SEMA

[Ron McCall]

Did anyone see the Superformance GT40 at SEMA in the Roush booth?

 

Looks nice. Any close-up shots of the engine? Its hard to tell from the picture, but it appears to have big block headers. So, big block or small block?

 

Ron, is that the same one that was at Carlisle? Where is home for that car?

 

[Gary Gibbs]

It has a 427 CI SB. Looks nice overall. Good looking suspension. I noticed the shift linkage was not connected and it had 2" ground clearance so I don't think it is a driver.

I would hope it is a pre-production piece as it had some odd things about it. Some of which have been shown here before. The front chassis mounts for the upper trailing links were aligned straight front to back (not angled outward in the direction of the links) which is causing the trailing links to bind, contact, and bend the chassis mounts. A couple of places showed rust in the crevises where the chassis is put together, and thus I assume this is made of mild steel.

 

[Gary Gibbs]

Blury rust shot of upper left side trailing link mount.

 

[Ron McCall]

Bill,
It is the car from Carlisle. I think Roush handled the drivetrain install.
I think it is a dealer car.
I have some other pics but they are too large to post here.
I can e-mail them if interested.

 

[Mike Christian]

Based on the news section of the SPF website it is the prototype...I am pretty sure it is not completely representative of the production cars.