Light-weight carbon fiber wheels are customary on Shelby GT350R, making Ford the primary main automaker to introduce this revolutionary wheel know-how as commonplace gear. Carbon fiber wheels have been supplied on solely a handful of unique supercars and can profit Shelby GT350R efficiency by shaving important unsprung weight and decreasing rolling inertia. The 19x11-inch entrance and 19x11.5-inch rear wheels present roughly thirteen kilos of unsprung weight discount per wheel and supply greater ranges of stiffness than equal aluminum wheels.
The light-weight wheels will probably be shod in Michelin's prime-shelf Pilot Sport Cup 2 excessive-efficiency tires with rubber compound and a building distinctive to Shelby GT350R. This mix of extremely stiff and light-weight wheels with bespoke tires gives prospects distinctive steering really feel and ranges of efficiency.
Ford engineers delivered towards aggressive targets for weight discount on the Shelby GT350R. If a component didn't make the automobile quicker round a highway course, it was thought of for deletion. Objects eliminated embrace air con, the stereo system, rear seats, trunk floorboard and carpet, backup digicam and emergency tire sealer and inflator. Exhaust resonators even have been eliminated for weight financial savings with the good thing about making a sharper exhaust tone.
Shelby GT350R is greater than a hundred thirty kilos lighter than the Shelby GT350 Monitor Pack mannequin, which has confirmed its sturdiness in a number of 24-hour racetrack assessments. For purchasers searching for extra consolation of their Shelby GT350R, Ford is providing an elective Electronics Bundle. Included is twin-zone air con, eight-inch contact display with navigation, seven-speaker audio system, flip sign mirrors and extra.
The brand new 5.2-liter twin-overhead-cam V8 engine is the primary-ever manufacturing V8 from Ford with a flat-airplane crankshaft - an structure usually discovered solely in racing purposes or unique European sports activities automobiles.
Not like conventional V8s, the place the connecting rods are connected to the crankshaft at ninety-diploma intervals, this design evenly areas all crank pins at one hundred eighty-diploma intervals to optimize excessive-pace engine respiration. It's the strongest naturally aspirated manufacturing Ford engine ever, with greater than 500 horsepower and greater than four hundred lb.-ft. of torque.
An air-to-oil engine oil cooler sometimes discovered solely on race vehicles maintains engine temperatures beneath probably the most extreme circumstances, as does a typical cooler for the six-pace guide transmission. A Ford-tuned restricted-slip Torsen differential with three.seventy three axle ratio is optimized for cornering grip and straight-line traction, whereas an electronically modulated rear-mounted air-to-oil differential cooler maintains superb temperatures throughout observe driving.
Apart from carbon fiber wheels, bigger entrance splitter and rear wing, Shelby GT350R options distinct design particulars. Exterior touches embrace crimson painted brake calipers, pink pin striping on the edges of the optionally available over-the-high racing stripes and Shelby GT350R badging. Inside is excessive-distinction crimson stitching, Shelby GT350R badging and the D-formed steering wheel fitted with a pink heart mark on the prime.