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Originally Posted by 1slow370
I knew a guy that just did a whipple blower upgrade on his GT40 and he was pushing 850-900 so what the hell is the point?
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Ford GT supercars are a little different than your standard street car. They are geared from the factory to reach speeds in excess of 250 MPH. A lot of owner's of the Ford GT supercars take their vehicle's to standing mile events or events like the Silver State Classic and Bonneville where huge horsepower is necessary. However, the guys who actively track their cars on circuits, generally stick with the factory or Whipple supercharger due to the fantastic amount of torque those cars produce.
Take for example our Ford GT. It only makes about 650 horsepower but we regularly race it in targa rally races in new Zealand. However, we altered the gear ratio so that we could actually use 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th on the rallies. Before changing the gear ratio, we were stuck with just 2nd and 3rd, mainly 2nd though.
So to answer your question...What's the point?
It all depends on what YOU want. Again, I will write a more comprehensive explanation of what I mean by that tomorrow.