hp and the Shelby name, this car is an instant legend," said Hau Thai-Tang, director, Advanced Product Creation & SVT programs. "This is the most powerful, most capable Mustang ever."

The Ford Shelby GT500's supercharged 5.4-liter, 32-valve V-8 is a result of Ford's experience in developing the modular V-8 and V-10 engine series. The engine is force-fed air via a "Roots-type" supercharger providing 9 pounds per square inch of boost. It borrows the four-valve cylinder heads, piston rings and bearings, from the Ford GT engine.

[Source: StangsUnleashed]

E85 Ethanol For Your Muscle Car

Hey, lets be clean with our Muscle Cars! Check this out:

I’ve heard that it can’t be done for the old cars, but I myself have proven that theory wrong, back in the 1980’s I ran alcohol in my 1969 Z/28 Camaro, and in a 1972 GMC truck, yes I did have to make some mods to run it, such as the jetting on the carburetor had to be leaned out a bit, any rubber parts need to be replaced with urethane, or something that the alcohol won’t eat, at that time I had to have the parts built for the carburetor, and you need to run aircraft quality fuel lines, or change all your fuel lines to steel ones.



Nothing is impossible, that is the point that I’m trying to make here, it’s not a simple one afternoon ordeal to do this job, it will take some planning, call up Jegs, and tell them that you’d like to covert your car to E85, I’ll bet they can help you with the parts that you need, they have a very knowledgeable tech staff working for them, and their always glad to answer questions about their products.



E85 is a great idea, and it’s a good way to keep driving your old car, and still not worry about the environment, it will bring down your cars emissions greatly, it’s an all around cleaner burning better running fuel for any car, it just needs to be made more available to the public, and I think that will be coming soon, with the way that gas prices are going, you can buy a carburetor these days that’s set up for alcohol, it makes the whole job a lot easier.