August 7th, 2010 | 
Author: 2007 Ford Shelby Cobra Gt
Shelby Approves
Ford is calling the car a unique collaboration between the legend Carroll Shelby and the Ford Special Vehicle Team SVT. “I’ve worked with the SVT guys for several years now” says Shelby. “And I know they have the guts the talent and the passion to deliver the best performance Mustangs ever.”
Shelby who built the legendary Shelby Mustangs and Shelby Cobras in the 1960s served as a senior advisor to the “Dream Team” that was assembled inside the Ford Motor Company to develop and build the 2005 Ford GT supercar.
“Carroll Shelby is truly a living automotive legend a Ford performance legend” says Phil Martens Ford group vice president of Product Creation. “It’s a dream come true to be able to put the Shelby name on a Mustang again.”
Supercharged 5.4Liter
The Shelby’s supercharged 5.4liter 32valve V8 is similar to the engine in the GT. Ford started with the castiron 5.4liter Triton V8 truck engine and added aluminum heads from the GT specially calibrated camshafts a Rootstype supercharger making 8.5 pounds of boost and a watertoair intercooler.
Under that blower is an allnew lowprofile intake manifold which allows the engine to fit under the GT500′s special airextraction hood. Fuel comes from a dualbore electronic throttle body borrowed from Ford’s 6.8liter truck engine program however the larger radiator increasedcapacity cooling system and the exhaust manifolds are unique to this application.
The engine is also dressed with special “Powered by SVT” finned cam covers which are reminiscent of the “Cobra Powered By Ford” covers used by Shelby five decades ago and it’s backed by the same T56 sixspeed that appeared in the supercharged 2003 SVT Mustang Cobra
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