My vr4 vs 2013 Shelby

So This morning I am merging onto the hwy. My buddy is in his 2013 GT 500 and we merge perfectly. We always talk about going heads up but never have due to conflicting store schedules.

So, today we meet up peeeeerrrfectly. I pull up next to him, kinda rub my hands together and point to him lets do this. doing about 60mph and drop the hammer....I pull on him and start to pull away HARD! so I slow down and he gets next to me again...shift to 3rd and BOOM! drop the hammer again...we rolling about 80mph and I pull on him again hard, but then level off, look down and im movin. Slow down and he comes up passes me and then we see the DREADED STATIE!!! he pulls over to turn around and we both were like OH SHIT!! Well, He never turned around and I pulled into work and was waiting and he never came lol. Got lucky.

Best race ive had in years! Makes me feel good that I spanked a 2013 Shelby from a roll!

Two weeks till the track opens for fri night drags...yay

What's your set up like? Very impressive and yes u should be proud

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Look @ his sig...

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Originally Posted by zel-man

Look @ his sig...

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Ok. Had to see it w my browsers phone..m nice set up

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Way to go, Mike :)

Nice kill there sir ..

why does it seem like the other guy needs a driver mod? hp/weight ratio is FAR in shelby favor.

Not really, Mike's car is 550+ hp to the ground and probably weighs 600 lbs less than the Cobra. Logic much?

2013 cobras are not slow. They make abut 650bhp?

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Originally Posted by mehrshadvr4

2013 cobras are not slow. They make abut 650bhp?

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And about 600/600 to the ground, but they do have 3800# to move around...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZBKB...e_gdata_player

...then again, the point was never that the cobra is slow :wink:

Shelby curb weight 3852. 3000GT VR4 3781. Estimate of Shelby drive train loss: 100-125. Shelby at rear wheels=537-562. Should be pretty even based on the numbers. So it all probably comes down to gear ratios and torque at the wheels.

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Shelby curb weight 3852. 3000GT VR4 3781. Estimate of Shelby drive train loss: 100-125. Shelby at rear wheels=537-562. Should be pretty even based on the numbers. So it all probably comes down to gear ratios and torque at the wheels.

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Mikes vr4 isn't stock weight at all folks.

Also a quick google search shows they put down 600 to the wheels.

Also they were at altitude.

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Originally Posted by R/T93

Not really, Mike's car is 550+ hp to the ground and probably weighs 600 lbs less than the Cobra. Logic much?

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wow. mike's vr4 weighs 3200 lbs?

Haha!

3400 without me

Ummm stock Shelby 2013 does not dyne at 530 lol more like 590-600 god for bid it have just a tune and crack 640rwhp easily ... 3 friends of mine when new would go 11.50s at the track stock 126mph


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This thread is almost a year old... Sin doesn't even have the VR4 anymore (I know because half the drivetrain is in my car now). I'd say a lot of it came down to torque too. Sin's car was a torque monster.