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This is a tough descision, but I voted for the GT. No doubt that I would be happy with the porchse (REALLY HAPPY), but at the same time the GT is new and fresh, while the porsche has been out for a while and is getting a little long in tooth (comparitiviey speaking of course).
The Ford GT is their flagship concept/soon-to-be produced sportscar right? Why the poll using GT2 for Porsche's flagship? Why not the Carrera GT which is Porsche's concept/soon-to-be-produced flagship sportscar?
Oh well, in this " Poll "
I voted for the Ford GT (Saw it taking a lap at Indianapolis w/Jackie Stewart before the USGP...SWEEET) but for my money I'd vote for this.
Originally posted by waltk88
It won't be cheap to get the GT2 to 700hp. On the other hand, a smaller supercharger pulley, chip, and exhaust will probably get the Mustang Cobra SVT to make as much power as a stock GT2. There are already Cobra SVTs with the Kenne Bell supercharger making 700+ rwhp on stock internals, and turning 9s in the quarter mile. The Ford GT engine will have greater potential than the Cobra engine, while the GT is a significantly lighter car than the Mustang.
700hp will cost you about 30k. we are currently running about 600bhp (508rwhp) for a total investment of about $6,000. We've also dropped about 100lbs of weight just with the exhaust and new seats. Very soon we will be losing another 30lbs of UNSPRUNG weight by changing the wheels.
I don't know how the cobra got into this argument. Give me a stock GT2 and i will walk away from a cobra with any amount of power on a road course. The mustang is a straight line car.
Also there isn't much of a price differnece between the cars. New GT2s can be had for about 170 while slightly used can get down around/under 150. The GT has an expected msrp of 150 and will almost definitely demand a high premium for a while.
I am on the list for a GT so hopefully i will be able to give a head to head comparison in the not terribly distant future.
The GT2 is a FUGLY little tortoise....The GT is the only Ford that ROCKS. Ford did good with the GT....Just get rid of the stupid "Bubba" racing stripe.
11-05-2003, 04:42 AM
