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The factory called and had me drop off my 08 Shelby GT 500 for the 725 HP Supersnake conversion package. They have completed about 40 so far and they really look great. Neat package with adjustable Eibach suspension, Kenne Bell Supercharger, brake ducting, front and rear sway bars, cosmetics etc. Best of all they all come with a small Shelby plaque that says "faster and way better than Charley's Supersnake"
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We have installed a pretty good bit of the KBs on the new shelbys. Best so far was 714hp to the tires. You will love that thing.
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Does it come with instructions on how to access HDTV too?


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Default Re: 08 Supersnakes being built.

Comes with the HD decoder box, secret HD decoder ring and a free pass to the Mecum winter classic in Siberia this December along with a guaranteed spot in the annual Indy "whose paint drys faster contest" always a Indiana highlight. The optional "lets count the Payton Manning commercials" contest was a bit pricey so I passed.
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The factory called and had me drop off my 08 Shelby GT 500 for the 725 HP Supersnake conversion package. They have completed about 40 so far and they really look great. Neat package with adjustable Eibach suspension, Kenne Bell Supercharger, brake ducting, front and rear sway bars, cosmetics etc. Best of all they all come with a small Shelby plaque that says "faster and way better than Charley's Supersnake"

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Those are some impressive #'s to be sure. Now, do the upgrades permit that power to get to the pavement adequately? If so, how do these revamped beasts compare to the latest iterations of Corvette and Viper on the zero-sixty parameter?

or is it just a bunch of ?
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The traction will be minimal at best. From the factory the traction sucks and wheel hop is perhaps the worst I have ever experienced in a car. Shelby adds adjustable Eibach springs and shocks with much larger rear sway bars and and another added rear sway bar so perhaps it will be better? The early cars are turning low to mid 11s at 123 in stock configuration but that is with their test driver behind the wheel who has logged thousands of test miles. I expect with me behind the wheel mid 14s perhaps???
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The traction will be minimal at best. From the factory the traction sucks and wheel hop is perhaps the worst I have ever experienced in a car. Shelby adds adjustable Eibach springs and shocks with much larger rear sway bars and and another added rear sway bar so perhaps it will be better? The early cars are turning low to mid 11s at 123 in stock configuration but that is with their test driver behind the wheel who has logged thousands of test miles. I expect with me behind the wheel mid 14s perhaps???

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I hope they actually spend some serious time carefully calculating the suspension on those 'Stangs. Today at the Hemming's show/drags in Lebanon Valley, the best a new Shelby ran was low 13's. A club brought a number of them to race and finally a guy was able to break into the mid 12's after numerous passes. They were spinning tires down a 1/8th mile of the track.
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Default Re: 08 Supersnakes being built.

I think the supersnake suspension upgrades and brake upgrades are designed for road racing and not the drag strip? They have been tinkering with a Shelby Mustang drag car package for a while but I am not sure Ford is behind it?
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