[DeTomaso] New Ford GT Transaxle

[Julian Kift]

A low mile (~4K) mile Ford GT engine and transaxle package with computer, wiring harness and liquids tanks can be had for around $29K, which IMO for what you get is an absolute bargain, that is providing you have something to drop it into that doesn't cost another $29K to modify.  You can easily spend that much to get a decent old skool Ford stroker and ZF transaxle package and still not have the HP or longevity.

 

Julian
> 
> 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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