[DeTomaso] New Ford GT Transaxle

[Kirby Schrader]

A workmate/friend of mine is almost finished having his Superformance
GT40 MkII built.
It will have a twin turbo intercooled Keith Kraft 427 in it. His goal is 1000hp.
For whatever reason, I can't fathom. He just says a personal goal of
his has always been to have a 1000hp car.

He has put a Ricardo behind it to handle the torque. It is huge
compared to the ZF.
The back of the car was modified extensively and the engine is up
higher and more forward.
All bad things in my opinion, but he doesn't listen to me.

It's his money....

I predict it will be in a magazine feature article and then never get
driven. Oh... I forgot to mention he wants it to be a daily driver and
has an iPod docking station in it as well....

Oh and a paddle shifter... and an ice bucket for the intercoolers
and.... never mind...

:-)

FWIW,
Kirby


On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:24 PM,  <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/4/10 13 05 28, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>> Ken mentioned that the ZF might be the weak link ( and the expensive
>> repair)
>> if one were to install an engine with over 600 hp into a Pantera. I was
>> wondering what transaxle ford is using in the new GT-40. I'm sure it is
>> priced out of this world but just out of couriosity does any one have info
>> about it?
>>
>>>>It's made by Ricardo, and dgordon100 at cox.net (who just posted here
> yesterday) is installing one behind his Ford GT engine, in his Pantera.   Both
> the engine and the gearbox are substantially larger than the normal Pantera
> stuff, as well as fantastically expensive, and as a consequence the conversion
> is a decidedly non-trivial, six-figure job, involving substantial cutting
> and re-engineering of the chassis etc.
>
>> Also are the BMW parts for the ZF that I have read about stronger
>> or just more expensive ?
>>
>>>>The only thing that's stronger is the case, which has a reinforcement
> rib cast into it.   The case is only $500 though.   If you were concerned
> about strength and were going to have your ZF overhauled, you might as well just
> buy a new case at the same time and have all the guts transferred over.
>
> Having said all that, I cannot imagine a circumstance where you would ever
> drive your car hard enough to break the case....
>
> Mike
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