Some nice work on both....
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The Saleen did a better job this time around. Much nicer than their preivous stuff IMO.
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Who's behind Saleen now that Steve is no longer part of the company? Is it being run by a parent company or is still privately owned?
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I like the front end, but the rear end is another story... it looks way to long and those taillights are something else!
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What happened to Steeda? I liked the mod they did on the previous body style.
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I mean, the Roush blower I got for my car has me at 615 hp at the crank with stock internals, and nothing else done to the car, and if I choose to build up the bottom end of the engine he can turn it up a notch and give me 750 at the tires. Do that math, that's about 880 at the crank. Steeda just can't match numbers like that.
Then you have something like this, the SMS 25A Stang:
* SMS Supercharged 5.0L Aluminum Block V8
* SMS CNC Aluminum Heads
* SMS Red Butterfly™ Induction System
* SMS Billet Aluminum Watts Link System
* SMS Cross Drilled 15" 6-Piston Front Brakes
* SMS Cross Drilled 12" Rear Brakes
* 6-Speed Transmission
* 720 HP/612 WHP
* 667 TQ/565 WTQ
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OH MY!:knucks:
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I see Steve is sticking with the 5.0 L. Always liked the 5.0.
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I know my 4.6 is technically a 281. If the Roush 427 is using the 5.4 block that comes from the GT500 (which I'm sure it's not or else it'd have more horses) then it's a 329. -
They have come a long way since 1964! Carroll Shelby, took the 289, 271 HP HiPo engine in 1966 and boosted it up to 306 HP. I believe that was mostly through carburetion, it came with Fords cast iron headers. I remember an option of 6 weber down draft carburetors being offered that took the HP up to around 350.
I had a friend that traded his beautiful Midnight Blue Hurst GT 350 in on a Pinto Wagon when his first child came along.:lol:
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Saleen = beaaaaaaaaaaautiful!
Roush isnt worth the coin. For the price, you are in GT500 territory.
And the legality nerd in me wonders how the Roush can be DOT legal. I was under the impression that a car can only have a set of headlights and foglights on at the same time, yet the Roush has the stock GT headlights in the center grille and then a set of foglights in the lower vents....... -
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What happened to it?
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Gimme the Saleen, all black, with the rims of the second Saleen pic.
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Musclecars should only have 5 spoke rims. :up:
Hope something good comes of your hard times, and a Stang could provide the right amount of "feel good" for you. Nothing quite like an open-windowed cruise in a powerful car to make you feel better.
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It's a Cobra. Not the Mustang version but the A/C version. I've read where Shelby still offered a few remaining originals. It is the most reproduced "Replicar" in history. In fact, there have been more replicas made than originals. It was and still is American Muscle at it finest.HardKoreXXX likes this. -
I told him I drove a Mustang Cobra, and he said "You realize they are not the same thing right?" Dick. Sweet car though. Carrol Shleby kicks every other automakers ***. -
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The Roush on the other hand, add foglights and a new bumper, rear window louvers, and a little paint trim and it looks like a stock GT. The supercharger is only putting down 435 hp........ could it even take a stock Camaro?
The Saleen is about the same price, but its done a LOT more than the Roush. You get much more bang for your buck with the Saleen.
The only thing I've ever liked about the Roush cars was when they did the size exhaust on the old stage 3's. That made the car stand out. Theres nothing about that 427R that someone couldnt easily do themselves and save themselves a ton of cash. The Saleen on the other hand is a LOT more work. -
The Shelby name will definitely PAY dividends twenty years down the road.
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And yea, the 720 horse Saleen is the ****, but it's also gunna cost you WAY more than the Roush.
I'm thinking more along the lines of someone who wants to buy a car and put together a monster for WAY less than the unreal price being charged for a Super Snake. That car is close to $100K. You can put together basically the same thing for way less.
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And someone mentioned Steeda awhile back. Wow....not impressed in the least...
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If I want to build your self then I totally agree. :knucks: -
You can take a stock GT and put together an equal or quicker beast for a little more than half that cost.
So yea, you're paying for the name. But like I said before, if you have the coin and are looking to invest, then Shelby's the way to go.
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