2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Chases 200 MPH! - Ignition Episode 18 - video Dailymotion

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00:00 What we have here is the most powerful Mustang ever.

00:04 This week on Ignition, we're going to find out

00:07 if it's also the fastest.

00:08 Under the hood of the Shelby GT500

00:17 is a supercharged 5.8 liter V8 that

00:20 makes-- you may want to hold your jaw in place for this--

00:23 662 horsepower and 631 pound feet of torque.

00:30 Not only is that more than the Camaro ZL1,

00:33 not only is that more than the Corvette ZR1,

00:36 that output makes this the most powerful mass-produced V8

00:40 in the world.

00:41 And there's something more impressive than that,

00:43 if you can believe it.

00:44 This 662 horsepower Shelby doesn't get a gas guzzler tax.

00:50 Now, Ford's made some rather lofty claims about this car.

00:53 I think it's time we put them to the test.

00:57 Our first stop would be K&N Engineering,

00:59 where we dyno the monster Shelby.

01:01 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:04 [ENGINE REVVING]

01:08 [ENGINE REVVING]

01:37 There was one more thing we wanted to find out.

01:40 I already did the calculations, and it

01:42 looks like this car would hit 200 miles an hour

01:44 at the top of fifth gear at about 6,400 RPM.

01:48 We wanted to find out if that was the case

01:50 before we attempted it.

01:51 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:55 [ENGINE REVVING]

02:01 [ENGINE REVVING]

02:05 [ENGINE REVVING]

02:08 So after a handful of dyno pulls,

02:34 we've got peak numbers of 583 horsepower and 590 pound-feet

02:39 of torque at the rear wheels.

02:41 Now, if you apply about a correction factor or a drivetrain

02:43 loss factor of about 12%, that means

02:46 that this engine is making horsepower

02:48 right as advertised.

02:49 But torque might actually be underrated

02:51 by as much as 30 pound-feet.

02:54 Even more impressive, this thing is

02:55 generating over 500 pound-feet of torque

02:58 at the wheels from 2,000 RPM to 6,000 RPM.

03:02 In terms of power delivery, there

03:04 is nothing that can match a supercharged big V8.

03:08 Now that we knew how much power we were working with,

03:11 we'd head to the test track to perform

03:12 our standard set of tests.

03:13 First thing about launching the Shelby GT500

03:19 is that the rear tires are very sensitive to temperature.

03:21 So we're going to get some heat in them really quick.

03:24 [ENGINE REVVING]

03:27 Second thing to note is that you hit 60 in first gear.

03:33 So that means ringing the thing all the way out

03:35 to 7,000 RPM on the red line, and then just hit your shift

03:37 as fast as you can.

03:39 Thirdly, we have launch control, which

03:42 is a very nice thing to have in a car with 662 horsepower.

03:48 Let's go into the menu, into the Track App settings,

03:51 select Launch Control.

03:53 And through the display, you can choose your RPM

03:56 between 2,500 to 5,200.

03:59 I've been launching about 3,800.

04:00 It seems to match the surface right.

04:03 And that's what we'll do.

04:04 [ENGINE REVVING]

04:07 Traction control gets you out of the hole without an issue.

04:10 [ENGINE REVVING]

04:14 60 comes in 3 and 1/2 seconds.

04:18 Quarter mile, 11.6 seconds at 125.7 miles an hour.

04:25 It's about half a second faster than the ZL1.

04:27 And it feels every bit like it.

04:29 [ENGINE REVVING]

04:32 Now for our 60 to 0 braking test.

04:36 Our best stop from 60 took 101 feet,

04:39 but following stops took longer and produced a lot of brake

04:42 odor.

04:43 [ENGINE REVVING]

04:46 Let's begin the figure 8 test in the Shelby GT500, shall we?

04:50 [ENGINE REVVING]

04:53 Oh my god, this thing accelerates so hard.

04:56 Out of corners.

04:57 [ENGINE REVVING]

05:01 This thing's taking some effort just because of how fast it is.

05:05 [ENGINE REVVING]

05:08 I didn't think it would be that great mid-corner,

05:11 but I'm really surprised at how capable this thing is

05:14 around a figure 8 track.

05:17 It doesn't want to power slide, which

05:19 is great if you want to sit down fast lap times.

05:21 It doesn't want to understeer.

05:22 It just wants to grip and go.

05:24 [ENGINE REVVING]

05:27 [LAUGHS]

05:29 If you get a little carried away, it will do that.

05:32 But that's all on the throttle.

05:33 That's not on the chassis.

05:34 [ENGINE REVVING]

05:38 [TIRES SCREECHING]

05:41 Man, this thing's fun.

05:43 [LAUGHS]

05:45 I was honestly surprised.

05:47 [MUSIC PLAYING]

05:50 Ford claims that this car saw 200 miles an hour

05:53 at the Nardo testing facility in Italy.

05:56 We're not in Italy, of course, but we're

05:58 going to test that claim.

