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[MAGS1]

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[OX1]

Questions I would pose to myself:
- Are you ok with it not being a stick?
- Look at maintenance cost and wear items: how are the tires on the car, look at cost to replace, same w/ brakes etc
- Insurance hit? Registration cost?
- Are you planning on modifying the car?
- The GT500 will hold its value quite well, experienced this when I sold my GT350, the Shelby cars continue to command solid prices

Use case would be a big decider here, like others have said look beyond the power numbers for how you'd actually drive the car. I don't really modify my cars so a cohesively designed and engineered super car from the factory would be highly appealing to me, your mileage may vary.

For whatever it's worth I loved the GT500s when I looked at them but I decided I had to have a stick, hence ZL1 1LE.

For me, I already had an S197 that handled well enough on the street and trapped 130. But the idea of even just keeping the 6R80 cool enough on road courses turned me off to the whole "build your own" , after I started running them "regularly".

That and the fact the 500 has plenty of power for the amount of time I will be on road courses per year (to develop enough skill to use for than 760HP), most likely for the rest of my life (I ain't 25 ). Combine that with being able to get a 10 year warrantee for under 3 grand, was super appealing. Whose track car is under warrantee until 2032??

Anyway, comes with a huge downside, $$$$. Just front brake rotors, stock are $700. Run off track with even just one carbon fiber wheel, UGH!! Collector insr., I had $24kish on the S197 (just a base 14 GT auto, not even premium pckg) to $100K coverage, went from $230 to $1500 per year!!

All that said, just the looks alone are insane, and I was never an S550 fan from the very beginning. The ride quality with a track tuned susp and ultra low profile tires, is better than my S197 was with stock Gt mushy springs and 80 feet high sidewall 18's. The brakes are crazy. Bone stock (even pads) are pretty darn good for an occasional track day, even with 760Hp and 4Klb+ weight.

The final thing to me, was "someday" resale. Seems like this will be the last GT500 factory Ford, and up until a couple months back, was thinking it might be the last super high HP V-8 factory V-8 , figured it's now or never.

 

[Joker721]

I had 2 good cars when and I sold one and traded in the other for my Mach 1. The 2020 Camry TRD would be paid off by now and the 01 Bullitt was mine for 22 years. Once you make the decision you can’t change it. Don’t know what you have til it is gone. But do what makes you happy.

 

[Evolvd]

Anyway, comes with a huge downside, $$$$. Just front brake rotors, stock are $700.

Where the heck are you shopping for brakes? A stock GT500 rotor is $112. You could replace all 4 rotors and pads for less than $700.

https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-part...yMDIxJnQ9c2hlbGJ5LWd0NTAwJmU9NS0ybC12OC1nYXM=

 

[btown93]

Where the heck are you shopping for brakes? A stock GT500 rotor is $112. You could replace all 4 rotors and pads for less than $700.

https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-parts/ford-rotor-assembly-brake-kr3z1125g?c=Zz1icmFrZXMmcz1mcm9udC1icmFrZXMmbD0xJm49QXNzZW1ibGllcyBQYWdlJmE9Zm9yZCZvPW11c3RhbmcmeT0yMDIxJnQ9c2hlbGJ5LWd0NTAwJmU9NS0ybC12OC1nYXM=

that isn't a GT500 rotor, you want KR3Z 1125 E and KR3Z 1125 F

 

[Evolvd]

Fair enough, Tasca provided the wrong results for a GT500, the actual rotor is $453

https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-part...wMjEmdD1zaGVsYnktZ3Q1MDAmZT01LTJsLXY4LWdhcw==

 

[OX1]

Where the heck are you shopping for brakes? A stock GT500 rotor is $112. You could replace all 4 rotors and pads for less than $700.

https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-parts/ford-rotor-assembly-brake-kr3z1125g?c=Zz1icmFrZXMmcz1mcm9udC1icmFrZXMmbD0xJm49QXNzZW1ibGllcyBQYWdlJmE9Zm9yZCZvPW11c3RhbmcmeT0yMDIxJnQ9c2hlbGJ5LWd0NTAwJmU9NS0ybC12OC1nYXM=

Your **right**, they are $900 for the pair now.

https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-parts/ford-rotor-right-kr3z1125e

 

[bankyf]

Your **right**, they are $900 for the pair now.

https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-parts/ford-rotor-right-kr3z1125e

With it being a 2 piece rotor, I wonder if you can purchase the rotor without the hub anywhere. Honestly, the price isn’t bad for a 2 piece rotor.

 

[NGOT8R]

Wow! $900? If ai ow ed a GT500 I would have to get the rotors cryogenically treated to make them last.

https://ctpcryogenics.com/services/...otors results in,disposing them in a landfill.

 

[OX1]

With it being a 2 piece rotor, I wonder if you can purchase the rotor without the hub anywhere. Honestly, the price isn’t bad for a 2 piece rotor.

Pretty sure they don't come apart, but if someone figures out they do, I'm all ears.

I ended up buying a used set I use for track (with Carbotech pads) from Midway for $400 shipped. Some surface rust on mine too, but nothing crazy for a rotor you are going to beat up anyway.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1563347107...cId=9407521&merchantid=101712330&gad_source=1

 

[Evolvd]

It’s not a problem if you don’t race lol

 

[Evolvd]

Your **right**, they are $900 for the pair now.

https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-parts/ford-rotor-right-kr3z1125e

That was only one source, hardly an average lol

 

[526 HRSE]

Out of nowhere last weekend I decided to list my highly modded twin turbo 2020 GT with under 1000 miles for sale in favor of buying a GT500. The pending sale happened way quicker than I imagined and I’m supposed to deliver the car tomorrow. I have a brand new built short block, built 10r80 and a ton of other parts that weren’t on the car yet that I will also need to sell, putting me very close to GT500 money. I need some reassurance that I’m not making a mistake and some good reasons why. Assuming the sale goes through, what should I be looking for in a GT500? I’m trying stay at or below mid 90’s price range.

I'd actually never own a GT but i'd own a gt500. Doesn't matter what you do to a GT it's still just a Mustang.

 

[526 HRSE]

I gotta get me a mail truck or a UPS truck

Me too. I'm searching for that 1% of female. Not those other 99% of hoes.

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