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Shelby has strengthened Ford Mustang
Ford Mustang

Company Shelby Automobiles headed by the known race driver, has presented the "charged" version of 540-strong coupe Ford Mustang GT500 — Super Snake.

As informs American edition AutoWeek, the car has received serious modernisation of a technical stuffing, and depending on type of a mechanical supercharger which will be chosen by the buyer, power of 5,4-litre engine V8 can increase to 630 or 725 h.p.
Besides a new supercharger "charged" Ford Mustang will receive the modernised cooler, a radiator, new system of brakes, and also mufflers of firms Borla or JBA which are completed on 630 and 725-strong cars accordingly.

Also tuning "Mustangs" will be equipped by suspension bracket Ford Racing with adjustable shock-absorbers, more rigid springs and thicker stabilizers of cross-section stability, and also an extension between forward racks. Besides it, the coupe will receive six-piston brake mechanisms of company Baer on a forward axis and 20-inch wheel disks with tyre covers Pirelli P-Zero.

Outwardly Mustang Super Snake will differ from usual GT500 other cowl with the big air inlet both additional ventilating apertures and new "skirts".
Cost of transformation Ford Mustang GT500 in 630-strong version Super Snake makes in the USA 29495 dollars without the price of the car. The most powerful updating will manage on four thousand dollars more expensively. Manufacture of such cars Shelby will begin in August of current year.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009