06:00 So we're off to Arizona towards one of Chrysler's proving

06:02 grounds.

06:03 There, we'll find a five-mile oval and the chance

06:06 to see 200 miles an hour.

06:08 [MUSIC PLAYING]

06:11 So we've logged a couple hundred miles in the Shelby GT500 now.

06:15 And what's really impressive is that this doesn't feel

06:17 like some ragged-edge supercar.

06:20 You don't get a sense that this thing is a 600-horsepower,

06:23 200-mile-an-hour-capable Mustang.

06:26 In fact, on the freeway, it just feels

06:28 kind of like a normal Mustang.

06:31 You have this super long six-gear overdrive,

06:35 which means at 75 miles an hour, the tach's

06:37 barely spinning 1,500 RPM.

06:40 And you don't really get that edge of horsepower

06:43 until you roll into the throttle.

06:46 But even then, in six gear, that just

06:47 means you can pass anybody whenever you want

06:50 without downshifting.

06:52 It's impressive that a car with this kind of power,

06:56 this kind of capabilities, feels totally normal on the street.

07:01 It's almost like grand touring levels

07:03 of comfort and performance, even though the performance is

07:06 so great.

07:08 Thing is, we've got to get to Arizona quick.

07:10 [MUSIC PLAYING]

07:17 You don't just try and go 200 miles an hour.

07:20 Especially in a Mustang.

07:21 Every component of the car must be analyzed and prepared.

07:27 The undercarriage must be inspected.

07:29 The tires have to be up for the task, heat cycled and free

07:32 of scratches or excessive wear.

07:34 And then you have to consider the environment.

07:43 The Proving Grounds location in Arizona

07:45 is about 2,000 feet above sea level.

07:47 And it's hot out.

07:49 That means the Shelby's supercharged V8

07:52 won't be able to breathe as much air,

07:54 but also that the air is less dense

07:56 and won't be resisting the car as much.

08:00 Well, we're at the Chrysler Proving Grounds

08:02 in Kingman, Arizona with a Shelby GT500.

08:07 I'm skeptical.

08:08 I come here to this test skeptical.

08:11 But I'm excited because the whole prospect

08:14 of getting up on the high banks on a five mile oval

08:16 and just going flat out until the speedometer

08:20 quits climbing.

08:21 That is exciting.

08:22 [MUSIC PLAYING]

08:51 So we have the results from one of Randy's first few attempts

08:53 here.

08:54 This red line represents speed.

08:56 This is his attempt.

08:57 Let's see how fast he went.

09:00 That's 190.73 miles an hour.

09:04 Not bad for over 100 degrees that we're going to try again

09:07 a little bit later.

09:08 [ENGINE REVVING]

09:10 [MUSIC PLAYING]

09:13 [ENGINE REVVING]

09:17 [ENGINE REVVING]

09:20 [ENGINE REVVING]

09:24 the heat of the day is a little bit of a problem.

09:27 We're going to have to get a little bit of a break.

09:29 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

09:31 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

09:34 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

09:36 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

09:38 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

09:41 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

09:43 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

09:45 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

09:48 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

09:50 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

09:52 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

09:55 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

09:57 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

10:00 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

10:02 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

10:04 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

10:07 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

10:09 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

10:12 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

10:14 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

10:17 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

10:19 We're going to have to do a little bit of a test run.

10:21 [ENGINE REVVING]

10:25 92, 93, 94.

10:51 95.

10:51 196.06.

11:14 I think that's about all.

11:15 That's all we're going to get.

11:16 You think?

11:17 Yep.

11:19 At this point, I think it's a matter of just either a longer

11:21 straightaway or lower elevation.

11:23 We got so close, so close.

11:31 The goal was a 190, 190 miles an hour on the banking

11:34 as we entered the straightaway.

11:36 And then throughout the whole straight,

11:37 which is over a mile, we got six miles an hour.

11:41 We got to 196, and proud of it.

11:45 This car is a 200 mile an hour car.

11:47 It's fair to say that.

11:49 We are at altitude.

11:51 We're in the heat.

11:52 It's less than ideal.

11:54 If the straightaway was another probably mile or two longer,

11:58 we'd get there.

12:00 While we didn't hit 200 miles an hour,

12:02 it's hard to call this car a failure.

12:05 Quite the opposite.

12:06 This Shelby GT500 represents one of the most incredible

12:10 performance per dollar ratios we've ever seen.

12:13 And on top of that, despite being the fastest Mustang ever,

12:16 it's usable and drivable in ways you could never imagine.

12:20 We were four miles an hour away from the 200 club in a car

12:24 with a base price under $60,000.

12:27 That's something you can only get in America.

12:29 What's wrong?

12:35 Can you hear me?

12:38 Can you see me?

12:41 Stay strong.

12:43 Hold on.

12:46 Just one moment, and we're going to be back home.

12:53 All my life, I've been searching for you, baby,

12:58 with the windows rolled down and the heater turned on.

13:05 What's up?

2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Chases 200 MPH! - Ignition Episode 18

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