Which do you prefer!?!?

Heres several cars I am choosing from for my project vehicle, it would be my lifetime car, the one I always have untill its my coffin, or passed on to a child or apreantice or something of the sort.

GT-40

http://www.me.mtu.edu/~prater/carpics/fords/GT40/gt40_4.jpg

Engine: 4728 cc, bore x stroke: 101.6 x 72.9 mm,
Power: 390hp@7000rpm
Torque: 325ftlb@5000rpm.
Performance: 0-100 mph 9 secs,
Max. speed: 195 mph (350 kph)

(I would be building a kit of it using a pre 73 chassie so I wouldnt need to worry of smog)

1969 Mach 1

http://musclecar-logbook.net/FORD/1969_Mach_1__0229a.jpg

Engine-351 W
Power: 250hp@4600
Torque:355@3200

(stock, I would modify it alot)

RX-7 3rd Gen

http://home.iprimus.com.au/bluey3/miscRx7/silverGen3.jpg

Engine:1308 cc
Power:255 bhp@7 krpm
Torque:220 lb-ft@5 krpm
Weight:2800 lbs
0-100mph:14.0 s
Top Speed:159 mph

1999 Trans Am

http://www.fast-autos.net/pontiac/transam30th5.jpg

Engine:5665 cc (5.7)
Power:320 bhp @ 5200 rpm
Torque:335 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm
Weight:3397lbs
0-100mph:12.6 sec
Top Speed:160 mph

boingo82 fixed pix on 05-01-03

Not a Ford fan but I would take the GT40 out of any of them. Reminds me something of a Ferrari or one of those dream cars you end up never seeing.

ok, ive tryed alot, cant get the other pics to work, I feel like a smuck, but you know what those cars look like probally....yes...

uuummm.... are you serious? GT-40 no contest

Originally posted by MadZ in his Tag
I'm embarrassed of my generation.... one word... RICE

Nice tag, and it is what i'm leaning twords, dollar value is a big factor, i'd probally be 30 by the time I would be done with it...but...if I live to 60, thats 30 more years with it :D

Man,I would take both the GT-40 and the Mach-1 and throw in a 67 shelby gt500 and you got it made.

Go for the Mach 1 . . .:smoker:

Of the four, I am torn between the GT-40 and the Mach 1.

Originally posted by Polygon
Of the four, I am torn between the GT-40 and the Mach 1.

thats always been my biggest delema

so one vote for rice, but no comments?....come on people, i'm serous about these cars, all are around 30,000 for total cost and finished product. Thats a hell of alot of money to me.

i voted for the rx7 just cuz its one of may favorite cars, but the gt40 was close behind.

Well, ,i've decided to build (or find) a 1968 GT 40

Now I just gotta look into -cost to build- and -cost to have built- :D

i thought that GT40's cost loads last time i heard one went for 500,000

i mean there is a big difference between a GT40 and a RX7 well it can do 200mph for a start

30,000 to have built for you. I'm not talking origional, because your right with the price of an origional. And I beef up the engine etc, use a 400hp 425Torque 342.

0-100 would be faster, and top speed higher.

GT40, its more extoic, and will turn more heads and have more people asking you questions....

i dont think there can really be any competition for the GT40, the original at least. but if its a replica, then im not sure. RX7 or the GT40, but probably the Ford.

Well, I voted RX-7 before really thinking about anything at all. But I would say good choice with the GT-40 its much more rare and is a helluva car IMO.:D

i choose the rx-7 simpily becasue each person has a style that they project. like if people see a 240sx they think hey its TAT. each car is like the drivers personality. and non of the other cars goes with me. they are beautiful and awesome cars in their own respect, but i just can't picture myself driving one. maybe except for the GT40 heheh but i'm sure you can understand what i'm tryin to say. just like how it would be weird for you guys to be in a hooked up civic or something. yes i know civics suck but i have to make a example :D

hey, civics dont suck!!!!! hehe...

i voted for the rx7. and heres my reasoning...i drove a 98 trans am the other day at work (i'm a valet) and i took it out for a little "test drive". to say the least, i was not that impressed. acceleration, grip, style ( or lack thereof). the mach 1 is a nice car, but i'd pick the gt40 over it. the gt40 would have gotten my vote if it were the original. it depends on your tastes man, i'd pick the rx7 and just make it faster than hell, and look awesome. your right, you will have more people asking about the gt40. i dunno about it being a kit car though, if you choose to do that, just dont build it on a fiero base like alot of kit cars are done on :rolleyes:

any base that fits if pre 73, i'll replace everything other than the vin and plates. Frame etc will be replaced. It will be stronger and faster than the origional.

