If faced with a 1965 Shelby GT350 and a 2017 Mustang GT350, which would you choose? YouTube channel and car aficionado Steve Magnante compares the two iconic Ford GT350s and makes the choice even more difficult for the audience.
Both the cars come stunningly made, with more than ample power and tons of detailing under the hood. Here’s the DL on both.
Understanding What Lies Behind All That Mustang Power
First off, Magnante pops the fiberglass hood of the 1965 Shelby GT350, calling what lies under, “something special.”
Under the hood of these special edition ‘Stangs is a 4.7-liter Windsor K-code V8, with a four-barrel carburetor. Ford built these at the San Jose plant, but when they landed with Carroll Shelby, big things happened. Off came the cast iron intake manifold and exhaust and in went aluminum ones with 750 CFM Holley quad-barrel with a center pivot fuel flow.
Peter Brock did the aluminum valve covers and wheels, as well as the hood scoop. All in all, one special car, and a unique classic today. The idea behind the cast aluminum was to bring down the heat and tame the sound of the solid lifters, and the result of all of this is that 271 horsepower becomes 306 horses.
Magnante also points to a Monte Carlo bar under the hood and goes on to explain how the term comes from a 1963 Ford Falcon that ran in the Monte Carlo road race program. The bar improves handling and came as a standard on all Shelby GT 350s.
From The Classic To The Modern
From there, Magnante moved on to the 2017 Mustang GT350, this one with a “mighty” Voodoo 5.2-liter V8 with dual overhead cam, making a total of 526 horsepower. The engine, as Magnante narrates, bears the name of the makers, Michelle Bollard, and Paula Currier. Built on the Ford Romeo Niche Line, Ford’s Voodoo engine is a powerful beast.
This Ford has a lot of hand-fit parts, forged pistons for the first time, and a lot of extra care taken during assembly. Much like the Monte Carlo bar, there’s a brace running from left to right, which triangulates and stiffens the under-hood area, to make it more resistant to twisting and moving, for better handling.
He explains plenty of other details, including Magnaride which is the GT350’s shock-absorbing system. Both the Mustangs GT350s are cool and come loaded with amazing features. Enough to confuse the audience, as to which one could be more thrilling…
Source: YouTube