2004 Ford GT

Please Ford GT Nordschleife 7.40.6 By
Octane Magazine

@ BR2' and CoolShirtGuy: I agree with both of you, a vehicle should not be limited, I think it's ridiculous.

@BR2
From what I remember, the problem with Clarkson's GT was an aftermarket alarm that kept messing up. According to an article he wrote on the TG site, he was getting calls about his car having been stolen, when it was sitting in his garage. I vaguely remember something about the car eventually refusing to start, but I think he said it was after a Ford mechanic worked on it. It wasn't the car he got fed up with; it was Ford's crappy customer service.

Yeah, no idea why Ford limited the GT. Can't be because of stability issues; TT GT's are out there right now doing 250+mph in a standing mile with very few aerodynamic mods. Actually, the only "mod" I've ever seen on one of those standing mile cars is a side mirror delete. GM can claim that with the 'Vette, since I believe they actually create a bit of lift at speed. That's fine for something that's intended to take off, but not for a car. However, in that video of the ZR1 doing 207/208, it looked plenty stable. Stable enough for the driver to be comfortable with taking his eyes off the road to keep looking over at the GPS readout(seriously, you can see him turning his head to look at it about every 2-3 seconds).

I really don't get the point of German limiters. I mean, they're one of the few countries where you can legally exploit the top speed of a sports/supercar, but they're also one of the only countries that limits that top speed. I guess it's just so they can get more money by charging to take the limiter out.

Too be honest, i dont believe at all his Ford GT refused to start, they are pretty notorious for rigging things that either havent happend or arent gonna.

And theres no point in limiting a performance cars, ESPECIALLY cars of this caliber, its rediculous, if it goes 212Mph LET IT GO that fast, if im gonna pay all this money for this car(WHich i would) it better do what it can do) This is one of the Top 10(Maybe 5) best American cars ever.

Chevrolet limiting the ZR1s top speed to 205?(208 being reached) but with its shorter gearing(Or bette) from the ZO6, CD.32 and 638Bhp, Over 215Mph is possible, (As noted by many journalists and magazines) sae with MB cars, 670Bhp Sl65 Black limited to...200Mph?...reallly? they have tyres and everything else, if its one company i can be Very proud of, Its Porsche, Not limiting any of its cars to 155Mph, or any High performance cars, they let them do what they do.

Yo dont give a performance car and not let it be contained.

Although, One company has gotten on my nerves lately...Audi,1st they limited there cars to 155Mph...then, they Quasi-Unmlimit there cars? 174Mph? Wtf? AND for a $3,000 option? you kiddin?..

I'm not a Ford fan, but the GT is my favorite Ford, but it's still overrated. When Jeremy took delivery of his car, it refused to start. If I'm correct, it was sent back to the factory twice. When I heard what happened, I laughed my head off! Lol :D

Clarkson Licks the fender of his Blue GT in one of the Top Gear episodes . He loves GT .

@Shaggy
212 is the speed Ford themselves claimed the GT could do during testing, but they ended up limiting it to 205 for who knows why. Similarly, GM claimed the ZR1 was capable of 210+, but it, too, was limited to 205 once it went on sale(though it's been confirmed to go a couple MPH over that).

It doesn't take long to see that Top Gear is unlike almost any other automotive publication, in that it's all about opinions with them. They don't do independent testing with facts and figures, they just take a manufacturer's word for it and focus on the more subjective qualities. So at the time they "tested" the GT, Clarkson was just quoting Ford.

I think Jeremy Clarkson likes this car too much, he said the top speed is 212 MPH, I happen to know the Ford GT will do 201 MPH.

The lap times are so much faster with Pirelli P Zero Corsa 345/35/19s.

I hope Ford makes a follow up to this car, a successor, with a similar supercharged v8 engine. Cool be called the Ford GT50. They really need to!

I'm sure it could get a little bit better time but I'm not sure that it would be by much using the factory tires of the cars era.

It is simply capable of faster lap time far below 7:40 in the Ring when the track is dry and there is no traffic.

it took you more then two weeks to say something. keep nocite were talking about MODDED cars. the mustang or civic can weigh more or less then eachother. we dont know. so that arguement = BS. traps don't really matter. Its all about time. i searched through youtube for fast 1/4 mile times on civics and the fastest i could find are running no more then 7 seconds. mustangs can run that easily with a some bolt ons and weight reductions. fully blown stangs are uncomparable

@ Mike B, Wrong, those stats up there are from MotorTrends October 2004 Issue, with the 1st customers taking delivery in August of that year, It wasnt a prototype, it was a production model with 550bhp, not the one with 500bhp prototype they drove in 2003(As stated by them), good times are from good drivers, not Ringers as you would have it.


Ford GT times range from 12.2@123 to 11.2@132 from magazine tests, and even a few getting 10.9 from independent dragsters, 1/4 mile times of course. Not every car with a "Faster" time is a Ringer, a Great driver can be miles ahead of a good one..

Because we use data from different sources, anyway, that 1/4 mile time comes from a Motortrend test against the Carrera GT and Enzo Ferrari using a prototype, it supposedly had 500hp, but given how the production model never achieved that kind of straightline performance it surely was a ringer.

there's definitely something wrong with that quarter mile time, its 0-200km/h(125mph) is 12.0, so how can it do a quarter mile in 11.2 at 131mph? FIX?

@felix
Your GPS isn't working right.

according to my TOMTOM-GPS my own car was at 351 km/h and still not pedal to the floor in fifth gear on a german motorway.

Source?

(I've seen that time before, I was unable to find a reliable reference though)

The Ford GT ran a time of 7:40.6 at the Nordschleife track, as according to Octane Magazine. Please update admins.

I wouldn't necessarily say the Ford GT engine is a truck engine. The very first mod motor (4.6l 2V) was in the 91 Town Car. The first DOHC mod motor was in the 1993 Mark VIII. These B heads set the foundation for the GT's heads. In fact, the DOHC heads in the GT are closest in relation to the heads used on the 2000 Cobra R engine. If you trace it back, the motor that spawned the Ford GT's motor is far from a truck motor.

It has no handling?? you kiddin?

It's faster than a Ferrari F430 on most tracks

http://www.fastestlaps.com/comparisons/45856da5ebc38-vs-45857713d06da.html

I had the opportunity to drive a friend's GT at Watkin's Glenn and it handled very well. He had dropped it an inch or two and replaced the tires but it still handled very well IMO.

Hypohetically (BumRush)l.o.l. Lots of writers say the samething. Because it uses a simple FORD truck engine. Ease of upkeep and maintenace. Lots of car dealership owners have them in my city. Just really easy to drive and maintain compared to many other exotic cars.