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[EJ3]

Answering questions about the DAILY DRIVE BADD GT (I'm copying & pasting the Novitec):

 

[GandalfTheAudiofool]

This BADD Ford GT is something else altogether but that said my not-out-of-reach dream is a GT 40 from Superformance / Safir: these dudes were smart enough to buy the "GT 40" name (when Ford was too stupid too sell it) as well as the original tooling. Some are going to nitpick that this or that replica are closer to the original but as I don't have the $3 milion or more for an original, I'll go for a Superformance. Moreover they are road legal (AFAIK only the Mark III Ford GT40 from the late 60s/early 70s were street legal, while the Mark I and Mark II were not road legal?).

FWIW I fell in love with the GT 40 in the nineties when I saw the old "Le Mans" movie, from 1971, by (and with) Steve McQueen.

It's even less practical than my old 1988 Porsche Carrera (which I used for five years straight as a daily anyway) but I do really dig impractical car.

No telemetry. No nothing. Just a 40 inches tall road legal race car from the sixties and that's it. Modernity is overrated.

I've got other inaccessible dream cars but a Superformance GT 40 is something I'm really considering. I'm in Europe and by chance there's a shop importing them not too far from where I live (about a one hour drive).

 

[Mikig]

just to understand, how do you upload a video? thanks

 

[GandalfTheAudiofool]

just to understand, how do you upload a video? thanks

You click on the "media" link (located between the "smiley" icon and the "double quotes" icon in my case) and paste a link from Youtube. From Youtube I did click on "share" to get a link and I paste that link in the "media" popup.

Or you can do it all manually, by creating the MEDIA tag yourself. But I take it the easiest is just to copy/paste a Youtube link in the "media" popup.

 

[Mikig]

You click on the "media" link (located between the "smiley" icon and the "double quotes" icon in my case) and paste a link from Youtube. From Youtube I did click on "share" to get a link and I paste that link in the "media" popup.

Or you can do it all manually, by creating the MEDIA tag yourself. But I take it the easiest is just to copy/paste a Youtube link in the "media" popup.

Thank you!!

 

[EJ3]

This BADD Ford GT is something else altogether but that said my not-out-of-reach dream is a GT 40 from Superformance / Safir: these dudes were smart enough to buy the "GT 40" name (when Ford was too stupid too sell it) as well as the original tooling. Some are going to nitpick that this or that replica are closer to the original but as I don't have the $3 milion or more for an original, I'll go for a Superformance. Moreover they are road legal (AFAIK only the Mark III Ford GT40 from the late 60s/early 70s were street legal, while the Mark I and Mark II were not road legal?).

FWIW I fell in love with the GT 40 in the nineties when I saw the old "Le Mans" movie, from 1971, by (and with) Steve McQueen.

It's even less practical than my old 1988 Porsche Carrera (which I used for five years straight as a daily anyway) but I do really dig impractical car.

No telemetry. No nothing. Just a 40 inches tall road legal race car from the sixties and that's it. Modernity is overrated.

I've got other inaccessible dream cars but a Superformance GT 40 is something I'm really considering. I'm in Europe and by chance there's a shop importing them not too far from where I live (about a one hour drive).

Tis is actually my all time favorite car (with a proper SuperPerformance of the Shelby Daytona a .001 of a second behind it.
And the BECK replica of the Porsche 906 a whisker behind that. Thanks for this video.

 

[Chromatischism]

I'm not a Ford guy, but the current iteration is badass. And of course, so is the Z06.

 

[Count Dacula]

I have a few Benz

 

[Doodski]

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The red one is drool worthy...

 

[Kblade]

My three girls 2002 SL55 AMG 600hp at 607 foot pound of torque upgrades by Kleeman a beast that you must respect incredibly fast and in mint condition. 1970 1/2 Z28 a fun drive great stereo great naturally aspirated V8 sound. 2023 GT2 Kia Stinger fully loaded with terra-cotta seats and dash and headliner. For the money one of the coolest cars I’ve ever had tons of tech great Harmon stereo too. ECU upgrades 525 hp rear wheel drive. A fun fast fun drive no turbo lag whatsoever very practical whether buying groceries going on a trip with a lot of luggage and golf clubs. Or freaking out Audi’s, Porches and BMW’s owners light to light. They always ask what I have done to the car

 

[Count Dacula]

The red one is drool worthy...

I just got it home from the goofball garage. It has carbs, so it's pretty sucky compared to the white one, which is FI and 4 on the floor. I bought it on a lark, locally...from someone I know.

I dont really like old cars, but I like Benz and the Fintails in particular. It's still a valid design! Modern sports cars aren't that interesting, and old sports cars are small and unsafe. So this is a happy median. Thanks!
English Red...

