The Shelby GT500 Code Red Is A 1,300 HP Mustang That Can Outrun Demons
It’s the horse you want to be riding when you need to outrun a demon.
The upcoming Ford Mustang GTD is set to be Ford’s most powerful production car ever with it 815 hp supercharged 5.2-liter V8 for $325,000, but there’s a way to get a much more potent pony for a little less.
The Shelby American GT500 Code Red is a modified version of the 2020-2022 Shelby GT500, which had a version of the GTD’s engine rated at 760 hp and 625 lb-ft of torque.
The Code Red trades the supercharger for twin turbochargers, new pistons, a high-flow intake system and everything else needed to boost its output to 1,000 hp and 780 lb-ft when running on premium, but give it a stiff drink and it can crank out even more.
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Burning E85 boosts the power to 1,300 hp and 1,000 lb-ft, unlocking amazing acceleration. That also makes it more powerful than the discontinued Dodge Challenger Demon 170, which was rated at 1,025 hp when chugging the alcohol blend. A Shelby widebody design wraps a 13-inch wide wheel and tire package at the rear that gets fed the power through upgraded half-shafts.
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According to Shelby, the Code Red can do a quarter-mile in 8.593 seconds at 161.81 mph, which beats the Demon 170’s official time of 8.91 seconds at 151.2 mph.
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Shelby advertises the build for $224,995 plus the price of a GT500, which comes to around $300,000 total. The only hitch is that it’s only going to build 10 for each of the model years the latest GT500 was offered and they’re all spoken for.
However, one of the 2020 cars with 1,951 miles just crossed the block at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Fall auction and was sold for $280,500.
