jbfaulconer Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 I am a new Shelby owner and don't know much about cars, but I do know a couple of things.....I love the sound of my new car and I really love the HP and torque of my new Shelby. I was wondering what would be the next upgrade that you all would make to add a bit more punch to your Shelby. Would be it be adding headers or something else. I was thinking in the 20-30 additional HP range. Thanks for your help, JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricWieczorek Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 I am a new Shelby owner and don't know much about cars, but I do know a couple of things.....I love the sound of my new car and I really love the HP and torque of my new Shelby. I was wondering what would be the next upgrade that you all would make to add a bit more punch to your Shelby. Would be it be adding headers or something else. I was thinking in the 20-30 additional HP range. Thanks for your help, JB I, too, am a new Shelby owner. I know a thing or two about cars and I, too, enjoy my Shelby. I was thinking about posting a post saying almost the same thing. I'm looking to get about another 100HP. I think replacing the cold air intake might do it. I'll monitor this thread and see what responses you get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 CAI, pulley and a tune will get you the added hp your looking for. Congrats and best of luck with the mod bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Welcome to the family!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultramac2003 Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 2 weeks ago, I got it dyno tuned, 08 GT500 10/7/011 Mods: 2.59 VMP pulley kit, (w/90mm Idler) Steeda CAI FR 63.5mm TB SVT1's SCT X3 Results: 534 rwhp 513tq 14# boost The #'s may not be that high, it runs out Strong & Sweet.. WOW!! really suprised me how strong it pulls now.Very pleased w/performance from bolt ons. I hope that these #'s may help the thread Big Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenmiledaddy Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 I am a new Shelby owner and don't know much about cars, but I do know a couple of things.....I love the sound of my new car and I really love the HP and torque of my new Shelby. I was wondering what would be the next upgrade that you all would make to add a bit more punch to your Shelby. Would be it be adding headers or something else. I was thinking in the 20-30 additional HP range. Thanks for your help, JB I put a 2.6 " blower pulley, belt tensioner pulley, sct tuner and dyno and now have 550 rear wheel horsepower with I think 540 foot pounds of torque. This was approx 9000 miles ago and it runs perfect. No issues at all. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbfaulconer Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Yes, great tips so far, wondering about any mods that will void the warranty. Are any changes to the default setting a warranty killer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbfaulconer Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 I already have a change to my car. The first Shelby I bought was a Racing Red color. It had a very obvious paint defect. The dealership got me a new Black Cobra with the SVT package. It had the delete stripe feature. So it was a solid black. The dealership asked what they could do for me and I said you can put the regular cobra stripes on it in Silver. There was some hemming and hawing about this option that is not available for Shelby's with the SVT package. If they ordered the stripes based on my VIN they wouldn't have sent them. I don't know how they got them in, but I now have the 2012 Shelby GT500 with the SVT package with the Cobra Striping. Not sure if this makes it a bit more unique than others, but I sure do like the striping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2010KonaBlueGT Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Not sure if this makes it a bit more unique than others, but I sure do like the striping. It makes it considerably more unique. I think yours is the first SVTPP GT5 I've seen with the "base" stripes on it. I've seen lots of folks go the other way, put SVTPP stripes on their "base" GT5's but not the opposite. Looks great, Phill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbfaulconer Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 It makes it considerably more unique. I think yours is the first SVTPP GT5 I've seen with the "base" stripes on it. I've seen lots of folks go the other way, put SVTPP stripes on their "base" GT5's but not the opposite. Looks great, Phill Thanks a lot. I am certainly enjoying driving my new Shelby. But with winter coming I am already dreading the 4 months that it will have to be in the garage. Gotta drive that old pickup truck. But I don't think those stock tires will do much good on the snowy roadways. I am already thinking about what tires I will put on it when they need replacing. I think I will certainly get some tires that will last longer than a year and not cost as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moncho Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 jbfaulconer - That's a beauty of a car, great color combo & yes very unique. Looks like the dealership came through on making things right. Congrats & enjoy before the bad weather sets in. BTW - Welcome to the TS forum! Cheers, Moncho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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