Opinion-splitter. This has to be the perfect word to describe the blown 2016 Shelby GT350 we want to discuss today. Run by Lethal Performance, this 'Stang enjoyed a racecar life from the very moment it stepped out of a dealership, when it pulled a massive burnout.
Bolt-on mods and a 10-second nitrous quarter-mile pass followed, but the team has now turned to serious modding, taking the Voodoo down the supercharging route.
As the crew over at Lethal explained on svtperformance, turning to a Whipple supercharger was the natural thing to do, given the strong bond between the two.
The 5.2-liter flat-plane crank V8 was gifted with a Whipple forced induction setup that's actually a custom version of the Coyote V8 kit used on the Mustang GT.
The 2.9-liter blower allows the Voodoo to churn out over 800 HP and 600 lb-ft (813 Nm) of torque. However, this wasn't exactly an easy visit to the gym.
"There were a few things we needed to do to make the standard Whipple 2015+ GT kit fit the GT350. For one, the GT350 uses a fuel rail pressure sensor where the GT doesn’t. Although Whipple has since made an adapter for that, we ended up welding a bung into the fuel rails supplied with the kit to allow the use of the rail sensor," Jared of Lethal Performance said.
"We also had to relocate the remote oil cooler as that’s in the same location where the Whipple intercooler tank reservoir and pump get mounted. Lastly, the blower wouldn’t fit under the stock hood without the help of some UPR adjustable motor mounts. Once we put those in, we had plenty of good clearance and could still run the stock hood liner," the racer added.
Whether you're willing to push the "sacrilege" or the "let's-keep-an-open-mind" button, be sure to check out the boosted Shelby's dyno spectacle in the clip below.
As the crew over at Lethal explained on svtperformance, turning to a Whipple supercharger was the natural thing to do, given the strong bond between the two.
The 5.2-liter flat-plane crank V8 was gifted with a Whipple forced induction setup that's actually a custom version of the Coyote V8 kit used on the Mustang GT.
The 2.9-liter blower allows the Voodoo to churn out over 800 HP and 600 lb-ft (813 Nm) of torque. However, this wasn't exactly an easy visit to the gym.
"There were a few things we needed to do to make the standard Whipple 2015+ GT kit fit the GT350. For one, the GT350 uses a fuel rail pressure sensor where the GT doesn’t. Although Whipple has since made an adapter for that, we ended up welding a bung into the fuel rails supplied with the kit to allow the use of the rail sensor," Jared of Lethal Performance said.
"We also had to relocate the remote oil cooler as that’s in the same location where the Whipple intercooler tank reservoir and pump get mounted. Lastly, the blower wouldn’t fit under the stock hood without the help of some UPR adjustable motor mounts. Once we put those in, we had plenty of good clearance and could still run the stock hood liner," the racer added.
Whether you're willing to push the "sacrilege" or the "let's-keep-an-open-mind" button, be sure to check out the boosted Shelby's dyno spectacle in the clip below.