# 2011 GT500 **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [February 11, 2010, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259 "2010-02-11T09:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/1 "2010-02-11T09:12:37Z")
Wow… finally. I might actually consider buying one of these if I’m in a position to do so then. > **[2011 Ford Shelby GT500 finally gets aluminum engine, loses 120 pounds](https://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/08/2011-ford-shelby-gt500-finally-gets-aluminum-engine-loses-120-p/)** > > 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 – Click above for high-res image gallery ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/2 "2010-02-11T09:47:32Z")
:facepalm Actually i think it was this engine that instead of sleeving the cylinders, they plasma coated Fe/O on it and honed it. Pretty cool idea actually. The GT-R’s use the same technology. > **[The Ford Engine Technology Good Enough For The Nissan GT-R](https://jalopnik.com/5467038/the-ford-engine-technology-good-enough-for-the-nissan-gt-r)** > > The 5.4-liter supercharged aluminum V-8 in the '11 Shelby GT500 is 100 pounds lighter than it predecessor. Eight pounds of that comes from an absence of traditional cylinder liners. What do the Nissan GT-R and GT500 have in common? This. ---
**Author:** ![Eatonualive](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eatonualive/32/6442_2.png) [@Eatonualive](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eatonualive)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/3 "2010-02-11T14:06:42Z")
exactly, the new gt500 should have an all al. engine too ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/4 "2010-02-11T19:54:31Z")
DO fucking want! ---
**Author:** ![justin2386](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin2386/32/6496_2.png) [@justin2386](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justin2386)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/5 "2010-02-11T20:01:49Z")
> [@WTB: pickup truck](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-pickup-truck/29135/15): > > :facepalm > Actually i think it was this engine that instead of sleeving the cylinders, they plasma coated Fe/O on it and honed it. Pretty cool idea actually. The GT-R’s use the same technology. > > [The Ford Engine Technology Good Enough For The Nissan GT-R](http://jalopnik.com/5467038/the-ford-engine-technology-good-enough-for-the-nissan-gt+r) durrrrr read the ford article…it says that ford let nissan use their technology in the r35 engine… ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/6 "2010-02-12T04:41:56Z")
> [@Which would you buy...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-would-you-buy/29264/31): > > durrrrr read the ford article…it says that ford let nissan use their technology in the r35 engine… ^Ratard, I didnt say who started it, just that they both used it. ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/7 "2010-02-12T05:54:20Z")
> [@Which would you buy...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-would-you-buy/29264/31): > > durrrrr read the ford article…it says that ford let nissan use their technology in the r35 engine… :facepalm OP, that first picture in the article of the red one looks sharp! ---
**Author:** ![GATVILLE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gatville/32/6362_2.png) [@GATVILLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GATVILLE)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/8 "2010-02-12T06:13:09Z")
> [@Which would you buy...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-would-you-buy/29264/31): > > durrrrr read the ford article…it says that ford let nissan use their technology in the r35 engine… :facepalm ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/9 "2010-02-12T06:43:24Z")
:facepalm ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/10 "2010-02-12T11:32:57Z")
welcome to 10 years ago, finally aluminum. ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/11 "2010-02-12T11:54:30Z")
> [@FS: 98 neon r/t $900](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-98-neon-r-t-900/29166/43): > > welcome to 10 years ago, finally aluminum. We’ve been concentrated on goin fast,sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Mike3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike3/32/6350_2.png) [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/12 "2010-02-12T12:02:19Z")
> [@FS: 98 neon r/t $900](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-98-neon-r-t-900/29166/43): > > welcome to 10 years ago, finally aluminum. Cobras had aluminum blocks 14 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/13 "2010-02-12T12:03:59Z")
GOT EMMMMM ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/14 "2010-02-12T13:06:37Z")
LOL ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/15 "2010-02-12T14:19:43Z")
> [@WTF internet?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-internet/28479/294): > > Cobras had aluminum blocks 14 years ago. saturn had em a while ago to ,so what r ya sayin sarge :wierd ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/16 "2010-02-12T14:20:16Z")
> [@Call Out: Jay's Smolinski's Smart Car](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/call-out-jays-smolinskis-smart-car/29273/8): > > We’ve been concentrated on goin fast,sorry! and look at all the time wasted ,still slow :lol ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/17 "2010-02-12T14:21:54Z")
> [@Which would you buy...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/which-would-you-buy/29264/31): > > durrrrr read the ford article…it says that ford let nissan use their technology in the r35 engine… He’s actually correct you morons. ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/18 "2010-02-12T14:23:39Z")
anyone can look that up wayne ,its not like he is a rocket scientist ---
**Author:** ![GATVILLE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gatville/32/6362_2.png) [@GATVILLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GATVILLE)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/19 "2010-02-12T14:25:08Z")
> [@WTB camera but what to get?? Camera peoples unite!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-camera-but-what-to-get-camera-peoples-unite/29280/11): > > He’s actually correct you morons. :gay ---
**Author:** ![Mike3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike3/32/6350_2.png) [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259/20 "2010-02-12T15:52:48Z")
> [@WTB camera but what to get?? Camera peoples unite!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-camera-but-what-to-get-camera-peoples-unite/29280/10): > > saturn had em a while ago to ,so what r ya sayin sarge :wierd I was JUST SAYIN. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2011-gt500/250259.md?page=2)