2sharpie Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Video of the test cars now: Looks like that thing was really moving and sticking to the track. Sounds so good as well. And I hear a supercharger at .17 and 36 !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig-It Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Not hearing the blower. Sounds N/A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdvision Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 I can't wait to see the 2013 GT500 chew up a new ZL1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdvision Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Long time reader and first time poster. I am currently stationed in Kaiserslauthern, Germany and was informed on Tuesday that there was a new GT500 testing at Nurburgring. I went up on Wednesday and Thursday to check it out. There were quite a few club members there and they were clocking both cars throughout the week. You could not get near the vehicles (not that I would try) and no questions were answered. It rained Monday, Tuesday and some on Wednesday and was cool and clear the rest of the week (about 65-72). I could not hear a supercharger or a turbo but I was not very close to the actual track and exhaust was pretty decent (and tire noise). Club members here clocked the red GT500 around a best of 7:30 and the black one around 7:40. There were two passengers most of the time with the occasional driver only run. The cars would do 2-3 laps of 8 minute laps and then move to a 7:XX lap so it seems heat soak was being looked at as well. It was said that Karl Gieger was there personally but I don't know if anybody from the US has heard of him. The traffic was pretty low when I went up on Wednesday and Thursday and I was told that the it was that way pretty much all week. Both cars would do 2-3 laps, sometimes running together, sometimes one at a time and then they would disappear for 30 minutes. There were a series of 10 minute laps (which is slow) and as I said, multiple time keepers clocked the cars mid 7 minutes at their best under very good weather and traffic. This is all I know, I have iPhone video of some turns but it really sucks and the audio was crappy so I didn't keep them, the group I was in picked a location way too far from the track IMO. We were told that there would be photos and video online later this month so I didn't care about the video. I was surprised when I checked the internet late Thursday night and found it posted already. Anyway, I thought the lap times would be interesting at least, I am trying to circulate this info as much as possible. I was also told that a local guy ran his Boss 302 LS at a 7:45-7:49 which is right on par with the BMW M3 GTS and the Audi R8 V10 but this, along with everything else I was told is all hearsay. I did however, confirm a 7:35 from the red GT500 and a 7:43 from the black car via a club members stop watch so... I can see a 7:30 and a 7:40 from these cars. There was speculation about the Red GT500 being a Nurburgring edition and the other being a future production GT500 SVTPP. There was speculation that maybe one was a manual and one was an auto and that one was a 2012 and the red one was a 2013.... either way, they were both very fast and ran most of the day for most of the week... Hope this helps... Nice to see you here instead of Camaro5....long overdue and welcome!! Your info belongs here and not wasted on the Camaro crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Blue Star IV Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Not hearing the blower. Sounds N/A. I thought I might have heard it at the 36 second mark as 2sharpie mentioned...but that was it. Really not sure though. How about that guy in the passenger seat of the Black/Blue one giving the camera man two middle fingers for filming them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light66 Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Not hearing the blower. Sounds N/A. I hear one. It sounds like a TVS. I noticed that the TVS with stock pulley is much quieter than a stock SC set-up. So my vote is that it has a TVS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDrool Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 I believe I can hear the S/C... The double bird...HIGHLY UNPROFESSIONAL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePill Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 I'm not saying your making anything up, but while I would LOVE to believe those times, something has to be wrong here. Unless this car is absolutely and compltely altered somewhere.everywhere we don't know about, I can't even fathom the idea of our cars doing those times. That would be beating the 911Turbo, Ferrari 458, Lambos etc. - and pushing it to ZR1 and GT-R times. I wish.......but something just ain't right. It was hard for me to believe but a 7:35 is really, really fast although, it is still 11 seconds behind the GT-R which is an eternity. If the GT500 was to run a 7:30 flat, then a 167mph top speed would have to be accomplished on the back stretch and honestly, I can see that happening very easily without a top speed limiter.... I am still skeptic that these times will be production car times and it was more of a heat soak test. They did release the video like they said they would and it shows the GT500 really moving and helps not making me look like a lier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thePill Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Nice to see you here instead of Camaro5....long overdue and welcome!! Your info belongs here and not wasted on the Camaro crowd. I have to defend the Mustang inside the lion’s den, I own an '11 GT and was kind of hesitant to post on here because of the Shelby influence. As soon as came back from Nurburgring, I went straight to Team Shelby and GM Inside News to post what I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdvision Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 I have to defend the Mustang inside the lions den, I own an '11 GT and was kind of hesitant to post on here because of the Shelby influence. As soon as came back from Nurburgring, I went straight to Team Shelby and GM Inside News to post what I found. Ownership not required....just enthusiasm and love for the cars, you have both in spades!! Knowledge is a good thing to share with people that can appreciate it. 2011+ GT's are pretty nice cars in their own right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2sharpie Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Put the turbocharged ideas to rest............................ http://www.insideline.com/ford/mustang/2013/videos/2013_ford_mustang_ss_62211.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersnake94 Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 GT500 nurburgring edition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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