Trade for a Shelby?

[UltraKla$$ic]

Looking at a Shelby myself. 56094083098520917u5098 TONS without me in it. Should do 2hr 1320's!!

 

[KatoS197]

Looking at a Shelby myself. 56094083098520917u5098 TONS without me in it. Should do 2hr 1320's!!

Says the guy who's car takes 2 years to do a 60ft.

 

[UltraKla$$ic]

Says the guy who's car takes 2 years to do a 60ft.

 

[KatoS197]

 

[rednek01]

Rednek. May have been. But for a $50,000 car, it was a pile of shit. My 2011 has been flawless on the stock shifter. I've been taking it to the dragstrip for 5 years without problems. To each their own. I think the MT82 gets an undeserved bad rap though.

That's me. But I think everyone speaks from their own perspective. My MT82 has been flawless for countless track passes and 35,000 miles of ownership. My TR6060 in my 2010 GT500 was a rough shifting, locking out piece of shit for the whopping 3800 miles I owned it. Just personal experience. Like I said, everyone speaks from experience. And my MT82 has been the best manual transmission I've ever had. I've had them all, save for a T5 because I never owned a fox..

I love the way the MT82 feels dont get me wrong I think it is a great trans and there are several out there that havent failed. just personally around me I have seen too many with issues and it would make me reconsider and or worry if I went FI.

My tr6060 would grind and lock out if I tried to shift into second 90% of the time getting it into 1st and second was a chore. before I changed my shifter. it has completely changed the transmission for me.

 

[skaarlaj]

I surely don't live in a hot-bed of cars here in Wyoming, but me liking the drag strip and seeing what I've seen, is why I'd never own a GT500, and the same reason I now own a Coyote. My track I go to is an eighth mile track with a 6700' altitude with a DA of 9000+ usually, and I've seen 4 different gt500's in the 9's, and one in the mid 8's, "also the only smart enough one to run on drag radials instead of street tires" obviously, I've seen way more coyotes at this track, but it's usually the same story as far as times, most of 'em in the mid-low 9's, good drivers with good tires usually in the mid 8's, and a friend of mine has slicks, skinnys, and a vortech in an mt82 car that I've seen run many times into the mid 7's, and I'm pretty sure I'll never see "any" gt500s in the 7's at this particular track.

Then I drive through town here in rock springs, andI see a very sharp used GT500 with a 38K price tag, after buying my little coyote for under 20? So for me and what I do with cars Coyote > GT500.

Another thing about GT500's is they are all 6 speed manuals from the factory, so if you can't bang gears, and launch very well with a clutch car, you can pay all you want, and have a dyno sheet from hell, and at the end of the day, "you'll be slow". This doesn't bother me since I like, and can manage a manual car pretty well, but with a gt500, you just can't simply "buy" fast like you could with an auto Coyote, sort of the same story with 03/04 Cobras, and Vipers imo.

Not to bash on the 3v guys, but during those years gt500's made more sense than the same gt500 in 2011+ because of the performance gap between the 4.6 3v, and the newer coyotes. Again, the 3v's can be made quick just like anything else, but to me, these Coyotes are amazing in "bang-for-the-buck" factor.

I swear I'm the only person in the world that actually likes the MT82. I can't figure out why everyone hates it.

I love mine! I had an 04 Cobra with a T56, and although the t56 proved to be very tough, it surely doesn't shift nearly as crisp, and easily, as my little mt82, I'm pretty sure I could power-shift this car after a double dose of Nyquil, and I'm knocking on wood that it holds up!! I also have a T5 in a fox-body, and although it shifts better than my old t56, it isn't tough, and it doesn't shift as nicely, or as easily as my MT82.

 

[05gtowner]

I surely don't live in a hot-bed of cars here in Wyoming, but me liking the drag strip and seeing what I've seen, is why I'd never own a GT500, and the same reason I now own a Coyote. My track I go to is an eighth mile track with a 6700' altitude with a DA of 9000+ usually, and I've seen 4 different gt500's in the 9's, and one in the mid 8's, "also the only smart enough one to run on drag radials instead of street tires" obviously, I've seen way more coyotes at this track, but it's usually the same story as far as times, most of 'em in the mid-low 9's, good drivers with good tires usually in the mid 8's, and a friend of mine has slicks, skinnys, and a vortech in an mt82 car that I've seen run many times into the mid 7's, and I'm pretty sure I'll never see "any" gt500s in the 7's at this particular track.

Then I drive through town here in rock springs, andI see a very sharp used GT500 with a 38K price tag, after buying my little coyote for under 20? So for me and what I do with cars Coyote > GT500.

Another thing about GT500's is they are all 6 speed manuals from the factory, so if you can't bang gears, and launch very well with a clutch car, you can pay all you want, and have a dyno sheet from hell, and at the end of the day, "you'll be slow". This doesn't bother me since I like, and can manage a manual car pretty well, but with a gt500, you just can't simply "buy" fast like you could with an auto Coyote, sort of the same story with 03/04 Cobras, and Vipers imo.

