http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/ Autoblog Comments for SEMA 2007: Ford Announces Poor Man's Racer with the FR500S Mustang http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/Oct 31st 2007 9:10AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/
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What I want to know is how much lighter is it without the interior. Its go to be around 2800 or so, which should really improve handling and acceleration.]]>Oct 31st 2007 9:28AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/
rar- it's not a stoplight racer. ]]>Oct 31st 2007 10:21AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/Oct 31st 2007 10:03AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/Oct 31st 2007 10:35AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/
It's a purpose built racer for a Spec series not a car for Jethro and Cletus to go tooling around on Main Street with.

You could prob. build it piece by piece from ford racing for less, but then you wouldn't eligible for the Series its going to race in so it kind of defeats the purpose all together.]]>Oct 31st 2007 10:45AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/Oct 31st 2007 10:48AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/
I'm sure when the Challenger and Camaro come out everyone will be equally sick of the hundreds of variations people create, Mustangs are just the latest crazy.]]>Oct 31st 2007 10:58AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/Guess you better slow your mustang down...
(oh lord...what i said now...)
Mustang Sally now baby....oh Lord...
Guess you better slow your mustang down...
(oh yeah)

You been running all over the town now...
OH!...Guess i'll have to put your flat feet on the ground....
(Ha!...what I said now...)

Listen:
All you wanna do is ride around Sally....
(Ride, Sally, Ride)
All you wanna do is ride around Sally...
(Ride, Sally, Ride)
All you wanna do is ride around Sally...
(Ride, Sally, Ride)
All you wanna do is ride around Sally...
(Ride, Sally, Ride)

Listen here....one of these lonely mornings,
OH!...gonna' be wiping your weeping eyes...(HUH!)

What i say now! Lookey here...

I bought you a brand-new mustang,
a 1965.
Now you come around, single, fine, woman...
and don't wanna let me ride...

Mustang Sally, now baby, oh lord,
Guess you better slow that mustang down....(Huh...oh Lord)
You been running all over town...OH!
Gotta put your flat feet on the ground...

What i said now...let me say it one more time.

Now all you wanna do is ride around Sally...
(Ride, Sally, Ride)
All you wanna do is ride around Sally...
(Ride, Sally, Ride)
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I am not much of a Mustang fan, but there are certain models I wouldn't mind owning.]]>Oct 31st 2007 11:03AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/Oct 31st 2007 10:56AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/
A cool mustang is a very rare thing these days - unless serious money and time are spent on it, its heavy, and doenst handle that well for the power it has in stock form. to me they are a dime a dozen. Even the GT these days isn't really that special. ]]>Oct 31st 2007 12:05PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/
First, this isn't going to be a street legal car, it is for racing only. It's not a custom variant but a RACE CAR.

Second, spec classes are all about the cars conforming exactly to the series rules. You may be able to build it in your garage for less, but then you will have to go through the expense of some certified shop to tear your engine, trans, diff and whatever else is deamed necessary down to ensure you haven't modified internal components that would give you an unfair advantage. Plus having a set of dyno pulls that confirms your making the same HP as your competition. That would get very expensive.

Also, I agree that NASA is awesome racing, I have been doing time trials in the midwest but, this spec series is a stepping stone into the Koni Challenge/Grand Am Cup pro series. It's like minor league baseball, a series to find talent. Unlike open wheel or NASCAR, it's a relatively affordable way in too.]]>Oct 31st 2007 12:14PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/
My 1982 GT (not a II) is getting lonely surrounded by GM and Mopar products ]]>Oct 31st 2007 12:41PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/Oct 31st 2007 4:03PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/31/sema-2007-ford-announces-poor-mans-racer-with-the-fr500s-musta/
Maybe the people at Autoblog should actually start reading the Press releases before they write.


The FR500S was built on the production line at AutoAlliance International in Flat Rock, Mich. Interior work was completed at Watson Engineering in Taylor, Mich.; the 4.6-liter 3-valve V-8 production engine was produced by Ford in Romeo, Mich., and sealed and dyno'd at Roush Industries in Livonia, Mich. It will retail for $75,000 straight from the Ford Racing parts catalog.

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