A collaborative effort between Ford Motor Company, Shelby American, Ford Racing and many others has resulted in an immensely powerful and one-of-a-kind 2013 Shelby GT500 Cobra. How immensely powerful? 639 kws powerful. That’s stupid speed!
Obviously the collab is in memory of the late Carroll Shelby, a tribute to the great man who was responsible for multiple Ford performance vehicles including Cobras, the GT40 and the Mustangs. It’s not the first time Ford or Shelby have put this engine on four wheels, and if we’re lucky, it won’t be the last.
The racing supercharged V8 also has a Shelby American wide-body kit and an historical Blue/Wimbledon white paint stripe.
Generating the 639 kw made by this monstrous 4.0-litre Whipple supercharged engine is actually the easy part. Keeping it on the road and reining those horses in is the real task here.
To accomplish these important jobs, Ford has turned to 13-inch-wide and 20-inch long rear wheels that are wrapped in massive 345-section high-performance tires for extra grip and Shelby Wilwood brakes. Using a tugboat was just too impractical they said.
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