ford gt picks up 50 hp with borla exhaust system

[Fast Freddy]

i read in a car magazine that the ford gt picked up 50 hp by switching to borlas aftermarket exhaust system. i am not sure if that is headers + cat back or just cat back. whatever it was it looked sexy. the headers were long tubed and the whole deal looked hot. so now if you just swap the pullies out to get 16 lbs of boost and throw in some colder plugs and do a tune it should be good for 700 crank hp on 91 octane. assuming the stock engine makes 550 crank hp. :bowdown:

 

[Talus]

now thats good news. i'm hoping, well..dreaming, that the next gen Cobra gets a detuned GT engine.

nice stable you got there Fred. :beer:

 

[BmoseleyINC]

Hey Fast Freddy, the GT actually makes 560RWHp. So almost 700 at the crank stock. With an exhaust, I would assume it could see 590 +/- a tiny bit at the rear wheels.

The GT is severly underrated by FORD. The fact that it traps 130+ mph in the 1/4, and runs with ENZO's should show you it's true power. Nasty,Nasty cars.

 

[Captain Beyond]

Hey Fast Freddy, the GT actually makes 560RWHp. So almost 700 at the crank stock. With an exhaust, I would assume it could see 590 +/- a tiny bit at the rear wheels.

The GT is severly underrated by FORD. The fact that it traps 130+ mph in the 1/4, and runs with ENZO's should show you it's true power. Nasty,Nasty cars.

:thumbsup:

 

[stangfreak]

ford rulez :rockon:

 

[Fast Freddy]

Hey Fast Freddy, the GT actually makes 560RWHp. So almost 700 at the crank stock. With an exhaust, I would assume it could see 590 +/- a tiny bit at the rear wheels.

The GT is severly underrated by FORD. The fact that it traps 130+ mph in the 1/4, and runs with ENZO's should show you it's true power. Nasty,Nasty cars.

increase the boost to 16 lbs and do a tune, etc and make 650 rwhp which would be like 750 hp at the crank :coolman:

 

[BmoseleyINC]

increase the boost to 16 lbs and do a tune, etc and make 650 rwhp which would be like 750 hp at the crank :coolman:

Actually, with a light modding, achieveing 650 RWHp it pretty easy. Which actually works out to a shade under 800HP at the crank.....

 

[GTSpartan]

The GT has almost 20% driveline loss? I thought it would be around 12-13%.

 

[Fast Freddy]

with the motor in the back this car will get more of its crank horses to the ground. i am guessin that it will only loose 12%.

 

[50 BMG]

If it's losing more than 10% its gonna be one of the most inefficient MR cars ever.

 

[GTSpartan]

Thats what I thought. No way 650rwhp in a GT equals 800crank.

 

[BmoseleyINC]

Thats what I thought. No way 650rwhp in a GT equals 800crank.

WHOOPS!!! I accindentaly did the figures for an FR vehicle...yeah a gt with 650RWHP, would be around 720-725 at the crank. My fault(had a brain fart)

 

[SVT4ME]

Wow thats bang for the buck there

 

[EvergreenSVT]

Too bad the rear main seal fails.

 

[50 BMG]

Too bad the rear main seal fails.

lmao, so what?

fix it.

 

[DBK]

Too bad the rear main seal fails.

If yours is defective, let us know...

 

[CANiHaveGasCash]

borla is local to me and we sold the first GT that got the exhaust and they screwed that car up. it came back with a check engine light on as well as quite a few scratches and the rear hatch wouldn't close because they somehow jacked that up too. so if you get a borla exhaust get it installed by someone who knows what they are doing

 

[Fourcam330]

Too bad the rear main seal fails.

It's due to the crank being incorrectly polished/finished at the factory. Instead of holding his hand in place when polishing said person moved theirs the length of the crank; thereby creating a flow path for the oil to follow. Ford's TSB fix includes yanking the transaxle and installing a metal sleeve on the back of the motor.
If I had a GT crank I would have it refinished asap.