13 GT500 740rwhp with intake, exhaust, tune

[Sax1031]

From the minute we heard about the '13 Shelby GT500, we've wanted to own one. However, that hasn't happened just yet. Maybe one day we'll put one in the driveway, but for now it helps to have friends that are ready to buy one right away and tear right into it.

Enter our friends at Lethal Performance. Jared Rosen and crew have set a standard for buying the latest hot Mustang and pushing its performance to untold levels just hours after they take delivery. No matter how rare the car is, Team Lethal is not shy about modding it for crazy power. Just hours after bringing home this '13 Shelby GT500, Jared texted us a photo of a drill plunging through the trunk floor to make way for a nitrous line. Yeah, they aren't shy.

"While some are content with how the car comes from the factory, we're not. I'd say that the majority of our customers are the same way as well," Jared explained. "All we want is more. Think of it as leading the way for the rest of the community. Someone has to do it, so why not us? (Yes, we also touched hot stoves and played with electrical outlets when we were kids.)"

While with prior cars the mission was to take the car to the ultimate performance on the dragstrip, the goal with this one is to make big power and run great e.t.'s without giving up all the car's streetability. Of course, most of us start out with that mission and end up going too far, but at least at the beginning that's the goal.

"We're committed to keeping the car streetable for now, as we really enjoy how well this car drives. However, in our quest for more power and speed, that usually gets lost in the mix," Jared confessed. "I really prefer not to put a spooled rear or cage in this car, but as you've seen with our other projects, that could change at any point."

As such, it makes sense to start with the basic bolt-ons to document what they will do for the car. Of course, that didn't stop Lethal from taking a short nitrous detour to put the car in the 10.00s before coming back to wrap up our bolt-on documentation. With that fun out of the way, we got down to business with Power by The Hour doing the wrenching and Lund Racing doing the tuning. We think you'll be impressed by the results.

"This car is no joke. It's unreal how much power it makes with such simple mods. We've almost gone as fast as our '10 GT500 went, and that car had way more into it than this one," Jared enthused. "The fact that we're still using the stock supercharger and we're able to run as quick as we have is amazing. I could only imagine what it will do with a big 4.0-liter Whipple on top..."

As impressive as the numbers were for this round of modifications, this is really just the beginning for Lethal's '13 GT500. Next up is that much larger supercharger and a lot more boost, so strap in. This is gonna be a fun ride.

Horse Sense: The Lethal Performance garage is full of sick cars, including a '10 GT500, a '12 Boss, and the '13 GT500 you see here. However, our favorite car in the bunch might be Jared Rosen's newly Grabber Blue '03 Cobra. The updated color on the classic Terminator is a magnetic combo. The big 4.0-liter blower underhood doesn't hurt either. Look for a story on that car in an upcoming issue.

On the 'Strip
Before we wrapped up our bolt-on build, Lethal first installed a Wilson Manifolds' nitrous system on the '13. That addition put the white GT500 solidly into the 10-second zone on drag radials. After we wrapped up our testing, they hit the combination with a 100-shot; power spiked up to 832 hp and 927 lb-ft of torque at the wheels.

With this combo tuned, Team Lethal headed to the Palm Beach International Raceway in Jupiter, Florida, with Jeremy Martorella launching at 3,500 rpm and shifting at 6,900 rpm. It laid down an impressive 9.77 at 148.80 mph pass to put the car into rarified territory. This was achieved with the factory 3.31 gears, so there's still plenty of potential left with more gear.
And, lest you underestimate the potential of the latest GT500, these runs were achieved with the stock suspension. The only modification was to install smaller rear brake rotors to allow for the use of rear Bogart racing wheels with 28x10.5-inch Mickey Thompson ET Drag slicks. Of course, this is just the beginning.

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monster

[Kyle2k]

Oh yeah, and a pulley...

[Camaro_Corvette]

Oh goody.

[MEDISIN]

too bad it's still a Ford

[rm2092]

Originally Posted by MEDISIN

too bad it's still a Ford

Here we go again. Oh ya good thing my car was not painted by GM.

[rez333]

This thing has drag slicks? With that much HP at the wheel, I would have thought it gets low 9s with drag slicks? Experts want to chime in?

[Sax1031]

Originally Posted by rez333

This thing has drag slicks? With that much HP at the wheel, I would have thought it gets low 9s with drag slicks? Experts want to chime in?

stock suspension + gas saving/top speed 3.31 gear.

[jordan 572]

[MR 45TH]

Sick numbers!

[Camarowguy]

Originally Posted by Sax1031

stock suspension + gas saving/top speed 3.31 gear.

Hmmm. The faster the car gets, the less gear you need. Think about it. Your going through the traps at 148 mph in your 1:1 gear.....how many rpm are you turning? Think it'll go faster shifting into an overdrive gear? Nope. So I call bs on the "it's only got 3.31 gears and has a lot left in it". You'll only believe that nonsense if you truly know nothing about fast cars.

[buzzy56]

I am impressed . Sounds like a BEAST ! Congrats!

[Grabber]

Originally Posted by Camarowguy

Hmmm. The faster the car gets, the less gear you need. Think about it. Your going through the traps at 148 mph in your 1:1 gear.....how many rpm are you turning? Think it'll go faster shifting into an overdrive gear? Nope. So I call bs on the "it's only got 3.31 gears and has a lot left in it". You'll only believe that nonsense if you truly know nothing about fast cars.

They can go to a 4.10 gear and switch to a taller tire. It's been done thousands of times in just about every kind of car, camaros included.

If you think the GT500 is maxed where it's at, I'd say you are wrong.

There is also a one piece drive shaft they could add, upper/lower control arms, gears, smaller pulley, etc.



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[Camarowguy]

Originally Posted by Grabber

They can go to a 4.10 gear and switch to a taller tire. It's been done thousands of times in just about every kind of car, camaros included.

If you think the GT500 is maxed where it's at, I'd say you are wrong.

There is also a one piece drive shaft they could add, upper/lower control arms, gears, smaller pulley, etc.



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Yea they could go with a taller tire. How much taller without cutting the car can you go than a 28" tire like it has now? Never said it was maxed out. But if you want more out of it, putting more gear isn't going to make much of a difference. I realize most drag cars run a really tall tire with a steep gear. They go hand in hand...... But so does having the room for said taller tire. I mean really.......what car is really maxed out? Sky is the limit these days. My whole point was the bullshit comment saying there was much more left in it because of the gear.

[Sax1031]

Originally Posted by Camarowguy

Hmmm. The faster the car gets, the less gear you need. Think about it. Your going through the traps at 148 mph in your 1:1 gear.....how many rpm are you turning? Think it'll go faster shifting into an overdrive gear? Nope. So I call bs on the "it's only got 3.31 gears and has a lot left in it". You'll only believe that nonsense if you truly know nothing about fast cars.

the car will run 175 at the top of 4th, they are crossing the line at 148mph in 4th.

you are crossing the beams at about 5900-6000 rpm when the thing will rev to 7k.

Yes a gear will help. A gear and suspension and the car would really move.

A 3.73 gear would put you at around 6,600 rpm crossing the line in the 4th gear at 148mph. A 4.10 would mean to reach 148 in 4th gear you would have to turn 7,200 rpm.