All this discussion makes me very interested to see and experience how my motor turns out. Was looking at the dyno sheets, it goes from 575hp at 7100 to 565 at 7500 probbaly not too noiticable but Tq is dropping off fast.
Based on gearing if the motor will pull 7300 or so with the 26.9 avons we will exceed 200mph assuming tires are not expanding with spining which they will so, maybe even 7250. Of course one will need to find a road long enough, which means going to daytona or towing out west to the silver stae classic, one day, lots to do with the car till then..
On track runnign 26 diameter hoosiers and keepign revs to 7200 top speed will be mid 180s, I wonder where in the USA besides elkhart there is a big enough track.
At MMC which will be the home track its 4.2 miles around, a big straight with a kink, shoudl be perfect for a Gt40. We will see starting this spring.
Dennis tells me he can get down to just over 2mins in his car at the Glenn, thats runnign avon groooved slicks. Frankly If I ever break 2.10 I will be thrilled, currently do 2.18 in the 195hp lotus and its right at the edge through the bends.
Hopefully the motor is smooth and durable, and we got the gearing right. Hopefully I have enough maturity at age 50 to learn into the car over time. 2 previous track mishaps have been through lack of maturity, stupidity, and the last one was just 2 years ago, so holding thumbs.
Been debating on another forum the ideal fun street track car. Frankly I cant think of one for under 300k I would rather have, well cant really think of another at any price,maybe in dream world a mclaren F1 and the new ford gt looks really inetresting, for a modern computer car. So all in all havign a spf, the fact that one even eixts to buy feels really lucky. In the absence of an spf you would need what 400k for a gelescoe or 9 mill for an old build, neither of which I have. With the Gt40 I am finaly reaching the pinacle for my tastes anyway. Wife hopes so, the car obsession she does not get.
Its going to be really fun runnign with and hopefully humiliating Gt3's vettes and ferraris in a old school car where everythign is direct and there are no nannies, at least thats the plan. Plus I can do all maintance.
The latest evo track car of the year really loved a new build T70, the only thing faster was a new maclaren gt3> gt40 should by defintion be slower than a t70, but properly driven not much else. Well gotta learn to properly drive it then, should be a few years.
Feels like maybe a lifetime of climbing the car ladder coming to fruition, or maybe I expect too much. Either way will let you all know how it goes.