Accurate description?

[mardyn]

What does FGT Forum think?

I'm writing a description of my car to go with a photo shoot (calendar) the car was used in for my favorite girls HS softball team...

I've described it thusly:

2005 Ford GT, 600 HP 5.4 DOHC V-8, supercharged with dry sump oiling system & Ricardo 6 speed transaxle. Performance: 0-60 in 3.3 seconds, 1/4 mile ET in 11.5 seconds, top speed 212 mph.

For reference: My car has Heffner's 2.7" pulley kit, exhaust, tuning by Torrie's FPN/Unleashed.

Keep in mind, it's likely no one familiar with these cars will ever see the pictures, but I want to be accurate and believable ntl.

How 'bout some feed back? Am I close on my numbers? Too high, too low?

mardyn

 

[Kingman]

SEX sells

 

[RALPHIE]

What does FGT Forum think?

... top speed 212 mph....

The speed limiter is set for 205 mph.

 

[Empty Pockets]

I'm presently looking at performace times recorded by wunna the auto rags (don't remember WHICH ONE). I laminated their test results:

0-60 = 3.7 (can you say "tire spin"?) A couple "rags" reported 3.3 and 3.5 here.

Qtr = 11.2/131.2

Top speed = 201 (ON THIS PARTICULAR TEST) Top speed elect. limited to 205. W/o THAT, I've read reports of anywhere from 212 to 218 (supposedly stock).

Your call, sir!

 

[fjpikul]

Can you document those times? The car mags would confirm 550+ hp and 0-60 in 3.5 sec. Torrie probably reset the limiter to higher than 205. You might add all aluminum and carbon fiber body.

 

[GTNJ]

What does FGT Forum think?

I'm writing a description of my car to go with a photo shoot (calendar) the car was used in for my favorite girls HS softball team...

I've described it thusly:

2005 Ford GT, 600 HP 5.4 DOHC V-8, supercharged with dry sump oiling system & Ricardo 6 speed transaxle. Performance: 0-60 in 3.3 seconds, 1/4 mile ET in 11.5 seconds, top speed 212 mph.

For reference: My car has Heffner's 2.7" pulley kit, exhaust, tuning by Torrie's FPN/Unleashed.

Keep in mind, it's likely no one familiar with these cars will ever see the pictures, but I want to be accurate and believable ntl.

How 'bout some feed back? Am I close on my numbers? Too high, too low?

mardyn

For the"girls HS softball team"
who needs (600 HP 5.4 DOHC V-8, supercharged with dry sump oiling system & Ricardo 6 speed transaxle. Performance: 0-60 in 3.3 seconds, 1/4 mile ET in 11.5 seconds, top speed 212 mph.) :willy


Just say An american supercar :banana :banana

 

[tmcphail]

The speed limiter is set for 205 mph.

His is set to 255 :biggrin

 

[mardyn]

Can you document those times? The car mags would confirm 550+ hp and 0-60 in 3.5 sec. Torrie probably reset the limiter to higher than 205. You might add all aluminum and carbon fiber body.

No, I can't... that's why I'm using the magazine numbers for a basically stock GT.

http://jalopnik.com/cars/jalopnik-fantasy-garage/ford-gt-262394.php

With the relatively simple mods I have, and a great tune, I feel (I'm sure) my car is significantly quicker & faster that it was originally, but how much is only a guess at this point... hence the reason for this post.

mardyn

 

[Joehand1]

With a pulley and Tune, I'd bet with a broken in car, the crank HP of you car is 650-700. (The GT X-1 with a Pulley tune/Exhaust was well known to have 700 HP.)

I have read that a stock GT will dyno to 580 crank HP once it has been broken in, and a tune only adds 40-50 HP to this.

Check the threads on Pulley-Tune Dynos.