I was actually pretty excited about the Shelby GT500 when I read the spec sheet. There was no Challenger or Camaro on the horizon and the GT500 looked far better than a stock Mustang. Then I read it would weigh almost 4,000 lbs and suddenly it lost its appeal. A Challenger MIGHT get away with it, but a 4000 lb Mustang?
I still laugh when guys say a manufacturer should drop a V8 into a car with a 4 cylinder and think it will only weigh 100 lbs more. After you beef up the entire drivetrain and brakes and peripherals, you are going to add 3 or 400 lbs to that little. Now a shade-tree V8 conversion may only add the extra weight of the motor and tranny. Then they complain when the rest of the car doesn't hold up under the strain.