Not to bash on the 3v guys, but during those years gt500's made more sense than the same gt500 in 2011+ because of the performance gap between the 4.6 3v, and the newer coyotes. Again, the 3v's can be made quick just like anything else, but to me, these Coyotes are amazing in "bang-for-the-buck" factor.

Or you could just know how to drive your car. I dunno?

 

[avinaj80]

It was a cool story though...

 

[UltraKla$$ic]

LOL!!!!!!!!!

 

[KatoS197]

It was a cool story bro...

FTFY

 

[Gabe]

Or you could just know how to drive your car. I dunno?

It was a cool story though...

FTFY

Lol ....

GT500's with that beefy torque are certainly a bit trickier to launch and get down the track properly, but that's where this thing called "driver skill" comes into play.

I've never taken the GF's Shelby down the track, and I know it's gonna be a handful when I do, planned for next year, but there are tons of guys out there that think they can flat-foot the gas pedal in a Shelby and it will just pick up and go.

Yeah, sure, flat-foot the gas pedal in a Shelby ... all you'll get is tire smoke.
Makes for a lot of fun but certainly slow track times.

 

[weather man]

Another thing about GT500's is they are all 6 speed manuals from the factory, so if you can't bang gears, and launch very well with a clutch car, you can pay all you want, and have a dyno sheet from hell, and at the end of the day, "you'll be slow". This doesn't bother me since I like, and can manage a manual car pretty well, but with a gt500, you just can't simply "buy" fast like you could with an auto Coyote, sort of the same story with 03/04 Cobras, and Vipers imo.

Not to bash on the 3v guys, but during those years gt500's made more sense than the same gt500 in 2011+ because of the performance gap between the 4.6 3v, and the newer coyotes. Again, the 3v's can be made quick just like anything else, but to me, these Coyotes are amazing in "bang-for-the-buck" factor.

LOL.

 

[stkjock]

funny.. seen plenty of Shelby's go 9s..... in the 1/4!

before I got mine, the prior owner ran 9.6 in it....


your anecdotal story is all about the driver, not about the car.....

 

[skaarlaj]

funny.. seen plenty of Shelby's go 9s..... in the 1/4!

before I got mine, the prior owner ran 9.6 in it....


your anecdotal story is all about the driver, not about the car.....

I know they can go fast, and should go fast, I just haven't personally seen one go fast at a track, or a few I've dealt with on the street. Hard to respect when that is what you see / experience, but I have seen a couple put decent numbers down on a dyno.

I'm also glad you think it's "funny", but I'd bet you've seen a few run in the 13's at the same track you're speaking of. And that's unfair since it's a car that needs to be driven?

Also, I've never said they cannot be fast, or that yours happens to be slow like the rest of the ones I've seen run. I'm sure the car you have is as quick as you claim.

While we're on the subject of tires, and drivers, last year in Evanston's eighth mile track, I witnessed a 2015 Vette of some sort racing a new hell-cat challenger several times, neither car could do better than a 9.2, both stock, and both on plastic, big-wheel, street tires. I actually felt bad with my Wife running flat 8's in our Lightning, and me running 7.8-7.9's in my measly 390rwhp 5 speed manual fox that has just a touch over 6K into the car including the car's purchase price. My point is, that people can take their million hp cars, and I'll take one that is set-up decently for it's intended use, and usually embarrass the poor soul., and therefore, I prefer a coyote powered stang over a gt500 all day every day until the prices of newer used gt500's drops to something under 20k, but by the time that happens, I'd probably still rather pay 10K for a decent coyote, buy a blower and drag radials for it, and embarrass that gt 500 that's for sale at the local car lot across town, with a big sticker in the window saying 66xHP!!!, I guess that's one difference between you and I, but I think I'm "ok" with it, how about you?

My pos fox can actually run quicker on a 75 shot, than it can on a 150 shot while both on drag radials. I'm sure slicks would change that, but I actually feel safer to win a race in that little sucker using a 100 shot, than I do running anything more because of how important 60' times are to a quick et, especially in the eighth mile.

 

[avinaj80]

We get it. You're the driver of all drivers. Your Fox is faster then a GT500, Hellcat, etc... Good for you. I don't think the OP has any concerns with it. We're super happy here that you're happy with the cars you own. Glad to see you can devote the time to the 1/4 hobby and destroy any GT500, Hellcat, etc. you come across. Pure win.

 

[avinaj80]

Not bad for a iron blocked heavy pig... But nah, these cant get into the 8's...

 

[05gtowner]

Don't feed the troll. He likes to just read what he writes.

 

[avinaj80]

Ehh, they're fun to feed... Like feeding a goat at a petting zoo..

 

[KatoS197]

So far, every thread he's posted in, turns into an argument....

 

[weather man]

So far, every thread he's posted in, turns into an argument....

He hasn't figured out this isn't AFM yet.