[DeTomaso] New Ford GT Transaxle

[Rich]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "boyd casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com>
To: "David Gordon" <dgordon100 at cox.net>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] New Ford GT Transaxle


> Sounds great , Just let me check my lotto tickets.
> Boyd
> 
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:24 PM, David Gordon <dgordon100 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> A guy on the GT forum is currently selling a brand new GT engine and
>> Ricardo transaxle.  He posted the retail price of both if you had an
>> inside source at Ford to get one since they are both out of production
>> and no longer officially available.  Ricardo was recently clearing out
>> refurbished units at approximately $6500 as noted earlier.  There is a
>> gear change to 3.90 available from Stillen for ~$10K.  Then the cost and
>> time to have Wilkinson install both the engine and the transaxle is
>> substantial since everything is one off and developed from scratch at
>> least for Mark's car.  Ford is not as accommodating as Chevy is with the
>> availability of engine control units and wiring harnesses so the wiring
>> harness has to be made.  Mark is also getting traction control made by
>> Wilkinson on his car as well as seriously considering a bigger Whipple
>> supercharger which should put him at 800+ RWHP.  I am thinking of
>> getting the Race Logic traction/launch control unit that Discovery
>> Automotive had custom built by Race Logic to handle the GT engines twin
>> staged injectors per cylinder.  I don't think you can truly appreciate
>> how big that engine and transaxle package is until you see it in person.
>> The pictures don't have the proper scale in my opinion.
>>
>>
>>
>> Here is the info from the Ford GT forum.
>>
>>
>>
>> "If available the current retail is $35593.32 plus $7500 core charge for
>> a total of $43093.32
>>
>> The transaxle is $13642.14 plus a $3200 core charge for a total of
>> $16842.14
>>
>> Both assemblies = $59935.46"
>>
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