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Originally Posted by Kyle@STILLEN
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.
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wasn't trying to contest the massive horsepower demands of gt40 owners just saying that when you can get nearly the same numbers both ways, why not retain the stock responsiveness as well as it is easier to tune when the boost curve and power delivery are nearly identical stock just at higher levels.