Also if I may ask what’s the actual word on installing tires too wide for a set of rims - a lot of shit for brains love the “bulge” and ignore approved rim width ranges (and conversely the dick heads that love to stretch tires too narrow on a rim to wide).

Yeah only 305 fronts and 315 rears. I don't think the S550 body can accommodate anything wider without running into problems... well problems real engineers care about and not the hacks at  ROLLDEMFENDERLIPS tuner hut. 

2.75" dia exhaust pipe throughout. Same as the GT350

Naw - McLeod offered a clutch rated for 1000 hp and it had all the pedal pressure of a early 90's Honda Accord. I used to own a 2009 GT500 which had the clutch ripped right out of the FR500C racecars (was a 9.5 or 8.5“ DD unit IIRC but double disc none the less) after I cooked it in stop and go traffic (they really…

That’s why Ford put a DCT in there just in case you get a psycho that shifts mid corner.

Check Motor Trend’s albeit brief tech feature on the GT500. They beefed the 5.2 block up for GT500 duty so same architecture but reinforced for supercharger duty. All this probably accounts for the so far rumored 4200 pound curb weight which is about 500 more than the GT350R.

Ford doesn't consider the flat plane crank a good choice for an FI engine and has repeated warned the folks dropping a blower into the GT350 that catastrophic crank failure may result due to increased axial loads IIRC. 

54/46 (F/R) weight distribution for the GT and GT350 and 53/47 for the EB cars. My guess is with the GT500 it will probably be around 55 or 56% front due to the supercharger and extra gear (which includes the heat exchanger and auxiliary engine coolant radiator - yeah this thing has TWO radiators for the engine in…

Ford like GM doesn’t really cling overmuch to the muscle car heritage as much anymore. They are content with letting Dodge fill that niche and instead go for much more rounded cars.

Nope, Ford told the guys asking what needs to be upgraded on the 5.2 in the GT350 when going with a supercharger and Ford said (paraphrasing here) “we don’t really suggest that. The flat plane crankshaft isn’t designed to support those axial (or was it radial??) loads. So we recommend swapping in a cross plane…

Oh shit!

There have been a few chops where people have made the bumper body color and its been a 100% improvement in the car’s looks.

The 2019 GT350 benefited directly from the GT500's development. Its why the 2019 car now comes with Pilot Sport Cups (more akin I think to the G3 Goodyear Supercar tires GM loves putting on its SS 1LE and ZL1 cars) instead of the previous Michelin Pilot Super Sports. They also revised the aero and mag ride to…

You call it masturbating and I call it stress management... whatever helps you from strangling the shit out of a coworker even if it’s popping off to a Mustang is a plus in my book!

Anybody who isn’t into Bench/Drag/Street racing really doesn’t give a shit about milliseconds.

Considering this car is rumored to cost at least 70-80k out the door and there will be heavy ADMs you’ve got a few years before the carnage starts. Early intenders are probably going to be paying 100-120k for the GT500 if not more depending on how MSRP works out.

Why trash all that established marketing? Ford crap canned “King Cobra” because they felt it would cost to much to educate the broader public about the Cobra name.

Well well well... the new age Cadillac Cimmaron...

So that’s putting it in spitting distance in a segment full of pretty good cars. Corvette, Shelby GT350, Cayman to name a few in the 55-60k range and right around a few good cars at 50k ( Camaro SS 1LE and Mustang GT PP2 )

LMAO! One of the subscribers in my GT350 group just got a noise violation for... you guessed it... the stock exhaust system!!!!!!!!