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ac427cpe · #16 03-31-2002, 04:30 PM

ferrari won't scrap the F60, they have put too much into developing the car, but there is an F60 forum in the ferrari section... this is for the GT40...

Cbass · #17 04-01-2002, 04:19 AM

Go take your love for Italian cars to the Italian Car forum, we're talking homegrown supercars here. No offense, but I've seen to many good threads die because of a topic change.

You can make really good power out of a 347 smallblock. Especially if it has a turbo. There are little tricks you can do also, like ECU management, and smaller headers, that just about eliminate turbo lag.

I think a 347 making 600 hp is more than enough power for a 2300 lb GT-40 replica.. There's a few companies that make these things, and they don't charge a lot.

Chris · #18 05-19-2002, 10:40 AM

Perhaps the headers were damaged, or removed. That way, when he races, he can get almost identical performance and not have to worry about the originals getting worn out and cracking. That way he gets enjoyment and keeps the value (both historically and $$$) up.
Either way, it is a very nice GT40, and the price is only going to go up with the 'new' one coming out.

Cbass · #19 05-20-2002, 03:23 PM

I was joking about the headers

, they are original, it's just they are coated with a Jet Hot ceramic. Uncoated, they look like this

I think I may build a replica, as business vehicle of course :roflmao:

An interesting note, Holman Moody, the same team that built and ran the GT-40 program in the 60s, is now building Mark IIs to original specifications.

http://www.holmanmoody.com/gt40/gt40home.htm

Chris · #20 07-11-2002, 09:01 PM

Wasnt that in Road and Track??

PS, I wonder if the New GT40 will see any LeMans duty. If it competed in GTS, that would be sweet.

Cbass · #21 07-14-2002, 09:27 PM

I didn't see it in R&T... Then again, I've only had a subscription for 8 months...

I think the GT40 would rock in GTS.

Jimbo_Jones · #22 07-16-2002, 07:50 AM

damn!, that GT40 is one nice car... i saw one in action the other day at the muscle car shoot-out... very nice

SkYline911 · #23 07-17-2002, 09:45 PM

I got to say that is a nice car but how much horsepower is under the hood of that car

Mclaren F1 · #24 09-01-2002, 04:20 AM

I saw that same one at the Laguna Seca Vintage Grand Prix in August. Here is a pic of it, was yours taken at the same time?

Mclaren F1 · #25 09-01-2002, 04:22 AM

pity i didn't talk to the owner of the car, but it didn't race that weekend either

Mclaren F1 · #26 09-01-2002, 04:26 AM

2nd pic of the Jim Click GT40

Mclaren F1 · #27 09-01-2002, 04:29 AM

This baby was in the showroom! I almost pissed my pants when i saw the real Mk IV that won in Le Mans!!!!!! this is by far my fav. GT-40, of all of them this was my fav.

ac427cpe · #28 09-01-2002, 12:26 PM

no, mine wasn't taken in cali. Click is from az. his driver and my dad used to race, it is always out at PIR here, so i get to see it all the time. last time i talked with him, he said that it was running on 7 cly, or something to that extent. and that they had to rebuild the engine, i missed the historics this year... i'm still kinda upset about that... stupid work

Cbass · #29 09-13-2002, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SkYline911
I got to say that is a nice car but how much horsepower is under the hood of that car

Well, that would depend on whether it has the 289 or the 427. So that would be about 375hp and 450hp respectively. That's not half the story though, that's Ford V8 torque too!

ac427cpe · #30 01-09-2003, 07:48 PM

much more than most of us can handle

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