 

[Spyerx]

One of my toys. I think i may have posted this one before. Here’s another (997.1 RS)

 

[EJ3]

One of my toys. View attachment 394987

That would be my DAILY driver UNLESS I had to tow something or were going further off-road than in the picture (I am frequently doing both at the same time).

 

[Spyerx]

That would be my DAILY driver UNLESS I had to tow something or were going further off-road than in the picture (I am frequently doing both at the same time).

Both are fun cars. The red one, it’s pretty hard edged, took about 400lbs of weight off it (weights about 2600 lbs), and the chassis has zero rubber in it, has pretty aggressive multiple adjustment shocks, so it’s very, very direct and responsive. I did keep the AC, though. And it works. It’s stupid fun in the canyons. Enough power to be fast (it’s measured 265 at the wheels, it’s a lightly massaged ‘mostly stock’ 3.6), it’s small, and super agile chassis.

 

[Canuck57]

Current vehicle - Dodge Durango GT Plus

 

[Canuck57]

Prior summer vehicle - Pontiac solstice GXP (turbo)

 

[Chromatischism]

Both are fun cars. The red one, it’s pretty hard edged, took about 400lbs of weight off it (weights about 2600 lbs), and the chassis has zero rubber in it, has pretty aggressive multiple adjustment shocks, so it’s very, very direct and responsive. I did keep the AC, though. And it works. It’s stupid fun in the canyons. Enough power to be fast (it’s measured 265 at the wheels, it’s a lightly massaged ‘mostly stock’ 3.6), it’s small, and super agile chassis.

That's really light for a Porsche. My MX-5 RF is ~2500lbs but is street-friendly.

 

[napfkuchen]

And great for zipping around town

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Mazda's red metallic is the best of all auto makers (for me).

 

[Spyerx]

That's really light for a Porsche. My MX-5 RF is ~2500lbs but is street-friendly.

Compared to modern cars yes. My gt3 is about 2950, my 71 911 weighs just over 2100 lbs.

 

[EJ3]

Both are fun cars. The red one, it’s pretty hard edged, took about 400lbs of weight off it (weights about 2600 lbs), and the chassis has zero rubber in it, has pretty aggressive multiple adjustment shocks, so it’s very, very direct and responsive. I did keep the AC, though. And it works. It’s stupid fun in the canyons. Enough power to be fast (it’s measured 265 at the wheels, it’s a lightly massaged ‘mostly stock’ 3.6), it’s small, and super agile chassis.

Back in 1984 I had built a VW Beetle that was lowered 2" (lowering spindles in the front), had KYB's on all 4 corners, Heim-Joint anti-sway bars & the engine/trans mounts where steel. It weighed 1780 LBs. (full of fuel but no one in it). I used a 3 puck ceramic clutch that had the disengaged/engaged effect of a light switch. I built the engine from 1584 CC to 1679 CC changed the cam & rocker ratios, used a pair of Weber 40 IDF carbs with 28MM venturies (It made 105 HP at the wheels [using a 255/60R 15 tire rear] {185/65R 15 on the front}). I built the transaxle with a 3.88 final, 3.55 1st (to get a higher sped out of 1st than the 3.80 original, to get closer in the torque curve to second), I changed second from 2.06 to 1.96 for the same reason (to be closer in the torque curve to third), third is normally a 1.26 but to be deeper in the torque curve after the shift, I changed it to a 1.41. For fourth I could no longer use the 0.89 overdrive because (with the large rear tires) it was to much of an RPM drop to allow any acceleration and the engine RPM/cooling fan speed was to slow to keep the engine cool for the power I was making, so it got changed to a 1.04 under drive.
With this car (from 1983-1988, I gave the lesser BMW's, the Porsche 944's, the Camaro's & Firebirds fits. Most of them had to get over 80 MPH to pass me, I could out accelerate most of them to 80, and while I could not go into the corners as hard (I could lift a front wheel in a corner & in a straight line of stop light to stoplight). So I could exit the corners quite hard. If the road was long enough, they would all ultimately beat me.
I always wondered, if when they got home, did they brag to someone that they outran some crazy guy in a VW Beetle (but it took them a while to do it)?
But I did not feel that having the engine & trans solidly mounted made too much 'inside the car' noise/vibration. Maybe the howl of the Weber's distracted me from noticing!
At the time, my other daily driver was a 1969 Cadillac Metro Meteor Hearse/Ambulance that weighed 6300 LBs. From 30 MPH up to 100 it accelerated pretty quick ly (due to: 375 HP @ 4400, which is likely just below valve float on those stock springs. And the torque is 525 ft lb @ 3000 RPM [I know, not at the wheels, but with torque converter multiplication...]).
Handling? It just did not!
But being a divided vehicle (the drivers compartment sealed off from the rest of the vehicle, people you had in the back could be having 'adult libations' while you where on your way to somewhere.