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My result from asking Gemini for help. How'd you do it?

That is my logic exactly. Looks good but the Shelby tax is too high for something I could build 95% of myself for a fraction of the price. Personally, I could afford one of these and pay cash for it, but I'd get more joy from doing the same major mods myself and putting the extra coin toward a...

Ha that's about exactly what I paid for mine out the door in 2024 also. I cringed at paying not only the +5k for the ragtop but +10k to go from ecoboost to GT too. But if you looked at how '24 camaro SS vert's were selling for at the time it wasn't a huge stretch for better tech and a car you...

Just a BMR kit, yikes! Not surprising though. Thanks for sharing the link. I agree with a lot of what this guy's saying about the S650 Shelby's. He nails the demographic of buyer. Think he's also right about BMW being a competitor now. When I bought my mustang is was between that and a M440i...

Agreed. At this price I can see the appeal to those who just want a garage queen or something to sit next to at car shows. But for the budget-conscious and those using it as a daily driver, I think a GT + whipple + leftover $ for custom upgrades is the way to go. Shelby doesn't seem to...

Correct, the pump is behind the timing cover on the front of the engine block, and the thermostat is in a housing on the side/front of the engine, and you don't even have to touch the thermostat to get to the oil pump. The point is that if I plan to do both, it makes sense to do both at the...

Ford's factory halfshafts are quite strong, and for a street car on street tires, the tires will usually spin before the metal axles snap. Shelby builds for the average consumer who might eventually trade the car in or sell it, whereas personally I'm building for the long haul. If you ever...

Good looking car. If it were $100K and included the 401A package, B&O sound, and brembos, I'd consider it, but alas it's $120K without all that. I'd prefer it without the roll bar, without the $1,000+ magnesium wheels, without the borla exhaust, without lowering, and without the Cup 2 track...

The guys at Steeda are solid. I was physically at their Valdosta location earlier today to have some suspension upgrades installed, and they gave me some great advice about next steps for my build. There were at least 4 modified mustangs in the parking lot when I got there, and I was the only...

If they make that hood available separately as a "Ford performance" part without the graphics, I might actually buy one for a more aggressive looking hood and for better heat extraction, unless Shelby beats them to it with their S650 hood.

Look forward to seeing how it looks in shadow black because if the hood can fit on a GT and be sold separetely as a "Ford Performance" hood, I might have to pick one up for both a more aggressive look and better heat extraction if the vents are actually functional. Was thinking the same with the...

Agree with those of you who are not fond of the front end. Still gives me 2019 camaro or Honda vibes. If Shelby were in charge of the design I thobk they would have done a better job. Looks are subjective of course, which is a very good thing. If we all agreed on which women were pretty and...

If that's the case I have no idea who they think their target buyer is for this. They've already claimed track focus, and for that kind of money OR LESS you can get any of these "sub supercar" track stars: -C8 with the Z51package (because the Z06 is now $120K+) -M4 Competition (grip battle)...

20 year olds, at least in my neck of the woods, and I work on a college campus, aren't buying mustangs at all, unless their parents happened to have one and passed it down to them. Every time a 20 something year old is at my house to do contractor work, they comment more often on my BMW 330i...

Agreed. With these specs and the most likely price point, might as well stick with an older GT500 or a brand new GT350.

So just a GT500 on the S650 platform with camaro / M2 / honda styling. Got it.

If it's going to be $100K, might as well buy a brand new GT350 that does the same thing but looks better.

All you have to do is add 1) a performance aluminum radiator with a thicker core allowing it to dissipate heat faster and 2) the Whipple HD dual pass heat exchanger to keep you IAT's down and, that concern goes away. Ugh, another whipple'd 5.0. I'll just add a whipple to my GT and save on the...

Curious how the Dark Horse would have performed with just a set of drag radials and an IRS kit to imorove traction at launch. With those and a whipple to close the torque gap it would probably still cost less than the Hellcat. Also curious how a ZL1 would have performed. The AWD Dodge still...

This week I replaced my resonator with a Steeda H-Pipe, and posted before-and-after video of the sound on YouTube: