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  • Damn thing can handle 1000RWHP on stock drive train AND Off road LOL

  • An experienced driver would have backed off the gas. It was never going to get traction after he spun the tyres so much.

  • did i hear double clutching? thats some good drivin buddy! thats allot of car tp handle , shes a beast for sure well done

  • on his 3rd pass he still made it to the 1/4 mile faster than my car

  • Guess the ZR1 doesnt bring any honor to american cars. I guess that the fact that it defeats 3/4 of all of the best stuff from Europe doesnt bring any honor to America for a fraction of the price, plus a 7:24.6 sec Ring lap. one of the fastest ever recorded from a stock car. i think the GT is some 20 seconds behind that actually. not sure though.

  • @zr1vetteman09: The ZR-1 brings honor to american cars. But its not respected as a "supercar" simply because of cheaper materials used to build it. Many consider the Ford GT to be america's first real supercar. Its fast, and built with high quality material inside in out. HOWEVER. I do like how GM is improving the quality of the ZR-1 every year. They yanked out some of the plastic components and replaced them with carbon fiber, (such as the center console).

  • @V8Supercar1 Good point. i agree, its still a vette no doubt. I really dont see what is wrong with the interior. Ive been in several now and i think it is great. Top of the line for chevrolet. its not luxury but its very nice clean and ergonomic. HUD, electronic door latches, leather everywhere, i think its great. I actually think the saleen is america's super-car though. the GT performance wise is only in sportscar territory but it is exotic no doubt. 3.7 to 60, 11.6 1/4 not really "super"

  • @zr1vetteman09: Yeah I kinda agree with you about the S7 too. The thing is though there are so many people who have never even heard of it. But anyway, the ZR-1 defintely brings honor to american cars for the simple fact they go toe to toe with Porsche out there on the race track very often now. Porsche no longer wins everything.

  • @zr1vetteman09: By the way, the ZR-1 is slowly turning into a real true supercar with its improved interior consisting of mostly carbon fiber and leather, and the body is mostly carbon fiber. And not many people know this, but the ZR-1 has a very expensive paint job, especially the roof.

  • @zr1vetteman09 yes but when you TT these Ford GT's they become far beyond "super", The Saleen TT wont touch a TT GT, Saleen is a tuner name, only has 1 really special car, The S7,... Ford is a American name

  • @afgandominator: The Saleen S7 was a great car, but it was not as refined as the Ford GT, it also had a stiffer clutch which resulted in some slow shifts. But on the other hand, the car also had some of the best aerodynamics and downforce of any supercar. Even the orginal 550HP N/A model could do 240mph on a long enough straight.

  • @V8Supercar1 The ZR1 though driving down the road to the untrained eye, looks just like another everyday Vette,, thats the only thing I dont really like about the ZR1, they should have designed a actual 'Lamborghini" type body style "Supercar" not a souped up Vette,

  • @afgandominator: I understand where you are comming from. But the problem is that Corvettes are built by a budget car company. So whenever designing a car, its always built by a budget. Its just GM's mentality. They are afraid of what the final MSRP is gonna turn out to be. The Ford GT? Its a real true supercar that was built with Ford not worrying as much about the final MSRP eventhough they are a budget car company too. So I don't know, maybe you have a point thats hard to argue with.

  • @V8Supercar1 Ehhhhhhhh gotcha, well said

  • I never tire of seeing this vid...

  • why dont they keep making it, put in a good suspension so it corners well, and make it compete with exotic supercars?? it could bring some honor back to american cars!

  • @Insanity714

    Ford GT does handle well.....

  • @FordGTGuy: Hey were you power shifting this GT? (Shifting without taking your foot off the gas)

  • @Insanity714 yeah your a dumbass..that the best FORD made of course it handles well

  • @Insanity714 em... the ford gt suspension is made by lotus.... so it does handle like a properly supercar....

  • @predator5723

    Actually that isn't correct, the suspension on the Ford GT was by SVT not Lotus.

  • @FordGTGuy ensambled by SVT... is lotus enginering... but u actually made me doubt.... =/

  • @predator5723

    Jeremy Clarkson claims that the Suspension was tuned by Lotus, the problem is that the suspension was tuned internally at Ford by SVT; this can be seen in the documentary.

  • @FordGTGuy yeah but you gotta thank us British for Engineering the GT40 in the first place otherwise the car wouldn't be here

  • @namybot

    No money = No engineering, the money was from the parent company in America. Also the GT-40 did not start winning races until the American side of the team became more involved.

  • @FordGTGuy OK, then how come it took Ford six years to realise they wasn't going to beat Ferrari with out the help from more experienced Formula 1 teams over seas. Lotus and Lola did play a major part in the engineering of the Ford GT40 after all British, Belgian, New Zealanders, American and Mexicans did race the GT40

    Ford GT is may Fav' American car, i like it much more than the ZR1 its typically less fan-boyed than chevy cars.

  • @Insanity714 European Exotica isn't just about the Performance, it's about how it feels to drive the car and the emotion and soul each exotica carries with it.

    "Sports cars" are all about performance which is what a Ford GT is, not exotic. Exotica is driving down a Italian Vally or the Swiss Alps with insane Exhaust notes and sensation driving experiences.

    I know what you mean though Ford are my Fav' American Car brand but in my eyes nothing can beat Europa Exotica for experience

  • What a great sound.

  • FORD,the most bang for your buck vehicles in the world.Creator of the first V8,the cars with the most potential.

  • @TheDartblockstang the flat head was a joke. when chevrolet came out with the OHV small-block, it revolutionized everything. 1955, chevrolet rocked the world with the good old SBC and ford has been trying to catch up every since. They did good on this years 5.0 and Boss though, thumbs up for that but i think the shelby is a joke. ford should drop shelby, hes about to die and stick to building the Boss, it is far better engineered than the shelby, that thing is just a heavy stang with big motor.

  • @zr1vetteman09: Carol Shelby once stopped tunning mustangs. He said they were getting too heavy. He once said why bring a mule to a horse race. All of this was years ago of course. But it makes me wonder why is he okay with a 3,900 lb shelby Gt500. I have no clue. But anyway. I think Ford should stick with Saleen. Saleen actually played a key role with helping Ford design the Ford GT.

  • crappy bumpy track!

  • When are they going to bring the Nelson Mosler mt900 to the Texas Mile?

  • ..PS i hate the new YT comments format...couldn't they just keep the old one...

  • fanboys arguments over here

    Ford GT curb weight is somewhere around 3350lbs,depending the year

    Stock TT supra weights somewhere at 3470

    SW supra weights 3300lbs,that's a aprox. 50lbs difference

    Besides,weight is a little factor when you're going 200+; once you got that thing moving, weight has little to do with anything,otherwise supra wouldn't be so close to the turbo busa record

    Amit supra did 243 with full interior + stereo system;that's +3500

    And SW didn't use nitrous on his record run

  • A little agressive on the tune for the 3rd pass?? It didn't stop spinning the tires

  • Glad it was there and not at the local drag strip, otherwise it would have been totaled!

  • I cried when he slid off of the track:'(

  • Man 222 mph in 5th gear. I really want to see a top speed run of one of these beastly cars.

  • man i love this video ecspacially the sound of it lightin up the tires on the third pass!

  • Notice how smooth the GT is at those speeds. Excellent aerodynamics.

  • how much hp did the "little'"supra have?lol

  • supra went 246 bitches this is junk.

  • name a single part that wasn't modified in the supra...NONE! every single part was modified in the supra, where this GT-TT was only @ 18psi, with a completely stock engine/internals. run the supra at the same 18psi and the story is quite the opposite. Give the GT-TT the same boost as the supra (probobly over 30psi) and the story changes again...GT-TT>>> boost logic supra

  • damn right couldn've said it better

  • Lol your handicapped . The motor in this GT is stock, only mods where turbos. Even ran on what, 20's? Get your shit straight.

  • u nailed it on the head!good job

  • what a well built car. over 500 more hp than stock and heffner didnt even touch the internals of this motor... and its the stock clutch too! ive driving one of these. no.5 of 7 and when you hit the gas in this car... well, it just makes you sick. i love it!

  • lol Should read

    3rd Pass: FAIL

  • that was an "off track excursion". thats what happens when you have 1000hp at your disposal, and RWD.

  • Great sounding engine.

  • haha its the one they ran from tha cops on super speeders

  • at 1:06 what went wrong ?

  • sick shifting brother

  • you forgot to mention that even though the boostlogis supra went 241 with 91mm turbo it's also is strip down shell of a car with a 300 shot of nitous.

    vs the ford GT which still has all it's amenities and it's probably still street driven.

  • thats tru

  • Far from a stripped down shell, and it didnt run Nitrous at the Mile, nor was it at full boost.

    Same car just went 246 this year using even less boost.......

  • Yeah I'm sure the supra made that pass with the A/C on,LOL they use the nitrous to spool the turbo of the line couse the thing can get moving on its own. the sw supra @ race weight is 3200 they weight 3600 fron the factory, sound likea gutted car to me.

  • I repeat he did not use nitrous to spool his turbo at the TX Mile, he uses the shot when he races the 1/4, and he uses it the whole pass.

  • hey may have not used the 300 shot that he uses @ the track but he was defenetly ussing spay to get on the line.

  • Dude you have to be at WOT to spray, and in all 3 of his mile vids not once is he spinning tires in 1st or 2nd like a 1300hp car would do running road racing tires at an high air pressure for max mph, so no WOT no spray, end of it... SW is no mystery man he posts in the supraforums all the time, there is no mystery to what he does.

  • Well go ask him if he spays a 300shot to get off the line. ?v=WR3vcWQ4MR0. That car does not have the low end to get of the line with out the juice. specially with that size turbo that he's running, I don't care what the AR is on that turbo that engine can spool it by it self with out help.

    I didn't say he used the shot of spay @ wot I said he spays @ the line to spool the turbo.

  • Dude WTF you are talking about Drag Racing, I am talking about the Texas Mile, same thing this Viper in the above video is running, I know he uses nitrous in the damn 1/4, whats your point?

  • Dude that's not a viper !! it's a ford GT with turbos.  That car is far from being a full out drag car like SW supra. In fact I think that the GT is still street driven.

  • typo

  • Does SW's supra even have A/C?

  • My God, I know this car is great but this WOW!!!

  • scared the piss outa me when he lost it

  • That last run sounded almost perfect.

  • What i want to know is

    Y THE HELL FORD STOP MAKING THIS GT????

    THIS IS THE BEST SPORTS\ ROAD RACING CAR FORD HAVE EVER BLIUD.

  • this car IS the pinnacle of ford performance but unofrtunately it was intended to be a limited production vehicle and close to but not all 4000 or so chassis were assembled. a few were not assembled but kept as spare parts for customers

  • @bahamasfinies barely anyone bought it lol

  • @JoaquinSerrapio

    Actually they pretty much sold out as soon as they hit the showroom, the only ones that didn't sell were marked up to high in price.

  • @FordGTGuy You should have used the "too", not "to". Just saying.

  • @bahamasfinies because everybody likes them but nobody buys them...theres been one sitting at the ford showroom for 6 years in council bluffs iowa if you want one...

  • @bahamasfinies theirs actually a word going around that ford is looking in to building a new ford gt in the next few years, which i personally can not wait for cause if they do it will need to be faster then the ferrari 458 italia which will be one hell of a fast car.

  • Nice Video!, I know you were glad that there wast a wall/rail when you missed 2nd :O . Not familiar with Topspeed rules but couldnt you get another 1-2mph by losing the windsheild wipers/mirrors?

  • on stock internals!?!?!?!?!?

  • This one is yes.

  • yup...they disasembled it and found the internals were so good in factory form that there was no real need for upgrading them...the only thing that was improved was the intercooler-coolant capacity...lets hope they do a FGT version of the "manhattan project" (it was an 03 cobra with twin T-66 turbos AND the stock eaton...ran to 44psi and almost 1200 to the wheels!!!)

  • the car needs 4wd hahahaha jk he prob did a lot of money in body damage

  • If you read their site, he drove away with 0 damage period. What saved him was his tires didn't hook on something and flip him over.

  • whoops...the ZO6 cant come even close without a complete engine rebuild...ford power!!

  • i agre with you 100%

  • over 1000HP on the stock block/internals!! the GT-TT is the shit...ZO6

  • for real!

  • Who had the top speed for 2007?

  • I believe a Supra did at 228mph for the street class. I don't know who got it for the other classes.

  • Naaaw SVS had it a 231.

  • Great sound

  • ZOOM................

  • WOW! That was fast! I wonder what the top speed is?

    Great sound too!

  • I also wonder how many HP this Heffner has...700?

  • If you look at the site it will tell you.

    The site is: hennesseyperformance

    and go to the Ford GT (NOT mustang or GT500), then select the top picture, it is called the GT 1000. The top one!

    It has 1000HP and 865 ft bl. of torque!

    It is faster than the Z06 lignfelter (650HP) or the viper venom!(1100HP)

    Very fast to 200, faster than Buggatti!!!

  • cool, it would be neat to see the veyron and this car go but most veyron owners will prolly just putt around

  • Probably. They did a drag race with the new M3. But that's like a Olympic sprinter against a high school runner kid. The M3 did not have a chance. 1001 HP AWD Vs. 420 HP RWD.

    I heard that the New S7 was also supposed to be faster than the Veyron. The S7 for 2008-2009 has 1000 HP or optioned 1400 HP!

    And a new aero package that will let you,"exceed 255 MPH" they say. ???

    If so then, cool!

  • Snobby Veyron owners would go home crying!

  • the real thing about the veyrons is that who knows how they even handle? they're so damn big and are so noted for their amazing top speed that little is really known about their track capabilities. thats why I say that a stock GT, despite having half the horses, will still beat a Veyron on a track. Compare the veyron to THIS and its no contest.

  • Wow I love it! That is a very fast car!

  • mmm, domestic awesomeocity

  • Oh well, the video nearly synchs with the audio

  • Ford GT definitely!

    They both slide under hard acceleration as seen in run 3! But the viper's layout is not as good. It needs to be revised a bit more, it has been about the same for 11 years!

    The GT has a lower drag coeff. and has a much better layout. Mid-engined really helps with getting off the line and handling everywhere.

    GM did it with the Zo6 with that mounted 7.0 up front but quite a bit further back than the viper's 8 L.

  • Stock they are pretty close but if a good driver does the 1/4 mile the GT will come out ahead but not by much. Probably no more than a second over the Zo6.

    I hope I have answered all your questions

  • Once they get to 198 theres a very different story told.

  • Tell me!

  • The Z06 tops out and the Ford GT continues to 212 mph.

  • K your point? The Z06 and ZR1 are meant for straight line driving. Plus the ZR1 had potential to do 212 just needs tuning.

  • Every car has the potential to go any speed with tuning.

    And no, the Z06 and ZR1 are not meant for straight line driving.

  • ummmm

    like wow. props, esp. for a Ford guy, lol!! (Yeah I'm a ricer/Chevy guy, if there is such a thang)

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