WEIGHT
i find it interesting that the official Ford site that lists the specs lists the weight distribution (43/57) but not the weight.
http://www.fordvehicles.com/fordgt/specs.asp
i think the reason some data is "absent" is that there's a lot of stuff still being tweaked on the beast - which is not a knock - they should leverage all the time they have up to launch to ship the best car they can.
3,350 pounds seems to be the number that's being bandied about by the journalists. it's not clear (to me) whether that's dry weight or curb weight or fully-loaded weight (it's unlikely to be the latter).
has Ford officially released a number that simply hasn't made it to their web site?
fwiw, i found this site http://www.familycar.com/RoadTests/FordGT/ claiming 2,551 pounds curb weight. we can dream of course, but i assume they're gravely mistaken/misled.
the recent C&D says 3,429, which sounds rather random to me to be something other than an actually-weighed number (perhaps?).
this site says 3,200 lbs http://www.engine-power.com/ford/gt.html
motor trend says 3,400 (est.) in one article and 3,300 (est.) in another. note to MT: uh, guys, next time, just put it on the damn scale /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif.
WEIGHT REDUCTION
has anybody thought about how to potentially get this puppy down closer to the 3,000 number as opposed to the 3,500 number it appears to possibly be inching towards?
doody.
i find it interesting that the official Ford site that lists the specs lists the weight distribution (43/57) but not the weight.
http://www.fordvehicles.com/fordgt/specs.asp
i think the reason some data is "absent" is that there's a lot of stuff still being tweaked on the beast - which is not a knock - they should leverage all the time they have up to launch to ship the best car they can.
3,350 pounds seems to be the number that's being bandied about by the journalists. it's not clear (to me) whether that's dry weight or curb weight or fully-loaded weight (it's unlikely to be the latter).
has Ford officially released a number that simply hasn't made it to their web site?
fwiw, i found this site http://www.familycar.com/RoadTests/FordGT/ claiming 2,551 pounds curb weight. we can dream of course, but i assume they're gravely mistaken/misled.
the recent C&D says 3,429, which sounds rather random to me to be something other than an actually-weighed number (perhaps?).
this site says 3,200 lbs http://www.engine-power.com/ford/gt.html
motor trend says 3,400 (est.) in one article and 3,300 (est.) in another. note to MT: uh, guys, next time, just put it on the damn scale /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif.
WEIGHT REDUCTION
has anybody thought about how to potentially get this puppy down closer to the 3,000 number as opposed to the 3,500 number it appears to possibly be inching towards?
doody.