I read in a ford article that they limited the GT to 205 mph. Whats up with that?
Originally posted by Black03WPB
BillyGMan, everyone else understood exactly what he was talking about.. if you dont understand the conversation held here, perhaps there will soon be a remedial version of SVTPerformance
Originally posted by 809
Ok. I've been thinking about this for a while and waited to see if anyone else had given it much thought. We know how much we love to mod our vehicles and I'm sure there is someone out there that can afford a GT that will want to try this, but has anyone given it much thought what a KB Blozilla would do to that car? I'm sure it will happen. Someone is going to want to go the extra mile with this.
AND THEN we can say how crazy the hp wars have gotten. I can't wait to read about it.
Originally posted by venom279
The car already has a twin-screw sc.
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Originally posted by BillyGman
It's my understanding that the twin-screw that's on the GT engine has been specially designed for Ford by Eaton.
Originally posted by venom279
That's what I was thinking also. I haven't seen a whipple in person, but in all the pics of the engine that I have seen, it looks like an eaton..:shrug:
Originally posted by rocket5979
I dont think that Eaton had anything to do with this supercharger design. Unless they got together with Whipple to produce it for some reason. But I cannot think of any reason why whipple would let Eaton in on the cheddar, when it comes to designing a charger for a domestic supercar. If you go to the whipple site you will see in their news section where it says that they designed the GT supercharger.
My apologies for mixing you up with some others that are confused about the look of the whipples versus the eatons.
Originally posted by 03SoCalCobra
It *IS* an Eaton twin-screw. Maybe they worked with Whipple on the design, maybe it's an OEM re-badge, don't know- but I do know it has an Eaton name on it.
I was looking at a GT last weekend at the Anaheim auto show. There was a tall secret-service-looking guy in a suit and Ford name badge standing next to me talking to another person and he said "That's an Eaton supercharger making 12.x pounds of boost".
Originally posted by rocket5979
Maybe it does have an Eaton badge on it. But I cannot think for the life of me why Eaton would not bring that more to light both through their advertisement and through their webpage. Just doesnt make sense.
Originally posted by BillyGman
So Eaton has been involved w/high volume contracts for S/cer production for 15 years now, and producing one for the Ford GT wouldn't be any big deal for them.
Originally posted by E. Green Cobra
Yes and No- the Ford might have a meaty powerband- But the other part of this equation is the fact the the car will put everybit of the "rated 550hp" to the rear tires. The Gt's are making easily 660+hp. I haven't seen any dynos of enzos but I bet they've got a nice and meaty powerband as well. Similar weights, similar mph gotta have similar power!
Besides gears will compensate for "peaky" high rpm power. All that maurader needs is a gear swap.:beer: