A Closer Look at the 2013 GT500

[Birdman]

These pics were taken at Fords at Carlisle by Black Shelby.

The unique to the 13' - dual tipped mufflers


Track Pack rear differential cooler cover and lines


Bilstein Electronic Dampers


New Higher flowing Cats


Front Drive Shaft CV joint and rear transmission yoke.


Here we see a directional vented shield under the engine designed to aid in both cooling and aero



Notice the absence of the brake dust shield on the front rotors here



The bottom side of the enormous Air Charge Heat Exchanger


Externally mounted Engine oil cooler


Cut-away of the new improved flowing SC inlet plenum

[Gr8snkbite]

Nice pics.....looks like they redesigned the tranny support brace....

[Alloy Dave]

Is that a CV joint on the driveshaft? Thanks for the pics.

[Birdman]

Is that a CV joint on the driveshaft? Thanks for the pics.

Yes front and rear CV joints. (as captioned)

[Birdman]

Didn't get a picture of it but the rear upper control arm is said to be more massive than previous years.

Also the Intercooler pump has been relocated on the engine where the power steering pump bracket was. I'm assuming because the new Heat Exchanger is so large they had to move the pump elsewhere.

Remember this pic...

[68fastback]

Great pics, George!

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...yeah, that tranny mount looks redesigned wit more offset ...probably to allign the engine/trans and driveshaft to near-zero angles to reduce stress/heat on the one-piece DS CV-joint needle-bearings

...great to see all the attention to detail!

[Birdman]

Nice pics.....looks like they redesigned the tranny support brace....

Great pics, George!

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...yeah, that tranny mount looks redesigned wit more offset ...probably to allign the engine/trans and driveshaft to near-zero angles to reduce stress/heat on the one-piece DS CV-joint needle-bearings

...great to see all the attention to detail!

Remember the new oil pan is much deeper, looks like they moved the trans brace around the oil pan sump for clearance nothing really more that that IMO. They tried to keep the undercarriage as streamlined as possible.

[68fastback]

Is that blue 'sump' by the oil cooler part of the oil cooler circuit?

Same old TB tho I thought they'd at least punch it out to remove those 'hips' out of the bore. Well, at leadt the aftermarket will appreciate preservation of that opportunity -lol.

[68fastback]

Remember the new oil pan is much deeper, looks like they moved the trans brace around the oil pan sump for clearance nothing really more that that IMO. They tried to keep the undercarriage as streamlined as possible.

...I thought that was the rear trans yoke/brace.

...just would make sense to optimize (minimize) DS "Z" angle at the same time too now that it's a one piece DS. At 7500 shaft rpm (5,757 engine rpm in 5th/.77 OD is 205mph) those CV/yoke bearings are all changing direction 15,000 (2x shaft speed) times/minute -- every 4 miliseconds -- while carrying all that torque, so minimizing the amount of bearing rotation -- a NON-LINEAR function of "Z" angle -- has a huge impact on reducing heat and lost energy.

[Joe G]

Another great thread on the new GT500's!!!