For Sale: 2008 Shelby GT500KR in Montgomery, Texas for sale in Montgomery, TX
Vehicle Description This GT500KR is a one-owner vehicle in excellent condition and garage kept, and never on a track.
Only several minor blemishes exist and normal wear typical of weekend driving.
The glove box cover was signed by Carroll Shelby.
This vehicle comes with the original window sticker and Shelby certificate indicating build number 387 out of 1011 for 2008.
Also with this car is a hard to find new-in-box Shelby GT500KR factory wheel and the original brake duct kit.
Starting life as Shelby GT500s built in Flat Rock, Michigan, the cars are transported by rail to Shelby Automobiles in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they are upgraded to KR specifications before delivery directly to buyers in the same fashion as the Ford GT.
This is a 40th Anniversary limited production upgrade to the Shelby GT500.
In 2008 Shelby American International planned to build 1000 GT500KR cars to be sold in the United States.
The car is powered by a 540 horsepower 5.
4-liter (330 CID) supercharged V-8 version of the base GT500 engine with functional Cold Air Intake and unique calibration.
Engine:
90-degree DOHC supercharged V-8 Displacement:
5.
4 liters / 330 cid Horsepower:
540 hp @ 6,250 RPM Torque:
510 lbs.
-ft.
@ 4,500 RPM Bore x Stroke 90.
22mm x 105.
8mm (3.
552 x 4.
165 ) Compression:
8.
4:
1 Suspension Front:
Reverse-L independent MacPherson strut, 34-mm tubular sway bar, Ford Racing front strut tower brace, uniquely tuned struts & shocks Rear:
3-link solid axle with coil springs, Panhard rod, 24-mm solid sway bar and uniquely tuned shocks & springs Brakes Front:
14 in.
vented Brembo disc, four-piston aluminum caliper Rear:
11.
8 in.
vented disc, dual-piston caliper ABS:
Four-channel ABS system, linked to all-speed traction control & electronic brake force distribution Converting a GT500 to KR spec involves adding dampers with firmer rebound valving, stiffer spring rates, an alignment with more negative camber (1.
4 degrees versus the GT500's 0.
75) and zero toe-in.
Really making the KR live up to its name, though, are forged 18-in.
wheels shod with sticky Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar tires that have a 180-treadwear rating rather than the conventional 220 on the GT500.
The suspension tuning, combined with recalibrated traction control and ABS, works wonders.
Where the GT500 feels slow and heavy mid-corner, the KR dares the driver to go faster.
Acceleration is improved by the tires as well as an increase in horsepower.
The addition of a specialized cold-air intake, stainless-steel exhaust, increased spark advance and the requirement of premium fuel help squeeze an extra 40 ponies and 10 lb.
-ft.
of torque out of SVT's hand-built supercharged 5.
4-liter V-8.
And it feels even more powerful, thanks to the addition of a lower 3.
73:
1 (3.
31:
1 on the GT500) final-drive ratio.
Hauling the car down to appropriate cornering speed is easy with the big brakes and sticky tires.
The retuned ABS and traction control are rarely invoked.
For the KR owner who wants to track his car, a brake duct kit is included in the trunk that consists of the necessary hoses and shrouds.
Visual differentiation of a KR is found in the 40th anniversary badging, carbon-fiber splitter, twin racing stripes, and carbon-fiber hood with unique hood pins.
The hood -- which ducts air to the intake and has vents -- is a complex piece that saves 11 lb.
over the GT500's, itself made of lightweight aluminum.
.
Only several minor blemishes exist and normal wear typical of weekend driving.
The glove box cover was signed by Carroll Shelby.
This vehicle comes with the original window sticker and Shelby certificate indicating build number 387 out of 1011 for 2008.
Also with this car is a hard to find new-in-box Shelby GT500KR factory wheel and the original brake duct kit.
Starting life as Shelby GT500s built in Flat Rock, Michigan, the cars are transported by rail to Shelby Automobiles in Las Vegas, Nevada, where they are upgraded to KR specifications before delivery directly to buyers in the same fashion as the Ford GT.
This is a 40th Anniversary limited production upgrade to the Shelby GT500.
In 2008 Shelby American International planned to build 1000 GT500KR cars to be sold in the United States.
The car is powered by a 540 horsepower 5.
4-liter (330 CID) supercharged V-8 version of the base GT500 engine with functional Cold Air Intake and unique calibration.
Engine:
90-degree DOHC supercharged V-8 Displacement:
5.
4 liters / 330 cid Horsepower:
540 hp @ 6,250 RPM Torque:
510 lbs.
-ft.
@ 4,500 RPM Bore x Stroke 90.
22mm x 105.
8mm (3.
552 x 4.
165 ) Compression:
8.
4:
1 Suspension Front:
Reverse-L independent MacPherson strut, 34-mm tubular sway bar, Ford Racing front strut tower brace, uniquely tuned struts & shocks Rear:
3-link solid axle with coil springs, Panhard rod, 24-mm solid sway bar and uniquely tuned shocks & springs Brakes Front:
14 in.
vented Brembo disc, four-piston aluminum caliper Rear:
11.
8 in.
vented disc, dual-piston caliper ABS:
Four-channel ABS system, linked to all-speed traction control & electronic brake force distribution Converting a GT500 to KR spec involves adding dampers with firmer rebound valving, stiffer spring rates, an alignment with more negative camber (1.
4 degrees versus the GT500's 0.
75) and zero toe-in.
Really making the KR live up to its name, though, are forged 18-in.
wheels shod with sticky Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar tires that have a 180-treadwear rating rather than the conventional 220 on the GT500.
The suspension tuning, combined with recalibrated traction control and ABS, works wonders.
Where the GT500 feels slow and heavy mid-corner, the KR dares the driver to go faster.
Acceleration is improved by the tires as well as an increase in horsepower.
The addition of a specialized cold-air intake, stainless-steel exhaust, increased spark advance and the requirement of premium fuel help squeeze an extra 40 ponies and 10 lb.
-ft.
of torque out of SVT's hand-built supercharged 5.
4-liter V-8.
And it feels even more powerful, thanks to the addition of a lower 3.
73:
1 (3.
31:
1 on the GT500) final-drive ratio.
Hauling the car down to appropriate cornering speed is easy with the big brakes and sticky tires.
The retuned ABS and traction control are rarely invoked.
For the KR owner who wants to track his car, a brake duct kit is included in the trunk that consists of the necessary hoses and shrouds.
Visual differentiation of a KR is found in the 40th anniversary badging, carbon-fiber splitter, twin racing stripes, and carbon-fiber hood with unique hood pins.
The hood -- which ducts air to the intake and has vents -- is a complex piece that saves 11 lb.
over the GT500's, itself made of lightweight aluminum.
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