Jaime, Congratulations on the WB GT-500. It looks bad to the bone!! I love my WB SS. My only advice from here is drive cautiously while learning the car. Refrain from spirited driving on cold tires. Other than that—as Carroll Shelby said, go like hell! Herman
You’re gonna have the most badass Shelby on the forum. Love that hood. It looks killer. Have watched a ton of tour videos of Shelby American at Las Vegas. Chris Ruby mentioned in one that the wide body cars lose 18% of their Hp due to the extra rotational mass of the 20x12 in rims, bigger disk...
Mine say Shelby on the brakes at all four corners. They’re brembos but they have Shelby decals on them which were done at Shelby American in Las Vegas.
The GT500 brakes will look killer stock. There’s no need to change them. Not to hard to powder coat any color you like and decal them yourself.
The brakes on my SS are Brembo. The stock brakes off the Mustang GT Premium were replaced.
You are going to enjoy the GT500 wb SE. Mine is a 50th Anniversary SS wb. It has the Penske racing suspension and will carve 1.5 g on the skid pad. It’s a blast to drive. You will be able to put a smaller pulley on it and get more HP out of it. The motor and whipple will take it. The 5.2L...
I run Driven FR50 5W-50 in my 2017 Super Snake. It has a lower noack (less vaporization), and it’s easier on the catalytic converters. It was recommended to me by an engine builder, and long time drag racer that knows the guy who built Ford’s Cobra Jet program...
I have a 2017 S550 and have updated to Synch 3.0. Everything works great. I want to load Synch 3.4. I’ve seen on a YouTube video that you can reflash the APIM using Cyan Labs software. Then you can update to Synch 3.4
Do I need to have a newer APIM? Has anybody else reflashed their APIM, and...