Shelby GT 500 gets Hennessey Performance treatment and births Venom 1200

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Hennessey Efficiency lives as much as its motto of “making quick vehicles quicker”, and the Hennessey Venom 1200 is essentially the most visceral and highly effective venture to roll off the agency’s Texan manufacturing traces. Based mostly on an already spectacular platform, the Venom 1200 is essentially the most excessive iteration of the Shelby GT 500 platform.

The Shelby GT 500 is likely one of the most potent cobra badge-bearing muscle vehicles of the fashionable muscle automotive age, however Hennessey believes that even on the bleeding fringe of Ford’s efficiency engineering, there’s all the time room for enchancment. The Shelby GT 500 is powered by a hellish 5,2-litre V8 mustering 536 kW and 847 Nm bestowing this 2-door pony from hell with the flexibility to dash from 0 to 100km/h in 3,4 seconds. It’s the undisputed pinnacle of Ford’s present muscle automotive fleet and what would appear to be the right alternative to beginning a good unhinged and untamed muscle-bound pony automotive.

Introducing the Hennessey Venom 1200, the most powerful factory-produced Mustang of all time. Do not forget that 5,2-Litre V8? Nicely, Hennessey determined to pair that luxurious motor with a ridiculous 3,8-litre supercharger. Alongside a gargantuan supercharger are supporting mods starting from a high-flow induction system, upgraded billet gas rails, heavy-duty pulleys and tensioners and a recalibrate dual-clutch transmission to deal with an elevated output. After all of the tweaks and touches, the Venom 1200 is blessed with a mighty 894 kW and 1 222 N.m. That’s a 58% enhance in energy over inventory! One factor to notice is that this output requires a swig or two of ethanol. 

Solely 66 examples of this beastly Hennessey product with an optionally available 1966 24 Hours of Daytona livery can be found to clients. The asking value for this supercar killer conversion? Roughly R1 080 000, and Hennessey gives a 1-year/190 00km guarantee plan.

“The inventory Shelby GT500 is an extraordinary muscle car, however we take it to the nth diploma with our Venom 1200.” — John Hennessey, CEO and founding father of Hennessey Efficiency

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