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▲Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is known as the strongest Mustang in history. (Picture/Retrieved from Ford official website)
Americans have always liked muscle cars with large displacements, and among American muscle cars, the Mustang is the most representative. Ford launched the strongest version of the Shelby GT500 for Mustang in 2019, with 760 horsepower comparable to supercars. Horsepower. Recently, British car media “Carwow” asked the Mustang Shelby GT500 to compete with the Mustang CS850GT modified by an outside factory. Is it the original performance department’s better tuning skills or the modification factory better.
The Mustang Shelby GT500 is equipped with a 5.2-liter V8 supercharged engine and a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. After adjustment by the Ford Performance department, the output performance reaches 760 horsepower and 86.4 kilograms of torque, which can be completed in 3.5 seconds. Accelerating from 0-100 kilometers, the maximum speed exceeds 290 kilometers, so it is also known as the strongest Mustang in history.
▲The CS850GT Mustang modified by Clive Sutton has a powerful performance of 850 horsepower and 91.7 kilograms of torque. (Picture/Retrieved from Clive Sutton’s official website)
The opponent is the Mustang CS850GT modified by the British tuning company Clive Sutton. It uses a 5.0-liter V8 supercharged engine and a 6-speed manual transmission. Extensive use of carbon fiber materials.
“Carwow” conducts 0-400m static start acceleration, dynamic start acceleration and braking distance tests in order as usual. Although the heavily modified Mustang CS850GT has more powerful power, the original Mustang Shelby GT500 has a 7-speed dual clutch. The gearbox can shift gears in 80 milliseconds. Therefore, the first two acceleration tests have won the victory with a faster shift advantage. As for the final braking distance test, the Mustang Shelby GT500 won.
▼Modified Mustang vs. original Mustang. (The video is from the YouTube-carwow channel, please forgive me if it is removed)