Estimate the 2019 GT500’s HP. *Poll*

I vote 755 as per the Easter egg as well (though on the poll above I chose the 756-775 bracket). It does not need to beat the Demon, just the ZL1. The Demon is so narrow in its purpose, that I think Ford will be more than comfortable in coming in lower to have some cushion for maybe something like the Demon in the future if they see the need. Of course I would love to see over 800, and I am more than sure that Ford can do it, but for a track beast like the GT500 that needs to do a lot of things well, I do not think they will worry about the Demon's numbers too much.

You don't see a lot of Corvette guys crying because the new ZR1 has less horsepower than the Demon do you? It is because it is a completely different animal.

I personally think the original number was supposed to be 755/710 but after talking to a friend of mine who works in the industry, he is concerned that hitting the number with emission requirements is too difficult and I agree with him.

I'm saying 727.

750-760hp..

I guess 726.

200 more than the GT350.

Should be a pretty amazing car.

-T

Trackaholic said:

I guess 726.

200 more than the GT350.

Should be a pretty amazing car.

-T

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I hope more than this. I'm sure it will be a great car but I want more power than if I bought a 2018 gt and put Whipple on it

I think it's amazing that more people are in the 756+ region.

machsmith said:

I think it's amazing that more people are in the 756+ region.

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I think that would have been a fine number pre Demon/ZR1! Now the bar has been raised. Either you jump over it or not! This a horsepower WAR after all! Ford needs to fire both barrels on this one.

GT500TT said:

I think that would have been a fine number pre Demon/ZR1! Now the bar has been raised. Either you jump over it or not! This a horsepower WAR after all! Ford needs to fire both barrels on this one.

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A real, good ole American V-8 horsepower war...in the 21st century, I mean come on man who would have thought we would see cars like this being produced?!
Back in the late 80s & early 90s we thought we had a hot set-up in a Fox-body with a K&N air filter (home-made ram-air,). 2 Chamber Flow Masters hooked up to short-tube or equal length headers. You really had a "fast car" if you installed the "E" or "B" 303 cam with the GT40 heads and intake.
My, my how we have progressed :ford:

4 ROUSH said:

760 horsepower...............

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I agree. Five more HP than the 755 on the digital dash.

Quick question: 774 at the wheels would be how much crank?
(Has nothing to do with GT500)

Depends on the drive system components and type, auto or manual. A safe spot is 15% but could be 5% less. At 15% that comes out to 867 HP.

If the GT500 has the DCT that it seems to show in the brake rotor pic, my guess is 11% loss with the DCT.
For the longest time Bmac has been saying beast and he gave the vote to 801+. I believe him, but I worry what the final verdict will be when it comes to what will pass emissions etc. I hope they don't end up having to shed a bunch of HP. I remember the raptor in '16, NO numbers were given just a tad before the order banks open, like 2 weeks. I hope we get numbers next month not may :(

im going with 755 +/- 5hp.

I'm going with 765-775. I saw somewhere that said this might be the same block used in the Cobrajet but detuned with the smaller blower, full street exhaust and such for emissions...Anyone know if there is any truth to this?
Another thought too is that Roush I believe is offering a "729" model for 2018 which I assume is using the 5.0. So unless there is a huge price difference for the Shelby I would think they would probably keep the HP numbers maybe 40-50HP higher so as to not knock the Roush out of the water...then again I could be completely wrong.....and hey, if it comes out anywhere over 750 I'll be preety pleased anyhow, 800 or over would be really bad azz....:cheers:

Concrete GT said:

I'm going with 765-775. I saw somewhere that said this might be the same block used in the Cobrajet but detuned with the smaller blower, full street exhaust and such for emissions...Anyone know if there is any truth to this?
Another thought too is that Roush I believe is offering a "729" model for 2018 which I assume is using the 5.0. So unless there is a huge price difference for the Shelby I would think they would probably keep the HP numbers maybe 40-50HP higher so as to not knock the Roush out of the water...then again I could be completely wrong.....and hey, if it comes out anywhere over 750 I'll be preety pleased anyhow, 800 or over would be really bad azz....:cheers:

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Over 800 would be worth the wait.

Sub 750 would only beg the question as to what the heck took so long.

machsmith said:

. I hope we get numbers next month not may :(

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Whenever and wherever its revealed I, too, really hope they reveal at least the HP number at the same time. Whilst the GT500 won't be a one-trick pony, the HP number WILL be important.

One thing worth noting......there's a member of several GT350/GT500 Facebook pages who has proven to have very reliable information in the past.....he's indicated that it WILL appear in the "New Year", but not to expect it at Detroit or New York, reminding us that the GT350 was revealed at a "separate event", albeit one just the day before the LA Show. Make of that what you will.