I told my vintage racing buddy I was going to put a Hellephant motor in it. I'd never seen someone have a conniption before, it was pretty entertaining on videoconf.
That’s......hilarious! Well played.
I told my vintage racing buddy I was going to put a Hellephant motor in it. I'd never seen someone have a conniption before, it was pretty entertaining on videoconf.
For clarity, I was joking. Aside from the sacrilege of putting a Mopar motor in a historic Ford racing vehicle, the helephant is a street and strip motor, and a FIA spec GT40 needs an endurance racing motor. A period correct normally aspirated V8 is really the only way to go.$30k for an engine? Wow. I must be getting old.
I was pretty sure you were just getting your buddies goat.For clarity, I was joking. Aside from the sacrilege of putting a Mopar motor in a historic Ford racing vehicle, the helephant is a street and strip motor, and a FIA spec GT40 needs an endurance racing motor. A period correct normally aspirated V8 is really the only way to go.
For clarity, I was joking. Aside from the sacrilege of putting a Mopar motor in a historic Ford racing vehicle, the helephant is a street and strip motor, and a FIA spec GT40 needs an endurance racing motor. A period correct normally aspirated V8 is really the only way to go.
Sacrilege for sure, the Ford FR9 would be a sweet setup, v8, 9000rpm redline, 850hp, NAFor clarity, I was joking. Aside from the sacrilege of putting a Mopar motor in a historic Ford racing vehicle, the helephant is a street and strip motor, and a FIA spec GT40 needs an endurance racing motor. A period correct normally aspirated V8 is really the only way to go.
Way over priced for what is. For reference a 9L extreme swap for the viper is about $27k. Ill have to find out what that motor can do boosted, but the regular 8.4L in the gen V can handle 1200hp before needing to beef up internals.The trinity engines were very close to $30k when you could buy them. I think they were in the $26k range.
Sacrilege for sure, the Ford FR9 would be a sweet setup, v8, 9000rpm redline, 850hp, NA
btw, @treynor, are you getting a 765LT?
Sacrilege for sure, the Ford FR9 would be a sweet setup, v8, 9000rpm redline, 850hp, NA
I hate you.I ended up going a different direction - something a bit faster:
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I hate you.
GREAT choice, sir! Great choice. And the color choice is perfect.I ended up going a different direction - something a bit faster:
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Unless Ben ordered the sprint pack, that car should be globally homologated.Any actual comparison of the 570S GT4 and the Mustang GT4?
Are they ideally competitive with each other, or is GT4 just some fancy 'this is a track car' term here?