Mach 1's are defentally -my- style, everyone who knows me rembers me as the guy who had the mustang, not the guy with the T-bird, or the guy who had the T/A. Most said the T/A fit me, but even still, I lean twords the mustang.

Originally posted by TerminalVelocity
any base that fits if pre 73, i'll replace everything other than the vin and plates. Frame etc will be replaced. It will be stronger and faster than the origional.

Mach 1's are defentally -my- style, everyone who knows me rembers me as the guy who had the mustang, not the guy with the T-bird, or the guy who had the T/A. Most said the T/A fit me, but even still, I lean twords the mustang.

"frame etc will be replaced" With what? Isnt the frame what you want? Or are you talking about the body frame? and just having a rolling chassis in your driveway?



Yeah, we all thought that Mustang was going to be the end of you. I mean... a 67 Mustang with a 6 banger, 3 speed Manual, no interior, floor was partially missing... you could watch the road pass under you, random as hell smell, more random fuel spraying into your eyes when you used the windshield wipers, minimal seat belts.. i dont recall ever having a functional seat belt for the passenger seat... It was Deaths Chariot... as it was named.

And yes, the Trans Am was deffinately you. Its unfortunate it met its demise from a Blazer running a red... not to mention the Lack of oil that was in the engine going up the Grade to Ventura.. that didnt help it out. Mass main bearing knock afterwards. but its 6.6 was due for a freshing up.. it was tired.

Ah you need another. you need a 73 T/A, no Smog make it go hella fast. just dont crash, and i dont think Alex will ever be the same after being on the side that was hit by the blazer (he's ok folks) but not so in the head.

if you're not getting a real gt40, i'd go for a cobra daytona replica...

rx7 isn't rice though... that was kinda oddball...

trans am is straight up hessian... like rock out with your long hair and fire chicken on the hood...

69 vert trans am would be hella nice though...

71 mach 1 would be nice...

69 mach 1 would take the cake...

What about the Mustang 429?

that was next on my list, but i didn't want to ramble...

honestly, i couldn't remember the name... i thought it was a boss 429, but i wasn't 100%, so i left it out...

Originally posted by TerminalVelocity
GT-40
Engine: 4728 cc, bore x stroke: 101.6 x 72.9 mm,
Power: 390hp@7000rpm
Torque: 325ftlb@5000rpm.
Performance: 0-100 mph 9 secs,
Max. speed: 195 mph (350 kph)
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195mph is not 350kph. It is around 314kph.

if you want to get specific about it...

195 miles/hour = 313.82268213785664 kilometers/hour

Well, there are several good GT-40 kits out there with car specific suspensions and ZF transaxles. Though I agree with Fly. I assume he's talking about the Factory Five Racing Cobra/Cobra Daytona kit. Those have extremely good fit&finish and utilize the running gear off of Fox Body Mustangs. 20K can get you a great running Cobra car and you can enter it in the NASA's Spec Cobra class.

Until you decide that you want to grab parts from the HUMONGOUS 5.0L Mustang aftermarket.

Originally posted by flylwsi
if you want to get specific about it...

195 miles/hour = 313.82268213785664 kilometers/hour

That ain't the point I was trying to get it. I just diidn't want ppl misleaded and vote for that just because of the high top speed..

rx-7, but im import biased :D

GeeTee Fohtee!

GT-40, fo' sho':sun:

I'd probably go with the GT40...:smoka:

For goodness sake... let this thread die...


honestly... its as old as dirt.

Where is TV:confused:

He's overseas, fighting the great Peril...

<CBass continues steady descent into madness>

If you're going kit car, get a tube frame car, not Fiero based. Fieros have a transverse engine, and the GT40 had a longitudinal engine, which makes for a better distribution of weight, and stronger transmissions are available.

For instance, use a Ford 418ci smallblock with a Porsche G50 6 speed transaxle... 500hp on pump gas, and you can still run nitrous :D