AmericanMuscle.com to Sponsor Ford GT ECTA Land Speed Record Attempt

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AmericanMuscle.com to Sponsor 1000HP Ford GT ECTA Land Speed Record Attempt

AmericanMuscle.com to Sponsor 1000HP Ford GT ECTA Land Speed Record Attempt!
Exclusive American Muscle Event Pre-Release!
You heard it here first on svtperformance.com Forums...we haven't even released this information on the BLOG yet!!!
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American Muscle (www.americanmuscle.com) is helping to sponsor an attempt at the ECTA Land Speed Record for a Production Supercharged vehicle with a Stock Bottom End which is currently at 186.853MPH from a standing mile. Attempting this feat will be the car's 73 year old owner Robert Self. The attempt will be made April 5-6th, 2008 at the East Coast Timing Association (ECTA) in Maxton, North Carolina. On the ECTA's 1mile x 30ft abandoned runway track, Robert is looking to hit a cool 200-210MPH and have room to stop.

A fully custom roll cage, Halon fire extinguishing system, and drag chute have been installed by S&W Racecars. All performance enhancements and custom SCT dynamometer tuning have been performed by Eric Swarr & his team at Swarr Auto Performance Center in Collegeville, Pennsylvania (www.swarrauto.com). In addition to the $15,000 Whipple Industries Supercharger upgrade, Robert has an additional $30,000 over the car's $170,000 base price invested in performance and safety upgrades. AmericanMuscle.com will be setting Robert up with the proper tire setup for running speeds in excess of 200MPH in a 1000+ horsepower car, and also helping to promote the event.

Exclusive Test & Tuning Footage on YouTube: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWj1olge3Js"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWj1olge3Js[/ame]

More information soon to follow! And remember...you heard it 1st here at svtperformance.com Forums!!!:thumbsup:
 
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ronnie said:
Wow, 15,000 dollars in supercharger work....... Whipples are getting friggin expensive!!
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That's wrong. A GT Whipple is around 8-9k depending where you buy from, including if you buy it right from Whipple(8,999 msrp). A blower swap takes absolutely nowhere near 6-7k in labor, so I'm not sure where the 15k figure comes from.
 
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Mahovitz went 194 in car and driver. With a stock blower on stock tires and they drove it there. It made like 700 rwhp.

It will be interesting to see how he does.
I think heffners car only made 990 to the tire to go 220.
 
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DBK said:
That's wrong. A GT Whipple is around 8-9k depending where you buy from, including if you buy it right from Whipple(8,999 msrp). A blower swap takes absolutely nowhere near 6-7k in labor, so I'm not sure where the 15k figure comes from.
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I could check into exactly what the figures were, but the S/C work was estimated to me around 15k. I believe this includes the fully custom intercooler work, the two $600 a piece pulley/belt combos, and all the labor for it. Not sure what was actually paid for the Whipple but if it was the 9K MSRP, that plus the pulleys would be $10,200 already. A lot of work and craftsmanship went into the intercooler setup, that plus the labor easily would get it up to the 15k mark.

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Mahovitz went 194 in car and driver. With a stock blower on stock tires and they drove it there. It made like 700 rwhp.



It will be interesting to see how he does.

I think heffners car only made 990 to the tire to go 220.
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Swarr is shooting for final tuning around 800-850HP at the wheels on the car. For the actual run the car will be running Hoosier A6 tires, and Robert is looking to hit 200-210MPH in a standing mile. Of course its all educated speculation until the actual run, so I guess we will see on that weekend.

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Cookieman00x said:
Eric is the man... should be a good outcome...
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That he is! He has done a lot of motor work on our employee's cars here including one of the company owners 'stangs, and the results are always very impressive. I cannot wait to see this thing run that mile!
 
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i hope to run 190 mph on the stock bottom end of my viper this month at the Texas Mile. with my GT i think i could run 225 mph on the stock bottom end with a properly tuned twin turbo setup with the right size turbos......
 
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AMNick, I see how you got around the 6 point roll cage that ECTA wanted. Wo roll cage - 190MPH is the top they let ya run. In Texas at the Goliad they accepted the structural make up of the FGT and Heffners TT Ford GT went 227MPH! Best I heard of a Whipple on a FGT in a standing mile so far is 198 MPH.

I might take a run down to see the car...
 
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The attempt ended up hitting a snag that weekend with some heat issues with the intercooler durring the first run. Despite the heating issues the GT still managed to pull off a tie with the current record that run...they probably could have broken it on a second run, but did not want to risk damaging the motor.

Once the issues are worked out, Robert is looking at making a second attempt at breaking the record within the next few weeks.
 

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