Monday, October 31, 2011

American Muscle Cars


Ford's Shelby GT500 is going to an all aluminum version of the 5.4-liter supercharged V8 that was in the 2010 GT500 for the first time ever. This new engine is 102lb lighter than the previous Shelby model, as well as 10 additional horsepower over the last model. putting total engine horsepower at 550 horsepower and 510 lb-ft of torque.
The GT500 achieved the increase in fuel economy through a combination of weight savings from the use of an all aluminum engine, better body kit and improved aerodynamics and the addition of Assisted Steering that works electrically based. Also the latest is better because of the 20 percent decrease in unwanted road noise from strategically placed sound absorption materials, allowing drivers and passengers to focus and relax. Another major change for the new Shelby is the option for a glass roof coupe "panoramic roof ". The same option is available on the newest model standard Mustang coupes. Another option is that, the Shelby GT500 also now comes with standard HID headlamps, MyKey technology that allows you to start the car from a distance, an integrated spotter mirror and fold down rear headrests for maximum rearward vision.



In conclusion, The new Shelby GT500 is one of the best Muscle cars ever made in the Muscle cars Industry and probably one of the strongest cars.

Shelby GT500 Stock 
Shelby GT500 with a Wide Body Kit. 

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Hedley's Trip

In 1980, Hedley and his family decided to take a trip to the Niah caves. Hedley went with his wife and elder daughter from Brunei. They traveled by car and traveled by a ferry to cross the river to take the car with them to the other side of the river. Hedley and his family set out in the morning and arrived by sunset. They stayed at the guest house and thanks to a local man and his son in Niah they reached to the guest house before night to settle in with his family and rest. The next day , they all went to the caves which smelled really bad because of the birds which made the caves their bird toilet. But the most spectacular scene they saw was men climbing in the caves and the reason why they climbed was to collect the bird nests to sell them to the Chinese to make their bird nest soup. They returned to Brunei after seeing the caves. Hedley's high during the trip was when he saw the men collecting those birds nests and his low is when the car broke down and he could not change the gear transmission to reverse and had to push the car if he wanted to go to reverse.